The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-09-03
ACT NO. rs.
House Bill No. PA.
JOINT RESOLUTION

JOINT RESOLUTION
/ Proposing amendment TO Article Is of
the Constitution Of the State OF Louisiana.
| increasing the number of Representatives,
Section 1. Be II resolved by the General
| Assembly of the State OF Louisiana, two
| thirds of all the members elected TO each
| House coneurring, that an amendment to the
| Constitution Of the State OF Louisiana be
submitted TO the qualified electors OF the
| State for their approval rejection, as re-
| CURED by Article 1921 of, the Constitution,
| at the Congressional election to be held on
| the first Tuesday next following the first
| Monday in November 1910. amending Arti-
| ale s of the Constitution of louisiana 50
| as to read as follows
| Article Is. Representation in the House
| Of Repres entatives shall he 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 its first regular session after
each United States census of 1910, and at
its first regular session after each United
States census thereafter. the General Assem-
bly, shall and il 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 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 additional representative
FOR every fraction exceeding one-halt the
representative number. The number 81 rep
reSentatlNes shall not he more imam one nun
bred and twenty 120I nor Jess than ninety
eight i4St provided that when a new par
| ,h or parishes IS or are created, as author
| lied by This Constitution, ard the maximum
number Of reprrs entatlves have been Prev
ously apporti9ned 10 other parishes. then
! that such new parish or parishes shall be
assigned a representative each in addition -
the maximum hundred and twenty hNed
herein and 10 that extent the maximum
shall be increased until the next app0rtlon-
Ia i1r~
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 Dor
ton Of tie territory is taken for the pur-
pose Of creating a new parish one OF such
representatives may be apporhOned to the
new parish in the same act which creates
the parish. That any act passed by the Gen
eral Assembly Of the State of Louisiana at
its session in 1910. creating a new PARISH
or parishes and assignjng Representative
to each, is hereby ratified and confirmed
Section . Be It further resolved etc.
that the official ballot to be used at said
words: For the proposed amendment to Ar.
tir1e Is of the Constitution Of the State of
. Louisiana authorizing the increasing OF the
number Of Representatives under certain con
.aition II" AGAINST the proposed amendment
10 Article ] 2 Of the Constitution of the state
II Louisiana authorizing the increasing Of
conditions and each eIector shall indicate
as provided in lLe general election laws Of
the state whether he votes for or against
the proposed amend # + nr-npr
Speaker OF The H9n7a Of Representative.
F. II. LAMRRENONT
Lien'cnant Governor and President of the
Approved June % 1910 . :,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
JOHN T. MICHEL.
Secretary Of State.