The St. Landry whig., 1844-11-28

iidate who has obtainedthe highest nunlbeg, 1t shall PEI
The duty OF the general assembly to select in the same
manner The candidate who is to be ballottcd for with
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 of the time for
which he shnll have been elected.
sec. 4, He shall be at least t~hirty-fye years Stage,
and a citizen aft the United Statesy and, have been an an
hnhitant Of this state at least six years preceding his
election, and should hold in his own right a landed es-
tate Of five thousand dollars value, a~greeably to the tax
Hist.
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 end
of four weeks next succeeding the election of his
successor, and until his successor shall have taken the
oaths or afiirnatlons prescribed by this constitution.
sec. 6. No member. of congress, or person h%dlng
any office underline United States, or minister of any re-
liigious society, shall be eligible to the Office Of governor,
sec. II. The governor shall at stated times, receive
for his services q compensation which shall neither pc
\ increased nor diminished during the term for which he
shall have been elected.
sec. s.. He shall be ommander-in-cme 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.
sec. 9 He shall nominate ndappoint, with the advice
and consent OF the senate, Judges, sherifis, and all other
officers whose offices are establishedbythis constitution,
and whose appointments are not herein otherwise proyi-
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 powerto fill up va
cancies that may happen during the recess of the iegis-
lature, 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 i'll cases of impeachment, to gram
reprieves and pardons, with the appreciation of the sent
ate. In cases of treason he shall have power to grant re-
prieves until the end of the next session of the general
..oI1 - yh,rh thn pourop s Dar1apsnO skill Il IA
vested.
sec. 10. He may require information in writing from
the officers in the executive department, upon any sub
iectrelating to the duties of their respective offices.
sec. 10. cshall from time to time give to the gene
raj assemb,j information respecting the situation of the
state, and ecommeud to their consideration such meas
ures as he may deem ~expedient,
sec. Ia. 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. He. 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
ofthe country.
sec. II. In case of the impeachment of the governor,
his removal from Office, death, refusal to qualify, resigna-
ton, or absen from the state, the president of the sem
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. 10. 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 ofhis Office.
sec. 10. A secretary of state shall be appointed and
commissioned during that term for which the governor
shall have been elected, i he shall so long behave himself
well; he shall keep a fair register, and attest all official
acts and proceedings of the governor, and shall, when
required Law the same and all papers, minutes and vouch-
ers relative thereto, before either house of the general as
sembly, and shall perform such other duties as may be
enjoined him by law.
sec. 20. Every bill which shall have passed both 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 the objections at large upon their journal, and proceed
to reconsider tiff after such reconsideration two-thirds
of all the members elected to that house shall agree to
pass the bill: it shall be sent, with the objections, to the
other house, by which it shall likewise be rGconsidered,
and if approved by two-thirds of all the members elected
to that house, it 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 bilshall not be returned by the
governor within ten days Sundays ~excepted) after it
shall have been presented to him, it shall be a law in like
manner, as ifhe had signedit, unless the general assem-
bly, by their adjournment prevent its return, in which
it shall bealaw, unless sent back within three days af-
te rtheir next meeting.
sec, 81. Every order, resolution or vote, to which the
concurrence ofboth houses may be necessary, except on
a question of adjournment, shall be presented to the gov
ernor, and before it shall take effect be approved by him:
or, being disapproved, shall be repassed by two-t thirds of
sec. 90 The free white men OF this state shall be
armed and disciplined for its defence; but those who be-
long TO religious societies, whose tenets forbid them to
carry arms, shall not be compelled so to do, but shall pay
an equivalent for personal service.
sec. 23. The militia ofthis state shall be organized in
such manner as maybe hereafter deemed most expedi-
entity the legislature.
ARTICLE Nv.
Concerning the judiciary department.
sec, l. The Judiciary power shall be vested in a
supreme court and inferior courts.
sec, =. The supreme court shall have the appellate
Jurisdiction only, which Jurisdiction shall extend to all
civil cases when the matter in dispute shall exceed the
sum of three hundred dollars.
sec. 3. The supreme court shall consist of no less
hansthree Judges, nor more than five, the majority OF
whom shall form a quorum each of the said Judges
shall receive a salary of five Thousand dollars annually.
The supreme court shall hold its sessions at the places
hereinafter mentioned and for that purpose the state
IS hereby divided into two districts of appellate iurisdic-
ton, IN each Of which the supreme court shall admins
ter justice IN the manner hereinafter prescribed. The
eastern district to consist of the counties of New Or
leans, German Coast, Acadia, Lafourche, Ibcrville, and
Point Coupee the western district to consist of the
counties of Attakapas, Opelousas, Rapides, Concordia,
Natchitoches, and Ouachita The supreme court shall
hold its sessions in each year for the eastern district in
New Orleans during the months OF November. Decem-
Der, January, February, March, April, May, June, and
July and for the western district, at the Opelousas
during the months of August, September, and October,
for FIVE years: provided, however, that every five years
the legislature may change the place of holding said
court in the western district. The said court shall ap-
point its own clerks.
sec, 4 The legislature is authorized to establish
such inferior courts as may be convenient to the ad-
ministraton Of Justice.
sec, 5. The judges, both of the supreme and infe-
rlor courts, shall hold their offices during good belav-
Tor; but for any reasonable cause which shall not be
sufficient ground for impeachment, the governor shall
remove any Of them, on the adde's of three fourtls of