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Councl Proceedlags. Mayor's )alee,Town of Winnfield I " Sept. 4, 1906. The Mayor and Board of Al-, dermen met in regular session at the Mayor's office to-day and was called to order by Hon. C. M. Bevill, Mayor, and the following aldermen answered to their names: W. F. Cooper, R. H. Fletcher and J. R. Watts. Ab sent: J. M. Leeper and S. M. Abel. Minutes of the 10th of August were read and approved. The Mayor reported that he had not been able to make a tender to Mr. C. H. Elliott for the right-of-way for continuation of Front street. Mr. Cooper reported that the desk had been purchased and delivered to the Mayor's office. The Clerk reported that in ac cordance with the resolution adopted authorizing him to buy necessary books, that he had pur chased books necessary, except one for the Marshal. He then submitted the following reports as ordered: To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen, Town of Winnfield: Gentlemen: Mr. J. 8. White, street com mssioner and tax collector, has turned into me the following amounts for which I have given him warrants to pay into the treasury: License .-- .............- --. $ 47.50 Street Tax ........-.............. 152.00 License- --......-- 30.00 Total ------- $229.50 Expenses paid out-Vouchers on file in this office: Office rent, J. G. Teagle.$ 12.50 Material S. T. & L. C.- 9.39 Tools, W. H. & F. C. and M. Bernstein ..... 7.05 Labor in August .-...--. 85.50 bfotal...... $114.44 (~iysionos on col.....-... 20.32 oal,?.[. ..-. -- $134.76 Respectfully submitted, SWIr A. A. Srow, Clerk and Auditor. -To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen, Town of Wina.ield: Gentlemen. Mr. C. C. O'Malley, Marshal, anbmittedto me the Treasurer's receipts -for money turned into the treasury, as follows: Slaws, various ones.from Jute 1 to Aug. 1 -..$ 65.50 Pmes from Aug.10 to 31- 68.50 DOg license collected.-.. 47.00 Tota ..........$181.00 )Due O'Malley for feeding, paiumeac masdmnoving S. aalstesto Aug 1, $ 11.75 Ieediug primoners during - mouth of August-.. 12.50 AIt for Arrest of Hen- - t: tfor arrest of Warren JL mpkia-...--_-----, - ..0_0 f ota.. I--- $ 28.35 CLtek and Auditor. dr. L.1). Jones, appemd be ore the Board of Aldermen in Wr~d to ,chu.aning the fi# 4.i .i The beerd deferred iontL. ' mrot mee wUiek wll be odapy, clue lath of September, _~aM~Jose" wi~ rp :iaape to be abmitted. ktA*zat irodnoed the fol1 ýyý ng inQselhtioa which was ~' iedeTILt the clerk be and directed to draw t 'a u. or of C.-C, ~a,-for the sum two. ,~~s~mewt .1 ~w~Ai&~~a~iam dallr valatoa of all property . wtates.r earacter situated I tim corporate lmlth of the Trown or Willd or the year iSM. Section. Be it frther ordaied., e, That the Clerak sal extend the r.me Om the tax rol of the property assessed in the town for the year l988. Section . Be it further ordained, etc., That this ordinance take effect from and after its adoption. Mr. Watts moved that the rules be suspended and the ordinance r be taken up and considered on the following vote: Ayes, Cooper, Fletcher and Watts. Absent, Leeper and Abel. Nays, none. Mr. Watts then moved that the e ordinance do now finally pass and be adopted. Carried. Mr. Cooper then appeared be fore the Board of Aldermen and t made the following statement: That it was not the intention of a his firm, the Winnfield Hardware & Furniture Company, to evade r the law by any means; that he had purchased the roofing as non- i combustible and he had had the gas pipe cut for posts. There was nothing in tle ordinance that prohibited ceiling it with wood, but if the Board of Aldermen t required it, that he would cover the present cover with corrugated iron. The Board decided to de fer action until rext meeting and go in a body to examine the roof and report at next meeting. Mr. J. S. White then appeared before the Board of Aldermen and called attention to the resolu tion passed some time ago in regard to the grading of Jones street north of Main street. The Board of Aldermen decided that the work could not begin until the amount of $60 was placed in the treasury, and that the work should be done under the super vision of the street commissioner. On motion of Mr. Fletcher duly seconed, C. C. O'Malley, Marshal, be and