New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-09-11

ART. Id. No divorce shall be granted by the
Legislature.
ART. lis Every law enacted by the Legislature
shall embrace but one object, and that shall be ex-
pressed in the title.
ART. l16 No law shall be revived amended by
reference to its title; but in such case, the act
revised or section amended shall be re-enacted and
published at length.
ART. III The Legislature shall never adopt any
system or 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 IFS. 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 lave no power to
pass any law sanctioning in any manner, directly or
indirectly, the suspension of specie payments, by
any person, association corporation issuing bank
| notes of any description.
ART, 1870. In 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 expedien 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 ll9
| and 1870 Of this Constitution.
ART. l22. No person shall hold exercise, at the
same time, than one civil office OF emolument,
except that of Justice OF the Peace.
ART. 123. Taxation shall be equal and uniform
throughout the State. All property which taxes
may be levied in this State, shall be taxed in pro-
portion to its value to be ascertaned directed by
law. No one species OF property shall be taxed
| higher than another species OF properly of equal
value, 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 admins traton Of
the police of the said city, pursuant to the mode Of
elections which shall be prescribed by the Legisla-
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 be
| necessary for the punishment of minor crimes and
Offences and the police and good order of said city
| may require.
ART. 1875. The Legislature may provide 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. 126. Any citizen of this State who shall,
after the adoption of this Constitution, fight duel
with deadly weapons with citizen OF this State, or
send or accept challenge to fight duel with
deadly weapons, either within this State out OF it,
with a citizen Of this State who shall act as sec
ond, or knowingly aid and assist in any manner
those thus offending, shall be deprived OF holding
any office of trust profit and Of enjoying the right
OF suffrage under this Constitution and the office OF
any State officer, member of the General Assembly,
of any other person holding office of profit trust
under this Constitution and the laws made in pur-
suance thereof shall be tpso tacto 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 OF
such forfeiture.
ART. 1877. The Legislature shall have power to
extend this Constitution and the jurisdiction of this
State over any territory acquired by compact with
any State, with the United States, the same being
done by the consent of the United States.
ART. l2S. None OF the lands granted by Congress
to the State Of Louisiana for aiding it in constructing
the necessary levees and drains, to reclaim the
swamps and overlooked lands in this State, shall be
diverted from the purposes for which they were
granted.
ART l29. The Constitution and. laws OF this State
shall be promulgated in the &kslish and French
languages.
TJTJ,E W.T.