The Natchitoches enterprise., 1912-10-10
ACT NO. lat.

senate Bill NO. Ioi'
By Senate judiciary Committee.
Section B." Substitute for Sen
ate Bill No. 35.
AN ACT
Proposing an amendment to Article 100,
of the Constitution of Louisiana. rela-
tive to District Courts.
Section l. Be it resolved by the Gen
real Assembly of the State of Louisiana,
two-thirds of all the members elected
to each House concurring, That the fol-
lowing amendment to the Constitution
of Louisiana shall be submitted to the
electors of the State, at the Congress
sional election to be holden on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in NO
vember, 1912, and If approved and ratl-
fled by a majority of said electors, Vot-
ing in said election, the same to become
a part of the Constitution, to-wit:
That Article 109, of the Constitution
of Louisiana be amended so as to read
ARTICLE 100.
The District Courts, except in the
| Parish of Orleans, shall have original
| jurisdiction in all civil matters where
! the amount in dispute shall exceed
| fifty dollars $4,000. exclusive of in
| terest and in all cases where the title
| to real estate is involved, or 70 ortlce
| or other public position, or civil or po-
litical rights, and all other cases where
no specific amount is in contest, eX-
cept such as otherwise provided in this
| Constitution.
| They shall have unlimited and ex-
| elusive original jurisdiction in all GRIM
| inal cases except such as may be
| vested in other courts authorized by
| this Constitution; and in all PROBATE
and succession matters, and where
| succession is a party defendant, ana
| in all cases where the State, parish,
and municipality or other political cor
| poration is a party defendant regard.
| less of the amount in dispute; ana OF OF
receivers or liquidators to corporations
or partnerships; and said court shall
| have authority to issue all such writs.
process and order as may be nec tIe
Jurisdiction he "A, conferred upon
| them. There LII be one Distrlct
Judge in eachE judicial District; , sx-
t 5 the efs Where until
be e two Cal Dis iages. but 5ygess
M = 4 ! ~ - - -
shall not be edents OF the tsam am
teenth (15th) Judicial District shall
not be residents of the same parish ar
ter the expiration OF the terms of tRt
first Judges elected under this Consn
tuition.
District Judges shall be elected by {
plurality of the qualified voters of theil
respective districts, in which they shal
have been actual residents Tor wv
years next preceding their election. They
shall be learned in the law, and shall
have practiced law iE this State five
years previous to their election.
The first District Judges under this
Constitution shall be elected at tn
general State election in 1900, and sinai
hold office until their successors ar
elected on the Tuesday after the frs
Monday in November, 1904, at which
time and every four years thereafte
, District Judges shall be elected 70
terms of four years: Vacancies occa
stoned by death, resignation, or other
A. 1SrA1 n
the term is less than one year, shall
, be filled for the remainder of the tern
. by appointment by the Governor; VIII
the advice and consent of the Senate
ton of the term is one year or more
the vacancy shall be filled by specla
, / election, to be called by the Governor
and held within sixty days of the oc
, currence of the vacancy, under the gen
! eral election laws of the State.
, Section g. Be it further resolved, etc
! That the foregoing amendment TO Tn
Article of the Constitution of this state
.. the first day of December, A. D.. 1871
!, and the Governor of the State shall
within ten days thereafter, order q
election to be held within the F1fteent
, Judicial District of Louisiana, and con
: formity with existing election laws, 10
: the purpose of electing the additional
, Judge herein provided for. for the FIJI
! teenth Judicial District. who shall hol
a
: Judges under this Constitution and unit
! his successor is elected and qualified.
: Section g. Be it further resolved
3 etc That upon the official ballots t
: be used at said Congressional electio
I shall be printed the words Tor tn
/ proposed amendment to Article lOS Q
: the Constitution of Louisiana, relativ
r to District Courts" and the word
Against the proposed amendment I
a Article 100 of the Constitution of Lou
: isiana, relative to District Courts" an
! each elector shall indicate, as provide
, in the general election laws of tn
: State, which of the propositions, "For
. or Against" he votes for.
L. z. THOMAS,
!, | Sneaker Of the House of Representative
= THOMAS c. BARRET,
: | Lieutenant Governor and President {
r the Senate.
o Approved: July 10th, 1912
: I. E. HALL,
Governor of the State OF Louisiana
= | A true copy:
| ALVIN E. HEBERT,
a Secretary of State.