St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-11-05
ACT NO. rs.
L1ouse Bill No. 274.
J0TNT RESOLUTION

Dt4A AN St&-
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article 10 OF
the Constitution Of the State OF Louistana,
increasing the number Of representatives.
section J.. BE 1t resolved by the General
assembly of the StGte of Louisiana two
Enlrds of all the members elected to cash
Hoase concurring. that an amendment to the
constitution Of the State Of Louisiana be
snbmttted to ths qualified electors OF the
state for their approval or rejection, as re-
CURED by Article 32I of the Constitution,
at the Congressional election 70 be held on
sas first Tuesday next following the first
Monday in November. 1910. Amending Arti-
os ID Of the CONSTITUTION Of Louisiana so
as to read as follows:
o1 Representatives shall be equal and uni
1ornn, and shall be bassd RpOn population:
Nach parish and cash ward OF the city OF
new Orleans shall have at least one repre-
sentative: AZ Its first regular session after
saen United States census of 1910. and at
tss nrst regular session after each United
ply shall and It ID hereby directed to re-
epportion the representation among the rev.
sral parishes and representative districts on
q pass OF the total population shown by
such census. A representative number shall
&c liked, and each parish and representative
alstrlct shall have as many representatives
as such Representative number is contained
IN the total number Of the inhabitants OF
such parish or representative district, as
SHOWN by the last preceding United States
census, and one additional representative
wv Wv ~SGVNAN M Wv
representative number. The number Of rep.
resentstives shall net be more than one hun
dred and twenty (12o) nor less than ninety.
eight (98), provided that when 3 new par.
Eh or parishes is or are created, rs author.
lzed by this Constitution, and the maxtElnun
lumber of representatives. have been4 previ
sRss .r sRP' na@ pari Is s & P.r RihsssAs ssSali me s.
assigned q representative each In ADDITION q
the maximum one hundred and twenty fxet
herein, and to that extent the Hfuaximun
SEalI be Increased until the nHYf aNDnOrtt0B
ment Of representatives is made by 1.-THE Gen
eral Assembly, at which time the 4naximun
o. one hundred and twenty shall be restored restore :
tive in n parish from which the Iahrger por
ton Of the territory is taken forI the puE
TsgSss Of sTf;asinE q new ~ parish; ogESsa e & sq Il.
the parish. That any act passed. by the Gen.
srai Assembly q the State Of Louisiana 9eM as.,s a
or parishes = and assigning d srepraentativs
to each, is hereby ratified and Construed.
.ba ssc TO- o Z; Pc ba Il fuf tt E f gsod 8 sS ss
election shall have printed thereon the
words: For the proposed amendment to Ar:
Louisiana. authorizing the increasing OF the
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
tho number Of representatives under certain
conditions and each %elector snail indicate
as provided in the general election laws Of
ths State whether he votes for or against
the proposed amendment.
Fl. @. DUPRE,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
P. n. LAMBREM0NT,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of the
Senate.
Approved June 20, 1910.
J. 7. SANDERS,
Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN 7. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.