The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-09-10
ACT NO. rs.
-0 m IoINr RESOLUTION

JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article IS of
the Constitution OF the State of Louisiana.
increasing the number of Representatives. :.
Section /. Be it resolved by the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two
thirds Of all the members elected to e. .sh
Constitution of the State of Louisiana be
submitted to the qualified electors of the
State for their approval or rejection. as re-
CURED 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
to read follows:
Article 10. Representation in the House
Of Representatives 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-
sentative: At its first regular session after
each United States census of 1870 and ~
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
a basis of the total population shown py
such census. representative number snaii
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 inhsoitants OF on
such parish representative district. rs
shown by the last preceding United states
census, and one additional representative
for every fraction exceeding one-haif the
resentatives shall not be more than one nun
| dred and twenty I20) nor less than ninety
eight (9s), provided that when, new pr
| ish or parishes is created. as autnor
| lied by this Constitution, and the maximum
| number of representatives have been previ
| ously apportioned to other parishes, thei
| that such parish or parishes shaii pe
assigned a representative each in ADDITION ts
| the maximum one hundred and twenty nxeo
herein. and to that extent the maximum
! shall be increased until the next apporuon
/ ment of representatives is made by the Gen
| eral Assembly, at which time the maximum
| of one hundred and twenty shall be restored
| tive in a parish from which the larger por
| tion of the territory is taken for the puI
| pose of creating a new parish. one OF sue
representatives may be ap ppt winch create
| the parish That any act passed by the Gen
| ersl Assembly of the State Of Louisiana a
its session in lslo: creating new pst
to each. is hereby ratified and confirmed.
Section q Be it further resolved, etc
that the official ballot to be used at SAL AZ
words: For the proposed amendment u Al
ticle 1s of the Constitution OF the stare Q
Louisiana authorizing. the increasing OF w
number of representatives under certain con
| dition:' Against the proposed amendmen
tn Article 10 Of the Constitution OF the stat
If Louisiana authorizing the increasing 9
| the number of representatives, under certai
| conditions and each ele-tor shall Indicat
as provided in tie general election laws Q
the State whether he votes for or agains
the proposed amendTep q pupRE
Speaker of the House Of REPRESENTATIVES.
p M. LAMBREMONT.
Lieutenant Governor and President Of th
Approved June 90. 1910. s~nvps
Governor of the State of Louisiana
A trve conv:
JOHN IT. MICHEL.
SECRETARY of State.