Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-09-12
ACT NO. 1913.

ACT NO. 1853.
House Bill No. 1874. BY Mr.. Cooper.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article
1913 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 l. 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 108. 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 VIM
shall compose the fifth district.
The parishes of Ouachita and
Morehouse shall compose the sixth
district.
The parishes of West Carroll and
ald 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 Avoyelles 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 and
EVangeline shall compose the six
teenth district
The parish of Vermillion 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 Terrebonne and
Lafcurche shall compose the twenti-
eth district.
The parishes of Iberville, West
Baton Rouge and Pointe Coupee
shall compose the twenty-frst dis
trict.
The parish of East Baton Rouge
shall compose the twenty-thifd dis
trict.
The parishes of East Feliciana and
West Fclic ana shall compose the
twenty-fourth district.
The parishes of st. Helena. Liy-
ingston and Tangipahoa shall COM
pose the twenty-fifth district.
The parishes of Washington and
st. Tammany shall compose the
twelcty-sixth district.
The parishes of Ascension, st.
James and Assumption shall compose
the twenty-seventh district.
The parishes of St. John the Bap-
list, st. Charles and Jefferson shall
compose the twenty eighth district.
The parishes of, st. Bernard. and
Plaquemines shall compose the
twenty-ninth distriSs.
The parishes of Caldwell and La
Sale snail compose the ti1irtieth dis
trics.
The judges of the several dis.
tricss, as herein provided for, shah
each receive salary of three thous-
and dollars per annum, payable
monthly on his own warrant, provid-
ed 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 sall have reached seven
ty-fye years Of age, provided said
district has served continuously as a
district judge, or judge of court of
appeals, not less than twenty-five
years prior to his said retirement;
and provided further that any Judge
affected by the foregoing shall serve
until his successor shall be elected
and qualified. Provided further, that
the provisions of this amendment to
the Constitution shall apply to the
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