The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-06-04
Legislative Apportionment.

IegisIntive Apportionment.
"Article-Section J. Representation
in the House Of Representatives sha
be equal and uniform and shall De paseG
ppon population. Each parish ano
each ward of the City OF New orleans
shall have at least one representative
Al it's first regular session AFTER tht
United States census Of 1880 ana AFTER
zach census thereafter, the Legislature
shall. and it is hereby directed to ap-
horton the representation among THE
several parishes and representative as
tricts on the basis of the total popuLa-
lion shown by such census a ,epIe,
senta tive number shall be llNeu anu
zach parish and representative district
shall have as many representatives, as
such representative number Is con
tained in the total number OF the
Inhabitants of such parish OF repIe,
sSntative district and one additional
REPRESENTATIVE for every fraction ex-
ceeding one-half the representative
number The number OF representa-
dives shall not be more than lVi.
sec d The Legislature in every
V.ar III which ii shall apportion repre-
Sanitation In the House OF Representa
dives, shall divide the State INTO senh :
sorlsl districts. No PARISH. .t,,iaea II
she formation of a senatorial distTict.
Whenever n new parish Is createu,
shall be attached to the senatorial us
trirt from which most OF the territory
20 "a Va p,,i shall not he attached to more
that one district The NUMBER OF sen
ators shall not be more than thlrty-
nine. ,,r.+ion shall
have been made as provided IN thIs
article the state shall be dlNideu ny
ihe following senatorial tafter an
the number Of senators hereihaitei "P
portioned to each district: ,rs
First District composed OF Warus l.
and Is Of New Orleans, one senaIU[.
second District composed OF "uru
of New Orleans, one senator, wa,
Third District composed Oh va
4 and Of New Orleans one sehI Was
Fourth District composed OF Warus
and Of New Orleans, one senat0r.
Fifth District composed OF Warus
g. and 3 of New Orleans. one senator.
sixth District composed or WaTus
10 and IL Of New orleans. ono s1na ~. - =
seventh District composed or WARDS
az and 10 of New orleans, one senstor.
Eighth District composed or Wrros
Il, 10 and II of New Orleans one
ninth District composed OF st. Ber-
asrd and Plaquemine parishes. one sen
"Tenth District composed Of Jeffer-
son. st. Charles and St John parishes'
Eleventh District, composed Of St.
James and Ascension parishes, one SEN
sTwelfth District composed Of Terre-
honne Lafourche and Assumption par
tshes, one senator.
Thirteenth District composed OF st.
Mary and vermillion parishes one
Fourteenth District composed Of
Calcasieu Allen, Jefferson Davis. Beau
regard and Cameron parishes, two
Fifteenth District composed of St
Martin, iberia and Lafayette parish
two senators. =.
sixteenth District composed Of St
n NJ ia
Seventeenth District composed Of
Avoyelles and Evangeline parishes, one
senator. !.
Eighteenth District composed of
pointe Coupee Iberville and West
Baton Riuge parishes, one senator
Nineteenth District composed of East
Feliciana and West Feliciana parishes,
twentieth District composed of East
Baton Rouge parish. one senator. ].
"Twenty-firs District composed of
st. Helena, Livingston and Tangipahoa
parishes, one senator
Twenty second District composed of
Washington and St Tammany parishes,
one senator. j.
Twenty third District composed Of
Rapides parish, one senator.
"Twenty fourth District composed OF
Natchitoches and Red River parishes,
STwenty-fifth District composed Of
Caddo and DeSoto parishes. two SON
ators.
ator.
"Twenty-seventh District composed
Of Bienville and Claiborne parishes.
one senator
Twenty eighth District composed Of
Union, Lincoln. Morehouse and West
Carroll parishes. two senators.
Twenty ninth District composed or
Ouachita and Jackson parishes, one
senator.
"Thirtieth District composed of winn,
LaSalle. Caldwell and Grant parishes,
Thirty first District composed Of
eordia parishes. two senators.
'Thirtysecond District composed of
Richland. Franklin and Catahoula par
Thirty third District composed Of
Sabine and Vernon parishes. one SEN
ator.
Thirty nine senators in all
Provided, that wherever more than
one senator Is apportioned to any dis
trict composed of more than one par
ish not more than one senator shall
be elected from any one parish.
Sec. 4. The House of Representa-
tives OF the Legislature shall be COM
posed of 100 members unless increased
as herein provided.
Wards 3, and IL of the parish Of
Orleans shall each have two represent
stives. and the remaining wards OF
said parish shall each have one repre-
sentative.
The parish of caddo shall have four
representatives; the parishes Of Rapides
and st. Landry shall each have three
representa- tiyes, the parishes of Acadia,
Avoyelles. Calcasieu, East Baton Rouge,
Lafayette. Lafourche, Natchitoches.
Ouachita. st. Mary and Tangipahoa
shall each have two representatives !;
and each of the remaining parishes of
the State shall have one representa-
tive.
Sec g. This apportionment of SEN
ators and representatives shall not be
changed or altered in any manner until
after the enumeration shall have been
taken by the United States; provided
that when new parish is created such
parish shall be assigned one represent
alive unless there is more than one
representative In a parish from which
the larger portion of the territory Is
taken for the purpose of creating a new
parish, one of such representatives
shal be apportoned to the new parish
in the same act which creates the
parish.
Creating the Legislature.
Article-The Legislative power of
the State shall be vested in a Legisla-
ture, which shall consist Of Senate and
House OF Representatives.
Articte--The style of the laws of
the Legislature Of Louisiana" 1t shall
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