The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-10-15
ACT NO. rs.
louise Bill No. ga.
JOINT RESOLUTION

JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing amendment 10 Article Is 0.
the Constitution Of the State Of louisiana,
increasing tie Humbe, Of Representatives.
Section /. Be it resolved BY the General
Assembly Of the State Of Louisiana. two
thirds Of all the members elected 70 each
House c0ncurring. 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 321 Of the Constitution,
al the Congressional election to be held on
the first Tuesday next following the first
Monday in November. 1910, amending Arti-
Gle Is Of the Constitution Of Louisiana SO
as TO read as follows:
Article 1s. 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
lis first regular session after each United
States census thereafter, the General Assem-
bly, shall and il is hereby directed TO re-
apporti0n the representation among the sew
eral parishes and representative districts on
basis OF the total population shown by
such census. A representative number shall
be fixed, and each parish and representative
district shall have as many representative ;
as such representative number i contained
in the total number Of the inhabitants OF
such parish or representative district, as
shown by the last preceding United states
census, and additional represent I'VE
for every fraction exceeding one-ha!t the
representative number. The number CT rep
resentatives shall not be more than one nun
bred and twenty fiZOJ nor less than ninety
eight (93). provided that when q new par
ish or parishes is or are created, as author
lied by this Constitution, and the maximum
number Of representatives have been Prev
ously apportioned 10 other parishes. then
that such new parish or parishes shall be
assigned representative each IN addition -
the maximum one hundred and twenty fixed
herein. and to that extent the maximum
shall be increased until the next apportIon-
IL -. -hl l,svT-
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 a new parish. one OF such
representatives may be apportioned to the
new parish in the same act which creates
the parish. That any at passed by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State OF Louisiana at
its session in 1910 creating new parish
to each. Is hereby ratified and confirmed.
Section . Be II further resolved. etc.
that the Official ballot TO be used at said
words: 'For the proposed amendment 70 Ar.
tic'e II of tie Constitution Of the State Of
Louisiana. authorizing the increasing Of the
number Of representatives under certain con
diton:'' &C. -airst the proposed amendment
n Article Of the Constitution Of the State
Il Louisiana authorizing the increasing Of
'cordi ions and each eIactor shall indicate
rs provided II lie general election laws Of
the State whether he votes for or against
the proposed a"end n # nr-ppr
Speaker Of the House NJ Representatives
p " LtNPREMONT
Lienterant Governor and President of the
Approved June 20, 1910
J. Y SANDERS
Governor Of the State Of Louisiana.
JOHN T. MICHEL.
Secretary Of State.