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

,[,iainn and establish THIS Consultation,
p,sraiBuTloH or rowEss.
.9tHt --Tha powers q me sovstn,"eh. y,
tbs state OF Iouisim,a shall be DIVIDED ING 'pree
distinct departments. aud eacn q lheni = . eonnI
Mi Il 1 sai,s rate body OF Magistfacy, to-wit
III ,sh,.h are Leoisl tive 80 one those which
90 E,e,a,,iys 10 another; and thoFe which are
Judicial to %snothei.l H., -.,,
hi o-No one Of these departments, nor any
A,,s,s,n holding Office in any Of them, shall eksr-
,3ae N N properly belonging 70 either OF .he
,,tbers, .xcrn. In the instances hereinafter ex-
pt,ssly directed or permitted. ,r r@1
s1Y.W srs T1TLBiL ata s5.@4H
s.tt !. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
~ a.-Tbs Legislative power Of the state
,halit a va,ted In Two distinrt branches, the one
t,ol 10 styled The /" House Of representatives M
',tI, M Il Senate and both, The Genefai
"A ssatpbIy or the State Of Louisiana r
~. A.-1'he members Of the House of hepre-
,a,,,.t;v.s ahalt continue In service for The term
81 two years from the day of the closing % ,he
general elections, 40, e. a., tho
. M 5,-~ Representatives shall be chosen oh .he
first Monday in November, every Two wears
,.aJ the. election shall be coinple'ea VI ons ua,.
The General Assembly shall NEE, Ssal,,a ~
,la ,bifd Mpbday In January, unless a olhetelt
FNF HN bBIblFtrH ny i""f -
ID held ii the Seat Of Government.
nj e-.syery duly qualified %elector, hhoef
his Constitution, shall I've eligible 10 a seat ~ me
General Assembly. ptopided, mat no pe,s m
,ha,l he 4 Representative or Senator, uniess ne
he, al, the ,iie Of his election, 8 uuiy qea'neo
voter of the Representative or seila'ofia' oS-
tiict from which he Is elected. ,,a,
M. 7.--Elections for members o. me uen.'a,
Assatnbiv shall be held at the several election
a.,Ian,. ,.,ahtishad bv law, The Legislature
NAV delegate the power pi establishing e'ectloh
,,ieriur,s to The paruchial or Municipal authofi-
IN s-Repfesehtaticn IN the House OF ne,
,,ss.,ta,;yps shall be equal and uniform anu
sball be regulated and ascertained by the .e,a,
,opulation of each Of the several parishes OF .he
Rtste-eoci parish shall have al least one hepie-
tentative. No new parish shall be created WIN
q territory less than six Hundred and twen'ytns
square mites, nor with a population less .iah ane
tull number emitting IL TO a Representative, hyI
when the creation Of such new parish Woplal
have any either parish without the SAID extent Oh
territory and amount Of POPULATE n
The Hrst enumeration by the State anthorft'es
,nle, ,his ronsti,ution. shall be made In the year
,ls5g eighteen hundred aid fity-three the
second, In The year 1888 eighteen hundred ana
I'D y.sight the ,hith, III the year 1850 eighteen
hundred and siyty-hve after when nnie' .he
General Assembly shall direct IN what manner
the census ehall be taken, 20 that u ne maue, az
least, once In every period OF yen years, y 7 y,
nurncse uf aseettainIng the total population III
each parish and election district. Atthe hfs' re-
,r,ler session Of the Legislature, after the making
of each enumeration, the Legislature shall aP,,
nortion the representation among The several
marshes and election districts on the basis oil the
ia,ai populeti,n As aforesaid. A representative
number shall be liked. and each parish andtlec-
ton district shall have as many representative
as lis aggregate population shall entitle y %, anu
an additional representative for any fraction ek-
ceeding one-halt the representative number me
number Of representatives shall not DC more IMAM
one hundred. nor less that, seventy, Until nm APP
rortionment shall be made In accordance with the
fest enumeration to be made as directed in THIS
Article the representation in The Senate and
House Of Representatives shall be and email as
rresen, established by law.