he is hereby authorized and directed to have the necessary repairs made on the town jail, the work to be su I pervised- and accepted by a l committee composed of Mayor i'C. M. Bevill, W. F. Coo'per and J. S. White, street com missioner, and that they ap prove the bill for saume and the Clerk be directed to draw his warrant on the Treasurer to pay for same. By Mr. Cooper, by request: An endinanse declaring the lrcing of persons io adltery or aeoacbinage within the B corporate lats of the town of Winnaeld to be a amisane and prescribing penalty for tie violation o the samr. etoa One. a. It ordained by the Mayor andee .oasst AlMera in the tows or Wine eMd In regular smeson convened: That all Spersonsa iwas tsestr in adutery or eon eauMngs wlina the corporate lmits of the towa ed Wa are hereby declared to be S guilty of a misaea mr ame a aupon emvicio - shall be inadl a •sam of not lass than (.S. 0 te dol er amore than ($Mi) ame hundre. dollars or tb imprsomed for a period not menesding bey t n daes or beth athe di ,asd Wat . m Asen ii no- o. .. ag. 3o Yiio Two. Ba it further ordained that ' On motio sapof -la hMr. ooper te .8o.r of Aldermen adjourned uotil Tueiday, September 11, 1906, at 8 o'clok p. m. C. M. BUVILL, Mayor,. WILL A.; aasuO , Clerk. A New LeeJamotive. A loooueotive of the Louisiana and Arkansas Bailroad, which usad bee smnsied ap in a wreck, having the ifume and saddle which suppors tm boiler and engines broken sad one cylinder and balm-ebet completely demolhed, 'was brought to the Wis0$d Iosn Works for repair. As, sma as. * ooemtsive was towed lame the shop the work .f disiniai eg was comueaed .endur rpa sual dupehsirnv of Se, also a w" i !)* Iw PROPOSED AMENDMENTS (Continued from page threa.) ACT NO. 122. By Mr. Beale. Se..a.te Bill No. !9. JOINT ,RESOLUITION. Proposing an amendment to Article 21l of the (',institution of the State of Louisiana, relati\e to iirainage dis tricts. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Gen eral Assembly of the St:,t of i L.uisi ana, two-thirds of all thie mnemlers elected to each Iouse concrriniZ, T!::.at an amenilnment to the (Constiutiniit of the State of Lbuisiarna ie sH:hmiiittied' to the quailiiei ~.elc.tors of tlihe t:ate for their approval or rejeC-tion, as re quired by Article :i21 of the tC,}ittitu tion, at the ('ingressional elect ion on the first Tuesday next llollwing the first Mond; r in No\cvmbt r. loil;i. amncdir'g A.\rtic!e '1 ,of the ct'onstiii tion so as to read as follows: Article 2-'1. Municipal corporations. parishes, school districts and drain.:g( and sewerage districts, the city of Niw« Orleans excepted, when authorizted l . .lo so by a vote of a majority in num ber ani amount of the property tax payers, qualified as electors under trhe 'Constitution and laws of this State, vot ing at in election held for that pur pose, after due notice of said clec-tion has been published for thirty idays in the official journal of the municipality or parish, and whe re there is no orTi 'ial journal, in a i wspaper published therein. may incur dtlit, and issue ne gotiable bonds therefor to the i-xt,'nt of one-tenth of the assessed val:uti.in of the property within sail municipal corporation, parish, school, drainage or sewerage districts as shown by the last assessment made prior to the submuis sion of the proposition to the property taxpayers as above providedl, and may be authorized by the property taxplay era, voting at said election, to l.vy and assess special tax:,s Uln1 property subject to taxation in the parish, drain age districts, corporation, sch~ool or sewerage districts; provided that said taxes so imposed do not execed live mills on the dollar of the assessed val nation in any one year, nor run for :a greater number of years than the untm ber named in the proposition submit tcd to the taxpayers. No hlnds shall be issued for any other purpose than stated in the submission of the propo sition to the taxpayers, and published for thirty days, as aforesaid, nor for a greater amhount than therein mention ed; nor shall such bonds be issued for any other purpose than paving and im proving the streets, roads and alleys, purchasing or constructing systems of waterworks, sewerage, drainage, lights. public parks and buildings, bridges and