Lower coast gazette., 1914-09-12

Speaker OF the House OF Representatives.
Approved: July 8, 1914.
l.. e. HALL,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
ALVIN E. HEBERT,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 1877.
Senate Bill No. 60 By Mr.. We'll
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 it resolved by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana,
tWo-thirds of all the members elected to
each House concurring, that the follow
ing amendment to the Constitution Of
Louisiana shall be submitted to the cleo
tors of the State, at the Congressional
election to be held on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in November, 1914,
and, if approved and ratified by a ma
jority of said electors voting in said cleo
ton, the same to become a part of the
Constitution, to-wit:
That Article 100 of the Constitution be
amended so as to read las follows:
ARTICLE 100.
The District Courts, except in the Par
ish of Orleans, shall have original juris-
diction in all civil matters where the
amount in dispute shall exceed Fifty
($5O.OO) Dollars, exclusive of interest,
and in all cases where the title to real
estate is involved, or to Office or other
public positions, Or civil or political
rights, and all other cases where no speci-
fc amount is in contest, except as other
wise provided in this Constitution. They
shall have unlimited and exclusive origi-
nal jurisdiction in all criminal cases ex-
cept 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 parish.
municipality, or other political corpora
ton, is a party defendant, regardless of
the amount in dispute; and of all pro-
ceedings for the appointment of receivers
OF i~lquldators to corporations or part
nershlp; and said courts shall have au-
thority. to issue all such writs, processes,
and orders as may be necessary or proper
for the purpose Of the jurisdiction here
in conferred upon them.
There shall be one district Judge for
each judicial district, except for the
First, Thirteenth, Fifteenth and Twenty
First Judicial Districts, where. until
otherwise provided, by law, there shall
be two district judges, but judes of the
Twenty-frst 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 incumlbents.
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
p!racticed law in this State five years pre-.
vious to their election.
District Judges under this Constitution
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 unexpired
portion OF the term is less than one year
shall be filled for the remainder of the
term by appointment of the Governor
with the advice and consent Of the Sen
ate. In all cases where the unexpireC
portion Of the term is one year or more
the vacancy shall be filled by special cleo
ton to be called by the Governor an6
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 ar
ticle of the Constitution of this State
if adopted, shall become operative on thu
first day Of December, A. D., 1914, ant
the Governor of the State shall, withi1
ten days thereafter, order an election tt
be held within the Thirteenth Judicia
District of Louisiana, and, in conformit,
with existing election laws, for the pur
pose of e%lecting the additional judge fol
said Thirteenth Judicial District, WIT
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 uset
at said Congressional election shall b.
printed the words: For the proposed
amendment to Article 100 of the Consti
tuition of Louisiana relative to Distric
Courts, creating an additional judge fol
the Thirteenth Judicial District" an(
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 Thir
tenth Judicial District; ;" and each cleo
tor shall indicate, as provided in the gen
eral election laws Of the State, for which
proposition, For or "Aainst," he votes
THOMAS G. BARRETT.
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
L. E. THOMAS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Approved: July 8, 1914.
L. e. HALL,
Governor of the State Of Louisiana
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