The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-10-12
The parish Of East BATON Rouge sinai

me parish of st. Mary shall compos'
the twenty-third district.
The parishes of East Feliciana anC
West Felictana shall compose the TWEEN
ty-fourth district.
The parishes OF St. Helena, Living
ston 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 ths
twenty-seventh district.
The parishes of ST. John the Baptist
81. Charles and jefferson shall compose
the twenty-eighth district.
The parishes OF St. Bernard and
Piaquemines shall compose the twenty
ninth district.
The parishes OF Caldwell and I.aSalls
snail compose the thirtieth district.
The judges of the several districts. as
herein provided for, shall each receive
q salary OF three thousand dollars pei
annum. payable monthly on his own
warrant. provided the General Assem-
ply may In their discretion. redistrici
the judicial districts provided for in
this article. Any district Judge may re-
tire on full pay when he shall have
reached seventy-five years OF age, pro-
vtded said district Judge has served
continuously ~ q district judge, oil
judge OF court Of appeals. not less than
tiremsnt; and provided further that any
judge affected by the foregoing shall
serve until his successor shall be elect
ed and qualified. Provided further. tina,
the provisions Of this amendment to the
Constitution shall apply to the Judges
Parish Of orleans ~ provided for in
Article ls2 OF the Constitution.
The Legislature shall provide by
proper appropriation for the salaries OF
retired district judges in the same man.
ner as IT provides fer other judicial ex-
penses.
Section 2. Be 1t further resolved
ETC.. That the above amendment be SUBJ
mftted to the electorate OF this State
for approval Or rejection at the general
election for Congreeemen to be held In
November. 1913. ana that the Secretary
Of State be directed to insert upon the
ballot to be used upon said election
md In the proper column. the follow
ing: FOR the proposed amendment to
los Of the Constitution relative to dis
triet judges: and the words: Against
the proposed amendment to Article los
OF the Constitution relative to district
5udges"; and the elector shall indicate
his vote on the proposed amendment, az
provided By the general election laws
HEWITT DouANcHAUD.
Speaker Of the House of Representa-
FERNAND MouToN.
Lieutenant Governor and President OF
the Senate.
Approved; JSHly sst.r 1,ls;
Governor OF the State of Louisiana
a true copy:
JAMES J. BAILEY.
Secretary Of StAtA
ACT NO. 1855.
Reuse DiH No. 11s-By Mr.. Barrett.
"A JOINT RESOLUTION
stitution Of the State Of Louisians
granting the City Of New Orleans ~
extension Of time for the commence.
mont ana completion Of the construc-
ton Of q bride or tunnel across the
Mississippi River, under Act No. 81
Section 1. Ne Il enacted By the Gen.
sral Assembly Of the State OF Louisiana
twe-tAirds Of all the members electet
to each house ceacurring. that subject
to the notification and approval Of thu
electors Of the State. the Constitution
ing therein the following provisions
to-wit:
Ali the rights. franchises and immuni.
ties granted to the City Of New Orleans
under Joint Resolution Of the Genera
Assembly Of the State Of Louisiana
struct. equip. maintain and operats
bridges and tunnels across the Missis-
sippf 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. IS of the
Session Of 1916. subsequently, adopted
~, and now constituting. q part of the
Constitution OF The state. shall continue
and exist only upon the condition that
the construction Of the bridge or tunnel
authorised under said constitutional
provisions shall be actively begun not
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
orminated and the fact and date Of
such termination shall have been ascer-
tanned and proclaimed by the President
OF the United States. and shall be COM
pfeted 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 ratf-
fled, re-affirmed and declared In full
force and effect. save ~ to the period
of time for the commencement and the
period Of time for the final completion
Of the constructioa Of said bridge or
tunnel which periods are hereby sx-
Section 4. 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 Congreseienal election TO
be held on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday II the month Of Novem-
Der, 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 a bridge or tunnel across the
Mississippi River: and that each elector
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-
FBRNAND MoUToN.
Lieutenant Governor and President Of
the Senate.