St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-10-08
Ap1 NO 1s
6oa3e Bill No. 27A.
JOINT RESOLUTIONS

JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing AZ amendment to Article 10 -
me- oe9 Sa ~ q TIE stata Of Louisiana,
aeca9n !. 70 II resolved By the General
t AbSissanbiy. of tho stste Of Louisiana. I've.
H M S "a az tne members elected to cash
Oohstltu9on OF the State Of Louisiana bs
suDmitted to the qualified electors Of the
quired by Article 81 Of M fbe7ee aaoa as re-
az me congressional election to be held IN
sao nrst I9esday next following the Rrat
cls ID of the Constisntion Of Tontsis A1s y
as TO- read as followsi 20
Article IS. Representation In the House
form, and shall Be based upsa no 1n9 ,. Hn,'
Each parish and each ward 81 the CITY ~
New Orleans shall hAyS ct least one repre.
each United States census OF 1910 and st
tts nrst regulag session after each United
States census Thereafter, the General Assem-.
epportion the representation among She sew.
eral parishes and representative districts an
a basis of the total population shown bv
such census, A representative number shall
be fixed, and each parish and representative
district shall have as many representatives
as such representative number is contained
in the total number of the inhabitants Of
such parish, or representative district. a
shown by the last preceding United States
census, and one additional representative
for every fraction exceeding one-haIf The
representative number. The number OF rsp-
resentatives shall not be mere than one hvn.
dred and twenty .lI2o) nor less than ninety.
eight t95l, provided that when q new par
fsh or parishes is or are created, al authcr.
lied by this Constitution, and she maximum
number OF representatives have been preVls
ously aQportioned TO other parishes, then
that such new parish or parishes shall b
assigned q representative each in addition 10
the maSimum one hundred and twenty fixed
shall be increased until the next apportion.
ment Of representatives Is made by the Gen.
eral Assembly, as which time the maximum
OF one hundred and twenty shall be restored.
That 1T there Is more than one representa-
tive In. a parish from which the larger por.
tion of the territory is taken for the pur-
pose OF creating q new parish. one of such
representatives. may be apportioned to the
new parish in the same act which creates
sral Assembly Of the State Of Louisiana 81
or parishes and ASSIGNING 9 Representatives
to each, is hereby ratified and confirmed.
Section 2. Be. II further resolved, etc.
that the official ballot to be used at said
election shall have printed thereon the
words: For the proposed amendment TO Ar
ticle 1s of the Constitution Of the State Of
number Of representatives under certain con
dition - Against the proposed amendment
to Article 10 Of tbs Constitution of the State
q Louisiana authorizing the increasing Of
conditions, and each eiector shall indicate
as provided in the general election laws of
the State whsthsr he votes for or against
the proposed amendment.
II. q. DUPRE,
Speaker Of the HouBe Of Representatives.
P. Dc. LAMBREMoNT.
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Approvsd June 90, 1910.
J. 7. SANDERS,
Governor Of Che State of Louisiana.
JOIN I. MICHEL.
Secretary of State.