The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-09-14

HEW1II5 &BOUANCHAUD,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ETHELRED M. STAFFORD,
President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
Approved: July S, 1918.
Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
r. G. PLEASANT,
A true copy:
JAMES J. BAILEY. AZ SIS
Secretary of State
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ACT Nso. 1853.
Houce Bill No. 1874. BY Mr.. Cooper.
JOINT RESOLUTIONS. s
Proposing an amendment to Article 1903
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 I Be it resolved by the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two
thirds Of all x9nbers elected to each
house concur1 that Article los of the
Constitution be State Of Louisiana be
Article 1osy he Parish Of caddo shan
compose the first district 81 .
The parishes of Bossier and Webster
shall compose the second district.
The parishes Of ClaiboRe and BiaAville
shall compose the third district
The parishes of Union and Lincoln shall
compose tie fourth district.
The pa Plies of Jackson and VIM shall
compose he fifth district.
The pa}Hshes of Oucflita and Morehouse
shall coy pose the sixth district
The ri fishes of West Carroll and Rich
land sha compose the seventh district.
The parishes of Franklin and Catalonia
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
compose the thirteenth district.
The parish of Avoyelles shall compose.
the fourteenth district.
The parishes Of Calcasieu, Allen. Reaure-
gard, jefferson Davis and Cameron shall
compose the fifteenth district
The parishes of st. Landry and Eyange-
Inc shall compose the sixteenth diSirIct.
The parish Of rerr,i s ION shall connpsse
the sew nteenfh district 81
he parishes of Oh.
shall compose the Fl eli eenth slistl lcf.
The parishes Of iberia and ST. Martin
fourche shall compose the twentieth dis
trict d =
The parishes OF Terrebonne and La
four shall compose the twentietia district
The parishes of 1berville, West Baton
Rouge and Pointe Coupee shall compose
the twenty first district.
The parish Of East Baton Rouge shall
compose the twenty-second district. .
The parish OF st. Mary shall compose
the twenty third district.
The parishes Of East Feliciana and West
teiiciana shall compose the twenty fourth
district
The parishes of st. Helena. Livingston
md Tangipahoa shall compose the twenty
fifth district.
3 The parishes of Washington and st.
i; n ries s'a'' compose The twenty s'1'h
he parishes of Ascension. st. James
an8 Assumption shall compose the twenty
seSknth district.
Re parishes of st. John the BAPTIST,
Sc Charles and Jefferson shall compose
tn Wenty eighth district.
parishes of st. Berna d and Plaque
nir&s shall compose the twenty ninth dis
trid #s53}E
le parishes of Caldwell and LaSalle
sh compose the thirtieth district.
judges of the sewral districts, as
her provided for, shall each receive a
SAIL II three thousand dollars per an
NUM- hyable monthly on his own war
rant, Divided 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-flVe
years of age. provided said 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
and qualifie ed. Provided further, that the
of this amendment to the Com
stitution shall apply to the Judges Of the 3
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 It
provides for other judicial expenses.
Section 2 Be it further resolved, etc,
That the above amendment to be submit
ted to the electorate of this State foE ap-
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
70 be used upon said election, and in the
proper column, the following: For the !
proposed amendment to Article l08 Of the |
Constitution relative to district judges"