The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-28
ACT NO. rs.
House Bill No. 274.
JOINT RESOLUTION

JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article 1S Of
the Constitution OF the State of Louisiana.
increasing the number Of Representatives.
Section l. 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-
quired 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 10 of the Constitution OF Louisiana so
as to read as follows:
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 it's first regular session after
each United States census cs 1910, and at
its first regular session after each United
States census 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 on
such census. A represent ative 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
~"
shown by the last preceding United States
census, and one additional representative
for every fraction exceeding one.half the
representative number. The number OF rep
bred and twenty (12o) nor less than ninety
eight 1857, provided that when new par
ish or parishes is or are created, as author
lied by this Constitution, and the maximum
number OF representatives have been prevl'
ously apportioned to other parishes, then
hot Sh
assigned representative each IN addition to
the maximum one hundred and twenty fixed
herein, and to that extent the maximum
shall be increased until the next apport1on'
eral Assembly, at which timo the maximum
of one hundred and twenty shall be restored.
That it there is more than one representa-
tive in parish from which the larger por-
ton of tho territory is taken for the pur'
pose of creating a new parish, one OF such
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
its session in 1910, creating a new parish parish
or parishes and assigning representative
to each, is hereby ratified and confirmed.
Section 2. Be it further resolved, etc:
that the official ballot to be, used at soid
election shall have printed thereon the
ticle IS Of the Constitution Of the State of
Louisiana. authorizing. the increasing of the
number OF representatives under certain con-
dition:'' Against the proposed amendment
tn Article IS of the Constitution OF the State
of Louisiana authorizing the increasing, Of
the number of representatives under certain
conditions and each elector shall indicate
rs provided in tie general election laws of
the State whether he votes FOR or against
the proposed amendment.
II. G. DUPRE.
Speaker of the House OF REPRESENTATIVES.
P. N. LtMHREMONT.
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved June 90. 1910.
]. Y. SANDERS
Governor of the State OF Louisiana.
A trne conv
JOHN T. MICHEL.
Secretary of State.