other work of public improvement, the title to which shall vest in the muni,:i pal corporation, parish, school, drain age or sewerage districts, as the case t may be, nor shall such bonds run for a longer period than forty years fronm their date, or bear a greater rate of in terest than five per cent per annuan. or be sold by the municipal eorporation, parish, school district, drainage or sew erage district issuing same for less than par. The municipal corporation, parish. school district, drainage or seweragt district issaing such bonds shall pro vide for the paymcnt of the interest annually, or semi-anrually, and the principal thereof at maturity, provided e that the total issue of bonds by any d municipality, parish, school. or sewer age district for all purposes shall never exceed ten per cent of the assessed s value of the property in such murciii polity, parish, school or sewerage udis I tricts; prov ided, that nothing herein contained shall have anthorit-- to cre * ate within their respective limits one e or more sewerage districts; provided, that nothing herein contained shall pre * vent drain;.ge districts from being es 4 tablishcd under the provisions of ex 4 isting laws, and that all drainage dis . tricts established under the laws of this State shall, in addition to the powers s hereinbefore granted, have the further r power and authority to levy and assess annual contributions or an, eage taxes, for the purpose of providing and main taining drainage systems, on all lands r situated in such dlistricts not exceeding Stwernty-five (25e) cents per acre for a period not to exceed forty (40) years, when authorized to do so by a vote of a majority in number and amount of ! the property taxpayers of said distriets Sqmulfted as electors under the laws of this 8tate, voting at an election held for that purpose as provided i1i the first part of this article, and said drainage districts, through the boards of com missieners thereof, may incur indebted ness and issue negotiable bonds there for payable in principal and interest out of, and not to exceed in principal and interest, the aggregote amount to be raised by said annual contributions during the period for which the same are levied. No such drainage bonds shall be issued for any other purpose than that for which said contributions were voted and shall not run for a longer period than forty years from their date' nor bear a greater rate of interest than Ave per cent per annum nor be sold for less than par. All contributions and acreage taxes h.etofre authorized by a vote of a majority in number and amount of poperty taxpsyers qualified to vote under the laws of this State at eleec tions held in drainage districts organ ised under existing laws are hereby ra tild and confirmed, and their validity shall not be questioned. Section 2. Be it further resolved, that the official ballots to be used at mM eleuti. n shall have printed thereon tie msds: 4'For the proposed amend st Artlela 281 of the Constitutios thstiee to drainage districts," sad the gerde "Against the proposed amend sheat to Article 2 I1 of the Constitution e to drairnage distriets," and 4te elector shall indicate as provided 6 t.e genera., election laws of the whether he votes for or against tl. Vs da amndmeiad t. P. LtA)IBReMONT, u Team t of the Senate. * ;4a".. t'4'i V ,'t9 e.t t.eprseat A(T NO. 137. t By Mr. Wimberly. !!ouse Bill No. 116.10 JOINT RELut'LTION a Proposing antetndlmtnt. to Articles 99, a 99, lilK. 106 and 131. and proposing rr the repeal of Arti "l; 101.5. of the Con- p sa ituti,,n of tile 'ate ,f Louisiamna,i rt, :itive to the ju: lii:iary department. a settion 1. Ie it r so vet hlv the Gen-t ir:al Assemblyhl of '1h St:.t tiof L ,,i. : ar. twr-thirs h ll the imembtrs .~ lected to eacth lIohte, can.-urring. That e r!i- le 4- t of the :,,istituti-n of tilh 1Wit:e I1 :l.+lliiala I e al e ellmlell so as to .I .a':ili as follows: A\rti -le iM. The ('ourts of Appeal. lt '-xce " as ,Itherwist pro ,lded in t his I a'n.t1itution, shall ihave uip.;1llate ju'-r s.til ion onil, which jorisd, ction shall. " st ed f11 al l aas s. ,.ivil and prolate, ,lw:', tii maltter in dispute or the au-n to I,,. ii-ttrihut ,., shall exceed one :urlrd doll::!., e > !.sive of interest, ini such applal sl: li he upon the law an tIi "h acts. e .ectioan 2. lHe it furtlir resolved. t ,.t.