The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-09-19
ACT NO, 1877.

ACT NO. 1877.
Senate Bin No. 73-By Mr.. Byrnes.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article 21O
of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana, so as to provide that said
article shall not apply to women.
Section /. 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 2lO of
the Constitution be amended so as to
read as follows:
Article 210 No person shall be eligible
to any office, State, judicial, parochial
or ward, who is not citizen of
this State, and duly qualified elector of
the State, judicial district. parish, mu-
nicipality or ward wherein the functions
of said Office are to be performed, proyid-
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-
nected 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.
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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 g. 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
210 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
for or against the said amendment.
THOMAS C. BARRET,
Lieut.. Governor and President of Senate.
L. E. THOMAS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Approved: July s. 1914.
L. E. HALL,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
true copy:
ALVIN E. HEBERT Secretary of State
ACT no. 1877.
Senate Bill No. CO-By Mr.. Well
AN ACT
Proposing an amendment to Article 10!
of the Constitution of Louisiana rela-
tive to District Courts, in order t.
provide for the creation and election
of an additional Judge for the Thir.
teenth Judicial District.
Section /. Be it resolved by the Genera
Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two
thirds of all the members elected to eacf
House concurring, That the following
amendment to the Constitution of Lou
isiana shall be submitted to the electors
of the State, at the congressional election
to be holden on the first Tuesday after tn
first Monday in November, 1914 and, if ap
proved and ratified by majority of sal,
electors voting in said election, the same t.
become part of the Constitution, to-wt
That Article 100 of the Constitution b.
amended so as to read as follows:
ARTICLE 100.
The District Courts, except in the Par
ish of Orleans, shall have original juris
dicton in all civil matters where tn
: amount in dispute shall exceed FIT
($5000) Dollars, exclusive of interest an
in all cases where the title to real estat
| is involved, or to office or other publ
: positions, or civil or political rights, an
5 all other cases where no specific amour
is in contest, except as otherwise pro
vided in this Constitution. They sha
5 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 an
2 succession matters, and where a success
sion is party defendant, and in all case
where the State, a parish, municipalit!
s or other political corporation, is a part
| defendant, regardless of the amount i
} dispute; and of all proceedings for the ap
: pointment of receivers or liqudators t
corporations or partnership; and sal
! courts shall have authority to issue a
: such writs, process, and orders as may b
4 necessary or proper for the purpose of tn
3 jurisdiction herein conferred upon then
There shall be one district Judge fc
e each judicial district, except for the FRS
t Thirteenth, Fifteenth and Twenty-firs
4 Judicial Districts, where. until otherwis
Y provided by law, there shall be two dis
/: trict judges but judges of the Twenty
n first Judicial District shall not be res
: dents Of the same parish
1 And the judges of the Fifteenth Judici;
!, District shall not be residents of the sam
A parish after the expiration of the tern
of the present incumbents
n District Judges shall be elected by
r plurality of the qualified voters of the
respective district, in which they sha
have been actual residents for two year
next preceding their election. They sha
. be learned in the law and shall have praC
ticed law in this State for five years PR