St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-10-01
ACT NO. rs.
JOINT REsoLur1oN

SOANA jill
Proposing an amendment TO Article -
the Co1stltntion o4 ths State Of Louisians
increasing she number Of RepresentEfIyos
seetiGn J.. Be It resolved by the General
thirds Of all the members electsd to s w
6ouse concurrinE. that an amendment f. ~
constitution Of the State of Louisiana 5s
to the qualified electors ~ az
State for their approval or Rejection a. = -
CURED by Article 821 of the Constitnt;oD
q the Congressional election to be held on
MONDAY in November, 1910, amending Arti.
clio ID of the CONSTITUTION CT Lonisisna -
az to read as follows:
Article Ii. Representation in the Housa
OF representatives. shall be equal and unit
form, and shall be based upon popuIation
zach parish and each ward of the city al
New Orleans shall have ct least one repre-.
sentative: AT its first regular session after
each United States census of 1910, and at
lts first regular session after each United
States census thereafter, the General Assem-
bly, shall and it is hereby directed to re.
spportien the representation among The sew.
erai parishes and representative districts on
a basis of the total population shown by
be fixed, and each parish and representative
district shall have as many representatives.
as such representative number is contained
such parish or representative district, as
shewn by the last preceding United States
census. and one additional representative
for every fraction exceeding oue-half the
representative number. The number Of rep
resentatives shall not be more than one hun.
dred and twenty ll2o) nor less than ninety
eight (9Sl, provided that when a new par.
Hh or parishes is OK are created, as author,
lied by this Constitution, and the maximum
number OF Representatives have been preYi.
ousiy apportionsd to other parishes, then
that such new parish. or parishes shall be
assigned a representative each In addition "a
the maximum one hundred and twenty fixed
herein, and to that extent the maximum
shall be increased until the next apportionr
ment of representatives. is made by the Gen
eral Assembly, at which time the maximum
of one hundred and twenty shall be restored
tive in q parish from which the larger por
fion Of the territory Is taken for the pur
pose Of creating a new parish, one of sucl
new parish in the same act which creates
the parish. That any act passed by ths Gen
eral Assembly Of the State Of Louisiana 9
or parishes and assigning : Representative
to each, is hereby ratified and confirmed.
Section q. Be II further resolved, etc,
that the ohicial ballot to be used At sci,
words: 'tFor the proposed amendment to Al
tiele 1s Of the Constitution of the State Q
Louisiana, authorizing, the increasing OF tn
number Of representatives. under certain con
dition - Against the proposed amendment
to Article 10 Of the Constitution of the Stat
Of Louisiana authorizing the increasing 9
conditions and each eleetor shall indieat
as provided in tie general election laws G
the State whether he votes for or agatnf
tbs proposed smsndRs1s. nr1PRE
Speaker Of the House Of ReDresentettve
P. n. LAMBREM0NT,
Lieutenant Governor and President of th
Approved June 20, 1910.
Governor of the State Of Louisiana
JOHN Seda fo I. MICHEL.
Secretary of State.