The St. Landry whig., 1845-06-05
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lie money shall be published annually, in such manner
as shall be prescribed by law.
ART. "a. 1t shall be the duty of the General Assem-
bly, to pass such laws as-may be necessary and proper
TO decide differences by arbitration.
Art. 95. All civil officers for the state at large shall
reside within the state, and all district or parish officers
within their districts or parishes and shalt keep their Of
fees at such places therein as Hay be required by law.
No person shall be elect9l or appointed to any parish
office who shall not havdt resided in such parish long
enough before such electhn, or appointment, to have
acquired the right of votin in such parish; and no per-
son shall be elected or ~apTbinted to any district office,
who shall not have resided in SUCH district, or an ad-
joining district, long enough before such appointment,
or election, 70 have acquired the right of voting for the
same. a
Art. Sc. The duration VI all offices not fixed by this
Constitution shall never exceed four years.
Art. 81. Ali civil officers, except the Governor and
Judges of the supreme and district courts, shall be re-
movable by an address of a majority of the members of
both houses, except those the removal of whom has
been otherwise provided for by this constitution.
Art. SO. Absence on the business ofthis state, or of
the United States, shall not forfeit a residence once
obtained, so as to deprive any one of the right ofsnf-
frage, or of being elected or appointed to any office I'M
der the exceptions contained in this Constitution.
A,t. 80. 1t shall be the duty OF the Legislature to
provide by law for deduction from 1he salaries Of pub
lie officers who may be guilty of neglect OF duty,
Art. 100. The Legislature shall point out the man
ner in which a persqa coming into the state shall de-
clare his residence.
Art, l0l, In all elections by tile people the vote shall
be by ballot, and in all elections by the Senate and
House of Representatives, jointly or separately, theSote
shall be given 0iUa Uoce.
Art, 1902. No member of Congress, no person hold
ing or exercising any office of trust or profit under the
United States, or either of them, or under any foreign
power, shall be eligible as a member Of the general
assembly, or hold or exercise any office oftrust or profit
under the state.
Art. 103. The laws, public records and the judicial
and legislative written proceedings OF the same, shall
be promulgated, preserved and conducted in the Ian
guage in which the constitution of the United States is
written.
ART. l04. The secretary of the senate, and clerk of
the house of representatives, shall be cnnversant with
the French and English languages and members may
address either house in the French or English language.
Art. los. The general assembly shall direct by law
how persons who are now or may hereafter become sure
ties for public officers may be discharged from such
suretyship.
Art. l06. No power of suspending the laws of this
state shall be exercised, unless by the Legislature or its
authority.
Art. l07. Prosecutions shall be by indictment, or in
formation. The accused shall have a speedy public tri-
abby an impartial jury of the vlcinage: he shall not be
compelled to give evidence against HIMSELF he shall
have the right of being heard by himself or counsel
he shall have the right, unless he shall have fled from
justice, of meeting the witnesses face to face, and shall
have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his
favor.
Art. l0S. All prisoners shallbe bailable by sufficient
s~ureties, unless for capital offences, where the proof is
evident, or presumption great and the privilege of the
writ Of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless
when in case of rebellion or invasion the public safety
may require it.
Art. 109. No er post facto law, nor any law i'm
pairing the obligation of contracts, shall be passed
nor vested rights be Invested, unless for purposes of
public utility, and for adequate compensation previous
ly made.
Art. ITO. Tho press shall be free. Every citizen
may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments on
all subjects being responsible for an abuse of this lib
erty.
Art. Ill. Emigration from the state shall not be
prohibited.
Art.ll2. The general assembly which shall NEE,
after the first election of Representatives under this
Constitution, shall, within the first month after the COM
mencenient OF the session, designate and fix the seat of
government at some place not less than sixty miles
from the cityof New Orleans, by the nearest travelling
route and if on the Mississippi river, blythe meanders
of the same: and when SO fixed, it shall not be reno
we'd without the consent of four-fifths of the members of
both houses ofthe general assembly. The sessions shall
be held in New Orleans until the end ofthe year 1913.
Art ll3. The Legislature shall not pledge the faith
of the state for the payment Of any bonds, bills, or 9th
or contracts or obligations for the benefit or use of any
person or persons, corporation or body polite whatever.
But the state shall have the right to issue new bonds in
payment OF its outstanding obligations or liabilities,
whether due or not the said new bonds, however, are
not TO be issued for alarger amount, or at a higher rate
Of interest, than the original obligations they are intend
ed to replace.
An. ia. The aggregate amount Of debts hereafter
contracted by the legislature, siall never exceed lie
sum oi one huhdred thousand dollars, sxcept IN case
Of war, TO rspel lnygslonso or suppress insarrectionss IN.
less the same be authorised by some laws Tor some SIM
Igle object or work, te he distinctly specified therein
which law shall provide ways and means, by taxation,
for the payment ofganning interest during the whole
time for which said debt shall BE- contracted, and for the
null and p%unctaai discharge at maturity of the capital
borrowed; and said law shall be irrepealable until prin.
cipal and interest are fully paid and discharged, and
shall not be putinto execution until after its enactment