The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-15
ACT NO. rs.
House Bill No. 274.
JOINT RESOLUTION

JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article 1s OF
the Constitution vi the State of Louisiana.
increasing the number of Representatives.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two
thirds of all the members elected to each
House eoncurring; that an amendment to the he
submitted to the qualified electors of the
State for their approval or rejection. as re-
sa,ss BY Article az Of the on htd
the first Tuesday nazs following the first
Monday in November. 1910, amending Arti-
Gle ls of the Constitution of Louisiana so
Article Is. 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 1910. and at
States census thereafter, the General Assem-
bly, shall and it is hereby directed to re-
apportion the representation among the sew
basis of the total population shown by
such census. A representative number shall
be fixed. and each parish and representative
as such representative number is contained
in the total number of the inhabitants Of
such parish or representative district. as
census. and one additional representative
for every fraction exceeding onehalf 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 author
lied by this Constitution. and the maximum
number of representatives have been previ-
ously apportioned to other parishes. then
that such new parish or parishes shall be
assigned representative each In addition 70
the maximum one hundred and twenty hxed
herein. and to that extent the maximum
shall be increased until the next apportion-
ment Of representatives is made by the Gen
Of ef' one hundred and twenty shall be restored
That IL there is more than one representa-
tive in a parish from which the larger por-
tion Of the territory is taken Tor the put,
representatives may be apportioned 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 q new parish
parishes and assigning Representative
to each. is hereby ratified and confirmed.
that the official ballot to be used at said
election shall have printed thereon the
words: For the proposed amendment to Ar.
ticle Is of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana authorizing the increasing of the
number Of representatives under certain con.
dition:" against the proposed amendment
(. Article 10 of the Constitution of the State
Of Louisiana authorizing the increasing Of
the number of representatives under certain
conditions and each eleetor shall indicate
as provided IN The general erection laws OF
the State whether he votes for or against
the proposed amendment.
IT. G.. DUPRE.
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
P NJ LAMRREMONT.
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate
Approved June 90. 1910
T. Y. SANDERS,
Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
A trne copy:
JOHN T. MICHEL.
Secretary of State.