Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-08-07

amended, shall be re-eriacted ard PUBLISH
ed at length, =
Art. 117s--The Legislature shall never
adopt any system or code Of laws by gen.
eral reference to such system On code Of
laws .but in all cases shall specify tile
several provisions Of The laws II may efiact.
Ayt. 116.--Corporaiions with banking
or diseountipg privileges ihhay la either
created by special acts, or formed under
genera! laws, but the Legislature shall,
ID both cases, provide FOR the registry OF
all bills or notes issued or put in circnla-
ton as money, and shall require ample Sc
tnrity for the redemption of tile same in
specie. gg41saaEt4 B44hSa~&ft4 s.
'AAtt. '11o.-The Legislature shall bave
no power 10 pass any law sanctioii'us in
any manner, directly or indirectly, the sns-
pension Of spedie payments by any person,
association, or corporation issuing bans
notes of any description. m
Art. 12U.--In case Of insolvency OF any
Bank or Banking Association, the bill
holders thereof shall be entitled to prefer
eneo in payment over all other creditors OF
such Bank or Association.
Art. 121.--The Legislature shall have
power to pass sucl, laws as it may deem
expedient for the relief or revival of the
Citizens Bank of Louisiana, and the Acts
already passed for the same purpose are
ratified and confirmed, PyoDitled, That
the bank is subjected to the restrictions
contained in Articles 119, and 100 of this
Constitution. tTF
Art. 122.--No person shall bold or ex-
ercise, at The same time more than one
civil Office of emolumellt, except that Of
Justice Of the Peace.
Art. 123.--Taxation shall be equal and
uniform throughout the State. All pro-
perry ON which taxes may be levied in this
State, shall be taxed in proportion to its
value, to be asoertained as directed by law.
No one species Of property shall be taxed
higher than another species Of property OF
equal valie, OH which taxes shall be levied;
the Legislature shall have power to levy
all income tax, and to tax all persons pur-
suing any occupation, trade or profession.
Art. 124.--The citizens of the city Of
New Orleans shall have the right Of APP
pointing the several public officers ileces-
sary for tile administration of the police Of
the said city, pursuant to the mode Of cleo
tons which shall be prescribed by the
Legislature Pyocidel, that the Mayor
aud Recorders shall be Ineligible to a seat
Ia the General Assembly and the Mayor,
Recorders, Aldermen, and Assistant Alder-
men, shall be commissioned by the Gov
ernor as Justices of the Peace, and the
Legislature may vest i'll them such cfiini-
nal jurisdiction as may be necessary for
the punishment of minor crimes and
Offences, and as the police and good order
of said city may require.
Art 115.-Tbe Legislature may pro-
vide by law in what case officers shall
continue to perform the duties of their
offices until their successors shall have
been indicted into office.
Art. t26.-Any citizen Of this State
who shall, after the adoption of this Con-
stitution, fight a duel with deadly weapons
with a citizen of this State, or send or ac-
cept a challenge 10 fight a duel with dead
ly weapons, either within the State or out
of it, with n citizen of this State, or who
shall act as second, or Knowingly aid and
assist in any manner, those thus offending,
shall be deprived of holding any office OF
trust or profit, and of enjoying the right OF
suffrage under this Constitution and the
office Of any State officer, member Of the
General Assembly, or Of any other person
holding office of profit or trust under this
Constitution. and the laws made in pnrsu.
ance thereof, shall be apso .facto vacated
by the fact of any such person commit
ting the offence mentioned in this Article,
and the Legislature shall provide by law
for the ascertaining aud declaration OF such
forfeiture. see7 5 @ e4
art 127.-Tbe Legislature shall have
power to extend this Constitution, and the
Jurisdiction of this State over any territory
acquired by compact with any State, or
with the United States, the same being
done by the consent Of the United States.
Ayt.a 12S.-None Of the lands granted
by Congress to the State Of Louisiana for
aiding 1t in constructing the necessary
levees aud drains, to reclaim the swamp
and o%verfowed lands in this State, shall
be diverted from the purposes for which
they were granted.
Art. i2o.--The Constitution and Laws
Of this State shall he promulgated in the
English and French languages.
~ d57d TITLE VII.
ILL., .sE. INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.
Art. 13O.-There shall he a Board Of Public
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State shall be divided by the Legislature into four
Districts, containing as nearly as may be an equal
number Of voters, and one Commissioner shall be
elected ID each District by the legal voters there
Of for the term Of four years but Of the first ell
ected, NVo, to be designated by lot, shall remain
in Office for two years only.
Art. 13l-The General Assembly at its first
session, after the adoption Of this Constitution,
lashall provide for the election and compensafio OF
the Commissioners, and the organization Of the
Board. The Commissioners first elected shall
assemble on q day to be appointed by law, and
decide by lot the order in which their terms OF
J service shall expire. !
M. 132.-The Commissioner shall exercise
d diligent and faithful supervision OF all public
works in which the State may be interested, ex-
cept those made by Joint stock companies. They
shall communicate to the General Assembly from
time to time their views concerning the same,
and recommend such measures as they may deem
necessary in order to employ to the best advan-
tage and for the purposes for which they were
granted, the swamp and overlooked lands con-
veyed BY the United States to this State. They
; shall appoint all officers engaged on the public
works, and shall perform such other duties as may
be prescribed by law. 1
.At. 133.-The Commissioner may be renov.
ed by the concurrent vote ofa majority Of all the
members elected to each House of the General
Assembly but the cause Of the removal shall be