New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-10-01
CONSTITUTIONS
OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
.adopted IN Conuentioa July 81, 1852.
PREAMBLE

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PREAMBLE.
We the people OF the s ale OF Louisiana, do or
dain aud establish this Constitution
TITLE |.
DISTRIBUTION OF POWERS.
ARr. l. The pnwers OF the government of the State
Of Louisiana shall be divided into three distinct de-
partmspts and each Of them be conided to a separ-
ate body Of magistracy tn-wit: those which
Legislative to one, those which Executive to an
other, aud those which Judicial To another.
AgT.2 No OF these Departments, nor any
person holding office in o: them, shall exercise
power properly heongingio either of the others,
cspt in the instances hereinafter expressly directed
or permitted.
TITLE H.
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
Arts The Legislative power of the State shall
be vested in two distinct branches. the one to be
styled the :" House OF Representatives, the Other
the Senate, and both the General Assembly" Of the
State Of Louisiana.
ART. The members of the House Of Represen-
tatives shall continue in service for the term Of
two years from the day of the closing OF the general
elections.
Art S. Representatives shall be chosen the
first Monday in November every two years; and the
election shall be competed in one day. The Gene.
raj Assembly shalt meet annually. on the third
Monday in January, unless different day be APP
pointed by law, and their sessions shall be held at
: the seat of government.
ART. 6 Every duly qualified elector, under this
Constitution, shall be eligible in the Gem
eral Assembly, provided that person shall be a
Representative or Senator sness he be, at the time
Of his election, duly qualified voter of the Repre-
sentative Senatorial District from which he is elect
ed.
ART. 7. Elections tor members OF the General As
sembiy shall he held at the several election pre-
cincts established by law. The Legislature may
delegate the power Of establishing election precincts
to the parochial municipal authorities
ART s. Representation in the House OF Repre-
sentatives shall be equal and uniform and shall BE-
regulated and asceraIned by The total population Of
each OF the several parishes OF the State. Each par
ish shall have at least Representative No new
parish shall BIZ created with territory less than six
hundred and twenty five square miles, with Il
population essthan the full number rntitling ii
Represensentative, When the creation of such
new parish would leave any other parish without the
said extent OF territlty and amount OF population.
The first enumeration ny the State authorities
der this Constitution shall! he mde in the year 1853
the second the year 1888, the third in the year
1865: after which time the General Assembly shall
direct in what manner be shall be taken, so
that it be made nj least once in every period OF len
years, for the purpose oi asrerarng the total popu
iaton in each parish aud election district.
AT the first reg ar session ot the Legislature ateI
the mixing nteaci, enumeration tIe Ley sla shall
appnrtion the representation among the several par
shss ami election Districts on the basis Of the tota
population. aforesaid representative plumber
shall BIZ fixed, and each parish and election district
shall have many Representatives. as its aggre
gate population shall entle it to. and an additional
Representative for any fraction exceeding one-baIi
the Representative number. The number Of Re
representatives. shall not BIZ mare than one hundred,
nor less than seventy. Until apportonm.nt
shall be made, and elections held under the same,
in accordance with the first enumeration to BIZ made
as directed in this article, the Representation in
the Senate and Honss Of Representatives, shall be
and remain at present established by law.
The limits of the Parish oil Orleans are hereby ex-
/ tended, to embrace the whole of the present
city Of New Orleans, including that part Of the Pa
rsh Of Jefferson formerly known the city OF La
fayette.
All that part of the Parish of Orleans which is sit
uated on the left bank Of the MI sissipp river shall
be divided by the Legislature into not more than
ten Representative Districts, and until appor-
tionment shall be made according the first cen
to be taken under this Constitution that part
Of the city OF New Orleans which comprised
within the former limits of the city of La.ay ete,
shall vote fot Senators from the Parish OF Orleans,
and form the Tenth Representative District and
shall elect two out oil the three Representatives.
apporoued by law to the Parish Of Jefferson ;
the other Representative Districts shall remain as
they are now established
ARr.9. The House OF Representatives shall choose
Its Speaker and other officers.
ART. 10. Every Tree white male who mas attained
the atscton, and the last six months thereof in The
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 Paris
to another within the State, shall lose the right of
voting in the former until he shall have acquired it in
the latter. Electors shall in all cases, EXCEPT treas
II felony, or breach Of the peace, be privileged from
arrest during their attendance going TO- or return
ing from elections.
ART. IL. The Legislature shall provide by law
that the aud residence oil ali qualified electors
OF the city of New Orleans, shall be registered IN or
der TO entte them to vote; but the registry shall be
free of cost to the elector.
ART. II. No soldier, seaman marine in the army
or navy Of the Uailed States, no pauper, no person
under introduction, nor under conviction OF any crime
punishable with hard labor, shall be entitled to vote
at any election in this State.
ART. ID Nopersnn shall be entitled to vote a. any
election held in this Stale, except In the Parish of hrs
residence and in cities and towns divided into elec-
ton precincts, in the election precinct in which he
resides.
Art a. The member. of the Senate shall be
chosen Tor the term OF four years. The Senate when
assembled, shall have the power to choose its officers.
ART. 10. The Legislature, in cry year which
they shall apphtion representation in die House OF
Representatives, shall divide the State into Senate
rial Districts. No Parish shall be divided in the
formation oil Senatorial D.strct-ti- Parish Of Or
leans excepted. Aud whenever new Parish shall
be created II shall he attached TO The Senatorial Dis
trict from which OF territory was taken mr. Ia
another contiguous District, al the discretion uf the
Legislature, but shall not he attached to more than
one District Tue number OF Senators shall be tnr,y.
two, and they shall he spportioned among the Senate
rid Districts according to the total population con
taned in the several Observation-Disclosures that no
Parish shall be entitled to more than five Senators
ART To- In all apport,oum-nts of the Senate tn.
population III the city of New Orleans shah be de,'uc
tod from the population Of the whole State, and the
remainder Of the population divided by the number