The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-10-26

tuS tWenty-tnlrQ district.
Inc parishes OF East Feiciaaa an
West Feliciana shall compose the tive
ty-fourth district
The parishes OF 81. IIeien.-. Liyi.,
eton and TangipsE "a shall compose &
twenty-fifth district.
The parishes OF Washington and 8;
Tammany shall compose the twenty
sixth district
The parishes of Ascension, St Jams
and Assumption shall compose Il
twenty-seventh district.
The parishes of st. job the Baptist
St Charles and jefferson shall ccnpos,
the twenty-eighth district.
The parishes of ST. Bernard am
Plaquemines shall compose the twenty
ninth district
The parishes OF Caldwell and LaSali.
shall compose the thirtieth district.
The judges OF the several districts. e.
herein provided for. shall each receiv'
salary OF three thousand dollars pei
annum. payable monthly on his ows
warrant, provided the General Assem-
bly, may. In their discretion, redlstrie
the judicial districts provided for in
this article: Any district judge may re
tire on full pay when he shall havt
reached seventy five years OF age. pro.
vided said district judge has served
centinueusly as district Judge. OF
judge OF court Of appeals. not less thai
twenty five years prior to his said re
ttremsnt; and provided further that an.
Judge affected by the foregoing shall
serve until his successor shall be elect
81 aad qualified. Provided further. that
the provisions Of this amendment TO the
Constitution shall apply to the Judges
Of the Civil District Courts for the
Parish OF Orleans a. provided for In
Article 81 Of the Constitution.
The Legislature shall provide by
proper appropriation for the salaries OF
retired district judges in the same man
ner a. 1t provides for other judicial ex-
psnses.
Section 2. Be It further resolved
ETC.. That the above amendment be sub
mitted to the electorate OF this State
for approval or rejection at the general
election for Congressman to be held In
November. 1918. and that the Secretary
OF state be directed to insert upon the
ballot to be used upon said election.
and in the proper column. the follow
ing: For the proposed amendment to
los Of the Constitution relative to dis
trfct judges; and the words: Against
the proposed amendment to Article los
of the Constitution relative to district
judges: and the elector shall indicate
his vote on the proposed amendment. as
provided by the general election laws
HEWITT BoUANcHAUD.
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives.
LdGuIcnanl 0ONcTuOI anu IIcSl0CnN Vi
the Senate.
Approved: July .. 1918.
r. @. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State OF Louisiana
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 1ss.
House Bill No. 12s-By Mr.. Barrett.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Con-
stitution Of the State of Louisiana
granting the City Of New Orleans al
extension Of time for the commence
ment and completion of the construc-
ton Of q bride or tunnel across the
Mississippi River. under Act No. Sc
Of 1915.
Section 1. Be II enacted by the Gen.
eral Assembly of the State Of Louisiana
two-thirds of all the members electee
to each house concurring. that subject
to the ratification and approval Of the
electors of the State, the Constitution
Of the State be amended by incorporat-
ing therein the following provisions
to-wit:
All the rights. franchises and immuni-
ties granted to the City Of New Orleans
under Joint Resolution of the General
Assembly of the State Of Louisiana
granting to said city the power to con-
Btruct. equip, maintain and operate
bridges and tunnels across the Missis-
sfppi River at or near New Orleans and
to do various acts incidental thereto
and to the operation generally OF the
Public Belt Railroad system Of the City
Of New Orleans. being Act No. So Of the
Session of 1915. subsequently adopted
as. and now constituting. n part of the
Constitution OF the State. shall continue
and exist only upon the condition. that
the construction Of the bridge or tunnel
authorized under said constitutional
- ~ sof
later than three years after the exist
Ing state Of war between the United
States Of America and the German and
Austro- Hungarian empires shall have
terminated and the fact and date of
such termination shall have been ascer-
tsined and proclaimed BY the President
Of the United States. and shall be COM
pleted within five years from the date
Of the commencement of the work. All
and every the provisions of the afore-
said Joint Resolution are hereby rati-
fled, re-affirmed and declared In full
force and effect. save a. to the period
of time for the commencement and the
pAriod Of time for the final completion
Of the construction of said bridge or
tunnel. which periods are hereby ex-
tended as aforesaid
section 3. Be II further enacted. etc..
That the amendment proposed by this
act shall be submitted to the electors
Of the State for their approval or re-
lection at the Congressional election 70
be held on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday In the month of Novsm-
Dor, 1915; that there shall be printed on
the official ballots to be used at said
election the words:
For the proposed amendment to the
Constitution Of the State Of Louisiana
granting the City Of New Orleans an
extension Of time for the commence
ment and completion Of the construc-
ton of q bridge or tunnel across the
Mississippi River.
and the words:
Against the proposed amendment to
the Constitution Of the State Of Louisi-
ana granting the City Of New Orleans
an extension Of time for the commence
ment and completion OF the construc-
ton of. bridge or tunnel across the
Mississippi River; and that each e1ector
shall Indicate on the ballot cast by him
as provided by the general election
laws of the State. whether he votes for
or against the proposed amendment.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
Speaker Of the House of Representa-
FERNAND M0UToN,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of
fbe Senate.