The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1914-09-24
Act No. 1877
Senate Bill No. so.
By Mr.. Well.

Senate Bill No. So BY Mr.. Well.
AN ACT
| Proposing an amendment to Article 109
of the Constitution of Louisiana rela-
tive to District Courts, in order to
provide for the creation and election of
an additional Judge for the Thirteenth
Judicial District.
Section l. Be It resolved by the Cen
eral 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 majority of said electors voting
ms IN said "a ssetl9n & ths same TO become
That Article ios of the Constitution be
amended so as to sead as follows:
ARTICLE 1os.
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
S50.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 juriGdiction in all criminal CO ses
except such as may be vested in other
courts by this Constitution, and in all
probate and succession matters and
where succession is a partv defendant
and .in all cases where the State a par
ish, municipality. or other political cor
poration, is a party defendant rega rd-
less of the amount in dispute: and 0f ali
proceedings for the appointment of re-
ceivers of liquidators to corpora tions or
partnership; and said courts shall have
authority to issue all such writs. pro-
cess, and orders. as may be necessary or
proper for the purpose of the Jurisdiction
: herein conferred upon them.
There shall be one district iu99a for
each judicial district except for the
First, Thirteenth. Fifteenth and Twen-
ty-first Judicial Districts, where until
otherwise provided by law, there shall
Twenty-first Judicial District shall not
be residents of the same parish
And the judges of the Fifteenth Judi
tial District shall enc not be residents 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 Constftu-
tion shall be elected on the Tuesday
after the first Monday in November,
1UlOb diIO every years IH6TeATL6r.
vacancies occasioneu by oearh, resig-
nation. or otherwise. where the unex-
pired portion of the term is less than
one year, shall be filled for the re-
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
Governor and held within sixty days of
the occurrence of the vacancy, under the
general election laws of the State.
Section 2. Be " further resolved etc, I!
article of the Constitution Of this State, !
II adopted, shall become operative on the ]
first day of December, A D. 1914 and /
the Governor of the State shall, within /
ten days thereafter order an 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 offlcesunt the next regular
election for Judges under this Constitas
ton and until his successor il elected
and qualified.
Section 8. Be it further resolved, ETC.,
That upon the official ballots to be used
at said Congressional election shall be
amendment to Article 109 of the Consti-
tuition of Louisiana relative to District
Courts, creating an additional judge for
the Thirteenth Judicial District" and
the Woruss Akd!nst tHe proposed amend
ment to Article 109 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, Tor
which proposition. FoT or Against"
THOMAS C. BARRETT
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate.
L. e. THOMAS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Approved: July 9, 1914
Il L. r. HALL
Governor of tie State Of Louisiana
A true copy;
ALVIN E. HEBERT,
Secretary of State