Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-03-12
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AN ACT

and House Of Representatives III the Gene
raj Assembly III the State nj Louisiana, &C
cordiug to the second CENSUS made in
eighteen hundred aud liity-eight, under the
eighth and sixteenth Articles Of the Con-
stitutIon.
SEC. l.-Be it enacted BY the Senate and
House Of Representatives. Of the Statf Of Lou,sa-
ana, IN General assembly conrened. That until
the next census and ppurtlonment shall
have been made the State shall be divided
into the following Senatorial Districts, to-
wit
The parishes OF Plaqnenines, St Bernard,
jefferson and Orleans Right Bank Shall form
one District, and shall elect two Senators.
! All that portion OF the parlsl Of Orleans on
the left bank Of the Mississippi River. iuclud-
Ing the CITY OF New Orleans, shall torn one
. District, and snail! elect Ave Senators.
The parishes Of St. Charles aud LatouIche
shall form one District and shall elect one
Senator
The parishes Of Terrebonne, Assumption
aud Ascension shall form one District, and
shall elect two Senators.
The karlshes oil s.. James and St. John the
Baptist shall form one District and shall elect
one Senator.
i The parishes tf St. Martin ann YermilIion
shall form one District, and shall elect one
Senator.
The parishes Of St. Landry. Calcasieu and
Lafayette >l.aii form one Dlst,ici. and shyi !
elect two Senators.
The parish tt /. erviile shall form Que Dis
tTict, and SHALL elect two Senators.
The parishes of East Fe!lciana, East Baton
Rouge and West Baton Rouge shall form one
District. and shall etest two Senator'S.
The parishes OF st. Helena, Washington,
Livingston and St. Tamnany shall form one
District. and shall elect one Senator.
The parishes Of Sabine, Nachltoches, De
Soto and Caddo shall form one District, and
shall elect two Senators.
The parishes OF VIM, CatahouIa and CaId-
well shall form one District, and shall elect
one Senator.
The parishes Of Franklin and Carroll shall
form o>.e District, AMI hail elect Que SenrtoT.
The parishes Of Madison, Tensas and Con-
cordIa shall form one District, and shall elect
TWO Senators.
The parish of Claiborne shall form one
District, and shall elect one Senator.
The parishes OF Bossier and Btenvilte shall
form one District: and shall elect one Seaator.
The parishes of Morehouse aud Ouachita
shall form one District, and shall elect Que
Senator.
The parishes Of jackson and Union shall
form one District. and shall elect one Senator.
Sec. BE It further enacted, &c | hat until
the next Cencus and Apportionment, the rep
resentat.on III the House of Representatives
shall be aprortloned among the several par
'shes and districts at a representative number
of SIX thousand niDe hundred and twenty.
The parish OF Piaquemines shall elect two.
Ihe parish Of St. Bernard shall elect one.
The parish Of Orleans, right bank, shall
elect one. S.
he parish Of G ferson shall elect two.
The parish Of St. Charles Shall! elect one.
ltaz Parish of St. John the BAPTIST stal
cleo tone. ~
The parish of st. James shall elect two.
Ihe= parish OF Ascension shall elect two.
! The parish OF Assumption shall elect two.
The parish Of Laiourche shall elect two.
The parish of Terrebonne shall elect Que.
The parish II of St. Mary shall elect two.
The parish OF St. Eartin shall! elect two.
The parish Of Avoyelies shall ecIect two.
~%Ihe parish of CatahouIa shall elect one,
The parish Of Carroll shall elect two.
Ihe parish of Madison shall elect two.
The PARISH of Iensas shall elect two.
The parish Of ConcorIia shall elect two.
The parish Of Pt. Coupee shall elect two.
The parish OF W. Feliciana shall elect two.
The parish OF +. Feiiclana shall e.9rt tive
The parish Of s.: t.! ma shall elect one.
Aoe ppas.ff3isS4.I Ct Washington shall eject one.
t The parish ofSt. T~annmany shall rIectone.
The parish Of L. B itoug shall elect two.
The parish oil ". b. K ugr shall e,cot one.
The parish Of lbervil.e shall elect two.
The parish of Fern1i!jion shall elect one.
Ihe parish OF Caicasteu shall elect one,
The parish OF Lafayette shall elect enc.
Inc parish OF st. Landry shall elect tour.
The parish of Rap!des shall elect three.
The parish of Sabine shall elect one.
| The parish OF Nacbitoches shall elect two.
The parish Of VIM shall elect one.
The parish of DeSoto shall eject two.
The parish Of Caddo shall elect two.
The parish OF Bossier shall elect two.
The parish Of Claiborne shall elect two.
The parish OF Bienviile shall elect one.
The parish OF Jackson shall elect one.
The parish OF Union sh all elect two.
The parish Of Morehou,e shall elect one.
The parish OF Ouachita shall elect one.
The parish Of Caldwell shall! elect one.
The parish Of FRANKLIN shall elect one.
The First Representative District Of the
parish OF New Orleans shall elect three.
lhe Second District shall elect two.
The Third District shall elect four.
The Fourth District shall elect one.
The Fifth District shall elect two.
The Sixth District shall elect one.
The Seventh District shall elect two.
The Eighth District shall elect one.
The ninth District shall elect one.
The Tenth District shall elect three.
VIM. w. PUGH,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
WM.F. GRIFFIN,
President OF the Senate.
Approved March 9TH, 1850.
ROBERT C.. WICKLIFFE.
Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
4 true copy.
ANDREW S. HERRon,
Secretary 0! State.