St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-09-17
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House Bill No. 2TA.
JOINT REsoLUEgOS

JOINT RESOLUTIONS
Prouosang a nnendmsnt to Axtssla 4e 20
tie Oe9ssis9Sioa G as stSts 81 LsulsIanss
Increasing ths n1saasss e PFepFsssnsstxsa.N
. sss'5fia Il Il e. g. 4 ssh Sssse = I w 2hs asassEsl
fhirds Of all he members esseasd - ~
House coacuzEsng: shat an a~msndsseas to III
es6a,isssd to u he sAs qps aha . s,. aesisiaas q
sSsts for their approval 81 reiastian a. = :
qnRxed by Article 81 Of the Gonstitmt;aS
e the cOngEsss.Gnal election 70 be held On
Monday In November, 1910, ame1aing 49,
NE Is of the Constitution oil T,nnisis 49,
IS 20 read Is follows:
Of Representatives shall be aaMal ana ,1nss
form. and shsll be based upon nannTatgan
Mach parish and each ward Of tie city 81
NeE Orleans 4 s 5s a rsEe ra g least one repre-
each United States census oil 1910 and A.
fla first regular session after each TTn;%sT
States ahs census and f9 e. - Sss-a ne General Assem-.
apportten shs representation among Che aey.
eraf parishes and representative distriefs an
. basis Of the total population shown By
be fxed, and each parish and repragentaffva
district shall have as many xepregenfaFiveq
as such representative number is contained
such parish or representative Sisfrsef a.
shown by the Last preceding United gta4ag
census, and ons additional representative
fof every 1ractIo6 s&esealng ona-hRi2 the
representative number: The number os reu.
ressntatiyes shall not be more than one hum
dred and twenty tl20) nor less than ninety.
sight (98), provided that when q new par
Rh or parishes is or are created, as author.
lied by this Constitution. and The maximum
number Of representatives have been nreyf.
ousIy apportioned to other parishes, then
that such new parish or parishes shall be
assigned q representative each Id addition 10
the maximum one hundred and twenty AGED
herein, and to that extent the maximum
-h-IT - @az1Aa 49, R-&
ment OF Representatives is made by the Gen.
aral Assembly, alt which time the maximum
Of ons hundred and twenty shall bs resgora6.
That IL there Ia more than one representa-
tion of the territory is taken for the pur.
pose Of creating q new parish, one Of such
representatives. may be apDorstoned to She
the parish. That any act passed by the Gen
eraf Assembly of the State of Louisiana at
its session in 1910. creating d new parish
or parishes and assigning a representative
to each, is hereby ratified and confirmed.
Section Q. Be it further resolved, etc,
that the official ballot TO BIO used ut said
election shall have printed thereon the
words. For the proposed amendment to Ar
ticie 10 OF the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana, authorizing the increasing Of the
dHmDe T. % TspFSssns ssa pre aaasE e smsndn eons
to Article 10 of Che Constitution Of the State
Of Louisiana authorizing the increasing Of
TIC aoa ngmbe 7. Of an fep sseb siaases gndsE ;e esrtatn
as provided in Tie general election laws of
the State whether he votes for or against
the proposed amendment.
H. g. DUPRE,
Speaker of the Heugs Of REPRESENTATIVES.
P. M. LAMBRRM0ET,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of the
Senate.
Approved June %, 1910.
]. Y. SANDERS,
Governor Of the State OF Loufsiana.
A true COPY:
JOHN T. MICHEL.
Secretary Of State.