New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-30
CONSTITUTION
OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Adorttd in Convention July 81, 1852
PREAMBLE.
PREAMBLE.
We, the people of the State OF Louisiana, do Of
dain and establish this Constitution:


DISTRIBUTION OF POWERS.
Arr l. The powers OF the government Of the State
Of Louisiana shall be divided into three distinct de-
partnlents, and each Of them be confded to separ
ate body Of magistracy, to-wit: those which are
Legislative to one, those which are Executive to an
other and those which are Judicial to another.
ART O. No one Of these Departments nor an,
person holding office in one o. them shall exercis,
power properly belonging either of the others, ex
cept In the instances hereinafter expressly directed
or permitted. -
TITLE IT.
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.. ~.
Arts. The Legislative power of the State shall
be vested in two distinct branches, the to b,
styled the House Of Representatives, the o.he
the Senate, and both the General Assembly of tn,
State of Louisiana.
Art. A. The members of the House of Represen
tatives shall continue in service for the term o
two years from the day Of the closing of the genera
elections.
ART s. Representatives shall be chosen on tn,
first Monday in November every two years; and tn,
election shall be completed in one day. The Gene
raj Assembly shall meet annually, the thirt
Monday in january, unless a different day be ap
pointed BY law, and their sessions shall be held al
IS the seat OF government.
ARTS. Every duly qualified eector, under this
Constitution, shall be eligible seat in the Cen
eral Assembly, provided that no person shall be a
Representative or Senator unless he be, at the time
Of his election, duly qualified voter Of the Repre-:
sentative Senatorial District from which he is elect
ed.
ART. Z. Elections for members Of the General As
senbly shall be held at the several election pre-
cincts established by law. The Legislature may
delegate the power Of establishing election precincts
10 the parocilia1 municipal authorities.
ART 8. Representation in the House Of Repre-
sentatives shall be equal and uniform, and shall be
regulated and ascerained by the total population of
each Of the several parishes Of the State. Each par
ish shall have at least one Representative. No new
parish shall be created with territory less than six
hendrea and twenty-five square miles, nor with a
population lessthan the full number emitting it
Representative, nor when the creation of such
parish would leave any other parish without the
said extent Of territory and amount OF population.
The first enumeration by the State authorities IN.
der this Constitution shall be made il tile year 1858
the second in the year 1858, the third in the year
( 1865 after which time the General Assembly shall
direct in what manner the shall be taken, Sc
that it be made at least in every period of ten
years. for the purpose of ascertanng the total popu-
lation in each parish and election district.
At the first regular session Of the Legislature after
the making OF each ration the Legislature shall
apporton the representation among the several par
ishes and election districts on the basis of the total
population. as aforesaid. "A representative number
shall be fixed, and each parish and election district
shall have as many Representatives its aggre-
gate population shall entle it to- and additional
Representative for any fraction exceeding onehalf
personalities shall not be more than one hundred,
nor less than seventy. Until an apportionment
shall be made, and elections held under the same,
in accordance with the first enumeration to be made
as directed in this article, the Representation in
the Senate and House Of Representatives shall be
and remain as at present established by law.
The limits Of the Parish Of Orleans are hereby ex-
tended SO as to embrace the whole Of the present
cityof New Orleans, including that part of the Pa
rish Of Jefferson, formerly known as the city of La
fayette.
All that part Of the Parish Of Orleans which is sit
ua,ed on the left bank Of the Mississippi river shall
be divided by the Legislature into not more than
ten Representative Districts, and until appor-
tonment shall be made according to the first CEN
sus to be taken under this Constitution, that part
oil the city of New Orleans which was comprised
within the former limits Of the city of Lafayette,
shall vote for Senators from the Parish OF Orleans
and form the Tenth Representative District, and
shall elect two out of the three Representatives
now apPortoned by law to the Parish Of Jefferson
the other Representative Districts shall remain us
they are now established.
ART. g. The House Of Representatives shall choose
its Speaker and other officers.
ART. 10. Every free white male who has attained
the age Of twenty-one years, and who has been a
resident Of the State twelve months next preceding
the election, and the last six months thereof in the
Parish IN which he offers to vote, and who shall be
citizen OF the United States, shall have the right of
voting but no voter on removing from one Parish
TO another within the State, shall lose the right oil
Young % me former until be shall have acquired it in
the latter Electors shall In all cases. except treason
felony, or breach OF the peace, be privileged from
aulns nelr az gong 10. or return
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ART II. The Legislature shall provide by law,
that the names and residence Of all qualified electors
Of the city 81 New Orleans, shall be registered III
der TO ente them to vote but the registry shall be
Tree Of cost to the elector.
" ART. lie. No soldier seaman or marine in the army
or navy OF the United States, no pauper no person
under interdcton nor under conviction OF any crime
punishable with hard labor shall be entitled to vote
at any election in this State
Arr Ia Nonersnn shall he entitled IN yo,a ,t ,,,,
election held in this State e.cent in tho P,;sh or ~
residence and in cities and to,,,ns aivJed ;nto l |
ton precincts. II the electon nrecinct in uh;o he
resides. 80 = ~
Art. Ia. The member. NJ the Sar,,e sb,, bo |
chosen for The "a rn ~ forr IT, an'.
shall have The mower to choose ito oars
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thew shall anportion u s 10, u mla
REPRESENTATIVES. shall divide The Sta,a into
rial Districts. No Parish shall he dade, +; ,h
formation Of n Senatorial Dstrict-be p,r;sh nf ~
leans excepted, And whenever a nav parish sh,Il
be created II shall be attached ia the Senatorial liz
rict from which most Gifts territory was taken or TO
another contiguous District at the discretion of The
Legislature but shall not be attached 10 more than
one District The number of Senators shall he trtv
two and thew shall be apportoned amona the Senate
RAJ Dist,;cts - tb total
tanned in the several Distrjcts-providsJ th,t M
Parish shall be entitled to more than Eve Senator'S
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