In Act No. 193, a joint resolution, the Legislature proposed major changes to the 1879 Constitution. In Article 96, the number of judges would rise from two to " not less than three nor more than six judges." In Article 97, the State would be divided into two circuits.
Until otherwise provided by law, the parishes of Caddo, Bossier, Webster, Bienville, Claiborne, Union, Lincoln, Jackson, Caldwell, Winn, Natchitoches, Sabine, DeSoto, Red River, Ouachita, Richland, Franklin, Catahoula, Concordia, Tensas, Madison, East Carroll, West Carroll, Morehouse, St. Landry, Acadia, Avoyelles, Rapides, Grant, Vernon, Calcasieu, Cameron, Vermillion, Lafayette, Iberia and St. Martin shall compose the First Circuit, and the parishes of Orleans, East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, Livingston, Taugipahoa, St. Tammany, Washington, St. Helena, East Feliciana, West Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, Iberville, St. Mary, Terrebonne, Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, Jefferson, St. Bernard, Plaquemines, St. John the Baptist, St. James and Ascension shall compose the Second Circuit.
It wasn't until 1898, however, that changes in the circuits were effected by a new Constitutional Convention.
