The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-09-26
Act No. 1877
BY Mr.. We'll.

| senate BIZ NJ pV by MI wen
AN ACT
| Proposing an amendment 10 Article 100
| of the Constitution of Louisiana rela-
| tive TO District Courts. i'm order to
| provide for the creation and election of
| an additional Judge for the Thirteenth
| Judicial District.
| Section !. BE 4 resolved by the Cen
| eraI 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. 1914 and, if approved and rati-
| fled by a majority of said electors voting
| in said election, the same to become a
| part of the Constitution. tO-wit:
| That Article 109 of the Constitution be
| amended so as to read as follows:
ARTICLE 100.
| The District Courts except in the Par
! ish OF Orleans. shall have original iuris-
| diction in all civil matters where the
! amount in dispute shall exceed Fifty
! ($50.OO) Dollars. exclusive of interest.
| and in all cases where the title to real
! estate is involved. or to office of other
public positions or civil or political
| rights. and all other cases where no
/ specific amount is in contest. except as
| otherwise provided in this Constitution.
| They shall have unlimited and exclusive
| original jurisdiction in all criminal cases
| except such as may he vested in other
| courts by this Constitution, and in all
| probate and succession matters. and
| where a succession is A party defendant
| and in all cases where the State. par
| ish, municipality. or other political cor
| pOratiOn. is party defendant, regard
4 less of the amount in dispute; and Of all
| proceedings for the appointment of re-
! Ceivers of liquidators to corporations or
| partnership; and said courts shall have
| authority to issue all such writs. pro-
4 In.g- l..aR
proper for the purpose of the Jurisdiction
| herein conferred upon them.
| There shall be one district Judge for
| each judicial district except for the
| First. Thirteenth. Fifteenth and Twen-
| ty-first Judicial Districts, where until
otherwise provided by law. there shall
| be two district judges, but judges of the
Twenty-first Judicial District shall not
| be residents of the same parish.
And the judges of the Fifteenth Judi
! cial District shall not be residents of
| the same parish after the expiration of
the terms of the present incumbents
| District Judges shall be elected by a
| plurality of the qualified voters of their
respective district in which they shall
have been actual residents for two years
next preceding their election. They
| shall be learned in the law and shall
| have practiced law in this State five
years previous to their election.
District Judges under this Constitu-
ton shall be elected on the Tuesday
.
1916. and every four years thereafter
| Vacancies Occasioneu ny death. resig-
| nation, or otherwise. where the uneX-
pired portion of the term is less than
one year. shall be filled for the re-
mainder OF the term by appointment of
| the Governor. with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate. In all cases where
the unexpired portion 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 occurrence OF the vacancy, under the
general election laws of the State.
Section 2. Be ii further resolved. etc,
that the foregoing amendment to the
article OF the Constitution of this State.
| If adopted. shall become operative on TIE
first day of December. A. ID. 1914. and
the Governor of the State shall. within
ten days thereafter. order m election to
be held within the Thirteenth Judicial
! District OF Louisiana, and. in conformity
with existing election laws for the pur-
pose of electing the additional Judge for
| said Thirteenth Judicial District, who
shall hold office until the next regular
election for Judges under this Constitu-
ton and until his successor is elected
and qualified.
Section 3. Be IT further resolved, etc,
That upon the official ballots to be used
at said Congressional election shall be
printed the words For the proposed
tuition of Louisiana relative to District
Courts, creating an additional Judge for
the Thirteenth judicial District" and
the words. Against the proposed amend
ment to Article 100 of the Constitution
OF Louisiana relative to District Courts
creating an additional judge for the
Thirteenth Judicial District" and each
elector shall indicate. as provided in the
general election laws of the State, for
which proposition, For" or Against
he votes.
THOMAS c. BARRETT,
Lieutenant Governor and President OF
the Senate
L. F.. THOMAS.
Speaker OF the House of Representatives
Approved: July 9. 1914.
l.. f.. HALL,
Governor of the State Of Louisiana
A true copy:
| ALVIN f. HEBERT,
| Secretary of State.