St. Landry democrat., 1878-03-02

All act to take the sense of the people
of lhis State Oh the question OF hold
ing "A constitutional convention of the
,u.,,,,le of the State of Louisiana, 10y
ELECTION and providing tor the election
of delegates to suclt convention Gf or
deled Oy the people;) to provide the
| time fRElu method OF sucl, election, and
tor the returns and PRONUNCIATION ut
| the result thereof; to prescribe the
duties of certain officers III the prem
ises: to designate The time, place and
mode of orgauiZlng such convention.
the oath OF Its member s, appurtiuuing x
| the representation by Delegates III
said convention, among the several
uallsIles pro. iuiEg Tor the nianuer Ot
cuupeIsallou OF members and Off
GERS. and cont SeIst cXptuSts OF the
con rntiol.
SECTION /. Be it enacted BY the Senate
| and House of Representatives Of the Sute
OF lou. .staRu, in GeheTut assembly con-
r,ued, InaC the question whether ol
moi, a constitutional convention shall be
uclI, be and the SAME Isl hereby sl:h-
m,tted 10 Tie people OF the State of LOU
,s,u,,u. to be determined 10y them by
ballot at the general electlOn to he held
~, th4 first Monday OF November, 1873,
voter desiring such convention shall
write or have printed on his ballot for
State and parish officers and Congress-
men. the " ord "cuuvtntion," and each
vn,pr upuuseu to such constitutional
convention shall write or have printed
IN his ballot as aforesaid the words,
".v,insr a convention and on the
..,,nt. ballot each voter shall also vote
lnr the delegate or delegates to REPRE-
..ut his tlarlsh or ward in the conven-
non should the sane tt ordered 10y d
majority OF the voters in the State !;
and that the rttuln us of such election Oh
liz. nuestou of hOl,ting the convention,
4t,t Iur delegates To the convention, bt
made. at the saline time ansl III the salEt
manner as the returns of the election OI
State and parish officers then to be
,.i,oS4u. and the returns shall he com
ui,, Il and the result siscertalDtd III all!
,+surcts as is provided 10y existing laws
FOR the general election of officers.
SEC. .. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
Immediately after the compilation oi
said returns and the ascertainment ol
tie result the Governor shall make pro-
clamatiou of the same i'll the official
journal of the State, AMI the Secretary
of State shall prepare, certify aud hold
IA complete roll aud list in duplicate Ot
all the delegates elected to represent
tile several parishes ut the Stats. III said
convention, according to the official re-
turns, one copy to te retained IN his
Office. and the other to be delivered to
the president of the convention, as
hereinafter provided.
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, etc., That
in the event of ii minority ot the votes
cast at said election being IN favor OF a
constitutional convention, the delegates
elected by the several parishes to such
convention shall assemble in the city OF
New Orleans, in the House of Repre-
sentatives, on the second Monday i'll
December, 1878, at 10 o'clock meridian,
and tlereupun ut said hour and place
the Secretary Of State shall call the roll
or list of delegates abOye provided for,
and shall administer to the delegates
present The following oath: -,
do sOIemnly swear or affirm that | will
support the constitution of the Ugited
States and the laws made hereunder,
and that will bear true faith aud al
legiance TO the State of Louisiana and
to all the people thereof, and will TO the
best of my ability discharge all the
duties incumbent on me az Il memtter
of the constitutional convention. So
help me Cod"
SEC. 4. Be it5nrther enacted, ETC., That
after the administration of the fore
going Oatl, said convention shall or
ganize in the manner, it may seem pro-
pei, under tie ,lame and style I" the Con-
stitutianal Convection of the people Of
The State Of Louisiana" aud thereupOn
it.e Secretary Uf State shall deliver said
roll til the president ut the convention,
and said convention shall thereafter
regulate the time and place nt IFS ses-
SIons; shall make appropriations Tor
its ownexpe,ls-s and c"mpenssstIon, and
all other matters appertalnlhg to rs
duties and deliberations.
SEC. 5. BE it further enacted, etc., That
the several parishes of the State ana
wards of the city of New Orleans shall
elect delegates 10 said convention as
follows, tO-wit: % sa
INTHE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
First Ward, delegates.
Second Ward, two Delegates.
Third Ward. three delegates.
Fourth Ward, one delegate.
fifth Ward, two Delegates. Esa
Sixth Ward, one delegate. =.
Seventh Ward, two delegates.
Eighth Ward, one delegate.
Ninth Wari, two delegates. -
Tenth Ward, three delegates.
Eleventh Ward, two delegates.
Twelfth Ward, one delegate.
Thirteenth and Fourteenth Wards,
>ne delegate.
Fifteenth Ward, one delegate. -
Sixteenth and Seventeenth Wards,
,ne delegate.
IN THE PARISHES AS FOLLOWS:
Parish of Ascension, one delegate.
Parish of Assumption, one delegate.
Parish Of Ayoyelles, two delegates.
Parish OF East Baton Rouge, two
delegates.
Parish of West Baton Rouge, one
delegate.
Parish Of Bienville, one delegate.
Parish OF BOssier, one delegate.
Parrish Of Caddo, two delegates.
Parlsii 0f Calcasieu, one delegate.
ParlsI of Caldwell, one delegate.
Parish 0t Cameron, one delegate.
Parisii OF East Carroll, one delegate.
Parish 0f West Carroll, one delegate.
Parlsii OF CatahOtl;l, one delegate.
Parish OF Claiborne, two delegates.
nafisaf OF goneurtlia, one delegate.
Parish OF DeSotn, one delegate.
Parish OF East Feliciana, two dele
gates. =,
Parish of West Feliciana. one dele
rate.
Parish Of Franklin, one delegate
Parish OF Grant, one delegate.
Parish OF Iberia, one delegate.
Parish of lherville, one delegate.
Parish OF Jackson, one delegate.
Parish of jefferson, one delegate.
Parish OF Lafayette, one delegate.
Parish OF Lafaurche, two delegates.
Parish OF Lincoln, one delegate.
Parish OF Livingston, one delegate.
Parish nf Mafiisnr, a,nn>.l.. .i..ras1,