The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-14
ACT NO. rs.
House BIZ NO. 2I4-
JOINT RESOLUTION


Promising gu amendment to Article IS OF
the Constitution of The State OF Louisiana.
increasing the number of Representatives.
Section i. 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 pc
submitted to the qualified electors OF the
State for their approval or relecuon. as re-
quired by Article 32l of the tonstltution,
the first Tuesday naxt salowins the first
Monday in November 1910, amending Artl-
Gle Is of tho Constitution OF Louisiana so
as to read as follows:
Article 8. Representation IN the Mouse
of Representatives shal! 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 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 it is hereby directed to re-
apportion the representation among the sew
cral parishes and representative d'strlcts on
such census A representative number snail
be fixed, and each parish and representative
district shall have as many representatives.
as such represent atlve number IS contained
in the total number of the lnhabitants Oh
such parish or Representative district, as
shown By the last preceding United STATES
census, and ono additional representative
for every fraction exceeding hair the
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 or parishes is or are created, as autnor-
lied by this Constitution, and the maximum
number of representatives have been Prev
that such new parish or parishes shall be
assigned representative each in addition 10
the maximum one hundred and twenty hxeo
herein, and to that extent the MAXIMUM
shall be increased until the next apport!on
ment of representatives is made by the Gen
ersl Assembly. at which time the maximum
of one hundred and twenty shall BIO restored
That il there is more than one representa-
tive in parish from which the larger por'
ton OF the territory is taken for the pur.
representatives may be apportioned to the
new parish in the same act winch creates
the parish. That any act passed by the Gen.
eral Assembly OF the State OF Louisiana az
it's session In 1910 creating new par!sh
or parishes and assigning representative
to each is hereby ratified and confirmed
Section @ Be it further resolved, etc;
that the official ballot to be used at said
election shall have printed thereon the the
words For the proposed amena am e4a 70 ar IT.
Louisiana, authorizing the increasing OF the
number OF representatives under certain con.
dtion:" against the proposed amendment
to Article 10 of the Constitution pf the state te
of Louisiana authorizing the increasing o.
c cor and, each e'ector shall iindicate,
| rs provided in Ike general election laws OF
! the State whether he votes for or against
| the proposed amendment.
II. G. DUPRE.
Speaker Of the House Of REPRESENTATIVES..
P. NJ. LAMRREM0NT.
Lieutenant Governor and President OF the
| Senate.
Approved June 20. 1910.
T. Y. SANDERS,
Governor Of the State OF Louisiana
| trnn rony:
| JOHN T. MICHEL.
| Secretary of State.