New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1910-09-03
ACT No. 81.
Senate Bill No. 1873.
JOINT RESOLUTION.

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JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article lo7 Of
the Constitution of the State of Louisiana.
Section /. Be it resolved by the General
Assembly OF the State OF Louisiana. two
thirds of all members elected to each house
conclrrng That tmendmeat to the Con
stitrtion Of the State of Louisiana be sub
mitted to the qualified electors of the State
for their approval or rejection, as required
by Article 32l of the Constitution. such sub
mission to be made at the congressional cleo
ton to be held on the first Tuesday follow
ing the first Monday in November A. D.,
1910, amending Articles 1o7 and 1os of the
Constitution of the State of Louisiana as
amended by act No PIG Of the General o AS
so to read as follows:
Article 107. The State shall be divided
into not less than twenty nor more than
thirty two judicial districts the Parish OF
Orleans excepted. Until otherwise provided
by law there shall be Thirty Districts.
Article los. The Parish of Caddo shall
compose the first District.
The Parishes of BosSler and Webster shall
compose the second District
The Parishes of Claiborne and Bienville
shall compose the third District;
The Parishes of Union and Lincoln shall
compose the fourth district.
The Parishes of Jackson and VIM shall
compose the fifth district.
The Parishes of Ouachita and Morehouss
shall compose the sixth district.
The Parishes of West Carroll and Rich.
land shall compose the seventh district,
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 Rapides and Grant shall
compose the thirteenth district.
The Parish of Avoyelles shall compose the
fourteenth district.
The Parishes Of Calcasieu and Cameron
shall AL compose the fifteenth district
shall compose the sixteenth district.
The Parish Of vermilion 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
The Parishes of Iberville, West Baton
Rouge, and Pointe Coupee shall compose the
The Parish of East Baton Rouge shall
compose the twenty second district.
. Tho Parish Is: , Of St. Mary shall compose the
The Parishes of East Feliciana and West
Feliciana shall compose the twenty fourth
district.
The Parishes Of St. Helena. Livingston.
and Tangipahoa shall compose the twenty.
fifth district.
The Parishes of Washington and St. Tam.
many snail compose the twenty sixth dis
trict.
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 Psrishe. Of Caldwell and La Sale
shall compose the thirtisth district
The 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 Louisiana may
in their discretion. redistrict the judicial dis.
tricts provided for in this Article.
Provided that in no 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.
II. G. DUPRE,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives
Approved: July Z, 1910.
j. Y. SANDERS,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
JOHN 15Sf coy MICHEL.
Secretary Of State.