The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-09-28

the tWenty-thfrd district.
The parishes of East Feliciana an.
ty-fourth district.
The parishes of St. Helena. LivinE
ston and Tangipahoa shall compose tn,
twenty-fifth district
The parishes of Washington and ST
Iammany shall compose the twenty
sixth district.
The parishes Of Ascension. st. jams
and Assumption shall compose tn
twenty-seventh district
The parishes of st. John the BAPTIST
St Charles and Jefferson shall conpos'
the twenty-eighth district.
The parishes of ST Bernard anS
Piaquemines shall compose the twenty
ninth district.
The parishes of Caldwell and LaSalls
shall compose the thirtieth district.
me judges OF the several districts. a.
herein provided for. shall each receive
q salary of three thousand dollars pei
annum, payable monthly on his owl
warrant. provided the General Assem-
bly, may. in their discretion. redistric'
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 as a district judge. oil
judge OF court of appeals. not less thar
twenty-five years prior to his said re-
judge affected by the foregoing shall
serve until his successor shall be elect
ed and qualified. Provided further. thai
the provisions Of this amendment to this
Constitution 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 man
ner as 1t provides for other judicial ex-
penses.
Section 2. Be 1T further resolved
ETC.. That the above amendment be sub
mftted to the electorate of this State
for approvalsor rejection at the general
election for Congressman to be held In
November. 1918. and that the Secretary
OF State be directed to insert upon the
ballot to be used upon said election
and in the proper column. the follow
ing: For the proposed amendment to
10S OF the Constitution relative to dis
trict judges: and the words: Against
of the Constitution relative to distric.
judges: and the elector shall indicate
his vote on the proposed amendment. al
provided by the general election law
Of this State.
HEWITT BoUANCHAUD.
Speaker Of the House Of Representa-
FERNAND MoUTON.
Lieutenant Governor and President Of
the Senate.
Approved: July 9. 1918.
r. G. PLEASANT.
Governor OF the State of Louisiana
JAMES j. BAILEY.
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 1873.
House Bill No. z2s-By Mr.. Barrett.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Con-
stitution 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 a bride or tunnel across the
Mississippi River. under Act No. 6s
Of 1915.
Section 1. Be II enacted by the Gen.
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana.
two-thirds of all the members elected
to each house concurring, that subject
to the ratification and approval Of the
electors of the State. the Constitution
Of the State be amen0ed by Incorporate
ing therein the following provisions
to-wit:
All the rights. franchises and immuni-
ties granted to the City OF New Orleans
under Joint Resolution Of the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana
granting to said city the power to con-
struct, equip. maintain and operate
bridges and tunnels across the Missis-
sippi 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. 6s of the
Session OF 1916. subsequently adopted
as. and now constituting. a part OF the
Constitution Of the State. shall continue
and exist only upon the condition that
the construction Of the bridge or tunnel
NJ "a aid uft q
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
terminated 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
pleted 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 ratt-
fled. re-affirmed and declared in full
force and effect, save as to the period
Of time for the commencement and the
period Of time for the final completion
Of the construction of said bridge or
tunnel which periods are hereby ex-
tended as aforesaid.
Section 2. Be 1t 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 Congressional election to
be held on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday In the month Of Novem-
Der, 1918: 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
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-
tion of a bridge or tunnel across the
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-
tives.
FERNAND MOUTON,
Governor and President Of
the Senate.