The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-10-01
ACT NO. W.
House Bill No. ia.
JOINT RESOLUTION

JOINT RESOLUTION
| Proposing an amendment to Article 1S OF
the Constitution of the State of Louisiana,
increasing the number Of Representatives.
| Section l. Be 1t resolved by the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two
thirds of all the members elected TO each
House concurring, that an amendment to the
| Constitution of the State of Louisiana be
submitted to the qualified electors OF the
State for their approval or rejection, as re-
at the Congressional election to be held on
the first Tuesday next following the first
Gle re of the Constitution of Louisisna so
as to read as follows:
Article Is. Representation In the House
of Repres tatives shall be equal and uni
form, and shall be based upon population:
Each parish and each ward of the city of
New Orleans shall have at least one repre-
sentative. At its FIRST regular session after
each United States census of 1910 and at
its first regular session after each United
States census thereafter, the General Assem-
apportion the representation among the sew
erai parishes and representative districts on
basis Of the total population shown BY
such census. representative number shall
be fixed. and each parish and representative
district 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 addisio9al represe eIs iys
representative number. The number OF rep
resentatiVes shall not be more than one hun
dred and twenty (12o) nor less than ninety
ish or parishes is or are created, as author
lied by this Constitution, and the maximum
mum Der of representatives have been Prev
ously apportioned to other parishes, then
that such new parish parishes shall be
assigned representative each in addition 70
the maximum one hundred and twenty hxeo
herein, and to that extent the maximum
shall be increased until the next app6rtlon-
Rent of representatives is made by the Gen
eral Assembly, at which time the maximum
of one hundred and twenty shall be restored.
That if there is more than one representa-
tive in a parish from which the larger por-
ton of the territory is taken for the pur-
pose OF creating new parish. one o.. sq 1ea
parish in the same act which creates
the parish That any act passed by the Gen,
eral Assembly of the State Of Louisiana at
its session in 1910, creating new parish
parishes and ASSIGNING representative
to each is hereby ratified and confirmed.
Section 2. Be it further resolved. etc.
that the official ballot to be used at said
election shall have printed thereon the
words: For the proposed amendment to Ar.
tiee 10 of the Constitution of the State OF
number of representatives under certain con-
dition - "A gainst the proposed amendment
to Article 1s of the Constitution of the State
nf 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 nr-nnr
P NJ LAMRREMoET,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of the
Approved June 20, 1910.
Governor Of the State of Louisiana.
A true conv:
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary Of State