The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-10-19
ACT no. lat.


Senate Bill No. 157.
By Senate judiciary Committee.
Section 3D." Substitute for Sen
ate Bill No. IS.
AN ACT
Proposing an amendment to Article 1os'
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 Iol-
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
4 vember, 1912. and IL approved and rati-
| ing in said election. the same to become
a part of the Constitution, to-wit:
Tkat Article 100. of the Constitution
| of Louisiana be amended so as TO reao
ARTICLE 100.
The District Courts, except In the
Parish of Orleans. shall have Original
| Jurisdiction in all civil matters wnere
/ the amount in dispute shall exceed
fifty dollars $4,000. exclusive OF in
lterest and in all cases where the tue
to real estate is involved, or TO office
or other public position; or civil OF poo
litical rights, and all other cases wnere
/ no specific amount IL in contest. ex-
{, cept such as otherwise provided In this
Constitution.
i They shall have unlimited and ex-
elusive original jurisdiction in all Grim
final cases except such as may DC
vested in other courts authorized py
this Constitutions: and In all propate
and succession matters, and where 9
succession is a party defendant. and
in all cases where the State. parish
and municipality or other politicai COT
: poration Is a party defendant. regard,
/ less of the amount in dispute; and o,
; all proceedings for the appointment Q,
receivers or liquidators to corporation
} or partnerships: and said court snal
: have authority to issue all such VIRUS
: process and orders as may be necss
! sary or proper for the purposes OF tn
I jurisdiction herein conferred upoI
them There shall be one Distric
Judge e. in the each each, Juais's aed Ff
ell teenth Judicial Districts. wb~<e unit unit,
: otherwise provided by law there snai
i be two (2) District Judges. but Judge
n shall not be residents of the sam am
y parish. And the judges of the FIJI
! teenth Q5th) Judicial District shat
: not be residents of the same parish az
e ter the expiration of the terms OF tn
i first Judges elected under this ConSti
District Judges shall be elected by
4 plurality of the qualified voters OF tnei
J. respective districts. in which they shal
n have been actual residents for Nv
) years next preceding their election The
4 shall be learned in the law and shal
/" have practiced law in this State fiv
o years previous to their election.
% The first District Judges under tn
II Constitution shall be elected at IN
II general State election In 1900. and sha
IS hold office until their successors ar
j" elected on the Tuesday after the firf
,r Monday in November. 1904. at wnic
sr time and every four years thereaftf
ID District Judges shall be elected r
,e terms of four years. Vacancies occs
r stoned by death. resignation. or 4tne'
10 wise, where the unexpired portion
ot the term Is less than one year. snd
se be filled for the remainder of the ter
n by appointment by the Governor: VII
,e the advice and consent Of the senat