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State of louisiana" and each elect,
shall indicate, as provided in the ger
eral election laws of the State wheth,
he votes for or against the propose
amendment.
| HEWITT BoUANcHAUD,
Speaker of the House of Representative
ETHELRED M. STAFFORD
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
Approved: July S. 1918.
R: G. PLEASANT,
! Governor of the State of Louisian.
A true copy:
| JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
ACT No. 163.
House Bill No. 134 By Mr.. Cooper
JOINT RESOLUTION.
proposing an ameaomenI to Article ~
oI the CONSTITUTION OF the otaIe .
LOUISIANA lreiatlve to aisIr.ct Judges
luolcIaI districts, ana salaries OF uls
1rlct Judges, by proposing the retire
ment OF olssrIcr Judges Oh 1ull pay l,
certain contingencies.
Section l. pc 1t resolved by the Gen
rwo-tnIos OF all members elected 10 eaci
house concuTrlnG, that Article lvo OF IN,
Constitution OF the state OF Louisiana b.
amended SO as to read as follows:
Article l0o. 'Ihe ,Papsh OF Cadd;
shall compose the first district.
1he parishes OF bossle1 and Webste,
SHAH compose the second district.
1f ln.k
vile shall compose the third district.
Ihe parishes OF Union and Lincoln
shall compose the fourth district.
The parishes of Jackson and Wilma
snail compose the fifth district.
lne parishes OF Ouacnlta and More
mouse snail compose the sixth district.
Inc parishes OF West carroll and
Rachland shall compose the seventh
district
lhe parishes of Franklin and Gaia
houla shall compose the eighth district.
The parishes of Madison and Last
Carroll hall compose the ninth district.
Inc parishes OF Concordia and Tensas
shall compose the tenth district.
Inc parishes OF Natchitoches and Red
River shall compose the eleventh district.
The parishes Of De Soto, Sabine and
Vernon shall compose the twelfth DIS
tziet.
The parishes of Rapides and Grant
shall compose the thirteenth district.
The panish of Avoyelles shall compose
the Fourteenth district.
The parishes of Calcasieu, Allen,
Rnon~~~orA Iofe>..o~ n>w:.
eron shall compose the fifteenth district.
The parishes Of st. Landry and Evang-
cline shall compose the sixteenth district
The parish of VermIiSn shall compose
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 TeTrebonne and La
fouzche shall compose the twentieth dis
triet.
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 Feliciaua and
West Feliciana shall compose the TWEEN
ty-fourth district.
The parishes Of East Feliciana and
West Feliciana shall compose thetwen-
Ey-fourth district.
The, parishes Of st. Helena, Livings-
ton and Tangipahoa shall compose the
district.
The parishes Of Washington and St.
rammany shall compose the twenty sixth
district.
The parishes Of Ascension, ST. James
ind Assumption shall compose the TWEEN
Ey-seventh district.
The parishes Of 81. John the Baptist,
st. Charles and Jefferson shall compose
he twentY-eighth district.
The parishes Of ST. Bernard and Plaq-
lemines shall compose the twenty-ninth
district.
The parishes Of Caldwell and LaSalle
han compose the thirtieth district.
The Judges Of the several districts, asl
lerein provided for, shall each receive .
alary Of three thousand dollars per an
lum, payable monthly on his own war
ant provided the Cens1tl Assembly
nay, in their discretion, 1edistrict the
judicial districts provided for in this
Article. Any district Judge may retire
q full pay when he shall have reached |
twenty-five years Of age, provided said |
istriet Judge has served continuously % !
district Judge, or judge Of court Of ap- |
eals, not less than twenty-five years
rior to his said retirement; and pro-
idsd further that any Judge affected by
he foregoing shall serve until his succes-
Or shall be elected and qualified. Pro-
ided further, that the provisions of this
mendment to the Constitution shall ap-
" to the Judges Of the Civil District
ourts for the Parish Of Orleans - pro-
ided for in Article 49, Of the Censtitu-
ON. ~
The Legislature shall provide byI
roper apprspziation for the salaries Of
stired district Judges in the same mani
n - It provides for other judicial az
enses.
Section 2. Be II further resolved, etc,
hat the above amendmsnt be submittsdI i
J the electorate Of this State for APP
roval On rejection at the general cleo
on for Congressmsn TO b held inI,