Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-07-31
REPRESENTATION ELL.

REPRESENTATION BILL.
Arr. Sth. Representation In the Hous
of Representatives. shall lie equal and IN
} form, and shall be regulated and arce,
tanned by the total population Of each q
the several parishes of the State. Fac
parish shall have Mt least one Representa-
tive. No new parish shall be create,
with a territory less than elk hundred all,
twenty-five square miles, nor. with a pop
ulatloD less than the full number emitting
it 10 a Representative. nor when the ere
alton OF such new parish would leave an,
other parish withoat~tne said extent o
territory aud amount of population.
The first enumeration to be made Nv
the State authorities under this Constitu.
ton. shall be made Ia the year 1853, the
second in the year 1868, the third In the
year 1863: after which time, the General
Assembly shall direct in what manner the
the ssnsns shall be taken. SO that 1t be
made at least once In every period Of ten
years, for the purpose Of ascertaining the
total population in each parish and Elec.
ton District.
AT the first regular session of the legis.
latnre after the making of each enumara.
ton, the legislature shall appoint the rep
resentation among the several parishes
aud Election District on the basis Of the
total population as aforesaid. A represel.
tative number shall be fixed, and each
parish and Election District shall have as
many representatives as it's aggregate pop
ulation shall entitle IL to, and au addition.
al representative for any fraction exceed
ing one-half the representative number.
The number Of representatives shall not
be more than one hundred nor less than
seventy. WA. fle6
Until at apportionment shall be made
and elections held undor the same, in &C.
cordance with the first enumeration to be
made as directed in this article, the repre-.
sentation IN the Senate and the House of
Representatives shall be aud remain as at
present established by law,
The limits Of the parish OF Orleans are
hereby extended, so as to embrace the
whole Of The present City OF New or
leans, including that part OF the parish of
Jefferson formerly known as the City OF
Lafayette.
All that part of the parish of Orleans
which is situated OH the left Bank of the
Mississippi river shall be divided by the
Legislature into not more than ten tepre-
sentative districts. and until a new appor-
lion,nent shall be made according to the
first census TO be taken nader this Cofsti.
tuition, that part Of the City of New Or.
leans whicl, was comprised within the
former limits of the city Of Lafayette shall
he attached 10 and form part of the First
Representative District, aid the other
Representative Districts shall remain as
they are now established. tss
ART Is. The Legislature, in every
year in which they shall apportiop repre-.
sentation in the House of Representa-
tives, shall divide the State Into Senate.
/ rial Districts. No parish shall be divided
in the formation of a Senatorial District,
the parish Of Orleans excepted. And
/ whenever q new parish shall be created,
| it shall be attached to tile Senatorial Dis.
trict from which most Of its territory was
taken, Of to another contiguous District,
ut the discretion Of the Legislature but
| shall o be attached to more than one
District. The nnnter of Senators shall
be thirty-two, and they shall be apportion-
ed among the Senatorial Districts accor-
ding to the total population contained in
the several Districts-provided, that no
parish shall be entitled to more than one
eighth Of the whole number of Senators.
ART. 16. In all appointments Of the
Senate. the population Of the City of New
Orleans shall be deducted from the D
lation of the whole State. and the remain
der of the population divided BY the num-
Der tw~enty-eight, and the result produced
by this division shall be the Senatorial
ratio entitlia g 4 Senatorial District to a
Senator Single or contiguous parishes
shall Be formed into districts having i pop
NATION the nearest possible / the number.
entitling . District 10 ! Senator; and il.
in the superintendent 10 be made. a parish
Of district fail short of or exceed the ratio
Eone-6fstI. then q District may be formed
having not more tisan two Senator'S, but
not otherwlse. No new apportionment
shall have the effect Of abridging the Term
Of service Of any Senator already elected
II the time of making the superintendent
After an enumeration has been made a.
directed in the feighth) Article. the Legis-
lature shall NOT pass any law until an APP
~portionment of Representation in both
Houses Of the General Assembly be made.
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