The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-21
ACT NO. rs.
House Bill No. ~ 49,.
10JNT RESOLUTION

Is.
Promising an amendment to Art!cls 20 VI
the CONSTITUTIONS vi lne S!ate vi Lo a.;r,"..
increasing the number OF Aepres!shlans wei
Section 1. Be it resolved by lHe "eu tno.
Assembly Of the State OF a1euts to- es:h
House concurring. that an amendnen! ~ ' i,e
PROSTITUTION of the State OF l4ouisiana ~ W.
submitted to the qualified electors Oh L. ,ao
State for their approval or reJeelloa. as 80
CURED by Artic!e 81 o. N onG to he be- held on
sha drst Tuesday nazs following the hr mrs;
Mvnday in November 1910, amending Afli
Gle is Of the Constitution OF LOUISIANA 81
as to read as follows: :, +ho House
Of REPRESENTATIVES, shall be equal and unl'
form, and shall be based upon popu!at'on;;
Each parish and each ward OF the cry o1
New Orleans shall have at !east one stter
sentative: At its first regular az, sehe'oa and At
| ito Arst regular session after each onitea
States census thereafter, the General Assem-
blv shall and it is hereby directed 10 re-
apporton the representation an'd d;striets on
q 'A hayis Of the total population shown y
such census. A representative number sii !a
be- fxed and each parish and representaas , g
district shall have as many repEesen.tsH;,ee5
as such representative numoe; rs ah in't of
such ,"o narish or representative distrlct: Is
shown by tho last preceding United osa .;so
census, and one additional represe aat the
for every fraction exceeding oh one ~ rsn.
representative number: ne Than Than one hun
dred and twenty (l2O) nor less than nihea y
eieht (9s), provided that when new b bor
isf or parishes is or are created as aGtur
lied by this Constitution, ana no. .nf heen prev
ously apportoned to other Parlshe sSo, '" b.
that such new parish or parishes shaa. ~ ~
assigned representative each in add.'oan a. ~ =;
! the maximum one hundred and twenty ; n~v,
herein, and to that ext tsa nent abortion
ment ~ representatives is made by tne o.n
eral Assembly, at which time the maa 4nr"d
Of one hundred and twenty shall De .ss.or "a
That If there. is more thaa one 3hs 1alrer %,
0 ton Of the territory is taken tor inc pu.
nose OF creating q new parish, one o. St -,
REPRESENTATIVES enp may be apportioned 10 to-, IN
parish L the sa 5et p ass by the
s ste a. Assembly Of the State Of Louisiana
l. ~; e.. session in 1910, creating new paris paris
:, or parishes and assigning ? repreentaa"'
Il to each, is hereby ratified and eon1lr1nea, .,c
Section Be h,1 i fuf fo be r used at sal
n e eIs. IN, shall have printed thereon n 4
n words: uFor the proposed amendment 10 "A
!. ticle is Of the Constitution OF tne oea,e 5,
y Louisiana authorizing the increasing ~ 30
IS dit;on against the proposed sm ea e,e
n ta Article IS Of the Constitution OF the o'a
tho n"bsr Of under csTts
ID conditions and each ele,tor 'ha.I 1su.
Mt as provided in the general election laws Tvs; =
Il. the State whether he votes ior or again
er the proposed amendment.
Of 'Ho II. G. DUPRE,
I'd Speaker Of the House ct Rnnresen1s,lTe
n. p NJ LAMBREMONl ,
Lieutenant Governor and president Oh
~ Senate
x: AppNo'eN J. v SANDERS,
al Governor OF tho State OF hou'''sf
90 trne rory:
IT. JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary Of State