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ACT NO. l47,

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Senate Fill No. 157.
| BY Senate Judiciary COMMITTEES.
Section 'B." Substitute for Sen
ate Bill No. S5.
AN/ACT
Proposing an amendment to Article 100,
of the Constitution OF Louisiana. rela-
tive to District Courts.
Section ]. Be it resolved by the Cen
real Assembly of the State Of Louisiana.
twO-thirds of all the members elected
to each House concurrng. That the fol-
lowing amendment to the Constitution
of Louisiana shall be submitted to the
electors of the State. at the Congress
sonal election to be holden on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in No
vember, 1912. and if approved and rati-
ing in said election. the same to become
part of the Constitution. to-wit:
ThatkArticle 100, of the Constitution
of I.ou(s iana be amended SO as to read
as follows:
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 ($50.00). exclusive Of in
terest and in all cases where the title
to real estate is involved, or to office
or other public position. or civil or po-
litical rights, and all other eases where
no specific amount~is in contest. ex-
cept such as otherwise provided in this
Constitution.
elusive original jurisdiction in all GRIM
inal cases, except such rs may be
vested in other courts authorized by
this Constitution: and in all probate
and succession matters. and where a
succession is a party defendant, and
in all cases where the State. parish,
and municipality or other political cor
poration Is a party defendant, regard
all proceedings for the appointment of
receivers or liquidators to corporations
or partnerships; and said court shall
have authority to issue all such writs.
process and orders as may be neces-
sary or proper for the purposes Of the
jurisdiction herein conferred upon
tfem.. There shall be one District
cent in the First. Twenty-first and Fiji
teenth Judicial Districts. where until
otherwise provided by law there shall
he two (2) District Judges. but JUDGES
of the Twenty-first Judicial District
shall not be residents of the same
parish. And the Judges Of the Fiji
tenth 15tt} Judicial District shall
not be reS1ueUtS VI lie SaNc paIlS Oh :
ter the expiration of the terms OF the
first Judges elected under this Constt-
tuition.
District Judges shall be elected by a
nlurality Of the qualified voters Of their
respective districts in which they shall
have been actual residents for two
years next preceding their election. 7 hey
shall be learned in the law, and shall
have practiced law in this State five
years previous to their election
The first District Judges under this
Constitution shall be elected at the
general state election in 1900. and shall
hold office until their successors are
elected on. the Tuesday after the first
, Monday in November. 1904, at which
time and every four years thereafter
District Judges shall be elected for
terms of four years. Vacancies occa-
stoned by death. resignation. or other
wise. where the unexpired portion OF
the term is less than one year. shat!
he filled for the remainder Of the term
. Nv appointment by the Governor. with
the advice and consent Of the Senate.