The Donaldsonville chief., 1910-09-17
Aoz no. rs
House Bill No. 274.
JOINT RESOLUTION

JOINT RESOLUTION
| Proposing an amendments to Article 1e 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 sseh
House concurring. shat an amendment TO she
| Constitution of the State of Louisiana be
| submitted to the qualified electors OF the
| CURED by Article 321 Of the Constitution,
at the Congressional election to be held on
the first Tuesday, next following the hrss
Monday in November, 1910. amending Artl-
Gle IS of the Constitution of Louisiana so
as to read as follows:
Article 1s. 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
sentative: At its first regular session after
each United States census of 1910, and st
it's first regular session after each United
States census thereafter, the General Assem-
bly, shall and il 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 fxed, and esch parish and representative
district shall have as many
in the total number of the inhabitants OF
such parish or representative district. as
sown ss0yu Os and th' ona as
for every fraction exceeding one-han the
representative number. The number OF rep
dred and twenty (12o) nor less than ninety
eight (98), provided that when new par
ish OF parishes is or are created, as author-
lied by this Constitution, and the maximum maximum
number of representatives have been preyi'
ously apportioned to other par1sheS' thsn
that such new parish or parishes shall pc
assigned representative each IN ADDITION te
the maximum one hundred and twenty hxeo
herein. and to that extent the maximum
shall be increased until the next apporas1on- ion
ment of representatives is made by the Gen
eraI Assembly, at which time the maximum
Of one hundred and twenty shall be restored.
That if there Is more than one representa-
tive in parish from which the larger por-
ton of the territory Is taken for the puE.
representatives may be spportioned to the
new parish in the act which creates
the parish. That any act passed by the Gen.
eraI Assembly of the State Of Louisiana at
its session in 1910, creating new parish
to each, is hereby ratified and confirmed.
that as'fEGA the ofciai ballot to Be used at ssd
election shall have printed thereon the
words: "For the proposed amendment to AT.
ticle 1s of the Constitution of the State OF
number Of representatives under certain con.
dition ~ Against the proposed amendment
to 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
as provided in tie general election laws OF
the State whether he votes for or against
the proposed amendment.
H. G. DUPRE,
Sneaker of the House of Representatives.
P NJ LAMBREM0NT,
Lieutenant Governor and President OF the
zApp'o''u 'o-s j. 7. SANDERS,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
= JOHN 5GT r MICHEL,
Secretary Of State.