St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-09-24
ACT NO. "a.
JOINT RESOLUTION

Joint RESOLUTION
1E4pos1ng 81 amendment to Article IA ~
sno CONSTITUTION OF tbs State Of Itouinian.
increasing the number of Observation-Disclosures
Ssc1a9A Il 20 ~ resolved 6y ma geHsraI
thirds 81 III zee tps state OF Louisisna, two.
aonse eoneurring. that an amendme = stsn
O9nst1tct5on OF the State Of Ioniai.nS
stsSa is fe : 70 the qualifed electors Of he
CURED by Article S2l of I'M Taoa 81 ~
~ 1ne congressional election IL ~ Aaid ~
Monday iSeesday next following the frst
<non9ay n November, 1910. amanding krt;.
Gle 10 OF the Constitution ~ Tsas;as artl'
40 to read as follows: AoeastAha 80
APsaols ~. Representation III the Hopss
soPLesshsatlyes shall be equal and mi.
51S11t and shall be based anon nanrI1o 49,
Nacn parish and each ward az The rfty ~
S ssns Gxieans shall hare at least one rspre.
escb TTn;ta5 lts nrss regular session after
~ hrss regular session after eaeR TTnitsS
RE census thereafter, the General Assem-.
@pPortion the representation arnong tbs III
srAL parisnss and representative districts an
3 pass OF the total population shown bv
Such census. A representative nun.hsr sbsI
ee nxed, and each parish and renresentati1a
oistrieg shall have as many reprasenta+ives
s. t sueh representative number Is contained
a 1he tetai number of the inhabikanfs az
sScn psE1sa or representative district. a.
sAeWn py the last preceding Unifad Etntem
census. and one additional repressntatiye
ZOE every fraction exceeding onezhaif ths
representative number. The npTbar - sns
resentatives shall not be more thar ore INN.
agea and twenty S120l nor less than ninety
agar l98l, provided that when d new par.
Ism or parishes iR or are created a autbor.
lzed by this Contribution, and Che megimura
number OF Representatives. have bees nrevi.
easty aPportioned TO other parishes, then
tnat s1cn nsW parish or parishes shall be
assiGned 3 representative each In addition 10
me maximum one hundred and twenty fxed
hersln, and to that extent the maxirnum
shall be increased until the next snnorfion.
meHS ot representatives Is made by the Gen.
sSel Assembly. at which time the maximum
ox enc hundred and twenty shall be restored.
tive in 3 parish from which the larger Dor.
Hen OF the territory Is taken for the PUP
pose Of creating . new parish, one Of such
now pariah In the sans aeS which crsatea
Ene perish. That any act passed by the Cen
erai Assembly Of the State Of Louisiana IS
or parishes and assigning . representative
TO each. is hereby ratified and conarmed.
Section Be Il further resolved, eso..
~eleetion shah have printed thereon she
woTdE: For she proposed amendment to Ar
tiete 10 of the Oonstitution Of the State of
number OF representatives. under certain con
dition Against the proposed amendment
to Article IS Of the Constitution of the State
e L sultan authorizing sho Increasing q
conditions and zach eieetor shall indicate
- provided In tie general election laws OF
ths state whether he votes for or against
the proposed amsndmsns.
Speaker Of the Heuse Of Representstiyes.
]. u. LAMBREMoNT.
Approved 5une ~, 1910.
Governor Of The State Of Louisiana.
JOHN I. MICHEL.
Secretary Of State.