The St. Mary banner., 1912-09-07
ACT NO. lat.
Senate Pill No. l5I.
BY Senate Judiciary Committee
Section b" Substitute for Sen
ate Bill No. 35.

Section b substitute loi sel-
ate Bill No 35
AN ACT
Proposing IN amendment to Article l"9.
of the Constitution Of Louisiana fela-
tive to District Courts.
S.rtion Re il resolved by the Gen
real Assembly of the State of l.oal slaha;
two thirds Of all the memhrrS elected
IL each House coucurGlng. That the foi-
lowing amendment to the constitution
of Louisiana shall h" submitted 10 "a"
electors of the State. ~ tht "hsi -
sionaI election to be holden on tht flISi
Tuesday after the first Monday IN Ne
yember 1872. and il approved ana fati-
fled by a maiority Of said electors. Not-
ing In said election. the sam" To ntcohne
q part Of the Constitution. to-Wlt
That Article lh9. of the Constitution
Of Louisiana be amended so As 70 fea'
as follows.
The District Courts, except in the
Parish of orleans shall have original
jurisdiction in all civil matters where
the amount in dispute shail exrtru ~
fifty dollars fs50.00b- exclusive "t n
terest and in all cases where the tue
10 real estate is involved. or 20 "ft'ce
or other public position. or clNll or 20
litical rights, and all othef cases "''e!e
no snecific amount is in contest. eX-
cent such as otherwise provided in TINS
Constitution.
They shall have unlimited and eX-
elusive original jurisdiction ~ az cilrh-
inal cases except such rs may be
vested in other courts authorized by
this Constitution: and in all probate
and succession matters. ana Whefe a
succession is a party defendant. ana
IN an cases where the state. parish
and municipality or other political cor
poration IL a party Defendant fesai"e
less of the amount in dispute; ana "t
all proceedings for the appointment OF
receivers or liquida tors to corporatlonS
or partnerships: and said court shall
have authority to issue all such writs.
process and orders as may be hs'ts
sary or proper for the purposes or the
jurisdiction herein conferred upon
them. There shall be one Distflct
Judge in each Judicial District. ex-
cent in the First. Twenty-first and f1l-
teenth Judicial Districts. where unti,
otherwise provided by law there snail
be two t2) District Judges. but judges
Of the Twenty-first Judicial District
parish And the Judges of the f1f.
teenth I5th) Judicial District shall
not be residents of the same parish Ar
ter the eXpra ton Of the terms OF tne
first Judges elected under this Const-
tuition.
District Judges shall be elected by a
plurality Of the qualified voters OF their
respective districts. III which they s.all
have been actual residents for two
years next preceding their election. They
shall be learned in the law. ana shaii
have practiced law in this State five
wears previous to their election.
The first District Judges under TINS
Constitution shall be elected at the
general State election in 1900. ana snail
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 or
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 uneNpired por-
tion 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 oc-
currence of the vacancy. under the gen
eral election laws of the State
Section .. Be it further resolved. etc
That the foregoing amendment 70 tne
Article of the Constitution Of this state
II adopted shall become operative on
the first day of December. A. d.. VIZ
and the Governor of the State snail
within ten days thereafter. order an
election to be held within the Fifteenth
Judicial District of Louisiana. and CON
formity with existing election laws, lor
the purpose OF electing the addltloIisi
Judge herein provided for, for the FIJI
teenth Judicial District, who shall hold
office until the next regular election .ol
Judges under this Constitution ana unt'l
his successor is elected and qualified
s.
etc. That upon the official ballots 70
he used at said Congressional election
shall be printed the words For the
proposed amendment to Article l09 OF
the Constitution of Louisiana. relative
10 District Courts" and the words
Against the proposed amendment to
Article 109 of the Constitution of Lou
ieiana. relative to District Courts. and
each elector shall Indicate provided
in the general election laws of the
State. which of the propositions, "For
or Against" he votes for.
l.. T.. THOMAS.
. Speaker of the House of Representatives
THOMAS c. BARRET.
Lieutenant Governor and President OF
the Senate.
Approved: July 10th. 1912.
l.. L. HALL.
Governor of the State OF Louisiana
A true copy:
ALVIN +, HEBERT.
Secretary of State.