The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-04
PROCLAMATION.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, |
Rtnte OF Louisiana.

STATE OF L0utslAnA
Wbereas. 1t ID provided BY tho Constitutional
Convention. lately held in tho city Of New Or
leans. to frame new constitution for tho State
cf Louisiana that Immediately after the nd
journment Of said Convention II shall be the
duty of the Governor to Issue his proclamation
directing tho several officers OF the State. au-
thorlzed by law to hold elections for members
of The General Assembly, to open and hold n
poll in every parish in this State. at the places
designated by law. upon the first Tuesday 10
the month Of December next 1879. for tho Dur
pose of taking the sense Of the good people OF
this Stats in regard to the adoption or rejection
of the said constitution, and 1t shall be tho duty
OF said officers to receive the votes OF all per-
sons entitled to vote under the constitution OF
lses Each voter shall express bis opinion By
depositing In the baIlot-box ticket whereon
shall be printed or written: For the Consti-
tuition" or Against the Constitution" or some
such words rs will distinctly convey the inten-
ton OF the voter
And whereas. 1t is further provided. that at
the above stated time and place there shall be
elected d Governor. Lieutenant Governor. a
Secretary of State. m Attorney General, o State
Auditor of Public Accounts and q Superinten-
dent OF Public Education. for the term Of four
years;
And whereas 1t is further provided. that at
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
ishes az apportioned In said constitution. to
wit:
The First Senatorial District, composed OF the
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parishes Of st. Bernard and Plaquemines, two
Senators.
The Second District. composed Of the Fourth.
Fifth. Sixth and Seventh Wards Of Orleans. two
Senators.
Tho Third District. composed Of the Third
Ward Of Orleans. one Senator.
Tho Fourth District composed OF the Second
and Fifteenth Wards Orleans. right bank) Of
Orleans. one Senator.
The Fifth District. composed Of the First and
Tenth Wards of Orleans, one Senator.
The Sixth District. composed Of the Eleventh.
Twelfth, Thirteenth. Fourteenth Sixteenth and
Seventeenth Wards OF Orleans. two Senators.
The Seventh District. composed Of the par
ishes Of Jefferson. st. Charles and st. John the
Baptist, one Senator.
The Eighth District composed Of the parishes
The Ninth District. composed Of the parishes
of Terrebonne. Lafourohe and Assumption. two
Senators.
The Tenth District composed OF the parishes
Of st. Mary. vermilion. Cameron and Calcasieu.
two Senators.
The Eleventh District, composed Of the par
ishes Of at. 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 Pointe Coupee. one
Senator.
The Fourteenth District composed OF the
parishes of Ibervlle and West Baton Rouge
one Senator.
The Fifteenth District. composed the par
ishes Of East and West Feliciana. one Senator
The Sixteenth District. composed OF the par
ish of East Baton Rouge one Senator.
The Seventeenth District. composed OF the
partahes OF st. Helena. Livingston. Tangipa-
hoa, Washington and st. Tammany, one Sem
ator.
The Eighteenth District composed of the par
ishes of Rapides and Vernon. one Senator,
The Nineteenth District. composed Of the
Larishss of Natchitoches Sabine. De Soto and
Rcd River, two Senator'S
The Twentieth District. composed OF the par
ish Of Caddo one Senator.
The Twenty first District. composed of the
parishes OF Bossier. Webster. Bienville and
Claiborne. two Senators.
The Twenty -second District. composed OF the
parishes Of Union. Morehouse. Lincoln and
West Carroll. two Senators.
The Twenty third District. composed OF the
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FRANKLIN and Jackson two Senators.
The Twenty fourth District. composed OF the
parishes of Catahoula. VIM and Grant. one
Senator.
The Twenty. fifth District. composed OF the
parishes OF East Carroll and Madison. one SEN
ator.
The Twenty District. composed Of the
parishes OF Tensas and Concordia. one SEN
ator.
FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS.
First Representative District. First Ward.
one Representative.
Second Representative District. Second Ward.
two Representatives.
Third Representative District. Third Ward.
three Representatives.
Fourth Representative District. Fourth Ward.
one Representative.
Fifth Representative District. Fifth Ward.
two Representatives.
Sixth Representative District. Sixth Ward.
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-