The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-12

moulet, Vance, VOORHEES,, Washburn, Wilde,
Wise, Wood, Young OF Claiborne, and Young
Nays-Messrs. Barron. Barrett, Brown,
Bosley, Carville, Como, Cole, Davidson,
D'Avy,. Dejoie, Detiege, Dickinson, Dink.
SAINT Gary o6 Grseen ko baan o h
Keeting, Leonard of Caddo, Lewis, Magloire
Million, Raby, Romero, Semmes, Tolliver,
Walker, Warmotb Washington and Watson
49,
| The resolution was adopted.
Mr. Jonas moved to reconsider the vote just
taken on the final passage of the bill.
Mr.. VOORHEES, moved to lay the motion to
reconsider on the table.
On that motion the yeas and nays were
called, with the following result:
Yeas rn Ald Roe AEpGG asr K Brna
Bowden, Buck, Carloss, Greasy, Delayigne,
Duke, Dupree, Fitzpatrick, Gaskns, Gillespie,
Hammond, Hill of Orleans, Jonas, Kelly OF
Orleans Kidd Lammare Lea teeds i;t Lyons ns
ter, Randolph, Richardson, Role. Ryland,
sartain, Shakespeare, Smart, Stage. Self, Sci
lers, spiler, Taylor, Tremoulet, Vance. Voor-
HES ,Washburn, Wilde, Wise. Wood, Young |
OF Claiborne and Young Of East Baton |
Rouge-55. |
Nays-Messrs. Barron, Barrett Brown,
Bos!ey, Como, Cole, pavidson, DAvy D1eloie,
M. johnson, Robert Johnson Keeting, Ken
nedy, Leonard Of Caddo, Lewis, Magloire,
MiloD, Raby, Romero, Semmes Toliver,
i Walker, Warfmoth, Washington and Watson
The motion to reconsider was laid upon the
table
In accordance with the resolution just
adopted Mr. VOORHEES, offered q bill, which
was read and placed upon the calendar, enti-
tied,
House bill No. Is,
, "An act reapportionng the State into Sena-
torial and Representative Districts, and
amending and re-enacting section Of act No.
/, approved January 81, 1876"
On motion of Mr.. VOORHEES, the bill was or
dered to be printed in the journal, as follows:
y An act to apportion the State into Senatorial
and Representative Districts and to
amend and re-enact section 1 OF act No.
of the session Of 1876, approved January
81 1876.
G SECTION /. Be 1t enacted By the Senate and
House of Representatives. Of tie State Of Louis
ana. IL, General Assembly convened, That sec
ton first of act No. of the session OF 1876, be
h amended and re-enacted so as to read as fol-
|, lows, to wit: That the State shall be divided
!, into the following Senatorial Districts, with
r the number of Senators hereinafter desig-
mated to each district.
e First. The First Senatorial District shall be
composed of the First, Second and Third
y, Wards of Orleans, and shall be entitled to
= three Senators.
t. be composed OF the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth
= Wards of Orleans, and shall be entitled to two
j. Senators.
p Third The Third Senatorial District shall
!, be imposed of the Seventh, Eighth and
!. Ninth Wards Of Orleans and the parish OF
9, st. Bernard, and shall be entitled to two Sen
o. atOrs.
a. II -. If,f I'M md h
- Wards of Orleans, and shall be entitled to
one Senator.
u, Fifth. The Fifth Senatorial District shallbe
i 4 composed of the Fifteenth Ward of Orleans
a, and the Parish OF Plaquemines, and shall be
II entitled to one Senator. :,
- Sixth. The Sixth Senatorial District shall
- be composed of the Twelfth, Thirteenth,
" Fourteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Wards
o. of Orleans and the Parishes of st. Charles,
% Jefferson and st. John the Baptist, and shall
~ be entitled to two Senators,
Seventh. The Seventh Senatorial District
as shall be composed of the parishes OF Ascen-
sion and St James, and shall be entitled tc
one Senator.
Eighth The eighth Senatorial District
shall be composed Of the parishes Of La
- shall be entitled to two Senator's.
~ Ninth. The Ninth Senatorial District shall
" be composed of the parishes Of Verrnilion
St Mary, Cameron and Calcasieu, and shall
as be entitled to two Senators.
Tenth The Tenth Senatorial District shall
be composed of the parishes of st. Landry
and AvoyelIes and shall be entitled to tive
he Senators.
no Eleventh. The Eleventh Senatorial Distric
q shall Ee composed of the parishes OF st
~ Helena, Washington, st. Tammany and Tan
gpah9a and ,s shall be entsea 70 one 9en sc
re- shall be composed Of the parishes OF Point
IT, Coupee, East Feliciana and West Feliciana
and shall be entitled to two Senators.
Thirteenth The Thirteenth Senatorial Dis
II r;o t oho1I ha pprpDOepd Of the parish OF EaS
10. Baton Rouge and shall be entitled to one Ser
80 atOr.
ip- Fourteenth The Fourteenth Senatorial Dis
trict shall be composed of the parishes OF lie
eryile and West Baton Rouge, and shall b
~ entitled to one Senator.
Fifteenth The Fifteenth Senatorial Distrit
shall be composed Of the parishes Of Concol
ms dia and Tensas, and shall be entitled to on
Dr. Sixteenth. The Sixteenth Senatorial Distrio
nd shall be composed of the parishes OF Eas
WIS Carroll and Madison, and shall be entitled
'hs Seventeenth. The Seventeenth senatoris
District shall be composed OF the parishes
re- West Carroll, Union and Morehouse, and sha
be entitled to one Senator.
Eighteenth The Eighteenth Senatorial Di
trict shall he composed Of the parishes
the Ouachta, Lincoln and Richland, and sha
Ind be entitled to one Senator
leir trict shall be composed OF the parishes
Grant. VIM and Jackson, and shall be ent
re- tied to one Senator.
~, Twentieth. The Twentieth Senatorial Di
li9' trct shall be composed of the parishes OF 30
sier BenvilIe, Claiborne and Webster, ar
lite shall be entitled to two Senator's.
,ar- Twenty-frst. The Twenty First Senator's
'"i District shall be composed OF the parish
Caddo, and shall be entitled to one Senator.
was Twenty second The Twenty-secsen.dl s SEN saa
HAL torial District snail De Gomposeoo o. we pa
Natchitoches, and shall be entitled to tV
the Senators.
pre- Twenty-third. The Twenty, third Senatori
1ote Dstrlce shair W d h wl ' ho nntitled
lone Senator.
and Twenty-fourth. The Twenty-fourth Sen