The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-09-02
ACT NO. 10.
House Bill No. 274.
1oINr RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to Article ID OF
the Constitution VI the State OF Louisiana.
increasing the number of representatives.
Section l. Be it 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-
CURED by Article 32l of the Constitution,
at the Congressional election to be held on
the first Tuesday next following the first
Monday in November, 1910. amending Artl'
Gle 10 Of the Constitution OF Louisiana so
as to read rs follows:
Article Is. Representation in the House
OF Representatives 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-
bly, shall and it is hereby directed to re-
apportion the representation among the sew
eral parishes and representative districts on
q basis of the total population shown by
such census. Il representative number snall
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 dlstricI, as
shown by the last preceding United States
census. and one additional Representative
for every fraction exceeding one'halt tne
| representative, number, The NUMBER oi rep.
resentatives shall not be more than one nun
dred and twenty 12O) nor less than ninety
| eight (9S). provided that when ne" pfr-
| ish or parishes is or are created, as auehor,
ICED by this Constitution, and the maximum
| number of representatives have been Prev.
ously apportioned to other parishes, 1h en-
that such new parish or parishes Shall Dc
assigned representative each in addition to
the maximum one hundred and twenty hseu
| herein, and to that extent the naAliu'
| ment of representatives is made by lhe ven,
eral Assembly. at which time the maSllluaa'
of one hundred and twenty shall be restorea'
! That if there is more than one representa-
tive in parish from which the larger t;' p"r
ton of the territory is taken for the pur
pose of creating new parish. one OF sucN
representatives may be apportioned TO tne
new parish in the same act when cie Nv,
the parish. That any act passed by the uen
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana a.
it's session in 1910. creating new parisl
to each, is hereby ratified and confirmed
Section 2. Be it further resolved; ETC.
that the official ballot to be "sea r at sf a..
words: ''For the proposed amendment " Ar
t!cle 1s of the Constitution Of the State O.
louisiana authorizing the increasing OF tn
number of representatives, under CERTAIN con
| ditlnn: Against the proPnsea a'ieh" ~.
to Article 10 of the Constitution of the STATE
OF Louisiana authorizing the increasing o
| the number of representatives under certain
conaitinns,' and each eector shall indicate
rs provided in Ike general election laws o
the State whether he votes for or agalns
the proposed amendment.
II. G. DUPRE.
Speaker Of the House Of R"presentatlves
/ P. Mr. LAMRREMONT.
Lieutenant C~--7,-Jr and President OF tn
Senate.
Approved June 90 1910.
" SANDERS,
Governor of the State OF Louisiana
trne cnnv:
JOHN r. MICHEL.
Secretary of State.