The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-09-17
ACT NO. rs.
House Bill No. 274.
JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to Article Is of
the Constitution OF the State of Louisiana.
increasing the number of Representatives.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana. two
thirds of all the members elected to each
House concurring. that an amendment to the
Constitution of the State of Louisiana be
submitted to the qualified electors of the
State for their approval or rejection. as re-
CURED by Article 321 Of the Constitution.
at the Congressional election to be held on
the first Tuesday next following the first
Monday in November. 1910. amending Arti-
Gle Is of the Constitution of Louisiana so
Article 49, Representation in the House
Of Representatives shall be equal and uni
FORM and shall be based upon population.
Each parish and each ward of the city of
New Orleans shall have at least one repre-
sentative At its first regular session after
each United States census g 1910. and at
its first regular session after each United
States censns thereafter, the General Assem-
bly, shall and it is hereby directed to re-
apportion the representation among the sew
eral parishes and representative districts on
basis of the total population shown by
such census. representative number shall
be fixed and each parish and representative
as such representative number is contained
in the total number of the inhabitants OF
such parish representative district. as
shown by the last pEssedlns United states
for every fraction exceeding one-haif the
representative number. The number of rep
resentatives shall not be more than one hun
bred and twenty G20} nor less than ninety
eight (9S). provided that when new par
ish or parishes is are created as author
lied by this Constitution. and the maximum
number of representatives have been previ-
ously apportioned to other parishes then
that such new parish or parishes shall be
assigned representative each in ADDITION 70
the maximum one hundred and twenty hxed
herein, and to that extent the maximum
shall be increased until the next apportion-
ment of representatives is made by the Gen
eral Assembly, at which time the maximum
of one hundred and twenty shall be restored
That IL there is more than one representa-
tive in parish from which the larger por-
ton of the territory is taken for the pur-
representatives may be apportioned TO the
new parish In the same act which creates
the parish. That any act passed by the Gen.
eral Assembly Of the State of Louisiana At
or parishes and ASSIGNING representative
to each. is hereby ratified and confirmed.
Section 2: Be il further resolved: etc;
election shall have printed thereon the
words: For the proposed amendment to Ar
ticle 10 of the Constitution Of the State OF
number Of representatives under certain con-
dition: - Against the proposed amendment
to Article 1s of the Constitution Of the State
Of Louisiana authorizing the Increasing s o.
conditions and each elector shall indicate
as provided in tie general election laws OF
the State whether he votes for or against
the proposed amendment.
H. G.. DUPRE.
Speaker of the House Of Rsnresentsiiyes.
Lieutenant Governor and President Of the
]. v. SANDERS.
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copv:
JOHN T. MICHEL.
Secretary of State.