New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-10-07

hundred and forty five is declared to be superseded
by this Constitution and in order to carry the same
into effect, it is hereby declared and ordained as fol-
lows:
ART 143. All rights, actions, prosecutions, claims
and contracts, as we'll as of individuals of bodies
corporate, and all laws in force at the time OF the
adoption of this Constitution and not inconsistent
Herewith, shall continue as if 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this Constitution office shall be superseded there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 of the State 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
ganization of the Government under this Constitu-
tlon and the entering into office Of the officers,
to be appointed under said Government, and no
longer.
ART. 145. Appointments to office by the Execu-
tive under this Constitution, shall be made by the
Governor to be elected ander its authority.
ART. LAG. The Legislature shall provide for the
removal OF all causes pending in the Supreme
court brother Courts of the State under the Const
tuition OF 1915, to Courts created by or under this
Constitution.
ART. 147. The time of service of all officers
chosen by the people the first election under this
Constitution, shall terminate though the election
had been holden on the first Monday of November,
1901, and they had entered the discharge OF
therein,
first class Senators, designated in article H. 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, 1865
ART. Ids. The first election for Judges of the SUI
prerne Court shall be held on the first Monday Of
April next, S53) and they shall enter into office on
the first Monday of May, 1858.
ART. 149. The first of service of the District
Attorneys and the Clerks of the inferior courts to be
and icha boil,
be regulatedb 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, 1855.
TITLE XI.
ORDINANCE.
ART. l5O Immediately after the adjournment OF
the Convention, the Governor shall issue his Pro-
camaon, 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 of November next
for the purpose of taking the of the good peo
pie of this State in regard to the adoption rejec
ton OF this Constitution and 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 shall express his opn-
ion by depositing in separate box, kept for that
purpose, ticket, wherein shall be written " the
Constitution accepted the Constitution rejec
ted !" or some such words as will distinctly convey
| the intention of the voter. At the conclusion OF
said election, which shall be conducted in every
pect as the general State election is conducted
the commissioners designated to preside over the
| same shall carefully examine and count each ballot
SO deposited and shall forthwith make due returns
thereof to the Secretary of State, in conformity
the provisions of the existing law upon the subject
of elections.
ART. Isl. Upon the receipt of the said returns, or
on the 9th Monday in November, if the returns be
not sooner received, it shall be the duty of the Gov
ernor, the Secretary of State, the Attorney General
and the State Treasurer in the presence Of all such
persons as may choose to attend, to compare the
votes given at the said poll for the ratification and
lection Of this Constitution and it shall appear from
said return that majority of all the votes given is
for ratfying the Constitution, then it shall be the
duty OF the Governor to make proclamation OF that
fact and thenceforth this Constitution shall be
daned and established as the Constitution of the
State OF Louisiana But whether this Constitution
be accepted or rejected it shall be the duty of the
Governor to cause to be published in the official pa
per OF the Convention the result of the polls, showing
the number OF votes cast in each Parish for and
against the said Constitution.
ART. 152. Should this Constitution be accented
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 Com
stution, to be dissolved, and directing the several
officers of the State, authorized by law to hold elec-
tons for members OF the General Assembly, TO hold
election at the places de gnated by law upon the
fourth Monday OF December next for Governor Lieu
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, and the thereof
made in conformity with existing laws upon the sub
ject of State elections.
ART. l53. The General Assembly elected under
this Constitution shall convened the State House. in
Baton Rouge, upon the third Monday of January
next Q953,) after the elections; and the Governor
and Lieutenant Governor, elected at the same time
shall be installed in office during the first week Of
this session, and before it shall be competent for the
said General Assembly to proceed with the transac-
on of business.
ART l4, All the publications herein ordered
shall be made in the Official journal OF the Conven-
ton,
ART 155. This Constitution shall be published in
French and English in the Official Journal of the
Convention, from the period of its adjournment until
the first Tuesday of November, QSj2D one thou
sand eight hundred and fity-two,
Done at Baton Rouge, July 81, 1852,
lSignedl DUNCAN F. KENNER,
President of the Convention.
ATTEST ]. B. WALTON,