New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-27
TITLE X.

ART. lIS, he constitution adopted IN eighteen
hundred ard forty five is declared to be superseded
by this CONSTITUTIONS and in order to carry the same
into effect, it is hereby declared and ordained fol-
| lows:
ART 143. All rights actions, prosecutions, claims
and contracts, as well as of individuals of bodies
corporate, and all laws in force at the time oil the
adoption of this Constitution, and not inconsistent
herewith, shall continue as ii the had not been
adopted.
ART la. In order that no Inconvenience may re-
suit to the public service from the taking effect Of
this Constitution office shall be superseded there
by, but the laws oi the Stale relative to the duties
of the several officers, Executive Judicial and Mill
tary, shall remain in full force though the be
contrary to this Constitution, and the several duties
shall be performed by the respective officers OF the
State according to the existing laws, until the
| ganlzation of the Government under this Constitu
ton and the entering into office Of the officers
to be appointed under said Government, and no
| longer.
Arr. ll5. Appointments to office by the Execu-
tive under this Constitution, shall be made by the
Governor to be elected under its authority.
ART. LAG. The Legislature shall provide for the
removal OF all causes pending in the Supreme
Court or other Courts of the State under the Cons-
tuition OF 1919 to Courts created by or under this
| Constitution.
ART. ll7. The time of service of all officers
chosen by the people the first election under this
Constitution, shall terminate as though the election
| had been holden on the first Monday of November,
1901, and they had entered the discharge of
their duties at the time designated therein The
first class Senators, designated in article II, shall
hold their seats until the day Of the closing of the
general elections in November, 1853, and the second
class until the day OF the closing of the general cleo
tons in November 1855.
ART. las. The first election for Judges Of the Su-
preme Court shall be held on the first Monday Of
April next lSj3D and they Shall enter into office on
the first Monday of May, 1858
ART. 49, The first term OF service o! the District
Attorneys and the Clerks of the inferior courts to be
ordered and established under this Constitution, shall
be regnated.by the term OF service Of the first Gov
ernor; so that election for these officers shall
be held on the first Monday of November, 800.
TITLE ri.
ORDINANCE.
ART 100. Immediately alter the adjournment OF
the Convention, the Governor shall issue his Pro-
cfamation directing the several officers of this State,
authorized by law to hold elections for members OF
the General Assembly. to open and hold poll in
every Parish OF the State at the places designated
by law, upon the first Tuesday oil November next,
for the purpose of taking the Of the good peo-
pie OF this State in regard to the adoption reiec-
ton OF tins Constitution; and it Shall be the duty OF
| said officers To receive the votes OF all persons
entitled to vote under the old Constitution and under
this Constitution. Each voter shall express his opin-
ion by depositlng in separate box, kept for that
purpose, ticket, wherein shall he written the
Constitution accepted, :" the Constitution reiec.
ted, some such words will distinctly convey
said election, which shall be conducted in every res
pect the general State election is now conducted,
.te commissioners designated to preside the
same shall carefully examine and count each ballet
50 deposited, and shall forthwith make due returns
thereof to the Secretary OF State in conformity to
the provisions of the existing law upon the subject
Of elections.
ART. ljl. Upon the receipt Of the said returns, or
on the 9th Monday in November if the returns be
not received it shall be the duty of the Gov
he tarVo nj SI3tp The i oral
and the State Treasurer, in the presence OF all such
persons as may choose to attend, to compare the
given the said poll for the ratification and
lection of this Constitution, and iii shall appear from
said return that majority OF all the votes given is
for ratifyng the Constitution, thea it shall be the
duty OF the Governor to make proclamation OF that
fact, and thenceforth this Constitution shall be or
dalned and established as the Constitution OF the
State of Louisiana, But whether this Constitution
he accepted rejected, it shall be tie duty of the
Governor to to be published in the official pa
per OF the Convention the result o. tie polls showing
the number of votes cast in each Parish for and
against the said Constitution.
ART. 1872. Should this Constitution be accepted
by the people it shall also be the duty Of the Cover.
nor forthwith to issue his proclamation, declaring
the present Legislature, elected under the old Con.
stituton, to be dissolved, and directing the several
officers Of the State, authorized by law to hold cleo
tons for members OF the General Assembly, 10 ho
election at the places de igua'ed by law upon the
fourth Monday OF December next for Governor I4eu-
tenant Governor, members of the General Assembly
Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer and
Superintendent of Public Education, And the said
election shall be conducted, aud the returns thereof
made in conformity with existing laws upon the sub
iect Of State elections.
ART 1913. The General Assembly elected under
this Constitution shall convene at the State House, il,
Baton Rouge upon the third Monday of January
next QsJ3) after the elections; and the Governor
and Lieutenant Governor, elected the same time
shall be installed in Office during The first week OF
this session, and before 1t Shall be competent for the
SAID General Assembly to proceed with the transac.
ton Of business.
ART 15l, All ;he publication, herein ordered
sha! be made in the Official Journal OF the Conven.
ton
Anr l55, This Constitution shall be published in
French and English in the Official journal OF the
Convention, from the period Of its adjournment Unit
the first Tuesday of November, ls52D one thou
sand eight hundred and ftty-two
Done at Baton Rouge, July 81, 1852.
Signed DUNCAN +. kENNER,
/ President of the Convention,
Attest J. b. WALTON,
Secretary of the Convention.