-.. That Article 9- ' of the (onustitu tioan . the .tiite ati L,!i-iaina be so "t :hled as to reid as ftollows: .Artchle 91. The Courts of Appeal .hall consist"tf Ihrt-e j.itlges .acrh. They a Ihall I. cit'Izens tof tie tuite'll States ,,:,t qualiicedl thctars of this Statti, I,: rnIdd in the law :ai shall have prac- h :iel law in this State for six years. t .::.l sthall have been actual residents of a ..we district from which they are elected t r ap:pi"'i f:ed for at least two years pre- 4 ,eeling their elet.tian or eppointitent. lhey shail receive a salary of four tintsanll dollars eachl per year. and the I .idge.. of the Court of Aplpeal for the ':ir: 4h of Irlhtans shall rt ,-ive salary .t live thousand d,:iars each per year. t ,tralde min: hly 1on his wiwn warrant. .,,l tihe legilature i-t ail make adequate ,ppropriatin tIo pity the same. Section :;. ile it furtilher resolved, Stc., That Artihe 111) of Ith Constittiu bion of the S:tae of Louisiana be so .li nried as to read as follows: Arti-le I 1(1. Exclusive of the par ".hes whose :applea:is are returnable to the parish (if trleans. the State shall i,, divided intt two circuits to be sub livileil into districts as hereinafter wroyidedi. I'ntii otherwise providled by .aw, the ,arishes of East Baton Rouge, \Vest Haton Ro:ge. Livingston. Tangi ,ahoe, Washingtlon, St. Helehna, Pointe. t'oupe'e, lerville. St. Mary, Terrebonne, .As\sumnption, lafour, he. ,Ascension, ('al lasieu, tCalmeron, -rmulillion, Lafayette, I ibeia, St. Martin, St. Tammany, Ara iia, East Felieianau, West F'eliciana, St. " Landry, and Vernon shall compose the Ifirst circuit a:ld he known as the I curt of Apoeals, First Circuit, State ,f Louisiana.''" and the parishes of t'aido, 11esier, WVelster, lBienville, Clai- I .,rane, Unitn1, Lincoln, Jackson, Cald .vell, Winn. Natchitoch s. Sabine, De f ioto. Red River, tI uachita, Riehland, :'rar.kli;. (atahouia, ('oncordia, Tensas, I Madist.n, East Carroll, West Carroll, Morehouse. Avoyeiles, IRapides and -raut, shall conmslls the second circuit and be known as the "Court of Ap peals, Second Circuit, State of Louis 4 :anna.' The circnits above provildedl for, un -ii otherwisc prvi;edt by law. shall be liviiedl it three di,tricts each, as fol ows: The parislhei of Caleasieu, Cam on. V-nrnillion, .afayevtte, St. Mar .in, Acadia. St. Lantdrv\. Vernon and .1ev-ia. shall colmple the Arst district i the first circuit, and the parishes 1.f West Baton Rouge, Ascension, Sointe t'oupee, lberville, St. Mary, tI' rre'l,onne. Assumption and Lafourclhe - ,,ail coa:pose the sb.·ond distric of the I 9rst circuit; and the ,.arishes of East :a:on Rouge, Livingston, Tangipahon, =t. llelc.a, St. 'lTaiulmany, East Felic r .::a, West Feliciana and Washington,: :I tIll compose the third district of the - rst cireflit; anti the parishes of Rich - .an, Concordia, Ea-t Carroll, West Car n roll. lrankli;t Te..as, Ouachita, Madi ,:'n, Morehouie and c'aldwtll shall com ,e '--e the first district of the second cir I.nit; and the parishes of Bienville, :l-ihorne, Jackson, Lincoln, Catahoula, - uion, Bossier. Winn, Webster and ,rant, shall comlpse the second dis ri-t of the second circuit; and the par a :s.-i of Caddo, DeSoto, Natchitoches, ;apides, Sabine, Avoyelies and Red r fiver shall comp..se the third district ,' Sf the second circuit. For each of the ircuits there siheil be elected three Sjudges, as herein provided for, oqne ,judge to be elected by the qualified g .lectors of each district as above desig taroted. The first Courts of Appeals to be or pnized in the circuits herein estab tished under this amendment to the Constitution shall be as follows: There ;hall be elected on January 16; 1907, .y the qualified electors thereof, one iudge for each of the districts in the :wo circuits. The judges for each of hbe first districts above named shall be elected for a term of four years, be ginniung on the first day of March, 1907; and the judges for each of the secondl listrieta above named shall be elected or a term of six years, beginning on .aid date; and the judges for each of he third districts above named shall e elected for a period of eight years, Beginning on said date. Upon expira ion