New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-09-23
CONSTITUTION
or THE STATE OF LOUISIANA,
sdtepfed IN Convention July 81, 1862.
PREAMBLE.
W., the people Of the State Of Louisians, do or
dain ard establish this Constitution

t PREAMBLE.
4 W., the people Of the State Of Louisiana, do or.
dain and sstabish this Constitution
TITLE I.
DISTRIBUTION OF POWERS. l
Arr. 1. The powers ofthe government Of the State
of L0nissnA shall be divided into three distinct de-
pAftmsats, and each Of them be ccn6ded to separ-
ats body of magixracy, to-wit: those which are
Legisjat1e nne, those which are Executive to
ofher, "a thnse whtch are Jndicialto another.
ARra0 No one d these Departments, nor any
pesson holding nfice in Q! them, shall exercise
rowst propery belonging to either Of the Others ex
sept ii ne instances hereinafter expressly directed
s TITLE II.
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT..
AIRS The Legislative power Of the State shal
- vested IN two distinct branches, the one to b.
styled The House of Representatives., the 9th.
tke Senate, and both the General Assembly Of thu
Stat &c Bouisiana.
ARr. The members ofthe House of Represeu
tatives shsIl continue in servine for the term o
two eafs from The dayof the closing of the genera
AIT, 81 Representatives shall be chosen on tn
fsst Nh DIV IA November every two years; and tn
election 4 ha | be completed in one day. The Gene
ral ASS mby shal meet annually, on the thirt
Monday u January, unless different day be up
pointed nv law, and their sessions shall be held a
the 49, e government.
ARrs 81 Every duly qualified elector, under this
Constitati ~, shall be eligible to seat in the Gen
sral Assem- ,y, provided that no person shall be
Rspresst flive or Senator anlsss he be- at the time
Of his ites5on, duly qualified voter of the Repre-
sentative Senatorial District from which he is elect
ed.
AR 4. Elections for members Of the General As
ssmbIy ssall be held at the several election pre-
cincts - lbished by law. The Legislature may
aslsgas ~ power Of establishing election precincts
to the = chial or municipal authorities.
ARB Representation in the House of Repre-
sentative Shall be equal and uniform, and shall be
yernaa ~ and by the total population OF
saoh the several parishes Of the State. Each par
ish shH u have at least one Representative No new
parish ssal be created with territory less than six
hnndfsd aud twenty-five square miles, nor with .
popnis t,n 1essthan the full number emitting it to
Reprsss sentative, nor when the creation OF sucl
now n ID wonfd leave any other parish without the
said xtsat Of territory and amount of population
Thief y enumeration by the State authorities un
der this Constitution shall be made in the year 1853
the SEQ nd in the year 1858, the third in the yea
1865 alter which time The General Assembly shal
direcsln what manner the census shall be ,aken 50
that i be made at least once in every period Of ter
years. The purpose Of ascer.anng the total popu
htionsin each parish and election district
Al she first regular session Of the Legislature, after
the making Ut each enumeration, the Legislature shall
apPorion the representation among the several par
ishes an election districts the basis Of the total
population. as Aforesaid Anrepresentative number
shall BE- dxsd, and each pad i and election district
shall havs a. many Representatives as its aggre-
gatn popnlat0n shall entte it to- and an additional
Representative for any fraction exceeding one-ha
the Representative number. The number Of Re.
presci tatlves shall not be more than one hundred
nor isss than seventy. Until an superintendent
shall u made, and elections held under the same
in ac crdance 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 az At present established by law.
The limits Of the Parish OF Orleans are hereby ex
tended, to embrace the whole Of the presen,
city Of Nav Orleans including that part of the Pa.
IRISH Of Jefferson formerly known the city of La.
fayette.
All that part Of the Parish OF Orleans which is sit.
mated on the left bank Of the Mississippi river shall
pc divided by the Legislature into not more than
ten Representative Districts, and until new appor-
tionment shall be made according to the first CEN
sus 10 be taken under this Constitution, that part
Of 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 apportioned by law to the Parish of Jefferson
the other Representative Districts shall remain as
they are now established.
ART.9. The House Of r. lives shall choose
its Speaker and other officers.
the age o. twenty-one years, and who has been
resident Of the State twelve months next preceding
the election, and the last six mouths thereof in the
Parish which he offers to vote, and who shall be
citizen NJ me United States, shall have the right of
voting; bnt no voter on removing from Parish
70 smother within the State, shall lose the right OF
ynslng the former until he shall have acquired it in
The atter Electors shall in all cases. except treason
slony, or breach of the pence, be privileged from
arrest during their attendance at going to- or return
ing from elections.
ART. IL The Legislature shall provide by law,
that the names and residence Of all qualified electors
Of the city OF New Orleans, shall be registered in or
der to entite them to vote but the registry shall be
fres ofcost to the elector
Art. -. No soldier, seaman or marine in the army
or navy OF the United States, no panper, no person
under Introduction, under conviction Of any crime
punishable with hard labor shall be entitled to vote
It any election in this State.
ART.l3 Mcpherson shall be entitled to vote at any
Dlecton held ia this Stae except IN the Parish OF his
residence, and in cities and towns divided into cleo
lion precincts, in the election precinct in which he
resides.
ART IA. The members Of the Senate shall be
Ihosen Tor the term Of four years The Senate, when
lssenbled, shall have the power choose its officers
/. AIT. IS. The Legislature, in every ear in which
hsy shall apportion representation in the House of
Representatives, shall divide the State into Senate
'isi Dlslicts. No Parish shall be divided in the
ormstion Of Senatorial District--the Parish of Or.
esns excepted And whenever new Parish shall
created it shall be attached the Senatorial Dis
rict from which most Gifts territory was taken or TO
lnoiner contiguous District at the discretion of the
Legislature, but shall not be attached to more than
'ns District The number OF Senators shall be thirty
20 and they shall be apportioned among the Senate
al Districts according to the total population con.
aimed In the several Districts-Provided that no
Fslsh shall 30 entitled to more than five Senator's
AFT. To- In all apportonnlents of the Senate, the
population Of the city Of New Orleans shall be deduc-
- from the population OF the whole State, and the
Of the population divided by The number
t27,) and the result produced by this
llvsion shall be the Senatorial ratio emitting Sena.
Oral District to Senator Single or contiguous
tsarahss shall be formed into Districts, having a
population the nearest possible to the number en-.
Lifting District to Senator; and IL in the amor
to be made Parish or District fall shor, of
q exceed the ratio oneifth then District NAV he
lo.mea having not more than two Senators, but not
otnerwise No new apportionmenl shall have the
VI aof'ug,ng the term OF service OF any Sena.
tof already elected at the time of making The ano,r-
tlonment. After enumeration has been msds a.
directed In the eighth Article the Legislature shall
NOT pass any lazy until an oppor,ionmept of Ranra,
sentatlnn IN both Houses Of the General Assemble
b mads. A'se'"'iy
y q hr y. AZ the first session Of the General AS
'embly after this Constitution takes effect the Ssna
ofs shall be equally divided by 10, into two classes
Inc sests q the Senators Of the first class shall he
seeated az the expiration OF the second year of the
lecond class At the expiration of the fourth wear so
nat one hall shall be chosen every two years and
Io.ason thereby kept up perpetually In case any
District shall have elected two or more S-n,tors
md Senators shall vacae their seats respectively at
ne end Of two and four years. and lets shall be drawn
between them. N'""A
at at ~ The first election for Senators shall he
1oaeIa throughout this State, and at the sam. time