St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1918-09-07


ACT NO. 1913.
House Bill No. 1874, by Mr.. Cooper.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article
1O8 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana, relative to Dis
trict Judges, judicial Districts, and
salaries of District Judges, by pro-
posing the retirement Of District
Judges ON full pay in certain con-
tingencies.
Section l. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, two-thirds of all members
elected to each house cOncurring.
That Article 1O8 of the Constitution
of the State of Louisiana be amend
ed so as to read as follows:
Article 1OS. The Parish of Caddo
shall compose the first district.
The parishes of Bossier and Web
ster 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 Winn
shall compose the fifth district.
The parishes of Ouachita and
Morehouse shall compose the sixth
district.
The parishes of West Carroll and
Richland shall compose the seventh
district.
The parishes of Franklin and Cata-
houla shall compose the eighth d.s-
trict.
The parishes of Madison and East
Carroll shall compose the ninth dis
trict.
The parish es 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 DeSoto, Sabine
and Vernon shall compose the twelfth
district.
The parishes of Rapides and Grant
shall compose the thirteenth district.
The parish of Avoyelle shall COM
pose the fourteenth district.
The parishes of Calcasieu, Alien,
Beauregard, Jefferson Davis and
Cameron, shall compose the fifteenth
district.
The parishes of St. Landry and
Evangeline shall compose the six
teenth district.
The parish of Vermillion shall COM
pose the seventeenth district.
The parishes of Acadia and La
fayette shall compose the eighteenth
district.
The parishes of iberia and st. Mar
tin shall compose the nineteenth dis
trict.
The parishes of Terrebonre and
Lafourche shall compose the tWentt-
eth district.
The parishes of 1berville, West
Baton Rouge and Pointe Coupe shall
compose the twenty-f1rst district.
The parish of East Baton Rouge
shall compose the twenty-second dis
trict.
The parish of st. Mary shall COM
pose the twenty-third district.
The parishes of East Feliciana and
West Feliciana shall compose the
twenty-fourth district.
The parishes of st. Helena, Liv-
ingston and Tangipahoa shall COM
pose the twenty-flfth district.
The parishes of Washington and
St. Tammany shall compose the
twenty-sixth district.
The parishes of Ascension, St.
James and Assumption shall COM
pose the twenty-seventh district.
The parishes of St. John the Bap-
fist, St. Charles and Jefferson shall
compose the twenty-eighth district.
The parishes of St. Bernard and
Plauuemines shall compose the twen-
ty-ninth district.
The parishes of Caldwell and La
Sale shall compose the thirtieth dis
trict.
The judges of the several districts,
as herein provided for. shall each
receive a salary Of three thousand
dollars per annum, payable monthly
on his own warrant, provided the
General Assembly may, in their dis
erection, redistrict the judicial dis
tricts provided for in this Article.
Any district Judge may retire on full
nav when he shall have reached
seventy-five years Of age, provided
said district Judge has served con-
tinuous.y as district judge, or Judge
of court of appeals, not less than
twenty five years prior to his said
retirement; and provided further
that any Judge affected by the fore
going shall serve until his successor
shall he elected and qualified. Pro-
yided further, that the provisions Of
this amendment to the Constitution
shall apply to the Judges of the Civil!
District Courts for the Parish OF Or
leans as provided for in Article 132
of the Constitution.
The legislature shall provide by
proper appropriation for the salaries
of retired district judges in the
same manner as it provides for other
judicial expenses.
Section 2. Be it further resolved
ETC., That the above amendment to
be submitted to the electorate OF this
state for approval or rejection at the
general election for Congressman tc
be held in November, 1918, and that
the Secretary OF State be directed to
insert upon the ballot to be used
upon said eelction, and in the proper
+, column, the following, For the pro-
posed amendment to Article 1O8 OF
| the Constitution relative to district
| Judges" and the words Against the
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