The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-09-16
ACT No. rs.
House Bill No.. 274 - - r. =
Z. u 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 each
House concurring. that amendment to the
Constitution of the State, of Louisiana be
submitted to the qualified electors OF the
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 10 of the Constitution of Louisiana so
as to read as follows:
Article 10. Representation in the House
of Representatives shall be equal and uni
form, and shall be based upon popu ation:
Each parish and each ward of the city OF
New Orleans shall have at least one repre-
sentative. At it's 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.
eral parishes and representative districts on
a basis of the total population shown by
such census. A representative number snail
be fixed, and each parish and representative
such representative number is contained
in the total number of the inhabitants OF
such parish or representative district, as
shown by the last preceding United States
for every fraction exceeding one.halt the
representative number. The number OF rep
resentatives shall not be more than one hun
dred and twenty (120) nor less than ninety
eight $685., provided that when new Pr
ish or parishes is or are created, as author
lied by this Constitution. and the maximum
number of representatives have been prevl'
ousy apportioned to other parishes, then
that such new parish or parishes shall be
assigned representatiye each In addt'oR xe 10
herein, and to that extent the maximum
shall be increased until the next apportlon'
ment of representatives is made by the Gen
eral Assembly. at which time the maximum
That if there is more than one representa-
tive in parish from which the larger por'
ton of the territory is taken for the pur-
pose of creating new parish, one OF sucn
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 new parish
or parishes, and assigning representative
to sas is hereby ratified fnTth and reso1ed etc.
that the official ballot to- be, used at said
election shall have printed thereon the
words: "For the proposed amendment to AT:
tcle 10 of the Constitution of the State OF
number of representatives under. certain, con.
dition:' against the proposed amendment
to Article 10 of the Constitution OF the Stat,
of Louisiana authorizing the increasing OF
the number of representatives under certain
conditions and each elector shall indicate.
rs provided in rhe general election laws OF
the State whether he votes for or against
the proposed amendment.
H. G. DUPRE.
Speaker of the House of REPRESENTATIVES,.
P. M LAMRREMOfT,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of the
Senate.
Approved June 20, 1870
J. Y. SANDERS.
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true cony:
JOHN T., MICHEL.
Secretary of State.