The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-11-09

TIVE senators to represent the sixth
senatorial di trict. composed OF the
eleventh twelfth. thirteenth, fourteenth
sixteenth and seventeenth wards Ut the
city of New orleans.
One senator to represent the eighth
senatorial d,strict. COMPOSED of I lie pr
iSlrrs of st. James and Ascension.
One senator to repr, sent the ninth
seuatorid Cistri t, comp sed of the
parishes OF Terrebonne.. Laiou,che and
Assumption.
O'ie senator to represent the tenth
senatorial district, composed of the
pa islles of st Mary, ver'million, Cam
eron aud Calcasieu.
One srnator t. represent the eleventh
sellai"Iia di-trlct, composed of the
Parishes of -. " irtil, iberia and Lit
layettc.
One senator to represent the twelfth
se at0ri, district, composed of the
parish of st. Landry.
one senator tn represent the thirteenth
senatorial district, composed of the
parishes of Av"yelies and Pointe c oupee.
One senator To represent the sixteenth
senatorial district, composed OF the
parish 4 East Bat n kouge.
One senator TO represent the nine
tsenth senatorial district. composed of
the paris es of Ma cili,0ches, Sabine,
DeSoto AMI Red al Ter.
One se.atur 10 present the twenty
Il st senatorial district. composed of tue
IA. isues of bossier, BIenville, Webster
aud ClaibO.iie.
One senator to represent the twenty
third senatorial district, composed o,
the Parishes of Ouachita, Klchland, Cald-
welt, FRANKLIN and Jackson.
On senator To repr sent the twenty
inf Ia ~eiIatoi ial d strict, C mp used of the
par.sues of East Carrull aud siadIson.
Aud whereas, by the resignation of
the Hon. Charles j. Boatner, u vacancy
exists IN the senate OF the slate of Lou
isiaIia, for the district composed of the
parishes vi Catalonia, Winu ami Graut !;
and whereas. it is ma q the duty of the
Governor to ca',se an election To De head
IN said dIstr.ct u, nll said vacancy;
Add whei cas-, it is also provided by
law { at at t.e same time thee shall
be elected b, the q.,aiifiei electors of
of heir respective districts one mein
Ter 10 represent The herei ,alt,r con-
gees 10 al di,tricts vi this state la the
Fvrty-siAtH Cong ess of tie Unitcu
States, f - the .erin of tao years, from
aud af er the fonrfh of .iarch, 1879, as
follows, wit:
One reprc>en alive from the first con-
gressional district OF this State, COM
posed II the parishes oi Pldquemines,
81. Bernard, and that portion OF tue
pari Ia of orleans lying. on tne right
Lank # he Mississippi ri ,er, and that
p rtioD OF the iett bank of tue Nissls-
sippi liver ueluw J,.iit street ant the
Lew canal, comprising the third, foa til,
nj h. SIX h, seventh, eighth, mnth aud
ni'enhth wards of the city of New or
ivans.
Oie representative from the second
conGre 'slouai dist. let of tbs State, COM
lri,ins that pSitioa of the PARISH Ut
". leans above Julia street aud tue new
canal, comprising tile first, second,
TENTH ,eievent.I, twelfth, thirteenth, four
teenth, sixteenth and seventeenth wards
oI the city OF New Orleans. aud the
parishes IF jefferson, ST. Charles, ST.
Jonn the Is .p,isE aud st. James
One Representative from the third
congressional district vi tins State. com-
prisUig the parishes of lDervi.ie, Aseen-
sion. Assumption, LafOurche, Terre-
bonAe, st. Mary, loerii, st. .dartn, La
fayeItc, V,rmi.lIun. Cameron and Cai-
casieu.
One representative from the fourth
cJi, ,ressional district OF thi, State. C M
pi Using the parasites vi Ra. 'ides, Vernon,
Saline, .,atchitOch :, Uranf, Winn. Red
River, DE Sot =, Ca,id1, DJssler, Webster
ana Bi nvilie
one representative from the fifth
district oil this state, COM
pIising tue parishes OF Concordia, q ID
W l., fiaLkliI, Tensis, Madison. Ricn-
laud, OuachIta, Ja'Kson, L,ncoln, Union,
Nor house, East Carroll, West Carroll,
Claiborne a..d Catah,ula.
One representa- from the sixth
cong essional district of tails State, com
i,risiug the parishes OF Avoyelles, ST.
Laniry, Poi4,te Conpee. EasI reliciana,
Vest relsriina, Eas, BltOn Rouge. West
Bat IN Rouge, ST. Helena. Livingston,
Washington and 81. Tam
many
And whereas, by the death of the
II IL. John Z Leonard, vacancy has
been created in the Office of rep esen,a-
tive to tue Forty fifth Congress of the
United States, from the nth congress
sionai distri It Of this state, comp isiug
Ia, parishes of Conco. d,a, Caldw II,
/ IauklI., Ie.isds, Aladis IA, hichland,
Ouac bita, Jackson. Line In, Union.
Last Carroll, West Carroll,
Tia borue aud Caianorla and whereas,
i Ii the ddty of the Governor to cause
al 81. ction to be acid to NIL such va
fancy;
And whereas, it is also provided by
sw that, at the same time, there shall
DE elected by the qu ,!,ied electo.s of
.his state, State Treasurer, for the
ERIN of four yeas;
Aud sher d, II is also provided by
aw that, at tue same time, there shall
De elected by the qualified electors Of
,ne resp. parishes OF this state
the parish OF Orleans excepted) one
Parish Judge, one sheriff and one Coro- !
Ter, to be ell ct,d for each parish by the
l,alitird electors of their respective
TO. the ternI of two years; and |
n the pari IN Of o leans where the uual- |