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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:33:1224",
  "title_number": "33",
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  "citation": "R.S. 33:1224",
  "heading": "Police jury may redistrict parish into wards",
  "text": "The police jury of each parish may redistrict their parish into not more than twelve police jury wards, as the convenience of the people may require. Any such wards shall be compact and contiguous.",
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      "number": "33",
      "name": "CITIES, TOWNS, AND VILLAGES"
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      "number": "2",
      "name": "LOCAL GOVERNMENT"
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      "number": "V",
      "name": "POLICE JURY"
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      "act_year": 1968,
      "act_number": 445,
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Amended by Acts 1968, No. 445, §1, emerg. eff. July 20, 1968, at 2:00 P.M.",
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