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and the words: Against the pronossd
amendment to Article 140 of the Constitn.
c tion relative f th to the First City Criminal
Secona City Criminal Court of tie { $; of
New orleans. and each elcctor s;,; in
| uiea.e no" ne votes On the proposed n end
| ment as provided for in the general election
| laws OF this State
FEnSAND MORTON
i-ie".enant Govcrn"r and President of the
HEWITT BoUAScHArp.
speaker OF the House of Representatives.
| Approved: June %. 1918
X. &. PLEASANT
| Governor of the State Of Louisiana
JAMES !. BAILEY. Secretary of state.
ACT No. 116.
House Bill No. o33. Nv Mr. NV
JOINT RESOLUTION.
| \ JOINT resolution proposing an amendment
TO Article $50 of the Constitution of the
State OF Louisiana, relative to judicial
ohicefs OF the Parish of Orleans,
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General,
assembly OF tie State of Louisiana. i've
! thirds of all the members elet ted to elch
| mouse SCI, con That the following
this State, for their approval or rejection.
| at the election to be held on the first Tnrs
| day after the first Monday in November.
Article 1870. Except rs herein otherwise
provided, the judicial officers of the Parish
| OF Orleans, and the City of New Orleans.
| snail be learned in the law, and shall have
| resided and .practiced law or shall have
| Jueieia. position in this State for five wears.
| ana snail have been actual residents of the
| alty OF Ncw Orleans for ut least two years
ment The General Assembly of the state
OF louisiana may as the public interest re-
CURES, provide for the trial of cases by an
| interchange of said judicial officers. as wei,
| as by the appointment of Judges al Eac !.
| IN case of vacancy in an office till said Office
De niied. and to act for and in the stead of
az! Judlclai oincer who by reason of dis:-
bility. or amy cause whatsoever is prevented
| frcm holding court
| :. Judges al hoe shall be selected from
| licensed attorneys at law who shall possess
| the same qualfcations required for the iu-
dlclal officers for whom they act: their
! compensation shall be provided for 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
tio,, foregoing ns amendment to the Constitu-
| to the electors of the State. at the next
| election for representatives in Congress. to
| be holden on the first Tuesday after the
n a. Monday In November; 1913. and on the
| onciai ballots to be used ut said election
shall be placed the words: For the pro
posed amendment to Articlt 1870 of the Con
stltutlon OF the State of Louisiana and
| TIE words: Against the proposed amend
menf to Article 100 of the Constitution Of
! the State of louisiana" and each ciector
snail indicate, as provided in the general
election laws Of the State whether he votes
| for or against the proposed amendment.
| HEWITT .ROUANcHAUp
Speaker of the House of Representatives
| ETIELRED NJ STAFFORD,
! President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
Approved: July ), 1918.
| II. q. PLEASANT,
| Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JAMES j. BAILEY. Secretary of state.
ACT No. 1853.
House Bill No. i34.l BY Mr. cooper.
| JOINT RESOLUTION
| Proposing an amendment to Article los 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 district
judges on full pay in certain contin-
| Sencies.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General
assembly OF the State of Louisiana, two
house eoneurrins, That Article 1913 of the
Constitution of the State of Louisiana be
AMENDED ,rtie1a SO so as to , read as follows: .
compose the first district
The parishes of Bossier and Webster shall
| compose the second district
The parishes of Claiborne and Bienvillc
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 ana Morehouse
| shall compose the sixth district
The parishes of West Carroll and Rich
land shall compose the seventh district
The parishes of Franklin and catahoula
| shall compose the eighth district
The parishes of Madison and East Car
| roll shall compose the ninth district
The parishes of concOrdia and Tensas
| shall compose the tenth district.
The parishes of Natchitoches and Red
l'iy rh shall compose the eleventh district.
non shall compose the twelfth district
The parishes OF Rapides and Grant shall
compose the thirteenth district
The Parish of .Ayoyelles shall compose
the fourteenth district.
The parishes of Caicasicu. Allen, Bcaurc-
gard. Jefferson Davis and Cameron shall
compose the fifteenth district.
The parishes of st. Landry and Evange-
line shall compose the sixteenth district.
The Parish of Vermilion shall compose
the seventeenth district.
| The parishes of Acadia and Lafayette
shall compose the eighteenth district
The parishes of Iberia and st. Martin
| shall compose the nineteenth distinct
The parishes of Terrebonnc and La.
triet.
The parishes of Ibcrvillc, West Baton
The Parish Of East Baton Rouge shall
compose the twenty,seeond district
the twenty third district.
The parishes of East Feli6lnna and West
Feliciana shall compose the twcnty-fourth
district.
The parishes of ST. Helena, Livingston
and Tangipahoa shall compose the twenty
fifth district.
The parishes of Washington and st
Tammany shall compose the twenty-sixti
| district.
The parishes of Ascension. st. james and
Assumption shall compose the twenty-sev
| enth district
The parishes of ST. John the baptist, ST
Charles and Jefferson shall compose the
twenty eighth district.
| The parishes of st. Bernard and Plaque
mines shall compose the twenty-ninth dis
The parishes of Caldwell and Lasalls
shall compose the thrtieth district.
The judges of the several districts, as
herein provided for. shall each receive d
salary of three thousand dollars per annum
pasahIs m ION on their own
their discretion. redistrict the judicial dis
tricts provided for in this article. ANY dis
i triot Judge may retire on full pay when h.
provided said district judge has served con
tinuously as a district judge, or judge OF
| Court of Appeals. not less than twenty-five
years prior to his said retirement: and pro
viGed further that any judge affected by
the foregoing shall serve until his successor
shall he elected and qualified. PROVIDED
further, that the provisions Of this amend
mcnt to the Constitution shall apply to thu
judges of the Civil District Courts for the
Parish of Orleans. provided for In Arti
| Gle 1852 of the Constitution.
/ The Legislature shall provide by proper
appropriation for the salaries of retired dis
tritt Judges In tae same manner as 1t pro
yides for ether tudieial expenses.
Sec. ,. BE ii further resolved. etc. That
the above amendment be submitted to thu
electorate of this State, for approval or re
| iet ton. mt the general election for congress
| men to be held in November, 1913. and that
| the Secretary Of State be dirct ted to insert
unon the ballot to be used upon said cleo