The Rice belt journal., 1914-09-01
Act No. 1877
Senate Bill No. so.
By Mr.. We'll.

senate Bill NO. bO, By Mr.. Well.
AN ACT
/ Proposing an amendment to Article 100
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 Il resolved hv the Gem
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana,
! twothirds 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
sonal election to be holden on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in No
vember. 1914 and. II approved and rat-
fled by majority of said electors voting
in said election, the same to become a
part of the Constitution, to-wit:
That Article 10S OF the Constitution be
amended so as to read as follows:
ARTICLE 100.
The District Courts. except in the Par
fish of Orleans. shall have original turis-
diction in all civil matters where the
amount in disNlte shall exceed Fifty
| ($5O0O) 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 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 all cases where the State. a par
fsh. municipality, or other political cor
| pOraticn. is a party defendant. regard
/ lpSG 0f the amnlI0t in 6iSnuta, nd cT oil
| 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-
cess, and orders, as may be necessary or
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
plurality of the qualified voters of their
respective district. in which they shall
next preceding tlreir 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 Constit1-
tion shall be elected on the Tuesday
/ after the first Monday in November,
] 1916, and every four years thereafter
! Vacancies occasioneu py death. resig-
/ nation, or otherwise, where the unex-
! pired portion of the term is less than
| one year. shah 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 :. Be it further resolved. etc,
! that the foregoing amendment to the
! 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 davs thereafter. order an election to
i he 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
,
! election for Judges under this Constitu-
ton and until his successor is elected
and qualified.
/ Section 8. 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
amendment to Article 100 of the Consti-
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 109 of the Constitution
OF Louisiana relative to District Courts,
Creating ere, an additional judge for the
Z 1hirteenth Judicial District" and each
eiector shall indicate as provided In the
general election laws of the State, for
he votes.
4 THOMAS c. BARRETT,
the Senate.
L. f. THOMAS.
speaker of the House of Representatives.
Approved: July 9, 1914.
l.. E. HALL,