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al tiSiC ASO VI tuc NohStitutAOh VI tA'
State of louisiana" and each electo
shall indicate, as provided in the gen
eral election laws of the State whethe
he votes for or against the proposed
amendment.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
ETHELRED M. STAFFORD.
President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
Approved: July 5. 1918.
R. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
A true copy:
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
ACT No. 1853.
House Bill No. 134 By Mr.. Cooper
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment 10 article lvc
Oh Inc Constitution OF the state o.
LOUISIANA lreIatlve to district judges
JuaicIal districts, ana salaries OF uis-
trlct Judges, by proposing tne IetIe-
ment or ulslrlct JUDGES Oh 1uA pay AZ
certain contingencies.
Section l.. be 1t resolved by the Cen
eral Assembly OF lhe otate o. LOUISIANA
two thlros OF ali members elected TO each
house concurring, that Article AUG OF the
Constitution OF Inc state or LOUISIANA DC
amended SO as TO read as follows:
Article los. 1he ,Parish OF Caddo
shall compose the first district.
The parishes OF bossIer ana Webster
shall compose the second district.
The parishes of Claiborne and Bien-
vile shall compose the third district.
Ine parishes OF Union and Lincoln
shall compose the fourth district.
The parishes of Jackson and Winn
snan compose the fifth district.
Inc parishes OF Ouachlta and More
nouse snail compose the sixth district.
Ine parishes of West carroll and
Richland shall compose the seventh
district
The parishes of Franklin and Gaia,
houla shall compose the eighth district.
The parishes of Madison and East
Carroll hall compose the ninth district.
The parishes OF Concordia and Tensas
shall compose the tenth district.
1he parishes of Natchitoches and Red
River shall compose the eleventh district.
The parishes of De Soto, Sabine. and
Vernon shall compose the twelfth dis
trict.
The parishes of Rapides and Grant
shall compose the thirteenth district.
The parish Of Avoyelles shall compose
the Fourteenth district.
The parishes of Calcssieu, Allen,
Beauregard, Jefferson Davis and Cam
eron shall compose the fifteenth district.
The parishes of st. Landry and Evang-
cline shall compose the sixteenth district.
The parish of Verm,li.n shall co'opCse
the seventeenth district.
The parishes of Acadia aad Lafayette
shall compose the eighteenth district.
The parishes of Iberia and ST. Mar
tin shall compose the nineteenth dis
trict.
The parishes of Terrebonne and La
fourche shall compose the twentieth dis
trict.
The parishes Of Iberville, West Baton
Rouge asd Pointe Coupee shall compose
the twenty-first district.
The parish of East Baton Rouge shall
compose the twenty-second district
The parish of st. Mary shall compose
the twenty third district.
The parishes of East Feliciana and
West Feliciana shall compose the TWEEN
ty-fourth district.
The parishes of East Feliciana and
West Feliciana shall compose thetwen-
ty-fourth district.
The parishes of St. Helena, Livings-
ton and Tangipahoa shall compose the
twenty fifth district.
The parishes of Washington and St.
shall compose the twenty-sixth
district.
The parishes of Ascension, ST. James
and Assumption shall compose the TWEEN
ty-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 Plaq-
uemines shall compose the twenty-ninth
district
The parishes Of Caldwell and LaSalle
shall compoSe the thirtieth district.
The judges Of the several districts, as
herein provided for, shall each receive .
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
years Of age, provided said
district Judge has served continuously as
. district Judge, or Judge Of court of ap-
peals, not less than twenty-five years
prior to his said retirement; and pro-
,ided further that any Judge affected by
he foregoing shall serve until his success
.or shall be elected and qualified. Pro-
,ided further, that the provisions of this
to the Constitution shall ap-
ply to the Judges Of the Civil District
Courts for the Parish Of Orleans - pro-
'ided for in Article 1872 Of the Constitu-
ion.
The Legislature shall provide by
proper appropriation for the salaries OF
'etired district judges in the same man
,er a. Il provides for other judicial ex-