The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-10-31

ment as provided for in the. general ele,ti
laws of this State.
FEESAND MoTrnx,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
HEWITT EoytScHArD.
Speaker of the House OF Representatives,.
Approved: June IS, 1913.
X. q. PLEASANT.
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
JAMES j. BAILEY. Secretary of State.
ACT No. 116 -.
House Bill No 233l BY Mr.. Nix.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
\ joint resolution proposing an amendment
to Article 1870 OF the Constitution of the
State of louisiana relative to judicial
o1cers of the Parish of Orleans.
Section l.. BE it resolved by the General
Asst mbly OF the State of Louisiana, two
thirds of all the members elected to each
house coneurring, That the following
amendment be submitted to the electors of
this State, for their approval or rejection.
at the election to be held on the first Tues
1918.
Article 100 Except as herein otherwise
provided the judicial officers of the Parish
of Orleans, and the City of New Orleans
shall be learned in the law, and shall have
resided and prat ticed law or shall have
judicial position in this State for five years.
and shall have been actual residents of the
City of New Orleans for at least two years
next preceding their election appoint
nent The General Assembly, of the State
of Louisiana may as the public interest re-
uulrcs, provide lor the trial of cases by an
Interchange of said judicial officers, us we'll
as by the appointment of judges al hec !:
in case of vacancy in an Office till said Offit G
he filled, and to act for and in the stead of
any judicial officer who by reason of disa-
bility. or any cause whatsoever is prevented
frcm holding court.
Judges I'D hoe shall be selected from
licensed attorneys ut law who shall possess
the same qualifications required for the jul
dicial officers for whom they act; their
compensation shall be- provided fer without
expense to the State of louisiana and be
paid by the City of New Orleans, or out of
the judicial Expense Fund of said parish.
Sec. >. BE it further resolved, etc, That
the foregoing amendment to the Constitu-
tion of the State of Louisiana be submitted
to the electors Of the. State ut the next
be holden on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November, 1918 and on the
ofilGlai ballots to be used at said election
shs be PLACED tie words For the pro
stitutfon of the State of Louisiana" and
the words: Against the proposed amend
| mcnt to Article $50 of the Constitution of
the state of Louisiana and each clcetor
shall indicate. as provided in the general
election laws Of the State. whether he votes
for or against the proposed amendment
HEWITT RorANcHAu.D.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ETHELRED NJ. STAFFORD
President Pro Temporc of the Senate
Approved: July s., 1918
K. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
| \ true copy:
JAMES j. BAILEY, Secretary of State.
ACT No 1913.
| House Bill No. 134.l BY Mr.. Cooper
JOINT RESOLUTION
| Proposing an amendment to Article 1OS OF
the Constitution Of the State of Louis
lana, relative to district judges, judicial
districts. and salaries of district Judges
by proposing the retirement Of distrit
judges on full pay in certain ccntin
gencies.
Section l.. Be it resolved by the General
thirds Of all the members elected to each
house cone urring, That Article 1OS of the
Constitution TT, of the State Of Louisiana b'
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 Bienyillt
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 Ouachita and Morehous,
shall compose the sixth district:
J., Ihe parishes OF Vest We Carroll and Rich
/
The parishes of Franklin and Catahoul:
shall compose the eighth district.
The parishes of Madison and East Car
roll shall compose the ninth district
| The parishes of Concordia and Tcnsa
| shall compose the tenth district.
The parishes OF Natchitoches and Re-
The parishes Of DeSoto. Sabine and Yer
non shall compose the twelfth district
The parishes of Kapides and Grant shall
compose the thirteenth district.
1 oh nf S1a oil
the fourteenth district.
The parishes of C:lcasicu, Allen Beaurc
gard, Jefferson Davis and Cameron sfal
compose the fifteenth district.
The parishes of st. Landry and Evange
lire shall compose the sixteenth district.
The Parish of vermilion shall conlpos
the seventeenth district.
The parishes of Acadia and Lafayett
shall compose the eighteenth district.
/ The parishes of Iberia and st. Marti
shall compose the nineteenth distinct.
The parishes of Terrebonne and l.;
fourthe shall compose the twentieth dis
| tritt.-
The parishes of Ib"rville, West Bato
Rouge and Pointe Coupee shall compose til
twrnty-first district.
The Parish CT East Eaton Rouge sha
somPose pt the tw g Z. district
: the twenty third district.
The parishes of East Felieiana and Yves
! Feliciana shall compose the twenty-fourt
| district.
The parishes of ST. Helena, Livingsto
, and Tangipahoa shall compose the twent.
The parishes of Washington and S
Tammany shall compose the twenty-sixt
district.
. The parishes of Ascension. St james an
: Assumption shall compose the twcntyse7
; cnth district.
: The parishes of st. John the BAPTIST, S
! harles and Jefferson shall compose tt
twenty eighth district
The parishes of st. Bernard and plaqu
mines shall compose the twenty-ninth di
! tritt.
e The parishes of Caldwell and LaSal
, shall compose the thirticth district.
The judges Of the several districts.
salary of three thousand dollars per annur
| payable monthly on their own warran
provided the General Assembly may. !
:, their discretion, rcdistrict the judicial di
: tricts provided for in this article. Any di
: triet judge may retire on full pay when
| shall have reached scvcEty-tive years of az
provided said district judge has served CO.
c | tinuously as district judge, or judge Z
y | Court of Appeals not less than twenty-fi,
! wears prior to his said retirement and pr
: vidcd further that amy judge affected
b the foregoing shall serve until his success
/ | shall. be elected and qualified. Provid,
I further. that the provisions Of this amen
D ment to the Constitution shall apply to t.
y Judges of the Civil District Courts for Il
Parish of Orleans. as provided for in Art
{ Gle l32 of the Constitution.
The legislature shall provide by prop
/ | appropriation for the salaries of retired di
G triet judges in the same manner as it pr
q Eides for other judicial expenses.
+ See. ,. BE it further resolved. etc. Th
: the above amendment be submitted to Il
electorate of this State, for approval or !
: iet ton, ut the q neral ele, ton for coDgres
/ men TO be held in November. 1918. and tn
I the Secretary of State lie directed to inse
] upcn the -.lct to be- used upon said Gle
!. lion, and in the proper column. the folio
( ing: .. For the proposed amendment
t; trtielc los of TIE Constitution. relative
district judges and the words: Again
4 the proposed amendment to Article los
. the Constitution. relative to tiistri
d Judges and the elector shall indicate /
o vote on the proposed amendment ms prOvi
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