of the termo f office of each of the ,udges thus elected, his soccessor shall je elected for a term of eight years, ,y qualified electors of such district of :ach eircuit; the elegtion of each judge ierein provided for shall take place at the same time and place as the con gcrssional election next preceding the ixpiration of his term. In case of leath, removal or resignation from of d.e of any judge, the vacancy shall be .illed by appointmrnt of the governor 'y and with the advice and consent of he Senate, until the erxt congressional election, at which time his sueeessor ihall be elected. In case any one of 'he circuit judges 'hall be, from sick ?mesa or any other cause, unable to at tend any session of court, it shall be 'ompetent for the -ther two judges to ippoint, in his phl' e, a qualified mess !er of the bar, -:. shall be sworn to -it 'as judge of si i court -during-sach jbseaee only. Wt., shall receive such .ompensation as the General Assembly may fix, or the Coarts of Appeal may itrauge-b r an ii.;erehange of judges from one circuit to the other when a member of the e -urt is unable to at "end from siekness or other cause. Un til otherwise provided by the General Assembly, the Court of Appeals of the .rat eirftel rhall hld sessions of court at eates A . ite City, New Ibe js, Uow s; kli Opete Crow (e-gleb Thibldstu* ad the second circuit shall hold sessions 1 of court at Monroe, Shreveport, Alex andria, Natchitoches, Vidalia, Tallulah, and Ruston. and such other places as may be designated by said Court of Ap peals. The sessions of said Courts of A,!eal shall continue in each circuit for a period of ten months, beginning on the first Monday of September of each year, and ending on the last day of I June of the following year; and said courts shall convene at the several may require, and shall keep their courts in session at such places until the cases before them are heard and finally de tterrmined. Until otherwise provided by l:w, the time and place for the return {of :appeals shall be fixed by said court. No d:.eisions shall be rendered by these courts without the concurrence of two judges, but any two of the judges of each circuit shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Section 4. Be it further - resolved, etc., That Article 105 of the Constitu tion of the State of Louisiana shall be and is hereby abrogated. Section 5. le it further resolved, etc., That Article 106 of the Constitu t ion of the State of Louisiana be amendled so as to read as follows: Article 106. The sheriff of the parish in which the sessions of the court are held, shall attend in person, or by dep uty, to execute the orders of said court, and the clerk of the district court of the parish in which the sessions of the Courts of Appeal are held shall serve as º lerk of the Court of Appeals and shall attend sssions of said court, either in I-.rson or by deputy, until otherwise >irovided by the General Assembly. The costs of appeal in any case appealed to the Courts of Appeal, of the first and second circuits, shall not exceed five dollars. The police juries of the va rious parishes of the State in which the Courts of Appeal are held, shall provide suitable rooms for the holding of said court so as not to interfere with tlI- sess-ion of the district or other cc tnrts. Section 6. Be it further resolved, etc., That the fourth paragraph of Ar ticle 131 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana be so amended as to read as follows: Until otherwise provided by law, all appeals within its jurisdiction from the parishes of Orleans, St. James, St. John the Baptist. St. Charles, Jefferson, Plaquemines and St. Bernard shall be returnable to said court, and the costs of filing same shall not exceed five dollars in each case. Section 7. Be it further resolved, etc.. That the foregoing amendments to the Constiution of the State shall be conime operative on the first day of Jan uary, 1907, and all cases pending and undetermined in the Courts of Appeals as now constituted shall be transferred to the Courts of Appeal as herein or ganized.under such rules as may be provided by said courts. Section 8. Be it further resolved, That said proposed amendments be sub- I mitted to the eeletors for their ap proval or rejection, as