New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-09-17
TITLE III.


Monday following the meeting of the Legislature
and proceed to the said election.
TITLE III.
Ex1suT1vE DEPARTMENT.
ART. So. The Supreme Executive power of thu
State shall be vested in Chief Magistrate, who
shall be styled the Governor OF the State OF Louisiana
He shall hold his office during the term of foul
years, and, together with the Lieutenant Governor
chosen for the same term, be elected as follows
The qualified electors for Representatives shall
I vote for a Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a
the time and place of voting for Representatives
the returns of every election shall be sealed up ane
transmitted by the proper returning officer to the
Secretary of State, who shall deliver 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 fol
Governor, shall be declared duly elected but two
or more persons shall be equal and highest in the
number of votes polled for Governor, 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 fol
Lieutenant Governor, shall be Lieutenant Governor
but At two or more persons shall be equal and hghes
the number of votes poled for Lie tenant Gov
ernor, of them shall be Immediately chosen
Lieutenant Governor by joint vote OF the members o
the General Assembly.
ART 49, No person shall be eligible to the office
of Governor or Lieutenant Governor, who shall not
have attained the age of twenty years and been
a citizen and a resident within the State for the
space of four years next preceding his election.
ART. 81. 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. 3S. 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 in
| ability to qualify resignation absence from tn
State the powers and duties of the office shall de
voIve upon the Lieutenant Governor for the resi-
| due of the term, until the Governor absent o
impeached, shall return be acquitted The Legis
ature may provide by law for the case of remova
| impeachment death, resignation, disability, or refu
sal to qualify, OF both the Governor and Leutenan
Governor, declaring what officer shall as Gov
ernor and such officer shall act accordingly, unit
the disability be removed, or for the residue of til
term.
| ART d. The Lieutenant Governor, or other off
Ger dischargng the duties of Governor shall, durn.
| 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 vir
tue of his office, be President of the Senate, bu
shall have only casting vote therein. Wheneye
| he shall administer the Government, or shall be un
| able to attend as President of the Senate thu
Senators shall elect OF their own members a
| President OF the Senate for the time being
ART. 43. w lille he acts President of the Senate
the Lieutenant Governor shall receive for his ser
vices the same compensation which shall for tn
same period be allowed to the Speaker of tn
| House oil Representatives, and no more.
| ART. Al. The Governor shall have power to gran
repreves for all offences against the State, and
except in of impeachment, shall, with the con
sent OF the Senate, have power to grant pardons
remit fines and torieitures, after conviction. Il
cases Of treason he may grant reprieves, until tn
end of the next session Of the General Assembly, il
which the power of pardoning shall be vested.
ART DO. The Governor shall at stated times re
ceive for his services compensation, which shal
neither be increased diminished during tn,
term for which he shalt have been elected.
| ART. 46. He shall be Comman der-n- Chief of the
Army and Navy OF this State, and of the Militi;
thereof, except when they shall be called into the
service OF the United States.
| ART. Al. lie shall nominate and, by aud with the
advice and consent OF the Senate, appoint all off
GERS whose offices established by this Coustitu
uon, and whose appointment is not therein other
wise provided for: Provided however that the J,e.
appointment to all other offices established bv law
ART. AS The Governor shall have power to I'll
vacancies that may happen during the recess o
the senate, by granting commissions which shall
expire at the end Of the next session. unless other
wise provided for in this Constitution; but no perso,
| who has been nominated for office, and rejected
by the Senate, shall be appointed to the same Office
during the recess oil the Senate.
ART 40. He may require information in writn,
| from the officers the Executive Department. upo
any subject relating to the duties of their respectiy
| Offices.
ART. So He shall from time to tme, give to tn
| General Assembly information respecting the stu
alton of the State, and recommend to their consid
| Grafton such measures he may deem expedien
| ART. 81. He may on extraordinary occasions cor
vene the General Assembly at the seat OF Govern
lnent, or at a different place if that should hav
become dangerous from an enemy or from epidemic
and in case OF disagreement between the two house
as to the time of adjournment he may adjourn Their
to such time as he may think proper, not exceed
ing four months.
ART So He shall take care that the laws be faith
| fully executed.
Arts. Every bill which shall have passed bot
| houses shall be presented TO the Governor; if h
approve, he shall sign it, il not, he shall return
with ms objections to the house in which it orieina
Ted, which shall enter the objections at large upon IL
Journal, and proceed to reconsider it; If after suci
reconsideration two-thirds Of all the members cleo
| ted TO that house shall agree to pass the bill il
Shall be sent, with the objections the other House
| by which II shall likewise be reconsidered and i
approved by two-tliFds of all the members electe,