New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-20
CONSTITUTION
~ 80 ssTATE or LOUISIANA.
aacb5l ceHsention July 81, 1862.
PREAMBLE.
NJ people II the Ssste Of Louisiana, do Of
Hstabl lSh this Constitution /:
PREAMBLE
TITLE i.

PREAMBLE.
4 sssablIsh his Constitution:
TITLE l.
plsrR1sUx5cn or POWERS.
49, / ~ sIGsysfs II he government Of the State
~ 6sians shall 81 divided into three distinct de-
MI Ssts. ma saek III them be con6ded to separ-
~ ksilv of rsss fStracy to.wit: those which are
soias tiye 10 oiis those which Executive to an
otSer ma ,hose which are Judicial y Another.
ALI, 2. M one Of these Departments, nor any
nsoDeflS bxlongin 81 sfher Of the others,
rept III III II sess expressly directed
: TITLE II.
Ss xEGfsArIvE DEPARTMENT..
mi. 8. The Legislative power Of the State shall
b xssted in two distihct branches, the one to be
stvisd The House " Representatives, the other
StSae ii Louisiana.
Ar. Il The members Of the House Of Represen-
tatiyes shall continue in service for the term o.
two years from the day Of the closing OF the genera
elections. Ssl 4,
Arr.5. Representatives shall be chosen on the
first Monday il Novembef every two years; and the
election yhsil be completed in one day. The Creme
ri Asaernblv shall meet annually, on the thrt
Monday il January, unless different day pc ap
pointed " INV and their sessions shall be held al
the sest of government.
All. s. Every duly qualified elector, under this
Consultation, shall be eligible to seat in the Gen
ersl Assembly, provided that no person shall be a
Reprcseniatseo r Senator unless he be, at the time
Of his election, duly qualified voter Of the Repre-
sentative Of Senatorial District from which he IS elect
ed.
ARr. 1. Elections for members Of the General AS
sembly shall bs held At the several election pre-
cincts established BY law. The Legislature may
dslsr.te 10 power Il establishing election precincts
to he parochial OF municipal authorities.
Arr & REPRESENTATION in the House OF Repre-
.sntstiyss shsil " equal and uniform and shall be
rsQuissed and sscerained BY The total population
escs u no several arshes Of the State Each par
IN shall have stleast one Representative. No new
psrsh shall Be created with territory less than si'
hundred and twenty-five square miles, nor with
popuiafion ess.han the full number emitting tito
Represcnsentati nor when the creation of sue
now parish would leave any other parish without tn
said extent Of territory and amount Of population
The iirst enumeration by the State authorities ur
the second ia the year 1855, the third in the yea
1855; after which time the General Assembly sha
direct in what manner the census shall be taken, .
that il be made at least in every period oil lie
years. for the purpose of tanning the total popi
laticn in each parish and election district.
the making Of each enumeration, the Legislature sha
apportion the representation among the several pal
ishes and election districts the basis Of the tots
population, al aforesaid. A representative numbe
shall be fixed and each parish and election distrit
shall have $ many Representatives as its aggre
gate population shall entitle II to, and an additions
Representative for any fraction exceeding one-ha
the Representative number. The number of X,
presentatives shall not be more than one hundre
nor less than seventy. Until an apportionmei
shall 81 made, and elections held under the sam
in accordance with the first enumeration to be mac
= ~ Al. ~ Ra~r rtatIp
the Senate and House Of Representatives shall
and remain as At present established by law.
The limits Of the Parish Of Orleans are hereby e
tended, so as to embrace the whole OF the presel
city Of New Orleans, including that part OF the +
rish Of Jefferson, formerly known as the city OF l.
fayette.
uated on the left bank of the Mississippi river sha
be divided by the Legislature into not more tina
ten Representative Districts, and until new apo
tionment shall be made according to the first Gel
sus to be taken under this Constitution, that pa
Of the city Of New Orleans which was comprise
within the former limits Of the city OF Lafayette
shall vote for Senators from the Parish of Orlean
and form the Tenth Representative District, an
shall elect two out of the three Representative
now apportioned by law to the Parish of Jefferson
the other Representative Districts shall remain q
they are now established
ART.9. The House OF Representatives shall choos
III Speaker and other officers.
ART. TO- Every free white male who has attain,
the age Of twenty-one years, and who has been
resident of the State twelve months next precedii
the election, and the last six months thereof in 1
Parish in which he offers to vote, and who shall be
citizen Of the United States, shall have the right
voting but no voter on removing from one Pari
to another within the State, shall lose the right
voting in the former until he shall have acquired it
the latter Electors shall in all cases, except trease
felony, or breach of the peace, be privileged fro
arrest during their attendance at going to, or retur
ing from elections.
ART. ii. The Legislature shall provide by la
that the names and residence OF all qualified electo
Of the city of New Orleans shall be registered,
der to entitle them to vote but the registry shall
free Of cost to the eIector.
ART. 10. No soldier seaman marine in the arm
or navy Of the United States, no pauper, no pers
under nterdiction under conviction OF any crir
punishable with hard labor, shall be entitled to VIC
at any election in this State.
ART. 49, person shall be entitled to vote at a
election held in this State, except in the Parish Of
residence and in cities and towns divided into ele
ton precincts, in the election precinct in which
resides.
AR. Ia. The members Of the Senate shall
chosen for The term Of four years. The Senate, VIII
assembled. shall have the power to choose its Office
ART. is. The Legislature, in every year in viii
they shalt apportion representation in the House
Representatives, shall divide the State into Sena
rial Districts. No Parish shall be divided in t
formation Of Senatorial Dstrict-the Parish of c
leans excepted. And whenever new Parish sh
be created, it shall be attached to the Senatorial D
trctfronl which most Gifts territory taken, or
another contiguous District, at the discretion of t
Legislature, but shall not be attached to more th
District. The number Of Senators shall be thirt
two, and they shall be apportoned among the Senat
rial Districts according to the total population co
tanned in the several Districts--Provided, that
pavs kali o al A.. O.,
Art 16. In all apportlonment Of the Senate, Il
population Of the city Of New Orleans shall be dedu
ted from the population Of the whole State, and Il
remainder Of the population divided by the numb
twenty-seyen, (27,) and the result produced by tn
division shall be the Senatorial ratio emitting Sen
torisl District to a Senator. Single or contguo,
Parishes shall be formed into Districts, having
population the nearest possible to the number e
tisling District to Senator and if, in the appo
ucAinsns 70 be made. Parish or District fall short
OF sxceed the ratio one-6fth, then a District may
tesmad having not more than two Senators, but n
o.nerwise. No new superintendent shall have Il
elect Of abridging the term of service of any Sen
tof already elected at the time Of making the appu
tlonment Alter an enumeration has been made
directed IN the eighth Article, the Legislature sh,
not pass any law until opportionment of Repr
sen'ation In both Houses Of the General Assemb
be made.
Art. II. At the first session of the General A
seRbly after this Constitution takes effect the Sen
tors shall be equally divided by lot into two class
The seats Of the Senators of the first class shall
vacated at the expiration OF the second year; of
second class, at the expiration Of the fourth year
that one-haf shall be chosen every two years, ane
rotation thereby kept up perpetually. In case "a
District shall have elected two or more Senate
said Senators shall vacate their seats respectively
thsend Of two and four years. and lots shall be ra
betwecn them.
ARr. 49, The first election for Senators shall