New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-03
LAWS Of THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
REGULAR SESSION OF 1876.
AN ACT

| Apportionlng the State into Senatorial
! districts. and fixing the number OF
| Representatives to be elected from each
| parish and representative district in the
State, and designating in what senatorial
districts Senators ale to be elected at the
| next general election. and designating
| the representative number of population,
and repeating all laws, or parts of laws,
contrary to or in conflict with the pro-
| visions Of this act.
! SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
| and House of Representatives Of the State
| Of Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
That in compliance with the requirements OF
| articles twenty, twenty ne, twenty nine,
| thirty, and other provisions of the constitu-
| ton to appOrtion the State into senatorial
districts, and to tx the number of repre-.
sentatives for each parish, it is hereby pro-
vided that the State ehall be divided into
the following senatorial districts, with the
number of Senators hereinafter designated
! to each district.
First-The first senatorial district shall
be composed of the first, second and third
wards of the city of New Orleans, and shall
be entitled to three Senators.
Second-The second senatorial district
shall be composed of the fourth, fifth and
sixth wards of the city of New Orleans, and
shall be entitled to two Senators.
be composed of the seventh, eighth and
ninth wards of the city of New Orleans
and the parish of St. Bernard, and shall DO
entitled to two Senators.
FOurth-The fourth senatorial district
shall be composed of the tenth and eleventh
wards of the city of New Orleans, and shall
be entitled to one Senator.
| Fifth-The fifth senatorial district shall
be composed of the fifteenth ward of the
| citv IF Nou Orloano fnr1oopa RIGHT hankl
and the parish Of Plaquemines, and shall be
entitled to one Senator.
| Sixth-The sixth senatorial district shall
| be composed OF the twelfth, thirteenth,
fourteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth
wards of the city Of New Orleans, and the
parishes of Jefferson, St. Charles and St.
John the Baptist, and shall be entitled to
| two Senators.
Seventh-The seventh senatorial district
shall be composed of the parishes of Ascen.
sion and St. James, and shall be entitled to
one Senator.
Eightb-The eighth senatorial district
shall be composed of the parishes of As.
sumption, Lafuurche and TerrebOnne. and
shall be entitled 20 two Senators.
Ninth-Tho ninth senatorial district shall
be composed of the parishes of VermiiiOn
and ST. Mary, and shall be entitled to one
Senator.
Tenth--The tenth senatorial district shall
be composed of the parishes of Cameron,
CaiSasieu' st; Landry and Lafayette, and
shall be entitled to two Senators.
Eieyenth-Ihe eleventh senatorial district
ingston, St. Helena, St. Tammany. Tanei-
pohoa and Washington, and shall be en-.
titled to ono Senator.
Twelfth-The twelfth senatorial d;strict
shall be composed of the parishes Of Pom te
COupee East Feliciana and West Feliclana
and shall be entitled 10 two Senators.
Thirteenth-The thirteenth senatorial dis
trict shall be composed Of the parish Of East
Baton Rouge, and shall be entitled to one
| Senator.
FOurteenth-The fourteenth senatorial
district shall be composed of the parishes
of West Baton Rouge, Iberville, Iberia and
St. Martin, and shall be entitled to two
Senators.
! Fifteenth-The fifteenth senatorial dis