Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-09-05
ACT NO. 16s.

ACT NO. 163.
House Bill No. 1874. By Mr.. Cooper.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article
108 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana (relative to
district judges, judicial districts,
and salaries of district judges, by
proposing the retirement of dis
trict judges on full pay in certain
contingencies.
Section 1: Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, two-thirds of all the mem
bers elected to each house concur
ring, that Article 1O8 of the Constitu-
ton of the State of Louisiana be
amended so as to read as follows:
Article los. The parish of Caddo
shall compose the first district.
The parishes of Bossier and Webs
ter shall compose the second district.
The parishes of Claiborne and
Bienville 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 Ouachita and
Morehouse shall compose the sixth
district.
The parishes of West Carroll and
and Richland shall compose the
seventh district.
The parishes of Franklin and Cata-
houla shall compose the eighth dis
trict.
The parishes Of Madison and
East carroll shall compose the ninth
district.
The parishes of Concordia and
Tensas shall compose the tenth dis
trict.
The parishes of Natchitoches and
Red River shall compose the eleventh
district.
The parishes of De Soto, Sabine
and Vernon shall compose the twelfth
district.
The parishes of Rapides and Grant
shall compose the thirteenth district.
The parish of Avoyelles shall com
pose the fourteenth district.
The parishes of Calcasleu, Allen,
Beauregard, Jefferson Davis and
Cameron shall compose the fifteenth
district.
. The parishes of st. Landry ard
Evangeline shall compose the six
teenth district. III
The parish of Vernillion shall
compose the seventeenth district. {,
The parishes of Acadia ard La
fayette shall compose the eighteenth
district.
The parishes of Iberia and st.
Martin shall compose the ninsteenth
district.
The parishes of Terrebonie and
Lafourche shall compose the EWenti-
eth district.
The parishes of Iberville, West
Baton Rouge and Pointe CDupee
shall compose the twenty-fiss dis
trict
The parish of East Baton Rouge
shall compose the twenty-thr9 dis
trict.
The parishes Of East Felicia.h and
West Feliciana shall compose the
twenty-fourth district.
The parishes of st. Helena Liy-
ingston and Tangipahoa shall COM
pose the twenty-fifth district.
The parishes of Washingtd and
st. Tammany shall compos the
twenty-sixth district.
The parishes of Ascensio1 st.
James and Assumption shall cmpose
the twenty district.
The parishes of st. John th Bap-
fist, st. Charles and Jeffersol shall !
compose the twenty-eighth disGct.
The parishes of st. Bernah and
Plaquemines shall compost the
twenty-ninth distriSa
The parishes of Caldwell all La
Sale shall compose the thirtlda dis |
trict.
The judges of the sever dis.
tricts, as herein provided for shall
each receive salary of three hous- #,
and dollars per annum, pgable /
monthly on his own warrant, iovid- !
ed the General Assembly md in i
their discretion, redistrict the ihicial |
districts provided for in this AticIe. /
Any district Judge may retire full |
pay when he san have reached kven-f
| ty-five years Of age, provide said !,
district has served continuousll as al
district judge, or judge of cot Of
appeals, not less than eTf-fvei
years prior to his said retirk bent;
and provided further that anyhdge
affected by the foregoing shallerve
until his successor shall be acted
and qualified. Provided furthd that
the provisions of this amendnAt to
the Constitution, shall apply the5
Judges Of the Civil District urts