The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-28
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ACT NO. 1863.
House Bill No. 1874. by Mr.. Cooper.
JOINT RESOLUTION.

! JOINT RESOLUTION.
| Proposing AN amendment to Article iOt
| Of the Constitution Of the state Of Lou.
! isiana. relative to district judges. judi.
| cial districts. and salaries of district
| judges. 10y proposing the retirement Of
| district judges on full pay in certar
| contingencies
| Section I. BE it resolved by the Genera
| Assembly Of the State Of Louisiana, two
| thirds Of al members elected to each
house concurring, that Article los of the
| Constitution Of the State of Louisiana he
| amended 50 as to read as follows:
Article los. The Parish Of Caddo shat
| compose the first district
The parishes Of Bossier and Webster
shall compose the second district
The parishes Of Claiborne and Eienvtite
shall compose the third district.
The parishes Of Union ANA 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
land shall compose the seventh district.
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 AvoyellcS 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 Evauge-
line shall compose the sixteenth district
The parish Of NermIlion shall compose
the -nteenth district
The parishes of Acadia and Lafayette
shall compose the eighteenth district.
The parishes Of Iberia and St Martin
fourche shall compose the twentieth dis
tIict.
The parishes of TerrebOnne and La
four snail compose the twentieth district.
The parishes of Iberville, West Baton
Rouge and Pointe Coupee shall compose
the twenty first district
The parish Of East Baton Rouge shall
compose the twenty 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
and Tangipahoa shah compose the twenty
fifth district
The parishes of Washington and st.
Tammany shall compose the twenty sixth
district
The parishes of Ascension, St James
seventh district.
The parishes Of st. John the Baptist
st. 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 LaSale
shall compose the thirtieth 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
rant, 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 a district
Judge or judge Gf 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
md qualified. Provided further, that the
provisions of this amendment to the Con-
sttution shall apply to the Judges of the
civil District Courts for the Parish of
orleans as provided for in Article 1872 of
he Constitution.
The Legislature Shall provide by proper |
for the salaries of retired |
district judges in the same manner as it |
provides for other judicial expenses.
Section ?. Re it further resolved. etc. |
That the above amendment to be submit |
ed to the electorate of this State for APP |
,royal or rejection at the general cleo |
ion for Congressman to be held in No |
'ember, 1918. and that the Secretary of |
state be directed to insert upon the ballot |
o be used upon said election and in the |
roper column, the following: For the
amendment to Article los of the
relative to district judges"
nd the words Against the proposed |
amendment to Article los of the Consti-
ution relative to district judges" and the
lector shall indicate his vote on the pro-
osed amendment, as provided by the gen
raj election laws of this State.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
peaker of the House of Representatives.