The St. Mary banner., 1918-08-31

State of louisiana" and each electo
| shall indicate, as provided in the gen
eral election laws of the State whethe
he votes for or against the propose
amendment.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
ETHELRED M. STAFFORD,
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
Approved: July 5, 1918.
r. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
A true copy:
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
ACT No. 163.
House BIZ No. 134 BY Mr.. Cooper
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article 10i
of the Constitution Of the State O.
Louisiana (1elative to district judges
judicial districts, and salaries of dis
t1ict judges, by proposing the retire
ment Of district judges on full pay il
certain contingencies.
Section /. Be it resolved by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana
two thirds of all members elected to eacl
house concurring, that Article 108 of the
Constitution Of the State of Louisiana b.
amended SO as to read as follows:
Article 10S- The Parish of Cadd1
shall compose the first district.
The parishes of Bossier and Webster
shall compose the second district.
The parishes of Claiborne and Bien-
Vile shall compose the third district.
The parishes of Union and Lincoln
shall compose the fourth district.
The parishes of Jackson and Winn
shall compose the fifth district.
The parishes of Ouachita and More
house shall compose the sixth district.
The parishes of West Carroll and
Richland shall compose the seventh
district.
The parishes of Franklin and Cata-
houla shall compose the eighth district.
The parishes of Madison and East
Carroll hall compose the ninth district.
The parishes of Concordia and Tensas
shall compose the tenth district.
The parishes of Natchitoches and Red
River shall compose the eleventh district.
The parishes of De Soto, Sabine and
Vernon shall compose the twelfth dis
trict.
The parishes of Rapides and Grant
shall compose the thirteenth district.
The panish of Avoyelles shall compose
the feourteenth district.
The parishes Of Calcasieu. Allen,
Jefferson Davis and Cam
eron shall compose the fifteenth district.
The parishes of St. Landry and Evang-
cline shall compose the sixteenth district
The parish of VermIli@n shall compose
the seventeenth district.
The parishes Of Acadia aad Lafayette
shall compose the eighteenth ciss1ic.
The parishes of iberia and st. Mar
tin shall compose the nineteenth dis
trict
The parishes of Terrebonne and La
fouHhe shall compose the twentieth dis
t1ict
Tie parishes of 1berville, West Baton
Rouge asd Pointe Coupee shall compose
the itwenty-first district.
Tie parish of East Baton Rouge shall
combo.e the twenty-second district.
The parish of St. Mary shall compose
the twtpty-third district.
The parishes of East Feliciana and
West Feliciana shall compose the twen-
ty-fou1th district.
The parishes of East Feliciana and
West Feliciana shall compose thetwen-
ty-fourth district.
The parishes of St. Helena, Livings-
ton and Tangipahoa shall compose the
twenty-fifth district.
The parishes of Washington and st.
Tammany shall compose the twenty-sixth
district.
The parishes of Ascension, st. James
and Assumption shall compose the twen-
ty-seventh aistfct.
The parishes Of St. John the Baptist,
st. Charles and Jefferson shall compose
the twenty-eighth district.
The parishes of St. Bernard and Plaq-
uemines shall compose the twenty-nin
district.
The parishes Of Caldwell and LaSalle
shall compose the thirtieth district.
The judges of the several districts, as
herein provided for, shall each receive
salary of three thousand dollars per an
mum, payable monthly on his own war
rant, provided the Generp Assembly
may, in their discretion, redistrict the
judicial districts provided for in this
Article. Any district Judge may retire
On full pay when he shall have reached
twenty-five years Of age, provided said
iittrict Judge has served continuously as
! district Judge, or Judge of court of ap-
peals, not less than twenty-five years
orior to his said retirement; and pro-
,ided further that any Judge affected by
he foregoing shall serve until his success
nor shall be elected, and qualified. Pro-
,ided further, that the provisions of this
to the Constitution shall ap-
oly to the Judges of the Civil District
Courts for the Parish of Orleans as pro-
,ided for in Article 1872 Of the Constitu |
ion.
The Legislature shall provide byl
proper appropriation for the salaries OF
.etired district judges in the same man
1er as it provides for other judicial ex-
oenses.
Section g. Be it further resolved, etc.
That the above amendment be submitted
o the electorate of this State for ap-