The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-14
w. 80.
ACT NO. 1863.
House Bill No. 1874 Ny Mr.. Cooper.
JOINT RESOLUTION.

House Bill No 134ABy Mr.. Cooper.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
, Proposing an amendment to Article 10S
of the Constitution of the State of Lou
isiana. relative to district judges. judi
cial districts. and salaries of district
judges by proposing the retirement of
district judges on full pay in certain
contingencies.
Section l. Be it resolved by the General
Assembly of the state of Louisiana, two
thirds of all members elected to each
house concurring that Article los of the
Constitution of the State of Louisiana be
lamended so as to read as follows
Article los The Parish of CaddO shall
compose the first district.
The parishes of Bossier and Webster
shall compose the second district.
The parishes Of Claiborne and Bienvide
shall compose the third district.
| The parishes of Union and Lincoln shall
compose the fourth district
The. parishes of Jackson and VIM shall
compose the fifth district.
| The. parishes of Ouchita and Morehouse
shall compose the sixth district
| The parishes of West Carroll and Rich
Hand shall compose the seventh district.
| The parishes of Franklin and Catahoula
shall compose the eighth district.
| The parishes Of Madison and East Car
roll shall 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 DeSoto. Sabine and
Vernon shall compose the twelfth district.
| The parishes of Rapides and Grant shall
Icompose the thirteenth district.
The parish Of Ayoyelles shall compose
the fourteenth district.
| The parishes Of Calcasieu Allen, Beaure
gard Jefferson Davis and Cameron shall
compose the fifteenth district.
The parishes Of st. Landry and Evange
line shall compose the sixteenth district.
The parish Of Nermilion shall compose
the sey-nteenth district.
The parishes of Acadia and Lafayette
shall compose the eighteenth district.
The parishes of Iberia and st. Martin
tfourche shall compose the twentieth dis
ltrict
The parishes of Terrebonne and La
-four shall compose the twentieth district
The parishes Of Ibervile. West Baton
Rouge and Pointe Coupee shall compose
the twenty first district
The parish of East Baton Rouge shall
tcompose the twenty second district.
The parish of St Mary shall compose
the twenty third district.
The parishes of East Feliciana and West
+ eliciana shall compose the twenty fourth
district
The parishes of st. Helena, Livingston
land 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
land Assumption shah compose the twenty
seventh district
The parishes of st. John the Baptist,
LIST. Charles and jefferson shall compose
the twenty eighth district.
The parishes of st. Bernard and Plaque
mines shall compose the twenty ninth dis
trict.
The parishes of Caldwell and LaSalle
shall compose the thirteth district
The judges of the several districts, as
herein provided for, shall each receive a
salary of three thousand dollars per an
mum, payable monthly on his own war
irant, provided the General 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 seventy-five
years of age, provided sail district judge
has served continuously as district
judge, or judge of court of appeals, not
less than twenty-five years prior to his
, said retirement; and provided further that
any judge affected by the foregoing shall
serve until his successor shall be elected
!, land qualified. Provided further, that the
. provisions of this amendment to the Con-
J stituton shall apply to the Judges of the
Civil District Courts for the Parish of
| Orleans as provided for in Article 1872 OF
the Constitution.
/ The Legislature shall provide by proper
, appropriation for the salaries of retired
! district judges in the same manner as 1t
| provides for other judicial expenses.
t Section 2 Be it further resolved, etc,
That the above amendment to be submit
, ted to the electorate of this State for APP
| prevail or rejection at the general cleo
ton for Congressman to be held in No
vember, 1918. and that the Secretary OF
State be directed to insert upon the ballot
to he used upon said election, and in the
proper column. the following; For the
J proposed amendment to Article 10S of the
Constitution relative to district judges. "
and the words: against the proposed
| amendment to Articles1OS of the Consti-
t tuition relative to district judges and the
| elector shall indicate his vote on the pro-
posed amendment, as provided by the gen.
eral election laws of this State
HEWITT BOUANCHAUp,
Speaker Of the House OF Representatives