The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-09-17
ACT NO. rs.
louise Bill No. 274.


JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an 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 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-
quired by Article 321 of the Constitution,
at 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 ID. Representation In tho House
Of Repres entatives 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-
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
basis of the total population shown by
such census. A representative number snail
be fixed. and each parish and representative
district shall have as many representatives
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 additional representative
representative number. The number Of rep
resentatives shall not be more than one hun
dred and twenty 120) nor less than ninety
eight (9S). provided that when new par
ish CIR parishes is or are created as author
lied by this Constitution, and the maximum
number of representatives have been prevl-
ousIy anDortionpd to other parishes, then
that such new parish parishes shall be
assigned representative each IN addition 10
the maximum one hundred and twenty fixed
herein. and to that extent the maximum
bon no hp
ment 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 representa-
tive in q parish from which the larger por-
ton of the territory is taken for the pur
pose Of creating new parish: one OF suGn
parish in the same act which creates
the parish. That any act passed by the Gen
eral Assembly Of the state OF Louisiana ana at
to each. is hereby ratified and confirmed.
Section .: Be it further resolved, e et;J
election shall have printed thereon the
words: ''For the proposed amendment to Ar,
ticle 3 of the Constitution OF the state or
Louisiana. authorizing the increasing OF the
number Of representatives under certain con,
dition' Against the proposed amendment
to Article 3 of the Constitution OF the state
Of Louisiana authorizing the increasing OF
tho number of rrepresentatives under certain
conditions and each elector shall indicate
as provided in tie general election laws OF
the State whether he votes for against
the proposed amendment.
r. G.. DTPRE.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
P NJ LANBREMONT.
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved June 90, 1910.
T. Y. SANDERS.
Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
4 true cory:
JOHN T. MICHEL.
Secretary Of State.