The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-01
AN ACT

SSNhS-.I
No. 23] AN ACT
To apportion the State into Senatorial and
Representative Districts and TO amend
| and re-enact section one Of act mum Der one
| ~ OF the session of 1876, approved Janu-
| airy 81, 1876.
| SECTION 1. Be IL enacted bv the Senate and
House Of Representatives. Of the State Of
Louisiana, an General A ssembly convened, That
section first Of act number one % of the ses-
sion of 1876 be amended and re- enacted so as
to read as follows, to wit: That the State
shall be divided into the following senatorial
districts. with the number Of Senators here
matter designated to each district:
The First Senatorial District shall be com
posed OF the Eighth and Ninth Wards of Or
leans, and of the parishes of st. Bernard and
Plaquemines, and shall elect two Senators.
The Second District shall be composed of
Of Orleans, and shall elect two Senators.
The Third District shall be composed of the
Third Ward OF Orleans, and shall elect one
Senator.
the Second Ward and Fifteenth Ward (Or-
leans, right bank of Orleans and shall elect
one Senator.
The Fifth District shall be composed of the
First and Tenth Wards of Orleans, and shall
elect one Senator.
The Sixth District shall be composed Of the
Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth,
Sixteenth and Seventeenth Wards of Orleans,
aIi IL, snail elect Two senator's
the parishes Of Jefferson, st. Charles and ST.
John the Baptist, and shall elect one Senator.
The Eighth District shall be composed of
the parishes OF st. James and Ascension, and
e' TIC ei Nut Nne n 9snat3r' h.u =, -,
ne Nlntn DsIIict shaii De composed OF
the parishes Of Terrebonne, Lafourche and
Assumption, and shall two Senators.
The Tenth District shall be composed OF the
p,'a t i9,Ia y. n'. nldl y YelLii.oL, Sblerou
AM IN oa T tsnu snall eigcG Two senators;
Tho ne Gvent III a. nlsGlct snal De composed OF
eHe aIlSn9s ~ GI. MaItil, lDeTia ana LaIay-
eC T an Tl Stall e n; one senator.
~, me dWeil s DistllfI snali De composed OF
nn p"l ,.h VI o. A'hofy' anu snail eject TWO
ot m ~
o. Tue parishes Is, OF avoyeiies ana Polnte
o1 mp anu snaii 9lect one senator.
~ tbo nuu ar Gs1 plstLlos Silali w coinpUseu
o.. tne parishes OF iPefvliIe ana OF west
Da Ht y hI.ouge. anu snail eiecG one senator.
no !.;at DlSellcI Snhi og composer Oh
sh a aact enc sena at a.o "est fec1h' anu
eii Ini e asN. Que Senator.
ne ai1eee,itn DisGpicI snail De composed OF
o oae LIE e' oao'h lsouee' anu shaii
ei ts one senator;
~ th oeyeH.eeatn DlsCricI Snall Ds composer
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and shall elect one Senator.
The Eighteenth District shall be COMPOSED
of the parishes of Rapides and Vernon, and
shall elect one Senator,
The Nineteenth District shall be composed
of the parishes of Natchitoches, Sabine, De
Soto and Red River, and shall be entitled to
two Senators.
The Twentieth District shall be composed
of the parish of Caddo, and shall elect one
Senator.
The Twentv-frst District shall be comDosed
of the parishes of Bossier, Webster, Bienville
and Claiborne, and shall elect two Senators.
The Twenty-second District shall be com
posed of the parishes of Union. MOrebouse
Lincoln and West Carroll. and shall elect two
Senators
The Twenty-third District shall be COM
posed of the parishes of Ouachita. Richland
Caldwell, Franklin and jackson, and shall
elect two Senator'S.
The Twenty-fourth District shall be COM