Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1845-02-15
CONVENTION.

1NthH @@'R FAfh
We are indobtbd 10 the Picayuho for the
Following ayuopah oflhc proceedings ofthc
Convention,
Tho 2Olh %sccFion Of tho nl article was
Monday takon qp as the ;ordor Of the day.
Atcr being amopdodit paefod. ii prueidcs,
~ amended, lhut!the members of zach branch
Of tho General Assembly shall receive Tour
dollare q day whi7r going n attend their lo-
gislativo dulios, while attending them, and
while returning 70 their homes that, except
duting The sessioh FIRST following the adop-
ton oflhje Consultation, dluy shall not iii
beyond the torn Of aiNty doyo; aud that,
should hey ID Al, alt laws posaod subsequent
TO that period ahall DO void aud Of ms. effect.
The 2lSt sect in wao taken up aud passed.
hexcmpts memGorB Of tho General Assembly
from arrest during the session, and going 10
ordcOming ,horeftom, except IN cases of trca.
son. Of felony Of breach and surety Of the
peace il ALEC pfecludes them from being
questioned eleewhoro for langgage used il
debate,
The 22d section was also taken up and ad.
opted. ltproyides that no Senator or Repre-
sentative shall, during tic tyrln toF which he
was elected, nor .for ono year thereafter be
appointed or elected to anyiriytl office d pro.
fit under this state which shall have been
created, or thes emolumcnls III which ehall
have been increased during the time sucA
Senator or Representative was in Office. cx-
ceptt 10 such otiees d appointments is nay
be filled by The elections Of the people.
Tho 23d soGtion-which provides that no
person exercising the functions III a clergy.
man shall be eligible 10 the General Assem-.
bly,, or TO any office Of profit or trust under
this State-was, on motion 81 Mr.. Lewis,
laid on tho table, subieetto The call Of The
house. He expressed bis design Of moving
to strike out the section, and he would be
prepared to give his reasons for so doing al
the proper time.
The 24lb section was taken up aud passed,
il provides that no taS-gathdrer, or other per-
sou, who may be a dolaulter 10 the State Co.
verument, shall DO eligible 70 the General
Assembly, or 10. any office Of trust or cmolu.
ment under the State, until he shall have
received a quiettss for such moneys as had
been onuuscd tp his charge,
The 25,h section was adopted. hfxes The
lime when all bals of the General Assembly
shall have the form of law,
The 26th section was also adopted. Ii
provides that al$ revenue bills shall origin
ate In the housG Of Assembly.
The 18th section, being the last in the se-
cond article, wa5 adopted. It dictates how and
hy whom wsjts Of clection are to be issued.
Ht. Conrad gave notice oi a motion which
lie moTed 10 has5 printed. 1t Was for llo re-
toasiJeraton of3hc 5,h section, with The view
Of addi6g 10 the qualifications Of voter
that OF paying i lax Of one dollar annually 10
The State, o. d being liable to pay it. Or d
S-rent annually fer a house, or be-
the son Of father 81 mother who pays
such rent. THIS motioa topFint he resolu-
ion was put ana:losi, ]
The Convention, after trensacting some ]
other unimportaat business, adjourned. !
TUESDAY, Feb 10. I
On naosion of :Mr. Benjamin the convention I
ook up the &h Section Of the % artistic, which I
lad been laid on the table AID SO passed over a
This section, il is, be it rembnbcred, that de- 4
mes the qualifications Of Members of the !
louise Of Representatives. The original Sec II
as reporled by the committee to whom it d
adj been referred, fixed the residence quail G.
at TWO years in the slate and one year b
the Darish. THIS had been amended, making y
four years in tie state and two years in the
irish, aud fug:[cr amended, in the case Of