The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-10-03

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4 true copy:
ALVIN E. EEBERT. Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 1877.
| Senate l.ill No. 73-By Mr.. Byrnes.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article $40
of the Constitution OF the State OF
Louisiana, so az to provide that said
article shall not apply to women
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana. two
thirds Of all the members elected to each
House concurring. That Article 2l0 Of
the Constitution be amended SO rs to
read as follows;
Article 30. No person shall be eligible
to any office. State. judicial. parochial.
municipal or ward. who is not citizen Of
this State. and a duly qualified eIector of
the State. judicial district parish. mu-
nicipalty or ward. wherein the functions
Of said Office are to be performed, provid-
ed that resident women over the age Of
twenty-five years shall be eligible to hold
any Office connected with the public edu-
cational system of the State. or Of any
ward. parish or municipality in the State.
and to hold any Office in the State, con-
nacted with institutions Of charity or cor
rection. And whenever any officer, State.
judicial. parochial. municipal or ward.
may change his residence from this State,
or from the district, parish, municipality
or ward in which he holds such office. the
same shall thereby be vacated. any decla-
ton of retention of domicile to the con-
trary Notwithstanding.
| Section 2. Be 1t further resolved. etc.
That this proposed amendment be sub
mitted to the electors Of the State of Lou
isiana for their approval or rejection. as
required by Article 321 of the Constitu-
ton of the State of Louisiana and the
general election laws of this State. at the
next congressional election to be held in
this State in November. 1914
Section 3. Be it further resolved. etc.,
That on the official ballots to be used at
said election shall be placed the words:
For the proposed amendment to Article
30 Of the Constitution relative to women"
and the words: Against the proposed
amendment to Article 210 OF the Consti-
tuition relative to women" and each elector
shall indicate. as provided in the general
election laws Of the State whether he votes
for or against the said amendment.
THOMAS c. BARRET,
Lieut.. Governor ana tTeSluent OF SENATE.
l. E. THOMAS,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives
Approved: July s. 1914.
L. Z. HALL.
Governor of the State OF Louisiana.
A true copy:
ALVIN E. HEBERT. Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 1877.
Senate Bill No. 6o-By Mr.. Well.
AN ACT
Proposing an amendment to Article los
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 Thir-
teenth judicial District.
Section /. Be 1t resolved by the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two
thirds of all the members elected to each
House concurring. That the following
amendment to the Constitution Of Lou
lisiana shall be submitted to the electors
lof the State. at the congressional election
to be holden on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November, 1914. and. II ap.
proved and ratified by majority Of said
electors voting in said election. the same te
become part of the Constitution. to-wit:
i That Article 100 of the Constitution b
amended so as to read as follows:
ARTICLE 100.
The District Courts, except in the Par.
tish of Orleans, shall have original juris.
diction In all civil matters where thu
amount in dispute shall exceed Fifty
(s50.00) Dollars. exclusive OF interest, and
in all cases where the title to real estate
is involved. or to Office or other publ.
positions. or civil or political rights. and
all other cases whore no specific amount
is In contest. except as otherwise pro.
vided In this Constitution. They shall
have unlimited and exclusive original Ju-
risdiction in all criminal cases excep
such as may be vested in other courts b,
this Constitution. and in all probate ant
succession matters. and where a success
sion is party defendant. and in all case:
where the State. a parish. municipality
Tor other political corporation. Is part,
defendant, regardless of the amount IL
| dispute; and OF all proceedings for the ap
, Ipointment of receivers or nquidators Il
corporations or partnership; and salt
courts shall have authority to issue al
/ such writs, process. and orders as may b
necessary or proper for the purpose of tn
Jurisdiction herein conferred upon them
II There shall be one district Judge 70
each judicial district. except for the First
, Thirteenth. Fifteenth and Twenty-firs
/ Judicial Districts, where. until otherwis
i provided by law. there shall be two dis
trict judges, but judges Of the Twenty
/: first Judicial District shall not be resi-
dents Of the same parish
And the judges of the Fifteenth Judicia
| District shall not be residents Of the SAM
lpaiish after the expiration Of the term
of the present incumbents-
District Judges shall be elected by {
/ plurality of the qualified voters of thei
: respective district. in which they shall
have been actual residents for two year
J next preceding their election. They shall
/ be learned in the law and shall have prac
i ticed law in this State for I'VE years pre-
vious to their election.
. District Judges under this Constitution
a - ~ a.