St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-09-05
Act NO 257
House Bill NO. 513 By Mr.. FleuT
JOJNT RECOJ JITION

ACT NO. 257.
House Bill NO. 513 By Mr.. Fleur!
D.. JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article
100 of the Constitution of Lou
isiana, relative to District Courts.
4 Section 1. Be it resolved by the
$General Assembly of the State OF
Louisiana, two-thirds of all the mem
bers elected to each House concurr-
ing, That the following amendment
to the Constitution of Louisiana shall
be submitted to the electors Of the
State, at the Congressional election
to be holden on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in November,
1914, and if approved and ratified by
a majority of said electors voting i'll
said election the same to become a
part of the Constitution, to-wit:
Article 109. The District Courts,
except in the parish of Orleans, shall
have original jurisdiction in all civil
matters where the amount in dispute
shall exceed fifty ($5O) dollars, ex-
where the title to real estate is In
volved, or to Office or other public
positions, or civil or political rights,
and all other cases where no specific
amount is in contest, except as other
wise provided in this Constitution.
They shall have unlimited and ex-
elusive original jurisdiction in all
criminal cases except such as may be
vested in other courts authorized by
this constitution; and in all probate
and succession matters. and where a
succession is e party defendant, and
in all cases where the State, a par
ish, municipality or other political
corporations is party defendant re-
gardless of the amount in dispute;
and of all proceedings for the APP
pointment of receivers or liquidators
to corporations or partnerships; and
said court shall have authority to
issue all such writs, process and or
ders as may be necessary or proper
for the purpose of the jurisdiction
herein conferred upon them.
There shall be one district judge
in each district except in the First,
Thirteenth, Fifteenth, Twenty-first,
Twenty-fifth and Twenty-eighth Ju-
dicial Districts, where until otherwise
provided by law there shall be three
II ~ district judges in the First Jul
dicial District, and in the other dis
tricts above mentioned there shall
be two (2) district judges.
District judges shall be elected by
"a plurality of the qualified voters OF
their respective districts, 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 Consti-
tuition shall be elected on the Tues
day after the first Monday in Mo-
vember, 1916. and every four years
thereafter.
Vacancies occasioned by death. res
s ignation, or otherwise where the I'M
expired portion of the term is less
than one year shall be filled for the
remainder of the term by appoint
ment by the Governor with the adj
vice and consent 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 Govern
or 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
3 to the Article of the Constitution OF
Z this State. if adopted. shall become
operative on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November, 1914,
at which time the additional Judges
provided for in said Article shall be
I elected in conformity with existing
election laws and they shall hold
ONCE for a term of two years and
+ until their successors are elected and
qualified,
Section 3. Be it further resolved.
ETC., That upon the official ballots
70 be used at said Congressional cleo
ton shall be printed the words For
the proposed amendment to Article
us of the Constitution of Louisiana,
relative to District Courts" and the
4 words Against the proposed amend
ment to Article 100 of the Conststu-
ton of Louisiana. relative to District
Courts" and such elector shall indi-
\ cate. as provided in the general elec-
uen laws Of the State. which OF the