The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-11-26
ACT NO. rs.
JOINT RESOLUTION

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| Proposing amendment to Article Is OF
the Constitution OF 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 oil the members elected to each
House concurring. that amendment to the
CONSTITUTION ss;,,a Of the state OF Louisiana be
State for their approval or rejection. MS re-
CURED by Article 321 Of the Constitution
the first Tuesday next following the first
Monday in November. 1910, amending Arti-
Gle IS Of the Constitution Of Louisiana so
Article 10. Representation in the House
OF Representatives shall be equal and uni
form. land 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
states census thereafter, the General Assem-
bly, shall and it is hereby directed to re-
apportion the representation among the sew
basis of the total population shown by
such census. representative number shall
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 district. as
shown by the last preceding United States
census, and one additional representative
for every fraction exceeding one-half the
representative number: The number of rep
dred and twenty (120) nor less than ninety
eight (9s), provided that when new par
ish or parishes is or are created as author
lied by this Constitution, and the maximum
number of representatives have been previ
ously apportioned to other parishes. then
that such new parish parishes shall be
the maximum one hundred and twenty fixed
herein, and to that extent the maximum
shall be increased until the next apportiQn-
ment of representatives is made by the Geh-
eral Assembly, at which time the maximum
of one hundred and twenty shall be restored.
That il there is more than representa-
tive in a parish from which the larger por-
tion of the territory is taken for the epur
representatives may be apportioned to the
new parish in the same act which creates
the parish. That any act passed by the Gen
era Assembly OF the State of Louisiana at
its session in 1910. creating a new parish
or parishes and assigning representative
TO each, is hereby ratified and confirmed.
that the official ballot TO be used at said
election shall have printed thereon the
words: For the proposed amendment to Ar.
ticle 10 Of the Constitution of the State OF
number of representatives under certain con-
dition:'' Against the proposed amendment
to Article Is of the Constitution of the State
of Loukiana authorizing the increasing OF
the number of representatives under certain
conditions and each elector shall indicate
as provided in lie general election laws OF
the State whether he votes for or against
the proposed amendment.
Speaker of the House Of Representatives,
p NJ. LsMRREMONT.
Lieutenant Governor and President OF the
]. Y. SANDERS,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true conv:
JOHN T. MICHEL.
Secretary Of State.