The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-10-01
ACT No. 81.
Senate Bill No. 1873.
JOINT RESOLUTION.

Proposing an amendment to Article 1o7 OF
the Constitution of the State OF Louisiana.
Section l. Be it resolved by the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two
concurring, That an amendment to the Con
stltution of the State of Louisiana he sub
mitted to the qualified electors of the State
for their approval or rejection, as required
by Article 32l OF the Constitution, such sub
mission to be made at the congressional cleo
ton to be held on the first Tuesday follow
ing the first Monday in November A D.,
1910. amending Articles 107 and 1Os of the
Constitution of the State OF Louisiana, as
amended by act No. 2l6 of the General As
semby of 1906, approved November 9. 1906,
50 as to read as follows:
Article 107. The State shall be divided
into not less than twenty nor more than
thirty-two judicial districts, the Parish OF
Orleans excepted. Until otherwise provided
by law there shall be Thirty Districts.
Article los: The Parish of Caddo shall
compose the first District,
The Parishes OF Bossier and Webster shall
compose the second District.
The Parishes of Claiborne and Bienville
shall all compose the third District, :,
The Parishes of Union and Lincoln shall
compose the fourth district.
The Parishes of Jackson and VIM shall
compose the fifth district.
The Parishes of Ouschita and Morehouse
shall compose the sixth district.
The Parishes of West Carroll and Rich
land shall compose the seventh district
The Parishes OF Franklin and Catahouls
shall compose the eighth district
The Parishes of Madison and East Carroll
shan compose the ninth district.
The Parishes of Concordia and Tensas shall
compose the tenth district.
The Parishes of Natchitoches and Red
River shall compose the eleventh district.
The Parishes of DeSota. Sabine and Vernon
shall compose the twelfth district.
The Parishes OF Rapides and Grant shall
compose the thirteenth district.
The Parish of Avoyelles shall compose the
fourteenth district.
The Parishes of Cacasieu and Cameron
shall compose the fifteenth district
The Parishes of ST. Landry and Eyangeline
shall compose the sixteenth district.
The Parish of Nermillon shall compose the
seventeenth district.
The Parishes of Acadia and Lafayette shall
compose the eighteenth district.
The Parishes of Iberia and ST. Martin
shall compose the nineteenth district.
The Parishes of Terrebonne and Lafourche
shall compose, the twentieth, district
The Parishes of 1berville, West Baton
Rouge, and Pointe Coupee shall compose the
twenty first district.
The Parish of East Baton Rouge shall
compose the twenty second district.
The Parish of ST. Mary shall compose the
twenty third district.
The Parishes of East Feliciana and West
Felici lana shall compose the twenty fourth
district.
The Parishes of ST. Helena. Livingston
and Tangpahoa shall compose the twenty
fifth district.
The Parishes of Washington and st. Tam.
many shall compose the twenty sixth dis
txict.
The Parishes of Ascension, st. James and
Assumption shall compose the twenty seventh
district
The Parishes of ST. John the Baptist, st.
Charles and Jefferson shall compose the
twenty eighth district
The Parishes OF ST. Bernard and Plaque
mines shall compose the twenty ninth dis
trct
The Parishes of Caldwell and La Sale
shall compose the thrtieth district.
The Judges of the several districts as
herein provided for, shall each receive the
salary Of Three Thousand Dollars, payable
monthly on his own warrant, provided the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana may
in their discretion. redistriet the judicial dis
tricts provided for in this Article.
Provided that in case shall the Dis
trict Judge receive a salary of more than
Three Thousand Dollars.
Provided further that this Act shall take
effect from and after January l. 1912.
P NJ LAMBREMONT.
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
H. G. DUPRE.
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
Approved: July Z. 1910.
J. Y. SANDERS.
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
true copy:
JOHN ~ MICHEL.
Secretary OF State.