The St. Landry whig., 1844-09-12


didate who has obtained the highest number, 1t shall b
the duty of the general assembly toselect in the sam
manner the candidate who is to be ballotted for Wit
him who has obtained the highest number of votes.
sec. 8. The governor shall be Ineligible to the sue
ceeding four years after the expiration oil the Time 10
which he shall have been elected. ~-..
sec. a. He shall be at least ~thlrty-hve years OF age
and a citizen of the United States, and have been an IN
habtant of this state at least six years preceding MI
election, and should hold in his own right a landed es
tate of five thousand dollars value, agreeably to the tn
list.
sec. S. He shall commence the execution ofhis Office
ON the fourth Monday succeeding the day of his election
and shall continue in the execution thereof until the cnt
of four weeks next succeeding the election of hi
successor, and until his successor shall have taken tn,
oaths or afirmatiops prescribed by this constitution.
sec. 6. No member of congress. or person holdin!
any office under the United States, or minister of any re
llipious society, shall be eligible to the Office of governor
sec. 7. The governor shall at stated times, receiv,
for his services a compensation which shall neither bt
increased nor diminished during the term for which he
shall have been elected.
sec. g. He shall be commander-in in chiefo of the army
and navy of this state, and Of the militia thereof, except
when they shall be called into the service of the United
States, but he shall not command personally In the field,
unless he shall be advised so to do by a resolution of the
general assembly.
and consent of the senate, Judges, shcriiis, and all othel
officers whose offices are established by this constitution,
and whose appointments are not herein otherwise provi-
ded for.-Provided, however, that the Legislature shall
have a right to prescribe the mode of appointment of all
other offices to be established by law.
sec. 10 The governor shall have power to fill up va
cancies that may happen during the recess fthe legis-
laturc, by granting commissions which shall expire at
the end Of the next session.
sec. IL He shall have power to remit fines and for
FIXTURES, and, except in cases of Impeachment, to gran
reprieves and pardons, with the appreciation of the sent
ate. In cases oftrcason he shall have power to grant re-
pricves until the end of the next session Of the general
assembly in which the power of pardonng shall be
vested.
sec. IL. He may require information in writing from
the officers in the executive department, upon any sub
iect relating to the duties of their respective offices.
sec. 10. He shall from time to time give to the gene
raj assembl information respecting the situation of the
state, and recommen to their consideration such meas
ures as he may deem %expedient.
sec. ii. He may on extraordinary occasions convene
the general assembly at the seat of government, or at a
different place if that should have become dangerous
from an enemy or from contagious disorders; and in case
of disagreement between the two houses with respect to
the time of adjournment, he may adjourn them to such
time as he may think proper, not exceeding four months.
sec. Is. lie shall take care that the laws be faithfully
executed.
sec. l6. 1t shall be his duty to visit the different
counties at least once IN every two years, TO inform him.
self of the state of the militia and the general condition
of the country.
sec. IL. In case of the impeachment Of the governor,
his removal from office, death, refusal to qualify, resigna-
ton, or absence from the state, the president of the SEN
ate shall exercise all the power and authority appertain-
ing to TIE office of governor, until another be duly quail
fed, or the governor absent or impeached shall return or
be acquitted.
sec. l9. The president of the senate during the time
he administers the government, shall receive the same
compensation which the governor would have received
had he been employed in the duties of his office.
sec. 10. a secretary of state shall be appointed md
commissioned during that term for which the governor
shall have been elected, if he shall so long behave himself
well; he shall keep n fair register, and attest all official
acts and proceedings of the governor, and shall, when
required, lay the same and all papers. minutes and youcl-
crs relative thereto, before either house of the general u.s.
sembly, and shall perform such other duties as may be
enjoined him by law.
sec. 30. Every bill which shall have passed beth hou.
SEES shall be presented to the governor, if he approve he
shall sign it, if not he shall return it with his objection To
the house in which it shall have originated, who shall en-
ter tile objections at large upon their Journal, and proceed
to reconsider tiff after such reconsideration t~wo-thirds
all the members elected to that house shall agree to
the bill; it shall be sent, with the objections. to the
other house, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered,
md if approved by two-thirds of all the members elected
that house, 1t shall be a law; but in such cases, the
votes of both houses shall be determined by yeas and
nays, and the names of the members voting for and
against the bill, shall be entered on the journal of each
house respectively; if any bill shall not be returned by the
within ten days Sundays exccpted) after it
shall have been presented to him, it shall be a law in like
as if he had signcdit, unless the general assem-
by their adjournment prevent its return, in which
shall be a law, unless sent back within three DAYS nf-
ter their next meeting.
sec. u. Every order, resolution or vote, to which the
ofboth houses may be necessary, except on
a question of adjournment, shall be presented tosthe gov
ernor, and before it shall take effect be approved nv him.
Or, being disapproved, shall be repassed by t~wo-tiirds Of
houses.
sec. % The free white men of this state shall he
armed and disciplined for its defence; but those who be-
to religious societies, whose teuets forbid thcn, /,
carry arms. shall mt bp cou1nnl1al CT a., IL lnA-t ~ H
an equivalent for personal service.
sec. %. The militia of this state shall be Organized in
such manner as may be hereafter deemed most cynsd;.
INT by the legislature.
ARTICLE ".
Concerning the judiciary department.
sec. l. The Judiciary power shall be vested IN
supreme court and inferior courts.
sec. x Inc supreme court shall have the appelI,te
jurisdiction only, which jurisdiction shall extend TO All
'iVll cases when the matter in dispute shall exceed the
Of three hundred dollars.
sec. 3. The supreme court shall consist of ~, ,os,
nan three Judges, nor more than five, the majority n,
whom shall form a quorum each of the said indres
'hal receive a salary of Eve thousand dollars annnaI,y
lhe supreme court shall hold its sessions at the rlaces
mentioned; and for that purpose tho So
$ hereby divided into two districts of appellate ;nr;sd;;o
ion, IN each Of which the supreme court shall Sdmin;s.
or lusticc m the manner hereinafter prescribed. The
district to consist of the counties of Nov. ~
cans, German Coast, Acadia, Lafourchc, Iberyille. and
oH. oo"roI VIC western olstrlct to consist of the
,ountles of AttakaPas, opclousas, Rapides, Concerdia,
and Ouachita The supreme corrt sbaJ
iold us sessions IN each year for the eastern dis,rict in
New Orleans during the months Of November, Decor,
leI, January February, March, April, Nav, June and
July and for the western district, at the Oneloassa
i~'i ing the months Of August, September, and October,
he legislature may change the place of bol3;nr 90 - Z.
court IN the western district. The said court shall an.
sec 4 The Legislature is authorized TO es,,h,;.h
, n;nis ,n,t[or g courts as may be convenient 10 the ad-
sec. .. The judges, both of tho supreme and inf.
courts s shall hold their Offices during good bebav.
nut Tor any reasonable cause which shan ). !.
'ulhcient ground for impeachment, the governor - sba pa
aIoE hon any Of them, on the address of three fourths Of
hat tbo ssn !. inc NJ general assembly. ~rsnvided, however.