The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-10-26
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ACT NO. 1863.
House Bill No. 1874, By Mr.. Cooper.
JOINT RESOLUTION.

House Bill No 1874. By Mr.. Cooper.
| JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article 10S
| 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 /. Be it resolved by the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two
| thirds of all members elected to each
house concurring, that Article los of the
Constitution of the State of Louisiana be
iamended so as to read as follows:
Article los. The Parish of Caddo shall
compose the first district.
The parishes of Bossier and Webster
shall compose the second district.
The parishes of Claiborne and Bienviile
shall compose the third district.
! The parishes of Union and Lincoln shall
compose the fourth district
The parishes of Jackson and Winn 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.
The parishes of Franklin and Catahoula
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, Beaure-
gard. Jefferson Davis and Cameron shall
compose the fifteenth district.
I The parishes of st. Landry and Evange-
line shall compose the sixteenth district.
The parish of vermillion shall compose
the seventeenth 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
trict.
The parishes of Terrebonne and La
} four shall compose the twentieth district.
} The parishes of Iberville, West Baton
Rouge and Pointe Coupee shall compose
| the twenty -rIfSI dlStrlcI.
The parish of East Eaton Rouge shall
compose the twenty district
The parish of st. Mary shall compose
the twenty-th district. 4.
} The parishes of East Feliciana and West
eliciana shall compose the twenty fourth
district.
The parishes of st. Helena, Livingston
and Tangipahoa shall compose the twenty
ififth district.
The parishes of Washington and st.
Tammany shall compose the twenty sixth
district
The parishes of Ascension, st. James
and Assumption shall compose the twenty
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
ltrict
The parishes Of Caldwell and LaSalle
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 said district Judge
has served continuously as district
{ Judge, or judge 9f court of appeals. not
less than twenty-five years prior to his
) said retirement; and provided further that
! lany Judge affected by the foregoing shall
lserye until his successor shall be elected
} and qualified. Provided further, that the
) provisions OF this amendment to the Con-
} stitution shall apply to the Judges of the
Icivil District Courts for the Parish OF
t Orleans as provided for in Article 132 Of
: the Constitution.
The Legislature shall provide by proper
! appropfiation for the salaries of retired
) district Judges in the same manner as il
l lprovides for other judicial expenses.
I'll Section 2. Be it further resolved, etc.
i That the above amendment to be submit
) ted to the electorate of this State for APP
| proyal or rejection at the general cleo
, ton for Congressman to be held in No
: lvember, 1915 and that the Secretary Of
| State be directed to insert upon the ballot
, | to be used upon said election, and in the
J lproper column, the following: For the
3 proposed amendment to Article 10S Of tht
III Constitution relative to district judges
: land the words: Against HE Keop0se<
! amendment to Article los of the 0astz'
/ tuition relative q district Judges" aud tht
/ Ielsxtnf shaaf is.aicate his vote On the pro
8g5s ssI &zs en(hneslf I. Ali provided by the gen
/. efa{ ~ Avs 81 this State
! HEWITT. BOUANCHAUD,
I'M Speaker or the House of Representatives