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provisions cognate thereto, SO rs to sus,
pend the same IL 81 far as II Affects an
parishes outside of the Parish OF Or
leans except parishes which contain an in.
corporated town Of more than seven thou
sand inhabitants, and providing formalItles
by which the effect and operation of Act
No 80 Of 1905 may be extended to other
parishes and more fully declaring and de
timing the jurisdiction OF the juvenile
Courts in regard to children and other
persons who may be charged before SAID
courts. and providing that said amendment.
if adopted, shall go into effect on and
after January l, 1911.
Be it resolved by the General Assembly
of the State of Louisiana, two-thlrds OF the
members elected 10 each House concurrng
That Act No 245, approved July 8. 1908,
adopted part of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana at the general Congress
sional election held the Tuesday following
the first Monday. in November, 1908. being
A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment
to the Constitution of the State of Louisi
relative to ratifying and carrying into
effect an act of the Legislature regulating
the care of neglected and delinquent chill
dren and for the trial of adults in certain
cases. establishing Juvenile. Court in the
Parish of Orleans and providing for sep.
District Courts outside of said parish and
making other provisions cognate thereto, be
so amended as to read as follows ooa
amended by the act adopted by the Legisla
ture at the regular session begun and held
on May lgp reg@a,gE tas and d ffh5
quent children, seventeen years OF age and
under, ard for the trial Of adults charged
with any violation of the laws protecting
the physical, moral and mental we'll being
of children or with desertion or failure to
support wife or children; organizing the
Juvenile Court in the Parish of Orleans.
providing Judge and officers therefor; pro
vidng for ssperate sessions, as Juvenile
Courts. of the District Courts outside OF
said parish; defining the jurisdiction OF said
courts, and providing them with probation
officers of either sex for indeterminate SEN
fences by said courts and for appeals there
from, and making other provisions cognate
thereto, and suspending the same IN SO TAR
it affects all parishes outside OF the Par
ish of Orleans, except parishes which con
tain an incorporated town of more than
seven thousand inhabitants. and providing
therein formalities by which the effect and
operation of the Act No. S3 Of 1908, as
amended by the Act of the Legislature OF
other parishes, and more fully declaring and
defining the jurisdiction of the Juvenile
Courts in regard to children and other per
sons who may be charged before said courts:
providing said amendment II adopted, shall
90 into effect and after January 1, 1911,
is hereby ratified and approved: and. fur
visions of said act, amended. and this
amendment are to that extent and for that
Section 2. Be it further resolved, That
said proposed amendment be submitted to
the electors of this State for their approval
U
of Louisiana at the next general Congress
sonal election to be held in this State on the
Tuesday following tho first Monday in No
vember 1910.
This proposed amendment, if approved as
part of the Constitution OF the State of
Louisiana, conformably to the requirements
thereof, shall go into effect and operation
on and after January |, 1911.
Section 3. Be it further resolved. etc,
That on the official ballots to be used at
said election shall be placed the words:
For the Juvenile Court Amendment and
the words, Against the Juvenile Court
Amendment and each elector shall indi-
cate. as provided in the general election
laws of the State, whether he votes for
against said amendment.
II G.. DUPRF.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
P NJ LAMBREMONT.
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved: July 5. 1910
!. y. SANDERS,
Governor Of the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN T. MICHEL.
Secretary of State