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any other place than that in which they may be sit
ting
Arr 25 The members of the General Assem-
bly, shall receive from the public treasury compen-
saon for their services which shall be four dollars
per day during their attendance, going and return
ing from the session of their respective houses.
The compensation may be increased or diminished
by law but no alteration shall take effect during
he period of service of the members of the Hou Of
Representatives by whom such alteration shall have
been made. No session shall extend to period be-
yond sixty days, to date from its commencement,
and any legislative action had after the expiration
of the said sixty days, shall be null and void. This
provision shall not apply to the first Legislature
which is to convene after the adoption of this Com
stituton.
ART. 26. The members of the General Assembly
SHALL in all except treason felony, breach OF the
peace, be privileged from arrest during their at
tendance at the sessionsof their respective houses,
and going to returning from the same, and tor
any speech debate in either house, they shall not
be questioned in any other place.
ART.27. No Senator or Representative shall, dur
ing the term for which he elected, nor Tor one
year thereafter, be appointedor elected to any eivi
office of profit under this State, winch SHAH nave
been created, or the emoluments OF which shall
have been increased during the time such Senator
or Representative in office, except to such otfi-
css or appointments as may be Eued by the cleo
tons Of the people,
ART. 49, No person who at any Wine may have
been collector Of taxes, whether State Parish or
Municipal or who may have been otherwise entrusted
with public money, shall be eligible to the General
Assembly, or to any office of profit trust under
the State Government until he shall have obtained
discharge for the amount Of such collections, and
for all public moneys with which he may have
been entrusted.
ART. 3d. No bill shall have the force of law until
on three several days it be read in each house
ofthe General Assembly, and free discussion allowed
thereon, unless in case OF urgency four-hhs Of the
house, where the bill shall be pending, may deem it
expedient to dispense with this rule.
ART. 30 All bills for raising revenue shall orig
mate in the House of Representatives but the Senate
may propose amendments as in other bills; provided
they shall not introduce any new matter under color
of an amendment, which. does not relate to raising
revenue.
ART. 81. The General Assembly shall regulate
by law, by whom, and in what manner writs OF
election shall be issued fill the vacancies which
may happen in either branch thereof
ART. 80. The Senate shall vote on the confirmu-
ton rejection OF officers to be appointed by the
Governor, with the advice and consent OF the
Senate, by yeas and nays and the names OF the SEN
ators voting for and against the appointments re-
spectveIy shall be entered on a journal to be kept
for that purpose and made public at the end OF each
session, or before.
ART 49, Returns of all elections for members of
the General Assembly shall be made to the Secretary
of State.
Senator of the United States is to take place. the
members of the General Assembly shall meet in
the Hall of the House of Representatives, on the
Monday following the meeting Of the Legislature,
and proceed to the slid election.
TITLE III.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
ART IS. The Supreme Executive power Of the
State shall be vested in a Chief Magistrate, who
shall be styled the Governor Of the State of Louisiana.
He shall hold his office during the term OF four
years, and, together with the Lieutenant Governor
chosen for the same term, be elected as follows
The qualified electors for Representatives shall
vote for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, at
the time and place of voting for Representatives;
the returns OF every election shall be sealed up and
transmitted BY the proper returning officer to the
Secretary of State, who shall deliyer them to the
Speaker of the House of Representatives, the
second day of the session of the General Assem-
bly,, then next to be holden. The members of the
General Assembly shall meet in the House of Re-
personalities. to examine and count the votes
The person having the greatest number of votes for
Governor, shall be declared duly elected but If two
more persons shall be equal and highest in the
number OF votes polled for Governor, one of them
shall Immediately be chosen Governor by joint vote
of the members of the General Assembly. The
person having the greatest number of votes for
Lieutenant Governor shall be Lieutenant Governor :;
but or more persons shall be equal and highest
the number OF votes polled for Lieutenant Gov
Lieutenant Governor yjoint vote of the members OF
the General Assembly
ART SO. No person shall be eligible to the office
of Governor or Lieutenant Governor, who shall not
have attained the age of twenty eight years ana been
citizen and a resident within the State for the
space Of four years next preceding his election.
ART.37 The Governor shall enter on the discharge
of his duties on the fourth Monday of January
next ensuing his election, and shall continue in
office until the Monday next succeeding the day
that his successor shall be declared duly elected,
and shall have taken the oath affirmation required
by this Constitution.
ART. SO. The Governor shall be ineligible for the
succeeding four years after the expiration of the
time for which he shall have been elected.
ART, 80. No member Of Congress or person hold.
ing any office under the United States shall be eligible
to the office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor.
ART. 40. In case of the impeachment of the Gov
ernor, his removal from Office, death, refusal
ability to qualify, resignation or absence from the
State, the powers and duties oil the office shall de-
vove upon the Lieutenant Governor for the resi-
due of the term, until the Governor absent or
impeached shall return or be acquitted. The Legis-
lature may provide by law for the case of removal,
impeachment, death, resignation, disability or reu-
sal to qualify, of both the Governor and Lieutenant
Governor, declaring what officer shall act as Gov
ernor and such officer shall act accordingly, until
the disability be removed, for the residue Of the
term.
Ger dischargng the duties of Governor SHALL during
his administration, receive the same compensation
to which the Governor would have been entitled
had he continued in office.
ART. az. The Lieutenant Governor shall by viz
tue of his office, be President of the Senate, but
shall have only casting vote therein. Whenever
he shall administer the Government, or shall be I'M
able to attend President OF the Senate, the
Senators shall elect OF their own members as |
President of the Senate for the time being.
ART. 43. While he acts as President Of the Senate |
the Lieutenant Governor shall receive for his SER
vices the same compensation which shall for the
same period be allowed to the Speaker Of the
House OF Representatives, and no more.
ART. a. The Governor shall have power to grant
reprieves for all offences against the State, and
except in OF impeachment, SHALL with the con
sent of the Senate have power to grant pardous and
remit fines and forfetures, after conviction. In
cases Of treason he may grant reprieves, until the
end of the next session of the General Assembly, in
which the power Of pardoning shall be vested
ART. 40. The Governor shall at stated times
ceive for his services compensation which shall
neither be increased nor diminished during the
term for which he shall have been elected
ART As. He shall be Commander-in-Chief of the
Army and Navy of this State, and of the Militia
hereof, except when they shall be called into the
service of the United States.
ART Al. He shall nominate and, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate appoint all Off
GERS whose offices established by this Cousttu-
lion, and whose appointment is not therein other
wise provided for Provided, however, that the Lee
gslanre shall have right to prescribe the mode OF
appointment to all other offices established by law.
ART. As The Governor shall have power to fill |
vacancies that may happen during the recess OF
the Senate, by granting commissions which shall |
expire at the end oil the next session. unless other