The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-09-23
ACT NO. rs.
House Bill No. ETA.
1oJNT RESOIIITTON


Proposing an amendment to Article 10 OF
tue CONSTITUTION OF the State OF LOUISIANA
increasing the number OF Representatives.
Section /. Be it resolved by the General
Assembly of the State OF Louisiana TWO
thirds Of all the members elected 10 es .Sa
House concurring, that an amendment to the
Constitution of the State. OF Louisiana ne
submitted to the qualified electors OF the
State for their approval or rejection. as re-
quired by Article 32l OF the ConsIlln,loh,
the first Tuesday nsxt following the first
Monday in November 1910, amending Artl-
Gle 8 of the Constitution of Louisiana so
as to read as follows
Article IS. Representation IN the MOUSE
of Representatives shall be equal and uni
FORM and shall be based upon Popu!atlon:
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 of 1910, and at
it's 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 tn e. sew,
eral parishes and representative distress 1n
such census. representative number snaIl
be fixed, and each parish and representative
district shall have as many represehlatNeeSs
as such representative number is cohlalheut
in the total number OF the lnha i,.ao %
census, and one additional Representative
| for every fraction exceeding one-halt the
representative number. The number OF rep
resentatives shall not be more than one nun
| dred and twenty (12O) nor less than ninety
eight (9S), provided that when new par
| ish or parishes is or are created, as aulhor.
lied by this Constitution, and the maximum
number of representatives have oeen ples,,
that such new parish or parishes shaai Dc %
assigned representative each IN adaltion "
the maximum one hundred and twenty hSeu
herein, and to that extent the maximum
shall be increased until the neSt ap tbo Gem.
cral Assembly, at which time the maximua%
of one hundred and twenty shall be restored
| That if there is more thaa one Representa-
tive in q parish from which the larger por
ton of the territory is taken Tor INC pub pulh
representatives may be apportioned to the
new parish in the same act which creates
the parish That any act passed by tne uen
eral. Assembly of the State OF Louisiana a,
or parishes and assigning q Representative
~ each is hereby ratified and confirmed.
Section @ Be it further resolved: etc.
that the official ballot to be us sare az s tht
shall have nrooosp p5n nmendmen to Ar
ticle 1s of the Constitution Of the STATE u, o
Louisiana. authorizing the increasing OF th'
number Of representatives under, certain con
dit;on:'' against the proposed amendmen
to Article IS of the Constitution OF the staa'
Of Louisiana authorizing the increasing o
the number of representatives under certain
c con- iir and each eector shall indcat
as provided in tie general election laws. o
the State whether he votes for or asains
the proposed amendment.
II. G. DUPRE.
Speaker of the House Of RenresontafIlTes
@' P. NJ LtMRREMONT..
Lieutenant Governor and President OF tn
Senate. ..H '..1.
Approved June 20, 1910.
Governor of the State OF Louisiana
A true ronv:
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary of State. ..