The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-10-08
ACT No. 311.
senate BIZ No. l53.
JOINT RESOLUTION.

Proposing an amendment to Article 1o7 OF
the Constitution OF the State of Louisiana
Section l. Be it resolved by the General
Assembly Of the State of Louisiana. two
thirds Of all members elected To each house
cohcufrlng, nat an amendment to the Con
stitutlon Of the State OF Louisiana be sub
mltted to the qualified electors of the State
TOR their approval or rejection. as required
by Article 33l Of the Constitution, such sub
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..
1910, amending Articles 107 and 108 of the
Constitution Of the State of Louisiana, as
amended by act No 2l6. of the General As
sembly of 1906, approved November 6, 1906,
80 as TO read as follows:
Article 107. The State shall be divided
into not less than twenty more than
thirtytwo judicial districts, the Parish of
Orleans excepted. Until otherwise provided
Article 1os. 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 Bienyille
shall compose the third District.
The Parishes OF Union and Lincoln shall
compose the fourth district.
The Parishes of Jackson and VIM shall
compose the fifth district.
The Parishes OF Ouachita and Morehouse
shall compose the sixth district.
The Parishes OF West Carroll and Rich
land shall compose the seventh district
The Parishes of Franklin and Catahouls
sHai compose lHe elEHIn ulStFIct.
The Parishes of Madison and East Carroll
shall compose the ninth district.
The Parishes of Concordia aud Tensas 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
fourteenth district.
Lo D,r Of %,
shall compose the fifteenth district
The Parishes of St. Landry and Evangeline
shall compose the sixteenth district.
The Parish Of Nermillion 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 rhe nineteenth district.
The Parishes of Terrebonne and Lafourche
shall compose the twentieth district.
The Parishes of lbervIle West Baton
Rouge, and Pointe Coupee shall compose the
twenty first district.
The Parish of East Baton Rouge shall
compose the twenty-second district.
twenty third district.
The Parishes of East Feliciana and West
Feiciana shall compose the twenty fourth
district
The Parishes of St Helena, Livingston
and Tangipahoa shall compose the twenty
fifth district.
The Parishes of Washington and ST Tam
many shall compose the twenty sixth dis
tYict
The Parishes Of Ascension. St. James and
Assumption shall compose the twenty 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 Plaque
mines shall compose the twenty ninth dis
trict
The Parishes of Caldwell and La Sale
shall compose the thrtieth district.
The Judges of the several districts as
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. redistrict the judicial dis
tricts provided for in this Article
Provided that in 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 L. 1912.
p NJ. LAMBREMOST,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
II. G. DTPRE,
Speaker Of the House OF Representatives.
Approved: July l. 1910.
J. Y. SANDERS.
Governor OF the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN I. MICHEL
Secretary of State.