The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-10-22
ACT No. 311.
Senate Bill No. 1873.
JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to Article 107 of
the Constitution of the State of Louisiana.
Section l.. Be it resolved by the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two
thirds of all members elected to each house
concurring, That amendment to the Con
stitution of the State of Louisiana be sub
mitted to the qualified electors of the State
for their approval or rejection. required
by Article 32l of the Constitution, such sub
mission to be made at the congressional elec-
ton to be held the first Tuesday follow
ing the first Monday in November A. D.,
1910, amending Articles 107 and los of the
Constitution of the State of Louisiana, as
sembly of 1906 approved November 6, 1906,
so as to read as follows:
Article 107. The State shall be divided
into mot less than twenty NOR t% than an
Orleans excepted. Until otherwise provided
by law there shall be Thirty Districts.
Article 108: The Parish of Caddo shall
compose the first District
The Parishes of Bossier and Webster shall
compose the second District.
The Parishes of Claiborne and Bienvile
shall compose the third District.
The Parishes OF Union and Lincoln shall
compose the fourth district.
The Parishes of Jackson and Winn shall
compose the fifth district.
The Parishes of Onachta and Morehouse
shall compose the sixth district
The Parishes of West Carroll and Rich
land shall compose the seventh district
The Parishes of Franklin and Catahoula
shall compose the eighth district.
The Parishes of Madison and East Carroll
shall compose the ninth district.
The Parishes of Concordia and Tensas shall
compose the tenth district
The Parishes of Natchitoches and Red
River shall compose the eleventh district
The Parishes of DeSota, Sabine and Vernon
shall compose the twelfth district. .
The Parishes of Rapdes and Grant shall
compose the thirteenth district.
The Parish of Avoyelles shall compose the
The Parishes of Calcasieu and Cameron
shall compose the fifteenth district.
The Parishes of St Landry and Evangeline
shall compose the sixteenth district.
The Parish of yermillion shall compose the
seventeenth district.
The Parishes of Acadia and Lafayette shall
compose the eighteenth district.
The Parishes of iberia and st. Martin
shall compose the nineteenth district.
The Parishes Of Terrebonne and Lafourche
shall compose the twentieth district.
The Parishes of Ibervile. West Baton
Rouge and Pointe Coupee shall compose the
The Parish of East Baton Rouge shall
compose the twenty second district.
The Parish Of st. Mary shall compose the
The Parishes of East Feliciana and West
Feliciana shall compose the twenty fourth
| district.
and Tangipahoa shall compose the twenty
| fifth district
The Parishes of Washington and St. Tam
many shall compose the twenty-sixth DIS
| The Parishes of Ascension, st. James and
| Assumption shall compose the twenty seventh
district
The Parishes of st. John the Baptist St
Charles and jefferson shall compose the
twenty-eighth district.
The Parishes of st. Bernard and Plaque
mines shall compose the twenty ninth dis
trict.
The Parishes of Caldwell and La Sale
shall compose the thirtieth district.
TIE Judges Of the several districts as
herein provided for shall each receive the
salary Of Three Thousand Dollars. payable
monthly on his own warrant, provided the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Loui siana may
in their discretion. redistrct the judicial dis
tricts provided for in this Article.
Provided that in shall the Dis
trict Judge receive a salary of more than
Three Thousand Dollars.
Provided further that this Act shall take
effect from and after January |, 1912.
p NJ. LAMBREMONT
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
H. G. DUPRE,
Speaker Of the House OF Representatives
Approved: July I. 1910.
J. y. SANDERS.
Governor of the State Louisiana
A true copy:
JOHN 7. MICHEL.
Secretary OF State.