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Bossetta To !us-Remain InDefiOrleans Post'SurGEN1 States definedBATON ROUGE (AP) —An at-jnation Itorney general’s ruling smoothed tack : the way today for Joseph R. Bos- with it setta to remain as first assistant) a clt; district attorney of Orleans Par- .conclu; ish and relinquish his seat in the | ing sai state House of Representatives. | the he-Atty. Geri. Jack Gremiliion viet d( i ruled yesterday that Bossetta gave r gave up his representative post|minas' when he took the oath as assist-1 The j ant district attorney. confer! Bossetta resigned last summer, ‘ u:J! .. but Gov. Earl K. Long and House . .Speaker Robert Angelle have 1 arati0 ’ j taken no action on the resigna- ernm(r tion.e Bossetta asked the Gremiliion g ruling after receiving notice of to-1 night's special legislative session i from Gov. Long, whom he sup- ’ported in past sessions. ,Gremiliion said tne state con- H131 ‘stitution provided “that any per-;*./son who is in one of the three |.R departments of state government, |regarnThasuch as a legislator, and who t .(ence.v Orleans Parish Dist. Atty. Rich-1 r\| e ard Dowling said he would firetakes an oath of office as an as‘1 ^sistant district attorney is prohib-ited from continuing in office as ^oura legislator. .. . later“It is our opinion that when you prjvaaccepted the new office and took jtheythe oath of office as first assistant !COmrdistrict attorney, you thereby va-1cated your office as a member _of the House of Representatives.” | W(Prior to Gremillion’s ruling,Bossetta as his first assistant if i the latter would sit as a member Cg e of the Legislature at the special I4***insession. w,“I don't think that Mr. Bossetta I earjn will attend the session,” Dowling I Vet{ said. “The moment he would take i y.topart in the session he would ceaseofr-to be an assistant district attor-Multhney. . . i mer“That, in my opinion, would be headual office holding, which it is my j tpnduty to suppress. MBossetta declined comment on wDowling’s statement.inChinf
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Monroe News Star
Monroe, Louisiana, US
Tue, Nov 11, 1958
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