New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-01-05

into the following senatorial districts,
to wit:
The first, second, and third repre-
sentatiyes districts of New Orleans
shall form one senatorial district, and
elect three senators.
The fourth, fifth, and sixth repre-
sentative districts of New Orleans
shall form one district, and elect two
senators.
The seventh, eight, and ninth rep
resentatative districts of New Or
leans and the parish 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 district and elect one senator.
The parishes of jefferson, St.
Charles, and St. John Baptist shall form
one district and elect two senator's.
The parishes of Ascension and St.
James shall form one district and elect
one senator.
The parishes of Assumption, La
fourche, and Terrebonne shall form
one district and elect two senator's.
The parishes of Vermillion and St.
Mary shall form one district and elect
one senator.
The parishes of Calcasieu, Lafayette.
and St. Landry shall form one district
and elect two senators.
The parishes of Livingston, st. He
lena, Washington, and st. Tammany
shall form one district and shall elect
one senator.
The parishes of Pointe Coupee, East
Feliciana, and West Feliciana shall
form one district and elect two senators.
The parish of East Baton Rouge
shall form one district and elect one
senator.
The parishes of West Baton Rouge,
Iberyille, and st. Martin shall form one
district and elect two senators.
The parishes of Concordia and
Avoyo!les shall form one district and
elect one senator.
The parishes of Tensas and Frank
lin shall form one district and elect one
senator.
The parishes of Carroll, Madison,
and Morehouse shall form one district
and elect two senators.
The parishes of Ouachita and Cald-
well shall form one district and elect
one senator.
The parishes of Jackson and Union
shall form one district and elect one
senator.
The parishes of Bossier, Bienville,
and Claiborne shall form one district
and elect two senators.
The parish of Caddo shall form one
district and elect one senator.
The parishes Of DeSoto, Natchi-
teches, and Sabine shall form one dis
trict and elect two senators.
The parish of Rapides shall form
one district and elect one senator.
The parishes of Catahoula and Winn
shall form one district and elect one
senator.
Thirty-six senators in all.
ART. 81. The house of representa-
tives shall choose its speaker and
other officers.
ART. 33. Electors in all cases ex-
oept treason, felony, OF breach of the
peace shall be privileged from arrest
during their attendance on, going to,
and returning from elections.
ART. "a. At its first session under
this constitution, the Legislature shall
provide by law that the names and res
licences Of all qualified electors shall
be registered in order to entitle them
to vote; but the registry shall be free
of cost to the elector.
ART. 35. No person shall be emit
tied to vote at any election held in
this state, except in the parish of his
residence, and at the election precinct
in which he is registered.
ART. 36. The members of the senate
shall be elected for the term of four
years, and when assembled the senate
shall have power to choose its own
officers.
ART. 81. During every year in
which they apportion representation
in the house of representatives, the
legislature shall divide the state into
senatorial districts.
ART. 80. No parish shall be divided
in the formation of a senatorial dis
trict, the parish of Orleans excepted:
and whenever new parish be isl Gre
ated, it shall be attached to the sena-
torial district from which most of its
territory is taken, or to another CON
tiguous district, at the discretion of
tho Legislature, but shall not be at
taehed to more than one district.
The number of senators shall be
thirty-six, and they shall be appor-
toned among the senatorial districts
according to the electoral population
of said districts.
ART. 80. In all apportionments of
the senate, the electoral population Of
the whole state shall be divided by the
number thirty-six, and the result pro-
dueed by this division shall be the
senatorial ratio emitting a senatorial |
district to a senator.
Single or contiguous parishes shall
be formed into districts having a non.
ulation the nearest possible TO the
number emitting district to a SEN
ator; and if the apportionment TO make
a parish or district fall short of or OK
coed the ratio, then district may be
formed having not more than two SEN
ators, but not otherwise. No new ap-
portionment shall have the effect Of
abridging the term of service of any
senator already elected at the time Of
making the apportionment. After an
enumeration has been made, as d.