Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-08-09
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.

| tGlneu Nv Cuo IOIdl pOpulttCioh" A/"SA
Parish shall have at least one Represent
ative. Tho first enumeration to be made
by the State authorities under this con-
| stitution, shall be made in lS9O, and
subsequent enumcrations shall be made
every tenth year thereafter, in such mall
ner as shall be prescribed by law, for the
purpose of ascerta:ning the tota; popu-
lation, and the number of qualified cleo
tors in each Parish and election district.
At its first regular session after each |
enumeration the General Assembly shall |
apportion the representation among the
several Parishes and election districts !
aforesaid. a representative number snail
he fixed. and each Parish and election |
district shall have as many Representa-
tives as tho aggreg gate number OF IFS pop
,,otion shall entitle it to, and an addi-
tional Representative for any fraction
exceeding one-half the representative
, number. The number OF Representatives.
sha II not be more than hinety-elght nor
less than seventy.
II. Tho General Assembly in every
wear in which it shall apportion repre-
, sentation in the House of Representa-
tiyes. shall divide the State into senate
rial districts. No Parish shall be divided
/ in tho formation of Il senatorial dlstr1c1
the Parish Of Orleans excepted. Wheh-
aver T. new Parish shall be created 1T shall
. lie attached to he senatorial district from
), which most of it's territory was taken, or
to another contiguous district, at the
discretion of the Legislature, but
shall not be attached to more than
. nf Senators
% shall not; be moro than thrty-siN nor less
than twenty four, and they shall be ap-
. pniuted among the senatorial district'
according to the total population contain
ed in the several districts.
. lS. Until an enumeration shall be made
. IN accordance with articles lb and II,
~ the State shall be divided into the fol-
lowing senatorial districts, with the MUM
Der of Senators hereinafter designated tt
49, each district:
'' The First Senatorial District shall bt
-. composed of the eighth and ninth wara
~ of Orleans, and the Parishes of st. Ser
- narl and Plauuemines and shall elect tw
al Senators.
90" The Second District shall be compose
~ W ,c -s,urt,,, ffth sixth aud seHent
~ wards of Orleans, ana snaiA elccI L"
lal,
: Senators.
''N The Third District shall be composed {
tho third ward of Orleans and shall cle'
i've '''o '''''>'
one senator.
'.' The Fourth District shall be compose
"' of the second and fifteenth wards 60
.r' leans right bank) OF Orleans, and sh;l
itu- 'o'"'
~ elect one senator.
''' Tho Fifth District shall be composed
the first and tenth wards OF Orleans' all
~ shall elect two senators.
The Sixth District shall be compose
'oP' Of the eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, to''
teenth. sixteenth and seventeenth ware
of Orleans, and shall elect two senators
'"o The Seventh District shall be conpo
''''A ed of the Parishes of Jefferson, st. Ch;lrl
., ~: and st. John the Baptist, and shall Gle
ore senator.
The Eighth District shall bc compos
Ae0 Of tho Parishes of St. james and Asce
sion, and shall elect one Senator.
~ THE Ninth District shall be com pos
'.ou of the Parishes of TerreDonne, Latourc
,a.,a, and Assumption, and shall elect TWO %
oo,s ators.
'oe' Tho Tenth District shall be compos
of the Parishes Of St. Mary, \erhlil
Cameron and Calcasieu, and Shall eli
:, of two Senator'S.
= The Eleventh District sLall be compo
II of the Parishes of st. Martin, Iberia /;
Laflyette, and shall elect one Senator
-A" The Twelfth District shall be compo
Po of the Parish of St. Landry and shall cl
sure W.
+ho two Senators.
The Thirteenth District shall be CO
posed Of tho Parishes of Avoyolls
Pointe Coupee, and shall elect one Sc
pris- io''''o o
tor.
,hoos The Fourteenth District shall be ct
,,,,o, nosed of the Parishes of loervllle
.,,,1;o West Baton Rouge, and shall elect
Senator.
The Fifteenth District 81 all be com
ghts. ell OIL tho l ''''e So,,+,r
shall clana, ana sl''ii oeo' WV ~,,,'u 10 o.
of Tho sixteenth District shall DO c.
,osed of the Parish of East Baton Ro
and shall elect one Senator.
.,; The Seventeenth District shall bo c
no,ed of the Parishes of st. Helena, !
shall incston, Tangipahoa, Washington an'
other Tammany' anu s!''il o'ooo
,.sod The Eighteenth District shall Do
nosed of the Parishes OF Rapldos
,,+ ,f Vernon, and shall elect one senator.
,,i1od Tho Nintecnth District shall De
;, at nosed OF the Parishes OF Natchitot
ody of Sabine, Deoo'o '''i>' A'0>>
IN arc | elect two senators
Tho Twentieth District shall be
-, :, noscd of the Parish of Caddo, and