required by Arti cle 321 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana and the general election la'ws of this State at the coming Con - i gressionai election to be held in this State in November, 1906. J. W. HYAMS, Speaker of the House of Representa tives. J. Y. SANDERS, Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate. Approved July 10, 1906. NEWTON C. BLANCHARD, Governor of the State of Louisiana A true copy: JOHN T. MICHEL, Secretary of State. ACT NO. 215. By Mr. Butler. House Bill No. 363. JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to Article 230 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana relative to exemption from taxation. Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Louis iana, That Article 230 of the Constitu tion of the State of Louisiana be amended so as to read as "follows: Article 230. The following shall be e.. xmpt from taxation, and no other, Iviz: All public property; places of re ligious worship, or burial, all charitable institutions, all buildings and property used exclusively for publie monuments or historical collections, college and other school purposes, the real and personal estate of any public library, and that of any other library assoeia tion used by or connected with such library, all books and philosophical ap paratus, and all paintings or, statuary of any company or association kept in a public hall; provided, the property so exempted be not leased for purposes of private or corporate profit and in come. There shall also be exempt from taxation household property to the value of five hundred dollars. There shall also be exempt mortgages, given for loans on real estate, which real es tate has already borne its due propor tion of taxation, as well as the mort gage notes in the hands of the mort gagee or his or their trausferrees. There shall also be exempt from parochial and municipal taxation for a period of ten years from the 1st day of January, 1900, the capital, machinery and other property employed in mining opera tions, and in the manufaeture of tex, tile fabrics, yarns, rope, cordage, lea ther, shoes, harness, saddlery, hats, clothing, flour, machinery, articles of tin, copper and sheet iron, agricultural implements, and furniture and other ar ticles of wood, marble or stone; soap, stationery, ink sad paper, boat-building and fertilizers and chemicals; provided, that not less than Ave hands are em ployed in any one faetory; provided, that nothing herein contained shall af fect the exemptions provided for by ex isting constitnional provisions. There shall also be exempt frem tax T ation for a period of tea years from the date of its eompletion any railroad or part of such railroad that may here after be constructed and completed prior to January 1st, 1904; prdvided, that when aid has heretofore been voted by any parish, ward or munalcipality to any railroad not yet constructed, such .railroad shall not be entitled to the ex I emption from. taxation herein estab Slished unless it waives and relinquishes Ssuch aid or eosseats to a resubmission fof the quetion of granting sueeh aid to a vote of the propety tapyes of Sthe pari h, ward or tsa it whed i fly e =7 : tion of this Constitution. And pro vided further, that this exemption shall not apply to double tracks, sidings, switches, depots, or other improvements or betterments, which may be con structed by r ilroads now in operation within the ý.,te, other than extensions or new lines constructed by such rail roads; nor shall the exemption herein before granted apply to any railroad or part of such railroad, the construc tion of which was begun and the road bed of which was substantially com pleted at the date of the adoption of this Constitution. The property or real estate belonging to any military organization of the State of Louisiana which is usd by the State National Guard or militia for military purposes, such as arsenals or armories whilo so usedl. shall be exempt from taxation. Sec:ion: 2. Be it further resolved, etc., That said proposed amendment be submitted to the electors of the State lor their approval or rejection as re quired by Article 321 of the Constitu tion of the sate of Louisiana and the general election laws of this State at the cor.gressional election