New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-01-07
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OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE UNITED STATES.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CITY Of NEW ORLEANS
LOUIsIANA CONS INSTITUTIONAL CON.
VENTEON.
Ihirty-seeond Day. Proceeding.

Thirty-SeeOnd Days Proceedinga
The order of the day being reached. the
following articles were adopted as articles
10, 20, 2l, and % of the constitution
ARTICLE 10. Elections for members of the
general assembly shall be held at the sew
eral election precincts established by law.
ART. 20. Representation in the house of
representatives shall be equal and uniform,
and after the first legislature elected under
this constitution shall be aseertained and
regulated by the whole number of ropuIa-
ton, each parish in the state being entitled
to at least one representative. A census
OF the state by state authorities shall be
taken in 1870, and every ten years there
after. In case Of informality, omission,
or error in the census returns from any dis
trict, the general assembly may order a
new census taken in such parish or election
district.
ART. Il. The general assembly, after the
making OF each enumeration. shall appor-
tion the representation among the several
parishes and representative districts on
the basis Of total population as afore-
said. A representative number shall be
fixed, and each parish and representative
district shall have as many representatives
as the number of its total population will
entitle it to have. and an additional repre-
sentative for any fraction exceeding one
half of the representative number The
number of representatives shall never ex-
ceed one hundred and twenty, nor be less
than ninety.
ART. %. Until an apportionment shall
be made, and elections held under the
same, in accordance with the first enumera-
ton to be made as directed in article No.
2l, the representation in the senate and
house Of representatives shall be as fol-
lows:
For the parish of Orleans, and to be
elected as follows:
First representative district 2, second 3.
third 4, fourth 2, fifth 2, sixth l, seventh 2,
eighth l, ninth 2, tenth g. eleventh |, As
cension 2, Assumption 2, Avoyelles 2,
Baton East Rouge 3, West Baton
Rouge l, Bienville l, Bossier z, Caddo
8, Calcasieu l. Caldwell l, Carroll 2,
Catahoula J. Claiborne 2, Concordia 2,
DeSoto ?, East Teliciana 2, West
Feliciana l, Franklin l, IberVille 2
Jackson l, Jefferson 4, Lafayette l, La,
tOurche 2, Livingston /, Madison /, More
house l, Natchitoches 2, Ouachita 2. Pla,
quenine /, Pointe Coupee 2, Rapides 8
Sabine l, st. Bernard l, st. Charles l, ST.
Helena l, ST. James 2, St. John Baptist
ST. Landry H., st, Martin 2 St. Mary 2
ST. Tammany n Tensas 2, Terrebonne 2
Union /, Verwilhon l, Washington l, Vim
/ total l0l.
And the state shall be divided into the
following senatorial districts, to wit
The first, second, and third representa-,
tive distri- is of New Orleans shall form one
senatorial district, and elect three senators
The fourth, fifth, and sixth Representative
districts of New Orleans shall form one dis
trict and elective senators.
The seventh, eighth, and ninth represent.
ative districts of New Orleans, and the par
ish Of st. Bernard, shall form one district
and elect two senators.
The tenth representative district of New
Orleans shall form district and elect one
senator.
Fifth district of New Orleans, and the
parish Of Plaquemine shall form one dis,
trict, and elect one senator.
The parishes of Jefferson, St. Charles, and
ST. John the Baptist shall form one district
and elect two senators.
The parishes of Ascension and St. James
shall form one district, and elect one sen,
ator.
The parishes of Assumption, Lafourche
and Terrebonne shall form one district. and
elect two senators.
The parishes of Vermillion and ST. Mary,
shall form one district, and elect one sen.
ator.
The parishes of Calcasieu, Lafayette, and
st. Landry shall form one district, and elect
two senators.
The parishes of Livingston, St. Helena
Washington, and St. Tammany shall form
one district, and shall elect one senator.
The parishes of Pointe Coupee East Fe-
liciana, and West Feliciana shall form one
district, and elect two senator's.
The parish of East Baton Rouge shall
form one district, and elect one senator.
The parishes of West Baton Rouge, Iber-
vile, and st. Martin shall form one dis
trict, and elect two senators.
The parishes of Concordia and Avoyelles
shall form one district, and elect one SEN
ato7.
The parishes of Tensas and Franklin
shall form one district, and elect one SEN
ator.
The parishes of Carroll, Madison, and
Morehouse shall form one district, and elect
two senator's.
The parishes Of Ouachitu and Caldwell
shall form one district, and elect one SEN
ator.
The parishes of jackson and Union
shall form one district, and elect one SEN
atOr.
The parishes of Bossier, Bienville, and
Claiborne shall form one district and elect
two senators.
The parish of Caddo shall form one dis
trict, and elect one senator.
The parishes of DeSoto, Natehitoches,
and Sabine shall form one district and elect
two senators.
The parish of Rapides shall form one
district, and elect one senator.
The parishes of Catahoula and Vim
shall form one district, and elect one SEN
ator.
Thirty.six senators in all.
According to letters received from Rome
the pope, on taking leave of General De
Failly, said, u have thoroughly considered