The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-09-01
Act No. 1877
Senate Bill No. so.
BY Mr.. We'll.

/ Senate Bill No. So 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 crea ton and election of
an additional Judge for the Thirteenth
| Judicial District.
| Section |. BE It resolved by the Gem
/ 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 ne 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 1OS 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 iuris-
! diction in all civil matters where the
| amount in diSNute shall exceed Fifty
| ($5O00) 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
! SpeClfic 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
ish. municipality or other political cor
! poraticn. is a party defendant regard
| less of the amount in dispute; and Of all
! proceedings for the appointment of re-
| ceiyers 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 TWEEN
! 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
| 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 tlfeir 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 Constitl-
! ton shall be elected on the Tuesday
| after the first Monday in November,
1916, and every four years thereafter.
| vacancies occasioned by death. resig-
/ nation, or otherwise. where the unex-
/ pred 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
! tle uneXplred 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 it further resolved. etc,
that the foregoing amendment to the
article or the Constitution of this State,
/ II adopted. shall become operative on the
ilfst DAY of December, A. D. 1914, and
! the Governor of the State shall, within
I ten DAYS thereafter order an election to
| pc 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
/ snail hold Office until the next regular
! election for Judges under this Constitu-
uon and until his successor is elected
and qualified.
I Section 3. Be 1t 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-
4 tuition of Louisiana relative to District
courts, creating an additional Judge for