The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-09-13
ACT NO. lat.

Senate Bill No, 49,
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 Cen
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 a majority of said electors, vot-
ing In said election, the same to become
part of the Constitution. to-wit:
That Article 10e Of the Constitution
or 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 {s50.00), 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 no.
lltlcal 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
lnai cases except such as may be
vested in other courts authorized by
this Constitution; and in all probate
ana succession matters, and where a
CffF6oGGf6n av&x i
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; and Of
all proceedings for the appointment of
receivers or liquidators to CORPORA lions
or partnerships; and said court shall
nave authority to issue all such writs
process ana 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 Judicial Districts, where until
potherWise provided by law there shall
De two CD District Judges. but Judges
81 the Iwenty-first Judicial District
parish. And the Judges Of the Egf'
teenth G5th) Judicial District shat,
not be residents of the same parish Of.
Ter Ter the expiration of the terms of the
t 1,,I' Judges elected under this Consti.
District Judges shall be elected bv
piuranty OF the qualified voters of their
rbe aIn tive districts. in which they shall
nave been actual residents for two
years next preceding their election Tbev
s snaa be learned in the law. and shah
nave nave p n1o law in this State five
sea,s previous to their election.
The first District judges Under This
constitution shall be elected at The
s sehera aff state election in 1900 and shall
elected on the Tuesday after the Fret
Monday in November. 1904, at which
n T,ise and ever, every four years thereafter
Dlstrlct Judges shall be elected for
terms of four years. Vacanci .ea oo nor
S ninn ny death, resignation, or other
the term Hnefs IS the 5sss unexpired portion Of
be filled for the remainder Of tho s snsn,
~ appointment by the Governor, with
the advice and consent Of the SENATE