The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-11-01
ACT NO, lat.

Senate Bill No. 1877.
BY Senate Judiciary Committee.
Section b" Substitute for SEN
ate Bill No, &c.
AN ACT
Proposing an amendment to Article 1Oe,
of the Constitution Of Louisiana. rela-
tive to District Courts.
Section /. Be 1t resolved by the Cen
real Assembly of the State of Louisiana,
two-thirds Of all the members elected
to each House concurring, That the fol-
Of Louisiana shall be submitted to the
electors Of the State, at the Congress
stonal election to be holden on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in No
vember. 1912, and If approved and rati-
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 100, Of the Constitution
OF Louisiana 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 (s60.00). 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 DO
litical rights, and all other cases where
no specific amount Ia 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 ali probate
and succession matters, and where a
succession In party defendant. and
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
all proceedings for the appointment of
receivers or liquidators to CORPORATE
or partnerships; and said court shaIi
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
them There shall be one District
Judge IN each Judicial District. ex-
cept in the First, Twenty first and Fiji
teenth Judlcia! Districts. where until
be two 90 District Judges, but Judges
OF the Twenty-first Judicial District
shall not be residents Of the sams
parish. And the Judges of the Fjr.
teenth G6th) judicial District shall
not De residents Of the same parish af-
ter the expiration of the terms of the
Iirst Judges elected under this Consti-
tuition
District Judges shall be elected by a
plurality OF the qualified voters of their
respective districts, in which they shall
nave been actual residents for two
years next preceding their election. They
s snaii De learned in the law. and shall
nave practiced law in this State five
years previous to their election.
me first District Judges under this
Constitution shall be elected at the
genera state election in 1900. and shall
mold office until their successors are
elected on the Tuesday after the first
MONDAY In November, 1904, at which
pme and every four years thereafter
District Judges shall be elected for
terms Of four years. vacancies ocea.
stoned by death. resignation, or other
MS wise, where the unexpired portion Of
the term Is less than one year shall
De filled for the remainder Of the term
ny appointment by the Governor. with
tns advice and consent Of the Senate.