New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-10-27

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ART. ll6. No law shall be revived or amended by
reference to its title; but in such case, the act
revised or section amended, shall be re.enacted and
published at length.
Z ART.117. The Legislature shall never adopt any
system code Of laws by general reference to such
system or code Of laws, but in all shall specify
the several provisions Of the laws it may enact.
ART. lls. Corporations with banking or discount
ing privileges may be either created by special acts
or formed under general laws but the Legislature
shall in both cases provide for the registry OF all bills
or notes issued or put in circulation as money, and
shall require ample security for the redemption Of
the same in specie.
ART. 49, The Legislature shall aave no power to
pass any law sanctionng in any manner, directly
indirectly, the suspension Of specie payments, by
any person, association or corporation issuing bank
notes of any description.
| ART. 100. In case of insolvency of any bank or
banking association, the bill holders thereof shall be
entitled to preference in payment, over all other
creditors of such bank or association.
| ART. 12l. The Legislature shall have power to
pass such laws as it may deem expedient for the
relief or revival of the Citizens Bank OF Louisiana,
and the acts already passed for the purpose
ratified and confirmed. Provided that the Bank is
subjected to the restrictions contained in articles liz
| and 100 of this Constitution.
ART 1879 No person shall hold or exercise, at the
same time, more than civil office OF emolument
except that OF Justice of the Peace.
/ ART, 1913. Taxation shall be equal and uniform
| throughout the State. All property on which taxes
may be levied, in this State, shall be taxed in pro-
portion its value, to be ascertaned as directed by
law. No one species of property shall be taxed
higher than another species OF properly of equal
value, on which taxes shall be levied the Legisla
ture shall have power to levy an income tax and to
| tax all persons pursuing any occupation, trade or
profession.
| ART. 1874. The citizens of the City of NewOr-
leans shall have the right OF appointing the several
public officers necessary for the administration oil
the police of the said city, pursuant to the mode oil
elections which shall be prescribed by the Legisa
ture; provided, that the Mayor and Recorders shall
be ineligible to seat in the General Assembly; and
the Mayor, Recorders, and Aldermen and Assistant
Aldermen, shall be commissioned by the Governor
| as Justices of the Peace, and the Legislature may
vest in them such criminal jurisdiction may BIT
necessary for the punishment of minor crimes ant
offences, and the police and good order of said city
may require
| ART. 1875 The Legislature may provide by law
in what officers shall continue to perform the
duties OF their offices until their successors shall
| have been indicted into office.
ART. 1876. ANY citizen of this State who shall
after the adoption of this Constitution, fight due
with deadly weapons with citizen of this State, OF
send or accept challenge to fight duel will
deadly weapons, either within this State out OF it
with a citizen OF this State, or who shall act as sec
ond, knowingly aid and assist in any manner
those thus offending shall be deprived of holding
any office Of trust profit, and of enjoying the RICH
of suffrage under this Constitution and the office
| any Stale oucer, MEMBER OF the Ieneral Assembly
oil any other person holding office OF profit trus
under this Constitution and the laws made in pur
suance thereof, shall be tpso acto vacated by The
fact of any such person committing the offence men
toned in this article; and the Legislature shall pro
vide by law for the ascertaining and declaration o
. such forfeiture.
II ART. 1877. The Legislature shall have power t.
extend this Constitution and the jurisdiction of th
State over any territory acquired by compact will
any State, or with the United States, the same being
done by the consent of the United States.
ART. 1913. None of the lands granted by Congress
to the State of Louisiana for aiding itin constructing
! the necessary levees and drains, to reclaim thu
swamps and overlooked lands in this State, shall b.
diverted from the purposes for which they wer
granted
ART. 1919. The Constitution and laws of this Stat
shall be promulgated in the English and Frencl
languages.
TITLE VII.
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS
ART. 100. There shall be a Board of Publ
Works. to consist OF four Commissioners. The Stat
shall be divided by the Legislature into four Dis
trcts, containing as nearly as may be an equal mum
Der of voters and one Commissioner shall be elected
in each District, by the legal voters thereof, 70
the term of four years; but, of the first elected two
to be designated by lot, shall remain in office TO
two years only.
ART. 1871. The General Assembly, at it's first SEES
sion after the adoption of this Constitution, shal
provide for the election and compensation OF tbs
Commissioners and the organization of the Board
, The Commissioners first elected shall assemble
y day to be appointed by law, and decide by lot tn
order in which their terms OF service shall expire.
ART. 1872. The Commissioners shall exercise
!, diligent and faithful supervision over all publ
works. in which the State may be interested, excep
e those made by joint stock companies. They sha
>, communicate to the General Assembly, from time t
time, their views concerning the same, and recon,
. mend such measures as they may deem necessary
in order to employ to the best advantage and for til
: purposes for which they were granted the swamp
, and overlooked lands conveyed by the United State
- to this State. They shall appoint all officers en-
= gagged on the public works, and shall perform suc
= other duties may be prescribed by law.
g ART. 1873 The Commissioners may be remove
by the concurrent vote of majority OF all the mem
Z bers elected to each House of the General Assem-
bly,; but the cause OF the removal shall be entere
on the journal of each House.
ART. 1874. The General Assembly shall hav
\ power by vote of three-ffths of the member
= elected to each house, to abolish said Board, when
l. ever in their opinion a Board of Public Works sha
n no longer be necessary.
: TITLE VIII.
: PUBLIC EDUCATION.
ART. 1856 There shall be elected Superintendent
If of Public Education who shall hold his office for tn
term of two years. His duties shall be prescribe
by law, and he shall receive such compensation a
r the Legislature may direct; provided that the Gen
= eral Assembly shall have power by vote of til
C majority of the members elected to both houses, t
: abolish the said office of Superintendent of Publ
Education whenever in their opinion said office sha
Z be no longer necessary.
y ART. 1856 The General Assembly shall establis
free Public Schools throughout the State and sha
: provide for their support by general taxation pro
perty or otherwise and all moneys raised or pro
vided shall be distributed to each Parish in proper
e ton to the number of free white children betwee
e such ages shall be fixed by the General Assembly
e ART 1877. The proceeds of all lands heretofor
y granted by the United States to this State for tn
support of Schools and Of all lands which ma
: hereafter be granted bequeathed to the State, an
; not expressly granted bequeathed for any othe
# purpose, which hereafter may be disposed of by tn
J. State and the proceeds of the estates of deceased
persons to which the State may become entitled b.
n law, shall be held by the State as loan, and shall
$ be and remain perpetual fund, on which the Stat
$ shall pay annual interest OF six per cent; whic
interest," together with the interest on the trustfund
d deposited with this State by the United States un
der the act OF Congress approved June %, 1886 ant
all the rents of the unsold lands shall be appropri
ated to the support of such schools and this appro
e pration shall remain invioable
r ART 13S. All moneys arising from the sales which
: have been, or may hereafter be made, of any land
!, heretofore granted by the United States to th
g State, for the OF Seminary OF Learning, ant
from any kind of do lation that may hereafter b,
0 made for that purpose, shall be and remain perpe
tual fund, the interest of which at six per cent pc
# annum, shall be appropriated to the support of ;
Seminary OF Learning, for the promotion ofieraturt
i and the arts and sciences, and no law shall ever be
made dvertng said fund to any other use than to tle
establishment andimprovement of said Seminary o
: Learning.
: ART, l39 The University of T,nuisi.p, /, N.,,