to be held in this State in November, 1906. Section 3. Be it further resolved, etc.. That the official ballots at said election shall have printed thereon the words: "l"or the proposed amendment of Article 23i0 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana relative to ex emptions from taxation," and the words "Against the proposed amend ment to Article 230 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana relative to exemption from taxation," and each elector shall indicate as provided in the general election laws of the State whether he votes for or against the amendment. J. W. HYAMS, Speaker of the House of Representa tives. J. Y. SANDERS, Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate. NEWTON C. BLANCHARD, Approved July 12, 1906. Governor of the State of Louisiana. A true copy: John T. MICHEL, Secretary of State. ACT NO. 216. By Mr. Gamble. House Bill No. 289. JOINT RESOLUTION And amendment of Article 108 of the Constitution of the State of Louisi ana, adopted on the 12th day of May, 1898. Be it resolved, two-thirds of the Sen ate and House of the General Assem bly of Louisiana concurring therein, That there be submitted and proposed to the duly qualified voters of the State of Louisiana, at the congressional election held in the State of Louisiana on the first Tuesday next following the frst Monday in November, 1906, an amendment of Article 108 of the Con stitution of the State of Louisiana, adopted on the 12th day of May, 1898, as follows: The parish of Caddo shall compose the first district. The parishes of Bossier and Webster shall compose the second district. The parishes of Claiborne and Biea ville shall compose the third district. The parishes of Union and -Lincoln shall compose the fourth district. The parishes of Caldwell, Jackson Mad Winn shall compose the ffth district. The parishes of Onachita and More house shall compose the sixth district. The parishes of West Carroll and Richland shall compose the seventh dis triet The parishes of Franklin and Cata houla shall compose the eighth district. The parishes of Madison and East Carroll shall compose the ninth distriet. The parishes of Coneordia and Ten sas shall compose the tenth district. The parishes of Natehitoches and Red River shall compose the eleventh district. The parishes of Desoto, Sabine and Vernon shall compose the twelfth dis trict. 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 and Cam eron shall compose the fifteenth dis trict. The parish of St. Landry shall com pose the sixteenth district. The parish of Vermillion shall com pose the seventeenth district. The parishes of Acadia and Lafay ette shall compose the eighteenth dis triet. The parishes of. Iberia and St. Mar tin shall compose the nineteenth dis triet. The parishes of Terrebonne and La fourche shall compose the twentieth district. The parishes of lberville, West Baton Rouge and Pointe Coupee shall compose the twenty-first district. The parish of East Baton Poage shall compose the twenty-second district. The parish of t. Mary shall compsap the twenty-third district. The parishes of East Feleiana and West Felieiana shall compose the twen Ity-fourth district. The parishes of St. Helena, Li - ton and Tagipahs shall eonpos thel twenty-fifth district. The parishes of Washington and St. Tammany shall compose the twenty sixth district. The parishes of Ascension, St. James Ssad Assumption shall compose the twenty-seventh district. i The parishes of St. John the Baptist, St. Charles and Jefferson shall compose , the twenty-eighth district. SThe parishes of St. Bernard and , Plaquemines shall edhpoe the twenty ninth district. The judges provided for in this ati cle shall each receive a salary of three thousand dollars per annum, such salary to be paid monthly on their own war rants, provided that the General As Ssembly of the State of Luiaa may I In their discretion redistrict the jdic - ial districts prouded for in this article. I Provdd that in no ease shall the sal ,ary of any district judge exceed three I thousand dollars per ramn m. J. W. HYAMS, SSpeaker of the House. of Represent tivee. J. Y. SANDERS, Lieutenant Governor and Presidesnt o the Senate. i Approved Jaly 12, 1S00 - NEWTO Cd JuyN12b,19M r Governor of the S.a~b of L ulsia-e.A - a., o ~Ef