Lower coast gazette., 1914-10-17

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- ALVIN T.. HEBERTc,-%- -,
- Secretary Of .Stute.'
. ACT'No. ISL. 49," T;
Senate Bill No. 60 by Mr.. We'll
AN ACr i 49,:
Proposing an amendment, to. Article 400
Of the Constitution Of Louisiana rela-
tive to District Coults,.sm order. to
provide for the creation and election of
a additional Judge for the Thirteenth
Judicial District. i:
Section 1: Be it resolved by the Gep4
e'ral Assembly of the State:of Louisiana,
two-thirds of.all the members. elected to
each House concurring, that the. follow
ing amendment Ito, the: Constitution Of
Louisiana shall be submitted td tle cleo
tors of t1e::::state. at, the. Congressional
election to be held on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in November, 1914,
and; if. approved; and ratified by a ma
jority of said electors voting in said cleo
ton, the same to become a part of the
Constitution, to-wit:
That Article 1O9 Of the Constitution be
amended so as to read as follows.
u ARTICLE 1o9.
The District Courts, except in the Par
ISL Of Orleans shall have original juris-
dietion in all civil matters where the
amount in dispute shall exceed Fifty
($50!00) Dollars, exclusive Of interest,
and in all cases where the title to real
estate is involved, or to office or other
public positions, Or civil or political,
rights, and all other cases where no speci-
fc amount is in contest, except as other
wise provided in" this Constitution. They
shall have unlimited and exclusive origi-
nal jurisdiction in all criminal cases ex-
cept. such as may, be-; vested in other
courts by this Constitution, and in all
probate and succession matters and where
a succession is a. party defendant, and
in a}la cases where the State, a; parish,
municipality; OF other political corpora
ton, is a party defendant, regardless Of
the amount in dispute; and of all pro-
ceedings for the appointment Of receivers
or liquidators to corporations or part.
nership; and isaid courts shall have .au:
thority to. tissue all such .writsc processes
and orders es maybe necessary or proper
for ,tfe. py!fthose Of the Jurisdiction Here
in conferred upon them. ~.
There sh.rl t@&'sone district judge fol
Leach cjudiei4t sdistrat, except for the
First, Thirteenth, Fifteenth and Twenty
First Judicial Districts, where. untf
otherwise provided BY. law; There. :shal
r be two district Judges but sjudes Of tn
: Twenty-Grst Judicial District shall 10
be residents Of the same parish. - >.
And the judges Of the, Fifteenth Judi
. . cial District shall not1be residents of tn
i same parish after the expiration Of tn
+ terms Of the present incumbents. -: q
! District Judges shall be, elected by
plurality Of tile qualified. voters Of thei
q respective district. in which they sha]
have been actual residents for two year
d next preceding itheir election. They shaI
be learned in. the law and shall hav
practiced law ia this. State five years prs
yious to their election.
District Judges Under this Constitute
shall be elected ON the Tuesday after tn
first Monday: in. November, 1916, an
every four years thereafter, -;
IS Vacancies occasiohed by. death, :resil
nation, or otherwise, where, the ~unexpfre
!; portion. Of .tha term Is less than one yea
~ shall be filled for the remainder of I'll
C. term by appointment. of the Governo
Is with the advice and consent of the Sci
!: ate: In all: cases. where the unexpire
portion of the term is, one year or NOR
ie the vacancy, shall be filled by special @ele
ton to be; called by the Governor ar
held within sixty: days: of the Occuyen'
IS. of the vacancy, under the general Eclectic
laws of the State. =: ~
Section q. Be it. further resolved, Ell
q that the foregoing amendment. to the q
a. tiele of the, Constitution of this Stat
if adopted. shalt become operative on Il
first day Of December, A. D., 1914, al
the Governor Of: the State shall, with
ten days. thereafter, order an election
be held within the Thirteenth Judici
; District of Louisiana, iandt in, conforni
10 with. existing election laws; for the pu
nose of. e%lecting. the additional judge f
said Thirteenth judicial District, W
* shall hold office until the next regul
tcylelection for Judges. under, this Constit
id ,tion and until his successor is elect
and qualified.
Section 3; Be. it fufthes. resolved; ct
= That: upon the official ballots to be us
IA, at. said Congressional ELECTION shall
to nrinted tie words: "Fors the .prOpos
,1o| amendment to Article 109fof the Cons
- tuition of Louisiana relative to Distr
as Courts. creating an additional Judge
the Thirteenth Judicial District" a
III. the words; Against the proposed amer
~ ment to Article 100 of the CONSTITUTE
i" of Louisiana relative to District Cout
a creating an additional judge for the Th
led }eenth Judicial Distriet;HH and each ell
a.. tor shall indicate, as provided in the g,
-, eral election laws Of the State, for. VIII
the nroposition, "For" or "Aainst,"" he yot
er- THOMAS G. BARRETT,
lem Ii;eutenant Governor and President OF
lall r. Senate.
ted 1. E. THOMAS,
,be Speaker of the House OF. RepresentatlV
Approved: July 9, 1914.
l.. E. HALL 49,.
Governor Of the State Of houisla'
yer A true copy: ssE-~
ALVIN E. HEBEKT,
esi. Secretary Of State.
dis -. ts,F;
,all ACT NO. 1s2.
o. Senate Bill No. 10 By NJ Eav
JOINT. RESOLUTION.
'tc, Proposing an amendment. to ParagraI
3 and 3 Of Article .'281 Of the Con
OIL tuition Of the State u" Louisiana,
ion amended by Joint Resolution, kno
ST. as Act No. 1872 of the General ASS
the bly. of the State Of Louisiana OF
wear 1912 and adopted; at the Cong
,eld .sional election held on.the 5th'day
November, 1912, and asi readopted
etc., the: constitutional Convention of
~ Tnu;e;ano for tho wear 1y