St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-09-03
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House Bill No. 274
J0JNT PEGnY T7rToH-

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919poslng an amendment to Article IL Of
- constitution Of the State Of louisiana.
9EIeeslng the nAn1ber of Representatives.
section = Be 1t resolved BY the General
4Ahssss5mmply q the State Of Louisiana, two
I4lgds OF all the menbers elected ID Zach
5onse c0ncurring, that an amendment to fhs
04nh5tutlon OF the State of Louisiana Be
sRpmltsed to the qualified electors Of tie
Ssgte 1of thelr approval or rejection, as re-
quiIed by Article 82I of the Constitution.
~ tns congressional election to be held on
w. nrst I1esday, next following the first
N9onaay IN Noyenber, 1910, amending Arti.
Gle Is Of the Constitation Of Louisiena so
as TO read ss follows:
Araele ID. Representation in the House
On representatives shall be equal and uaf~
Iorms and shall be based upon population.
Eaeh parish and each ward of the city of
NeW orleans shall have at least one repre4
sentative. At its FIRST regular session after
each United States census Of 1910, and at
Tvs nrst regular session after each United
states census thereafter, the General Assem-
Dly shall and it is hereby directed to re-
spPortlen the representation among the sew
eraI parishes and representative districts on
9 pass OF the total population shown by
such census. A representative number shall
be fixed, and each parish and representative
district shall have as many representatives
as such representative number il contained
IN the total number of the inhabitants of
such psr1sh or representative district, as
shown by the last preceding United States
census, and one additional Representatives
for every fraction exceeding one-half the
representative number. The number Of yep
resentatives shall not be more thsn one hun,
bred and twenty t12Gl nor less than ninety
eight 1881, provided that when o new par
rsh or parishes liz or are crested, as author
lzed by this Constitution, and the maximum
number Of representatives have been previ-
onsly apportioned to other parishes then
that such new parish OK parishes shall be
assigned o representative each In addition to
the maximum one hundred and twenty fixed
shall be increased until the next apportion-
me9t 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 represents.
tive in o parish from which the larger por-
fton of tbs territory is taken for the pur-
pose OF creating a new parish, one of such
representatives. may be apportioned to the
new parish in the same ace which creates
the parish. That any act passed by tbs Gen
eral Assembly of the State Of Louisiana ut
It's session In 1910, creating a new parish
OF parishes, and assigning 9 representative
to each, is hereby ratified and confirmed.
Section q. Be 1t 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
ticle Is Of the Constitution of the State Of
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
q L nmnlisn authorizing The increasing Of
conditions, and each ~e1eetor shall indicate
9s provided in the general election laws OF
the State whether he votes for or against
81. G. DUPRE,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives
P. ID. IAMBREMoNT,
Approved June 20. 1910.
Governor Of the State Of Louisiana.
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.