The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-06-18
Legislative Apportionment.


"Article-Section /. Representation
IN the House of Representatives shall
pc equal and uniform and shall be based |
eIch population Pr on Each parish ., and
shall have at least one representative.
AZ Its first regular session after the
United States census of 1880 and after
each census thereafter, the Legislature
shall, and 1T 10 hereby directed to APP
portion the representation among the
several parishes ana representative dis
ton shown by such census. repre-
sentative number shall be fixed. and
each parish and representative district
shall have as many representatives as
such representative number is con-
inhabitants of such parish or repre-;
representative for every fraction ex-.
ceeding one-half the representative
number. The number of representa-
tives ehall not be more than 101.
Sec. 2. The Legislature in every
year in which it shall apportion repre-
sentation in the House of Representa-
tfves, shall divide the State into sen ma
torial districts. No parish, except tns
parish of Orleans, shall be divided IN
the formation of a senatorial dlstrlct.
Whenever a new parish is created, II
shall be attached to the senatorial dis-
trict from which most Of the territory
is taken, or to aaothei contiguous as
trict, but shall not be attached to more
that one district. The number OF SEN
ators shall not be more than thirty
.'Sec. 8. Until an enumeration shall
ar attic the the state State shall be divided into
the following senatorial districts with
the number Of senators hereinafter ap-
aEirst District composed of Wards l..
z and 15 of New Orleans, one senator.
Seconds District composed OF Waro
Of New 0rleans' one n senato Of Wards
4 and of New Orleans, one senator.
Fourth District composed OF WARDS
6 and Z of New Orleans, one seRaT0r.
Fifth District composed OF aros
8 and 8 of New Orleans, one senator. a.
Sixth District composed OF w aIus
10 and n of New Orleans, or one - se Warda
IL and 10 of New Orleans, one senalor,
Eighth District composed OF Wrros
IL, IL and II of New Orleans. one
Ninth District composed Of St. Ber-
nard and Plaquemine parishes, one sen
9Tenth District composed of Jeffer-
SON, ST. Charles and St John parishes
Eleventh District. composed OF st
James and Ascension parishes one s'.
twelfth District composed Of Terre-
bonnie, Lafourche and Assumption par
THIRTEENTH District composed of 81
Mary and vermillion parishes. on'
aEomrteenth District composed Of
Calcasieu, Allen, jefferson Davis, Beau,
regard and Cameron parishes, tW'
seFih District composed of St
Martin, iberia and Lafayette parish
Sixteenth District composed Of St s.
Landry and Acadia parishes Two sen
a'os seyenteenth District composed 9
Avoyelles and Evangeline parishes. on
esMS.;gb+aenth District composed o
Pointe Coupee. ibervine anu
Baton Riuge parishes, one sed - ia .
Feliciana and West Fehciana pai isneN
twentieth District composed OF Eas
Baton Rouge parins;n str Gns s comnosed .
st. Helena. Livingston ana lahs 'pAAo
parishes, one sena!Or. a
rwsnty-se sSd 81 Tammany parishe.
one SENATOR. n....,o. conposed 4
''Twenty-thtrd Dlstrics conipos'1
RsR.dss paFfi n,,-th On n,strict composed Q
1g3tchitoches and Red hiver pal''1'
one senator. .,,,.rc.es7 =
Twenty fift1 Dis narisheS. tWo sen
stors. n.-.-,., oonnosed
sTwenty-sixth Districs compossa aar :
Webster and bossier pallsAs's' 80
TWENTY; District District c narIshe
OF Biepviie ano
one senator. =. r,t.<~f,t sonanosed I
Twenty sntn rtrrsa and We,
Union. Lnc0n. Mul Snatcrs -
Carroll parishes, ns.trict composed |
ouachita and jackson pArisnes' =
senator. .c,.o5 :, Win
"Thirtieth DiStrict cvA, ~, ~ ver;si, :
LaSalie, CaioWeH anu 0's
one senator. r,,.&rtct composed
Thirty first YstriGTr sos INA "a,
East Carol. Madison, densas anu ~
cordia parishes. tno .. sima ~. cnrnnosed
Thirty -secon1. Dassi =. tehnmla ma
Rfchland. Frankiln ano
fishes, one senator: v,,,osed
'sThirty-third DistIiGs n,,e se,
Sabine and vernon pAIiSheS'
ator. 4 ali
provided. that wherever more re- IN q;
enc senator is apportIohsn - cns na
trict composed OF more tnan ge ~ r.
ish not more than one senasI
be elected from any one p 1a,srasar
Sec. 4. The House q nep y. 80. -, .
fives of the Legislature SnaA ~ ~.
posed Of 100 members unless increGs
asherein provided 4. tna narish
wards 3.7 ana ~ ~ III, sne renreseu
atives. ana the rem ms ming o mares ranr
said ssnta Pnrasn snan ss'n go
The parish q caddc ,s shall ~ 9a nap IL