The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-29
PROCLAIM TON.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.. !
Stnto Of Louisiana.

y Whereas. 1t Ia provided by tho Constitutions
d Convention. lntely hold In tho city Of New Or
i leans. to frame new constitution for tho Stat
Il Of Louisiana. that Immediately after tho nd
+ journment of said Convention 1t shall be th
= duty Of tho Governor to Issue his pruelamatio,
1 directing tho several officers Of tho State, au
4 thorIyad nv Inv to hold elections for membart
o of tho General Assembly. to open and hold
poll In ovory parish In this State. at the placet
i designated BY law. upon tho first Tuesday IL
tho month Of December next. 1879, for tho pur
pose Of taking the sense Of tho good people O
this State In regard to tho adoption or rejection
OF tho said constitution. and 1t shall be the dut,
OF said officers to receive the votes of all per.
, sons entitled to vote under the constitution oil
, 1868. Each voter shall express his opinion BY
depositlng In tho balot-box a ticket whereon
} shall DO printed or written: = For the OonstI-
tuition" or Against the Constitution" or some
such words M will distinctly convey the inten-
ton OF tho voter.
And whereas. 1t ia further provided. that ut
, Tho above stated time and place there shall be
; elected Governor. Lieutenant Governor. n
Secretary OF State. an Attorney General u stnte
Auditor OF Public Accounts and n Buperinten-
dent OF Public Education. for tho torn of four
years:
And whereas. It is further provided that Mt
the same time and place there shall be elected
Senators and Representatives In the General
Assembly OF this State for the torn OF four
years. TO represent the hereinafter senatorial
districts and representative districts and par
lshes Us apportioned In said constitution. to
| wit:
Tho First Senatorial District composed OF tho
Eighth ind Ninth Wards of Orleans aud OF the
parishes Of st. Bernard and Plauueminoe, two
! Senators.
The Second District, composed OF tho Fourth.
Fifth. Sixth and Seventh Wards OF Orleans. two
Senators.
The Third District. composed OF the Third
/ Ward Or Orleans. one Senator.
Tho Fourth District. composed OF the Second
and Fifteenth Wards Orleans right bank) OF
| Orleans. ono Senator.
The Fifth District. composed OF the First and
Tonth Wards Of Orleans. ono Senator.
Tho Sixth District composed OF the Eleventh.
Twelfth. Thirteenth, Fourteenth. Sixteenth md
Seventeenth Wards Of Orleans. two Senators.
The Seventh District. composed OF the par
ishes Of Jefferson Bt Charles and st. j ohm the
Baptist. one Senator.
Tho Eighth District. composed OF tho parishes
Of st. james and Ascension. one Senator.
Tho Ninth District. composed OF tho parishes
of Terrobonne. Lafourche and Assumption two
Senators.
Tho Tenth District. composed Of the parishes
of st. Mary. vermllon. Cameron and Oalcasleu.
two Senators.
Tho Eleventh District, composed of the par
ishes Of st. Martin. Iberia and Lafayette. one
Senator.
The Twelfth District. composed OF the par
ish Of st. Landry. two Senators.
The Thirteenth District. composed of the
parishes OF Avoyelles and ponte Coupee one
Senator.
The Fourteenth District. composed OF the
parishes OF Ibervile and West Baton Rouge
one Senator.
The Fifteenth District. composed the par
ishes Of East and West Felieiana. one Senator.
Tho Sixteenth District. composed of the par
ish Of East Baton Rouge. ono Senator.
The Seventeenth District. composed OF the
parishes OF St Helena. Livingston. Tnngipa-
hon. Washington and st. Tnlnmnny, ono Son.
ator.
The Eighteenth District. composed of the par
ishes OF Rapdes and Vernon. ono Senator.
The Nineteenth District. composed OF tho
Iarishes OF Natchtoches. Sabine De Soto and
Rod River. two Senators.
Tho Twentieth District. composed OF tho par
ish Of Caddo, one Senator.
Tho Twenty first District. composed of tho
parlEneB OF bOSSleT, WeDSLeF. blolVllle ana
Claiborne two Senators.
Tho Twenty-second District. composed OF the
parishes Of Union. Morehouse. Lincoln and
West Carroll. two Senators.
The Twenty third District. composed OF the
parishes of Ouachlta. Riehand. Caldwell.
FRANKLIN and Jackson. two Senators.
The Twenty fourth District composed OF the |
parishes OF Oatahoula. VIM and Grant. one
Senator.
Tho Twenty fifth District. composed OF the
parishes Of East Carroll and Madison, one Sem
ator.
Tho Twenty-sixth District. composed OF the
parishes OF Tensas and Concordia. one Sem t
ator.
FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS.
First Representative District, First Ward.
ono Representative.
Second Representative District. Second Ward.
two Representatives.
Third Representative District. Third Ward.
three Representatives.
Fourth Representative District. Fourth Ward.
ono Representative.
Fifth Representative District. Fifth Ward.
two Representatives.
Sixth Representative District. Sixth Ward, t
one Representative.
Seventh Representative District. Seventh
Ward. two Representatives.
Eighth Representative District Eighth Ward.
one Representative.
Ninth Representative District. Ninth Ward.
two Representatives.
Tenth Representative District. Tenth Ward.
two Representatives.
Eleventh Representative District. Eleventh
Ward. two Representatives.
Twelfth Representative District. Twelfth
Ward. one Representative.
Thirteenth Representative District. Thir-
teenth and Fourteenth Wards. one Representa-
tive.
Fourteenth Representative District, Sixteenth
and Seventeenth Wards. one Representative.
Fifteenth Representative District. Fifteenth
Ward. one Representative.
The parish of Ascension. one Representa-
tive.
The parish Of Assumption, two Representa-
tiYas