New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-02-28

st. Landry ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 4
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81. Iammany.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
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Ierrebonne.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
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Total. Observation-Disclosures
And the state shall be divided into the
| following senatorial districts, to wit
The first, second, and third representa-
tive districts 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
district, and elect two senators.
The seventh, eighth, and ninth represen-
tatlve districts Of New Orleans and the
| parish of St. Bernard shall form one dis
trict, and elect two senators.
| The tenth representative district Of New
Orleans shall form district, and elect one
senator.
Orleans right bank and the parish Of
Plaquemines 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 senators.
The parishes of Ascension and ST. James
shall form one district, and elect one SEN
atOr.
The parishes Of Assumption, Lafeurcbe,
and Terrebonne shall form one district, and
elect two senators.
The parishes of Vermillion and st, Mary
shall form one district, and elect one sena-
| tor.
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 elect one senator
The parishes of Pointe Coupee, East
Feliciana, and West Felieiana 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, her
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
atOr.
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 senators.
The parishes of Ouachita and Caldwell
shall form one district, and elect one SEN
ator.
The parishes of Jackson and Union shall
form oRe 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 dis
trict, and elect one senator.
The parishes of De Soto, Natehitoches
and Sabine shall form one district, and
elect two senators.
The parish Of Rapides shall form one dis
trict, and elect one senator.
The parishes of Catshoula and Vim
shall form one district, and elect one sen.
ator.
Thirty-six senators in all.
Articles twenty-three, twenty-fOur, and
twenty five, as follow, were adopted:
ART. 49, The house of representatives
shall choose its speaker and other officers
ART. "a. Electors, in all cases except
treason, felony, or breach of the peace, shall
be privileged from arrest during their at
tendance on, going to, and returning from
elections
ART. rs. At its first session under this
constitution, the general assembly shall
provide by law that the names and resi-.
dence of all qualified electors shall be regis.
tered in order to entitle them to vote; but
the registry shall be free of cost to the
eleetor.
Mr.. Crane asked to record his vote nc
upon the adoption Of article twenty-five.
Mr.. Wickliffe moved to strike out article
twenty-six.
Lost.
Article twenty-six was adopted, as fol
lows:
ART, &c. No person shall be entitled t.
vote &C any election held in this state, ex
cept In the parish Of his residence, and al
the election precinct in which he Is regis
tered; provided, that no voter in removing
from one parish to another shall lose thu
right to vote in the former until he has &C
quired 1t in the latter.
The amendment proposed by the commit
tee to article twenty-seven was adopted, and
the article as amended was adopted, al
follows
Arr. ~. The members Of the senate shall
be elected for the term Of four years; aRC
when assembled the Nsenate shall have
power to choose Its own officers, except q,
hereinafter provided.
Article tweniy-eight, as follows, WA
adopted;
Art. 28. The general assembly shall
| divide the state into senatorial district
whenever it apportioHs representation ii
the house of representatives.
Article 20, amended as proposed by til,
committee, was adopted IS follows
ART. 20. No parish shall be divided il
the formation Of q senatorial district, tn,
parish Of Orleans excepted; and whenever
. new parish shall be created, it shall b
} attached to the senatorial district from
which most Of its territory is taken, or Il
another contiguous district, at the discre
ton Of the general assembly; but shall no
be attached to more than one district. Tit
; number ofsenat0rs shall be thirty-six; anC
they shall be appsFtioned among the sena
torial districts according 10 the total popu
Z lation Of said districts.