Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-10-17
ACT NO. 1853.

ACT NO. 1863.
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
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 108 of the Constitu-
ton of the State of Louisiana be
amended so as to read as follows:
Article 1O8. 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 Winn
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 AvoyeIles shall com
pose the fourteenth district.
The parishes of Calcasieu, Allen
Beauregard. Jefferson Davis and
Cameron shall compose the fifteenth
district.
The parishes of st. Landry anc
Evangeline shall compose the six
teenth district.
The. parish of VermiIlion shall
compose the seventeenth district.
The parishes of Acadia and La.
fayette shall compose the eighteenth
district.
The parishes Of iberia and st
Martin shall compose the nineteenth
district.
The parishes of Terrebonife anG
Lafourche shall compose the twenti.
The parishes Of IberviIIe. West
Baton Rouge and Pointe Coupee
shall compose the twenty-frst dis
trict.
The parish Of East Baton Rouge
trfct.
The parishes of East Feliciana ane
West Feliciana shall compose ths
kNs~AASy eA1SJ1ICIea
The parishes Of ST. Helena. Eiv.
ingston and Tangipahoa shall com.
pose the twenty-fifth district.
The parishes of Washington anc
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 tl,e Ran.
list, st. Charles and Jefferson shall
compose the twenty-eighth district.
The parishes of st. Bernard an6
Plaquemines shall compose the
tWenty-ninth distric&
The parishes of Caldwell and La.
sale shall compose the thirtieth dis.
trict. $500 VIZ
The judges Of the several dis
trlcts, as herein provided FOR. shall
each receive a salary IF three tho,,s.
and dollars per annum, payable
monthly on his own warrant, provid.
ed the General Assembly NAV. II
their discretion, redistrict the judicial
districts provided for in this Article
Any district Judge may retire on fuII
pay when ne sail have reached seven.
ty-hye years of age, provided SAID
distrlct has served continuously as q
district Judge, or judge of court OF
appeals, not less than twenty-five
years prior to his said retirement
end provided further that any iudgs
affected by the foregoing shall serve
until his successor shall be elected
and qualified. Provided further, thai
the provisions Of this amendment t
the Constitution shah apply to the
Judges of the, Civil District Court;