The St. Landry whig., 1845-05-22
Diskri6n,ion of Pomers.

ordain and Establish this Constitution
TITLE I.
Distrsbution of Pocers.
Art. i. The powers of the government of the stat,
Of Louisiana shall be divided into three distinct DEPART
Inents, and each Of them be confded TO a ssparat,
body Of magistFacy 70 wit: those which are Legislative
to one; those which are executive 10 smother; and
those which are judicial 10 another.
art. =. No one of these departments, nor any person
holding office IN one of them, shall exercise power
properly belonging to- either Of the others; except ii
the instances reinaftcrexpress directed or peEmisted
Legisldtiue Department.
Art. 3. The legislative power Of the state shah he
vested in two distinct branches, the one to be stsiod
the House of Representatives, the otter#the Se5ste,
And Reah Estiie General Assembly Of the State III G7su,
1 isiana."
Ar. 4 The emlers Of The house Of representa-.
tives shall continue in serYieejpr the term of Two years
from the day ofthe closing of the general elections.
Art.5. Representatives shall be chosen on the first
Monday IN November, every two years; and the cleo
ton shall be completed in one day. The General
Assembly shall meet every second year, on the third
Monday in January next ensuing the election, unless
a different day be appointed by law, and their sessions
shall be held at the seat of government.
Art. D.. No person shall be a representative who. nj
The time Of his election is not q free white male, and has
not been for three years a citizen of the United States.
and has not attained the age of twenty-one years. and
resldedi IN the state for the three years next preceding the
cleCtNOnt anu Tile last FeafLNGfGOt IN the Uarisf fnr yyhich
he may be chosen,
Art. z. Elections for representatives for the seve.
eral parishes or representative districts shall be held at
the several election precincts established by law. The
Legislature may delegate the power ofestablishing cleo
ton precincts to the parochial or municipal authorities.
Art. 8. Representation in the house of represents.
tives, shall be equal and uniform, and shall be regula-
ted and asccrtained by the number of qualified electors
therein. Each parish shall have at least one represen.
tative no new parish shall be created with asterritorv5
less than six buDdrnd and tueufyIEya eonar Ii, -
with a number collectors less than the full number en-
tltling 1t to a representative, nor when the creation of
SUCH new parish would leave any other parish without
the said extent ofterritory and number of electors.
The tlrst enumeration to be made by the state au-
thorities under this constitution shall be made IN theS
year lS47. the second in the year 1855 and the SUBJ
sequent enulnerations shall be made every tenth year
thereafter, IN SUCH manner as shall be prescribed by
law, for the purpose of entertaining the total population
and the number of qualified electors in each parish and
election district.
AT the first regular session Of the legislature after
the making OF each enumeration, the Legislature shall
a!pportlon the represe atation amongst the several pa
rishes and election districts ON the basis Of qualified
electors as atoresait9 A representative number shall
oe n1ed, and each flsh and election district shall have
as many representatives as the aggregate number of it's
electors VIII entltie lSto, and an additional representa-
tive for any fraction Exceeding one-half the represen-
tatlvc number. The aumber of representatives shall
not hs more than one 4lndred nor less than seventy.
That part ofthe ptssriah oforleans situated on the left
Jain VI IEV pAAtSSloS! ppA bIlait Dc divided into nnA re-
preventative districts as follows. viz:
LIST. FIRST district to extend from the line ofthc pa
rish of Jefferson to the middle of Benjamin, Estelle and
Thalia streets.
Cd. Second district to extend from the last men.
TONED limits TO the middle of Julia street, untilit strikes
the New Orleans canal, thence down said canal to the
lake.
Sd. Third district to comprise the residue Of the Sc.
cond municipality
4th, Fourth district to extend from the middle Of
Canal street to the middle of ST. Louis street, until It
reaches the Mctairie road, thence along said road to the
New Orleans canal.
5th. Fifth district to extend from the last mentioned
limits to the middle of st. Phillip street, thence down
said street until its intersection with the bayou st. John,
thence along the middle of said bayou until it inter.
sects the Meta:rie road, thence along said road until it
reaches st. Louis street,
9Th. Sixth district to be composed of the residue of
the first municipality.
18th. Seventh district from the middle Of Esplanade
street to the middle of Champs Elysecs street.
9th. Eighth district from the middle of Champs
Eiysees street to the middle of Enghien street and
Lafa yette avenue,
9th. Ninth district from the middle of Enrhien
street and Lafayette avenue 10 the lower limits Of the
parish.
Art. 9. The house of representative shah choose its
speaker and other officers.
ART. TO- In all elections BY. The peonle every free
white male who has been two years a citizen of the
United States, who has attained the age OF twenty-one
years, and resided in the state two consecutive Years
Pfecedihg inc election, ana the last year thereof
N the parish in which he offers to vote, shall have the
right OF voting PROVIDED, that no person shall be depri-
we'd OF the right of voting who at the time Of the adop-
lion oil this constitution was entitledto that right under
the constitutional 1912, Electors shall not in this
section be construed so as to deprive any person of The
light of voting who is entitled TO that right under the
of 1912 at the time of the adoption of this
Art. III. Absence from the State for more than
ninety consecutive days, shall interrupt the acquisition
VI the rAgIdannn Fa0uiFod ia the proondtnv /, ant,a 80, |
ess the person absenting himself shall be a bouse-kee-
or shall occupy a tenement for carrying on bust
ness, and his dwelling house or tenement for carrying
IN business shall be actually occupied during his ab.
by his family or servants, or some portion there !
or by some enc employed by him.
Dirt. IL. No soldier, seaman or marine in the army
navy OF the United States, no pauper, no person ul-
Ter introduction. nor under conviction of any crime pun
shble with hard labor, shall be entitled TO vote al ,pv
Election in this state.
Art. IL. No person shall be entitled to q vote at
my election heldin this state, except in the parish of
lis residence, and in cities and towns divided into
lection precincts, in The election Prcc net in which he
esIdes.
Art. IA. The members of the senate shall be chosen
or the term of four years. The senate when assembled
hall have the power to choose its officers every two
ears.
Art. Is. The Legislature in every wear which thev
hall apportion representation in the house Of represent
atYes shall divide the state into senatorial districts. No
nrish shall be divided in the formation of a senatorial
lstrlct, the parish OF Orleans excepted. And whene-
er a new parish shall be created, it shall be attached
. the senatorial district from which most of it's terrific.
J was taken, or to another contiguous district at the
lscFetion OF the Legislature hut shall not be attach
d 70 more than one district. The number ofsenators
hall be thirty-two, and they shall be apportioned
Inong the senatorial districts according to the total
opnlation, contained in the several districts Prosided,
lat no parish shall be entitled to more than one-eighth
the whole number Of senators.
Art l6. In all apportionments of the senate, the
opulation Of the city Of New Orleans shall be dednc-
ID from the population of the whole state, and the re-
of the population divided by the plumber TWEEN
'-eight, and the result produced by this division ahall