The limits of the parish of Orleans, are here.
hy ~eN,enjed so as 20 embrace the whole Of The
present CITY of New Orleans, including that part
IA the parish of Jefferson, formerly known az
the City of Lafayette ~. ;.
All that pat Of the parish Of Orleans which is
situated on the left bank OF the Mississippi n'ei
shall he divided by the Legislature into not more
than ten Representative Districts, and Unit a new
appor,ionment shall be made according to the first
census 10 he taken under this Constitution, that
par, OF the City of New Orleans which was com
pcised within the former limits Of the CITY OF
LAFAYETTE shall vote for Senators from the parish
~, Orleans and from the tenth kepresentanV
District, and shall elect two out OF TIE three ne
representatives. now apporioned by law % me par
ish Of Jefferson, the other Representative DIS
~t,icts shall remain as they are now established,
.aa U-1he House Of Representatives shall
choose lis Speaker and other officers.
al. la.--Every iree white male who has at
tanned The aye OF twenty-ene years and VINO hat
Men \ resilient Of the State twelve months nex'
p,ecedins the election, and the las, six months
iheraoI in the parish in which he offers to vote
aud who shall be a citizen OF the United States
,nall have the right of voting but no voter on
renewing from one parish 10 another within the
state shall have the right Of voting m the formel
until he shall have acquired IL in the latter. 81
.ctors shall in all cases, except treason, felony OF
irsach of ,he peace, I've privileged from arrest
curing their attendance at, going to, or returning
from elections, -
IN, 1.-THE Legislature shall provide by law
that Tho names and residence Of all qualified cleo.
,orx of the City of New Orleans shall he REGIS
tired in order to entitlc them to vote--but the
registry shall he Tree of cost TO the %electof.
.f,t, i2-No soldier, seaman, or marine IN The
army or navyof the U. s, no pauper, no person
,nler interiictioa, nor under conviction OF any
rri,ne punishable with hard labor, shall he entitl-
al 10 VIE at any election IN TINS e,a,e;
AZ. is--No person shall be entitled to vote
.t ssy election held in this State, except in the
,arisk al his residence, and in cities and towns
divided inea election precincts, in the election pre-
rinct in which he resides. 49,
~, ia-1rhe members of the Senate shall be
,hosen for the term of four years. ihe senate'
when assembled, shalt have the power TO choose
lis officers. :.
M. is.-rhe Legislators IN every year N
which they shall apportion reEsesen's'ion IN sae
Nonse Of Representatives, shall clvide the sla,e
,,,o senatorial Districts. No parish shall be d.
,,sna in The formation oil a Senatorial District
,ss narish OF Orleans excepted. And whenever
!, n.w Parish shall be created il shall be attached
IA he Senatorial District from winch most o. .'
territory was taken, or to another contiguous ph.
MI, II the discretion OF the Legislature bn'
,h,li he attaches, TO more than one district. Ihe
,.a.,her of Senators shall be thirty " and the.
shall be apportioned among the Senatorial pis,,
.,ricts according 10 the total population eohsa.aes
in the several districts, f1,craaed, lnat no Paiisha
shall be entitled TO more than nve senators.
Mt ie-~-In all apportioninenss q the senate
-he nonplation Of the City Of New Orleans shml
he deducted from the population OF The whofe
S,atc. and the remainder of the population dlvidec
~ ehe number twenty-seven. and the result pro-
.,,cea ~ this division shall be the Senatorial ratio
e~n,iti,nr a Senatorial District 10 a Senator. sm-
.ls II contisuous parishes, shall be formed into
.;s,rie,s. having q population the nearest possible
Ia The number emitting a district 10 q Senator
and il in The apportlonment TO he made a pafisa
ar district tall short Of or exceed the ratio one.
iuth, then a district may be formed having no
,s,rs Than Two Senators, but not otherwise. 10
,,.,s ,s,,ort,onsnent shall have the effect OF alb.
r:,,yins fs,t Term of service of any Senator already
!, shs time AT making the aInsortionmeni