The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1912-10-31
ACT NO. lat.

Senate Rill No. 1877.
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 !. 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 rati-
fled by 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
as follows:
ARTICLE 109.~
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.oe), 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 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 a
in all cases where the State, parish,
and municipality or other political cor
poration is party defendant, regard
less of the amount in dispute; and of
lfv1er faT- 4sv,%,~
receivers or lieuidators to corporations
or partnerships; and said court shall
have authority to issue all such writs.
process and orders as may be neces-
jurisdiction herein conferred upon
them. There shall be one District
Judge in each Judicial District, ex-
cept in the First Twenty-first and Fiji
otherwise provided by law there shall
be two (2) District Judges. but Judges
of the Twenty-first Judicial District
shall not be residents of the same
teenth (15th) judicial District shall
not be residents of the same parish af-
ter the expiration of the terms of the
first Judges elected under this Consti-
tuition.
District Judges shall 'be elected by
plurality of the qualified voters of their
respective districts, in which they shall
have been actual residents for two
years next preceding their election. They
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, shall
be filled for the remainder of the term
by appointment by the Governor, with
the advice and consent of the Senate.
In all cases where the unexpired por-
ton of the term is one year or more.
the vacancy shall be filled by special
election to be called by the Governor,
and held within sixty days of the &C.
Of the vacancy. under the gen
eral election laws of the State.
Section g. Be it further resolved, ETC.,
That the foregoing amendment to the
Article of the Constitution of this State.
If adopted, shall become operative on
the first day Of December, A. D., 1912.
and the Governor of the State. shall.
election to be held within the Fifteenth
Judicial District of Louisiana, and con-
formity with existing election laws, for
the purpose of electing the additional
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teenth Judicial District. who shall hold
office until the next regular election Cor
Judges under this Constitution and until
his successor is elected and qualified.
Section 8. Be it further resolved,
et1, That upon the official ballots TO
be used at said Congressional election
shall be printed the words For the
proposed amendment to Article 100 of
the Constitution of Louisiana, relative
to District Courts and the words
Against the proposed amendment to
Article 100 of the Constitution of Lou
lsiana, relative to District Courts" and
each elector shall indicate, as provided
in the general election laws of the |
State, which of the propositions, For
OF Against" he votes for.
L. E. THOMAS.
Speaker Of the House of Representatives. |
THOMAS c. BARRET,
Governor and President of |
the Senate.
Approved: July 10th, 1912.
L. E. HALL.
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
ALVIN e. HEBERT, |
Secretary of State