The St. Landry whig., 1845-06-05

succeeding four years after tho expiration of the time
for which he shall have been elected.
Art. az. No member oRIiongress or person holding
any office under the Unite5 States, or minister Of any
religious society, shall be eligible to the office or gov-
ernor or lieutenant governor.
Dirt. 43. In case of the impeachment Of the gov
ernor, his removal from office, death, refusal or inabili-
ty to qualify, resignation or absence from the state, the
powers and duties Of the office shall devolve upon the
lieutenant governo or for tho residue of the term, or un-
I'll the governor, absent or impeached, shall return or be
acquitted. The legislature may provide by law for the
case of removal, Impeachment, death, resignation, disa-
bility, or refusal to qualify, of both the governor and
lieutenant governor, declaring what officer shall act as
and such officer shall act accordingly, until
term.
Art. IA. The lieutenant governor, or other officer
dischargingt the duties of governor, shall, during his adj
mlnistration, receive the same compensation to which
the governor would have been entitled, had he contin-
ued in Office.
Art. As. The lieutenant governor shall by virtue of
his Office, be president of the senate, but shall have only
a casting vote therein. Whenever he shall administer
the government, or shall be unable to attend as presl-
dent ofthe senate, the senators shall elect one of their
own members us president of the senate for the time
being.
Art. 46. While he acts as president Of the senate,
the lieutenant governor shall receive torhis services the
same compensation which shall for the same period be
allowed to the speaker Of the house Of representatives,
and no more.
Art. Al. The governor shall have power to grant
reprleNes for all offences against the states and ex-
cept in cases ofimpeachment, shall, with the consent
of the senate, have power to grant pardons and remit
fines and forfeitures, after conviction. In cases of
treason he may grant reprieves until the end of the next
session of the general assembly, in which the powero of
pardoning shall be vested.
Art. .4S. The governor shall at stated times receive
Tor his services a compensation, which shall neither be ms
creased nor diminished during the term for which he
shall have been elected.
Art. 40. He shall be commander in chief of the ar
my and navy ofthis state and of the militia thereof,
except when they shall be called into the service of the
United States.
Dirt. so. He shall nominate and by and with the adj
vice and consent of the senate, appoint all officers
whose Offices are established by this constitution and
whose appointments are not therein otherwise provided
for: provided however that the Legislature shall have y
right to prescribe the mode of appointment to all other
offices established by law.
ART. 81. The governor shall have power to fill va
cancies that may happen during the recess of the sem
ate by granting commissions which shall expire at the
end of the next session, unless otherwise provided Tor in
this constitutions: but no person who has been nomina-
ted Tor office, and rejected by the senate, shall be ap-
pointed to the same office during the recess of the sem
ate, s.@@k 1&
Art. SO. He may require Information in writing
from the officers in the x qjutiysl department, upon any
subject relating to the duties ofsIheir respective offices.
Art. SO. He shall from TIM to time, give to the
general assembly information bspectmg the sitaation
of the state, and recommendeto their consideration
such measures as he may deenlsexpedient.
Art. 81. He may on cxtraor inary occasions con-
vene the general assembly at the seat of government,
or at a different place if that should become dan
gcrous from an enemy or from %epdemics, and in case of
a disagreement between the tvsS houses as to the time
Of adjournment, he may adjoutn them to such time as
he may think proper, not exceeding four months.
Art. SIS, He shall take care that the laws be faith
fully executed.
art Sc. Every bill which shall have passed both
houses shall be presented to the governor; if he approve
he shall sign it, if not, he shall return 1t with his OBJ
jections to the house in which 1t originated, which
shall enter the objections at large upon its Journal and
proceed to reconsider it if after uchreconsideration two
thirds ofaH the members electedto that house shall agree
10 pass the bill, it shall be sent with the objections, to
the other house, by which it shall likewise be recon-
sidered, and if approved by two-thlrds of all the mem
bcrs elected to that house,, it shall be a law; but in
such cases the vote of both houses shall be determine
cd by yeas and nays, and the names of the members
voting for and againstthe bill, shall be entered on the
journal of each house respectively. If any bill shall not
be returned by the Governor within ten days Sundays
excepted after it shall have been presented to him, il
shall be u law in like manner as if he had signed it,
unless the general assembly by adjournment, prevent
its return, in which case it shall be a law, unless sent
back within three days after their next meeting,
art. 81. Every order, resolution or vote, TO which
the concurrence of both houses may be necessary, ex-
cept on a question Of adjournment, shall be presented to
the governor, and before 1t shall take effect, be approved
by him, or being disapproved, shall be repassed by tso-
thirds Of the members elected to each house of the gen
eral assembly.
Art. So, There shall be a secretary of state who
shall hold his Office during the time for which the gov
crnor shall haze been elected. The records Of the state
shall be kept and preserved in the office of the secreta.
ry; he shall keep a fair register ofthe oficial acts and
proceeding Of the governor, and when necessary shall
attest them. He shall when required lay the said reg.
lister, and all papers, minutes aud vouchers relative ia
his office, before either house of the general assembly
aud shall perform such other duties as may be enjoined
onhim by law.
4rt. So. All commissions shall be in the name and
by the authority of the state of Louisiana, and shall be
1 apaIa1 With tho sfnfe seal and siUnnd hy Tho n1,apnor
Art. 60. The free white men of the state shall be
armed and disciplined for its defence: but those who
belong to religious societies whose tcnets forbid then
to carry arms. shall not be compelled TO do so, but shall
pay an equivalent for personal services.
Art. 81. The militia OF the state shall be organized
in such manner as may be hereafter deemed most expe.
dent by the Legislature.
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judiciary Department.
Art. SO The Judicial power shall be vested IN
supreme court, in district courts, and i'll Justices
of the peace
ART. So. The supreme court, except in cases hereinai
ter provided, shall have appellate Jurisdiction only, whicl
Jurisdiction shall extend to all cases when the matteril
dispute shall exceed three hundred doliars, and TO all ca
SEES in which the onstitutionality or legality of any tax
toll or impost of any kind or nature soever, shall be il
condensation, whatever may be the amount thereof; an
likewiseto all fines, forfoitures, and penalties impose
by municipal corporations, and in criminal cases o
questions of law alone, wherever the punishment {
death or hard labor may be Inflicted, or when a fine ex
ceeding three hundred dollars is actually imposed.
Arr. 64. The supreme court shall be composed q
one chief justice, and of three associate judges, d ma
iolity of whom shall constitute a quorum, The chic
justice shall receive a salary of six thousarnd dollar
annually, and each Of the associate Judges shall receiv
a salary offvc thousand five hundred dollars annually
The said court shall appoint its own slerks. The sal
judges shall be appointed by the governor, by an
with the advice and consent Of the senate, for the teri
of eight years
Art. 65. When The first appointments are made IN
der this constitution, the chief justice shall be aIPoiI
Ted for eight years one of the associate judges for g
the event Of the death, resignation, or removal Of any
said indges before the expiration OF the period q