Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-10-07
ACT No. s1l.
senate Bill No. 1873.
JOINT RESOLUTION.

senate Bill No. 1873.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article lo7 Of
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General
Assembly Of the State Of Louisiana, two
thirds OF all members elected to sach house
stitution Of the State Of Louisiana be sub.
mitted to the qualified electors of the State
ior their approval or rejection A. required
mission to be made at the congressional cleo
tion to be held on the first Tuesday follow.
ing the first Monday in November A. D..
Constitution OF the State Of Louisiana, a.
amended by act No. 216. of the General As
sembly of 1905. approved November 8, 1905.
Article Io7. The State shall be divided
into not less than twenty nor more than
thirty judicial districts; the Parish Of
By law there shall be Thirty Districts.
Article los. The Parish of Caddo shall
compose the first District
The Parishes of Bossier and Webster shall
compose the second District.
The Parishes of Claiborne and Bisnvills
shall compose the third District;
compose the fourth district.
The Parishes of Jackson and VIM shall
compose the fifth district.
The Parishes of Ouachita and Morehouss
shall compose the sixth district.
The Parishes Of West Carroll and Rich
land shall compose the seventh district.
Inc fhrlsne8 OF Franklin and CatahOula
shall compose the eighth district.
The Parishes Of Madison and East Carroll
shall compose the ninth district.
The Parishes Of Concordia and Tsnsas shall
compose the tenth district.
The Parishes Of Natchitoches and Red
River shall compose the eleventh district
The Parishes Of DeSota. Sabine and Vernon
shall compose the twelfth district.
The Parishes Of Rapides and Grant shall
compose the thirteenth district.
The Parish Of Avoyelles shall compose the
The Parishes Of Calcasieu and Cameron
shall compose the fifteenth district.
The Parishes Of st. Landry and Evangslins
The Parish of vermillion shall compose the
seventeenth district.
The Parishes of Acadia and Lafayette shall
compose the eighteenth district.
The Parishes Of Iberia and st. Martin
shall compose the nineteenth district.
The Parishes OF Terrebonne and Lafourehs
The Parishes 4 iServille, IVES. Baton
Rouge, and Pointe Coupee shall compose the
The Parish Of ST. Mary shall compose the
twenty third district.
The Parishes Of East Feliciana and West
district.
The Parishes of ST. Helena, Livingston,
s snd Iangipahoa shall compose the twenty
The Parishes of Washington and ST. Tam.
many shall compose the twenty sixth dis.
The Parishes Of Ascension, st. James and
assumption shall compose the twsnty-seventh
district.
The Parishes Of st. John the Baptist. st.
Charles and Jefferson shall compose the
twenty-eighth district.
The Parishes of st. Bernard and Plsous.
mines shall compose the twenty ninth dis
trict.
The Parishes of Caldwell and La saIle
snail compose the thirtieth district.
The Judges Of the several districts 90
herein provided for shall each receive the
salary of Three Thousand Dollars. payable
monthly on his own warrant, provided the Gen.
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana may
in their discretion. Sedistrict the judicial dis
tricts provided for In this Article.
Provided that in case shall the Dis.
trict Judge receive . salary Of more than
Three Thousand Dollars.
Provided further that this Act shall take
effect from and after January 1, 1912
P. NJ. LAMBREMONT,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of the
Senate.
Fl. G. DUPRE,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives
Approved: July z, 1910.
J. Y. SANDERS,
Governor Of the State Of Louisiana
true copy:
JOHN r. MICHEL
Secretary Of State.