The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-09-14

Aft1cle 45U OF the CONSTITUTION OF t0(
State of Louisiana" and each electo,
shall indicate, Is provided in the gen.
eral election laws Of the State whethel
he xotes 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. 6. PLEASANT,
Governor Of the State Of Louisiana
A true copy:
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary Of State.
ACT No. 1853.
House BIZ No. 1874 By Mr.. Cooper
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article 10s
OF the Constitution Of the State o,
Louisiana lrelative to distric: judges
judicial districts, and salaries Of aus
trict judges, by proposing the retire
ment of district judges on full pay II
certain contingencies.
Section /. Be it resolved by the Cen
eral Assembly Of the State OF Louisiana
two thirds of all members elected to each
house concurrine, that Article l08 Of the
Constitution Of the State Of Louisiana be
amended 80 as to read 20 follows:
Article l08. The Parish Of Cadd1
shall compose the FIRST district.
The parishes Of Bossier and Webster
shall compose the second district.
The parishes Of Claiborne and Bien-
vile 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 Ouaehita and More
house shall compose the sixth district.
The parishes of West Carroll and
Rehland shaQ compose the seventh
district .sl...
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 ConcoTdia and Teusas
shall compose the tenth district.
The parishes Of Natchitochss and Red
River shall compose the eleventh district.
The parishes Of De Soto, Sabine and
vssnou shall compose the twslfth dis
t1iet.
The parishes Of Rapides and Grant
shah compose the thirteenth district.
The parish d. Avoyellss shall compose
the feourtsenth district. 4
The parishes q Calcasieu, Allen,
Baurermil, .Jeffasnaa nayia and Cam
efdn shall compo6e tie fifteenth district.
The marshes .o1 ST. Landry and EyanS-
eline shall compose the sixteenth district.
The parish Of Vsrmilicn shall eoEPcss
til sevsnteenth distT:ct.
The pasishsa If Acadia and Lafaystsa
shsll ccrspose The. eighteenth district.
The parishes Of Iberia and St. EaT-
tin shall compose the ninetesnth aus
t1ie4.
Ths parishts Of Terrebonns and T.
foarcAe shall tcemposs the twentieth dis
r, Il. p.r.S ii 1bsrville, West Baton
Rouge asd y lats coupss shall compose
tic twenty-dkst disniet. !,
The parish u East Baton Rouge shall
compose the ,twsnty-second district
The parish Of ST. Mary shal compose
tho twsuty-third district.
The parishes Of East Felicisns and
West Felisians shall compose the TWEEN
ty.fouY4h district.
The parishes Il East Fsliciana and
wet Felieiana shall compose thetwen-
ty-fourth district.
The parishes Of St Helena, Livings-
ton and TanRipeAoA shall compose the
twenty-fifth district.
The parishes II d Warrington and St'
Tsmmasy shA,l seoupose the twsnty-sixth
lie parishes Il Ascension, St james
ana Anumptieu. shall compose the TWEEN
ty.ssvsntA hist6ct. :
The parishes Of st. John the Baptist
ST. Charles and Jederson shall compose
tie twenty eighth district. &.
The parishes Of St. bernard and Plaq-
ussnines shsil compose the twenty ninth
district
The parishes Of Caldwell and LaSalle
shan compose the thirtieth district.
The judges Of the several districts, q
herein provided for, shall each receive Z
sSlsfy Of three thousand dollars per an
num, payable monthly on his own var
rant, provided the Gsne1al Assembly
nay, IN their discretion, redis6ict the
judicial districts provided for in thia
Article. Any district Judge may fetire
Oh fun pay when he shall have reached
ssventy-five years Of age, provided said
district Judge has served continuously q
district Judge, Or judge Of court Of ap-
pssls, NOT less than twenty-five years
prior to his said retirement; and pro-
vidsd further that any Judge affected BY
tie foregoing shall serve until his success
sor shall be elected and qualified. Pro-
vided further, that the provisions Of this
amendment to the constitution shall APP
ply to the Judges Of the Civil District
Csurts 70. the Parish Of Orleans . pro-
vSdsd for in Article 132 81 the Constitu-
tiOu.
The Legislature shall provide By
proper appropriation for The salaries d
retired district judges in the same man-
nsr . Il provides for other judicial &
penses.
Section q Be It further resolved, etc.,
That the above amendment Be Submitted
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