The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-10-08
ACT NO. IS.
JOINT RESOLUTION
House Bill No. 274.

JOINT RESOLUTION
| Proposing an amendment TO Article Is oil
| the Constitution Of the State of Louisiana
increasing the number Of Representatives.
| Section J.. Be it resolved by the General
| Assembly Of the State of Louisiana, two
| thirds Of all she members elected to each
| House concurrng that an amendment to the
| Constitution of the State Of Louisiana be
State for their approval or rejection, as re-
| CURED by Article 321 Of the Constitution.
at the Congressional election to be held on
| Monday in November, 1910. amending Arti-
Gle Is 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 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
its first regular session after each United
bly, shall and it is hereby directed to re-
apportion the represen tation among the sew.
eral parishes and representative districts on
a basis OF the total population shown by
such census. A representative number shall
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. inhabitants OF
such parish or representative district. as
shown by the last preceding United states
census, and one additional representative
for every fraction exceeding one half the
representative number The number % rep
resentatives shall not be more than one hun
dred and twenty (120) nor less than ninety
eight (95), provided that when new par
ish or parishes is created, as author
lied by this Constitution, and the maximum
number of representatives have been previ.
ously apportioned to other parishes, then
that such parish parishes shall be
assigned representative each in addition TO
the maximum hundred and twenty fixed
herein. and to that extent the maximum
shall be increased until the next apporton
ment OF representatives. is made by the Gen
eral Assembly. at which time the maximum
of one hundred and twenty shall be restored.
That if there is more than one representa-
tive in parish from which the larger por-
pose OF creating a new parish. one, OF such
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 2 representative
that the official ballot TO be used at said
election shall have printed thereon the
words: ''For the proposed amendment to Ar |
ticle Ia of the Constitution of the State Of
Louisiana. authorizing the increasing OF the |
number Of representatives under certain con |
dition ~ Against the proposed amendment |
to Article 10 of the Constitution Of the State
of Louisiana authorizing the increasing of |
the number Of representatives under certain |
conditions and each elector shall indicate |
az provided In tie general election laws of |
the State whether he votes for or against |
the proposed amendment.
II. G. DUPRE
Speaker Of the House of REPRESENTATIVES,.
P NJ LAMRREMONT.
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved June 90. 1910.
J. Y. SANDERS.
Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
A true coDv:
JOHN T. MICHEL.
Secretary Of State.