The St. Landry whig., 1844-10-03

didate who has obtained the highest number, it shall be
the duty of the general assembly TO select IN the same
manner the candidate who is to be ballotted Tor with
Lim who has obtained the highest number OF votes.
sec. 3, The governor shall be ineligible to the sue
ceeding four years after the expiration of the time Tor
which lie shall have been elected.
sec. d. He shall be at least ~thirty-five years OF age,
and n citizen of the United States, and have been an m
babitant Of this state at least six years preceding MS
election, and should hold i'll his own right a landed es-
tate of five thousand dollars value, agreeably to the tax
scr. =. He shall commence the execution of his 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 ms
successor, and until his successor shall nave taken te
o,ths or ahirmations prescribed by this constitution.
sec. 6. No member of congress, or faerson holding
any office under the United States, or minister oil any re-
litfious society, shall be eligible to the office of governor.
sec. Z. The governor shall ut stated times, receive
for his services a compensation which shall neither be
increased nor diminished during the term Tor which he
shall have been elected,
sec. 8. He shall be ommandcr-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.
sec. 9 He shall nominate aud appoint, with the advice
and consent OF the senate, Judges, shcriffs, and all other
officers whose Offices are establishedbythis constitution,
and whose appointments are not herein otherwise provi-
| ucu 1Or.-1rOVlueu, however, tEat tHe leHlSldtuTe Slldll
have a right to prescribe the mode ofappointment of all
other offices to be established by law.
sec. 10 The governor shall have power to fill up va
cancics that may happen during the recess of the legis-
Elaturc, by granting commissions which shall expire at
the end of the next session.
sec. II He shall have power to remit fines and for
FIXTURES. and, except in cases of impeachment, to gran
repricves and %pardons, with the appreciation of the sent
ate. In cases of treason he shall have power to grant re-
prieyes until the end of the next session of the general
assembly in which the power of pardoning shall be
vested.
sec. 10. He may require information in writing from
the officers in the executive department, upon any sub
icct relating to the duties of their respective offices.
sec. Ii. He shall from time to time give to the gene
raj assennb, information respecting the situation Of the
state, and recommend to their consideration such meas
nres as he may deem e%xpedient.
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 andin 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. I6. It 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 fthe governor,
his removal from Office, death, refusal to quality, rcsigna-
ton, or absence from the state. the president ofthe sem
ate shall exercise all the power and authority appertain-
| llg ~ lIt uLuCC VI S"ftllioiy utiLll VltlS NC uNIf yuan
fed, or the governor absent or nnpeached 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 of his office.
sec. 10. A secretary of state shall be appointed and
commissioned during that term for which the governor
shall have been elected, fine shall so long behave himself
well; he shall keep fair register, and attest all official
acts and proceedings of the governor, and shall, when
required, lay the same and all papers, minutes and voucl-
crs relative thereto, before either house fthc general as
scmbly, and shall perform such other duties as may be
enioined 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 it-if 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 reconsidcrcd,
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 billshall not be returned by the
governor within ten days Sundays exceptcd) after it
shall have been presented to him, it shall be y law in like
manner, as if he had %signedit. unless the general assem-
bly, by their adjournment prevent its return, in which
it shall be a law, unless sent back within three days af-
! ter their 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 disappfovcd, shall be repassed By t~wo-tfirds oil
both houses.
sec. % 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. %. The militia ofthis state shall be organized in
such manner as may be hereafter deemed most cxpedi.
ent by the legislature.
ARTICLE w.
Concerning tie Judiciary department.
sec. /. 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
than three 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,5 Iberyille. and
Point Coupee ; the western district to consist of the
counties of Attakapas, 0pelousas, Rapides, Concerdia
Natchitoches. and Ouachita The supreme court shall
hold its sessions III each year for the eastern district il
New Orleans during the months of November, Decem
Der, January, February, March, April, May, June, anc
| 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
t the legislature may change the place of holding said
court in the western district. The said court shall APP
point its own clerks.
sec, The Legislature is authorized TO establish
such inferior courts as may be convenient to the adj
ministration of justice.
sec. 5. The judges, both of the supreme and info
rlor courts, shall hold their offices during good behav.
ior but for any reasonable cause which shall not be
sufficient ground for impeachment, the governor shall
remove any of them, on the addres- Of three fomths OF
each house of the general assembly. ~Psrvided, however
that the cause OF cauScS for which snch, tcnnual NAV he