The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-11-11
ACT NO. rs.
louise Bill NO. 27l.
JOINT RESOLUTION

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JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article 10 OF
TIE CONSTITUTION or 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 L 70 = ea tIa
Constitution of the State Of louisiana pc
submitted to the qualified electors OF the
State for their approval or rejection, as re-
CURED by Article 321 OF the Consu ,a1I n
the first Tuesday next following the first
Monday in November. 1910, amending Artl.
Gle IS of the Constitution OF Louisiana so
as to read as 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 it's first regular session a11er
each United States census of 1910, ana a!
its first regular session after each onlteo
States census thereafter, the General Assem-
bly, shall and it is hereby directed to re-
apportion the representation among tae sew,
eral parishes and representative olS h bu
basis of the total population shown oX
such census. A representative number snail
be fixed, and each parish and representative
district shall have as many representatives.
as such representative number is con.alheat
in the total number of tho inhabitants si.i;a Oh OF
such parish or representative district, as
shown by the last preceding United sta les
census, and one additional representative
for every fraction exceeding one-halt sno
representative number The nu l n o. b rup
resentatives shall not be more than one nun
dred and twenty (12O) nor less than ninety
eight (98), provided that when new par
ish or parishes is or are created as autliol.
lied by this Constitution, ana the maH ,,rer;.
ously apportioned to other parishes, th en-
that such new parish or parishes s shaal t ee
assigned a representative each IN adalllon W W
the maximum one hundred and twenty hAeu
herein, and to that extent the m aSrt;onl
shall be increased until the next appor5nlo on
| ment of representatives is made by the zen
| 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 sncn
| representatives may be apportloned TO the
| new parish in the same act which , creates
the parish That any act passea oy sie ue at
its session in 1910. creating new paIi!sn
or parishes and assigning = repreentatlVe
to each, is hereby ratified and confirmed.
Section Be it further r. r rsea a. said said
words: "For the proposed amendment to AT.
tcle 10 of the Constitution of the state OF
Louisiana, authorizing the increasing OF the
number Of under cer1a1G cont
to Article IS of the Constitution of the State
Of Louisiana authorizing the increasing Of Of
the number of representatives under certain e!
conditions and each elector shall 1ndlcatss
! as provided in tie general election laws OF
the State whether he votes for or against
the proposed amendment.
Fl. G. DUPRE.
Speaker of 'the House of Renrcsentatlyes
P. NJ. LAMBREMONT.,
,,d Drccident of the
| Senate.
Approved June 20. 1910.
Governor of the State OF Louisiana
true cony:
JOHN r. MICHEL,
/ & Secretary of State.