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he other, adjourn for more than three days nor to
nv other place than that in which they may be Sit

any other place than that in which they may be sit
ting.
bly, shall receive from the public treasury compen-
saton for thek SERVICES which shall be four dollars
per day during their attendance going to and return
ing from the session Of their respective houses
The compensation may be increased diminished
by law but no alteration shall take effect during
he period Of service Of the members Of the House Of
Representatives by whom such alteration shall nave
been made. No session shall extend to period pc
yond sixty days, to date from its commencement
and any legislative action had after the expiration
Of the said sixty days, shall be null and void. ms
provision shall not apply to the first Legislature
which is to convene after the adoption OF TINS oon-
stitntion
ART. 49, The members Of the General Assembly
shall in all cases except treason, felony breach OF the
peace, be privileged from arrest during their at
tendance at the sessions Of their respective houses,
and going to or returning from the same an s lot
any speech debate in either house, they snail not
be questioned in any other place.
Arr. 27 No Senator or Representative shall, dur.
ing the term for which he was elected, nor for one
year thereafter, be appointed or elected to any cv
office Of profit under this State, which shall have
been created or the emoluments of which shall
have been increased during the time such Senator
or Representative was in office, except to such Off
ces or appointments as may be filled by the cleo
tons Of the people.
ART. %. No person who at any time may have
Municipal, or who may have been otherwise entrusted
with public money, shall be eligible to the General
Assembly, to any office Of profit or trust under
the State Government, until lie shall have obtained
discharge for the amount Of such collections, and
for all public moneys with which he may have
been entrusted.
Art 20. No bill shall have the force of law until
on three several days it be read over in each house
Of the General Assembly, and free discussion allowed
thereon, unless in Of urgency tonr-hhs OF the
honse, where the bill shall be pending, may deem 1t
\ expedient to dispense with this rule.
ART. 80. All bills for raisng revenue shall orig
mate in The House of Representatives, but the Senate
may propose amendments as in other bills; provided
they shall not introduce any new matter under color
Of an amendment, which does no. relate to raising
revenue. -
ART. 81 The General Assembly shall regulate
by law, by whom and in what manner wrts O.
election shall be issued tn fill the vacancies which
may happen in either branch thereof @
ART. 80. The Senate shall vote on the confirms
ton or rejection of officers to be appointed BY the
Governor, with the advice and consent OF the
Senate, by yeas and nays, and the names of the Sem
ators voting for and against the appointments re-
spectvcly shall be entered on journal to be kept
for that purpose and made public at the end Of each
i session, or before.
the General Assembly shall be made to the Secretary
Of State. m.
AIT. 81 In the year in which regular election for
Senator Of the United States is TO take place. the
members of the General Assembly shall meet in
the Hall of the House OF Representatives, on the
Monday following the meeting of the Legislature
and proceed to the said election.
| TITLE III.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
/ ART. 49, The Supreme Executive power of The
| State shall be vested in Chief Magistrate, whe
shall be styled the Governor Of the State of Louisiana
4 He shall hold his office during the term Of fou
Tho onf mn
chosen for the same term, be elected as follows
The qualified electors for Representatives shall
vote for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, o
| the time and place of voting for Representatives
the returns Of every election shall be sealed up ant
transmitted BY the proper returning officer to The
Secretary of State, who shall deliver them to the
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives, on the
4 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
/ representatives. to examine and count the votes
The person having the greatest number of votes fol
Governor, shall be declared duly elected but two
! persons shall be equal and highest in the
\ number of votes poed for Governor, one Of them
shall Immediately be chosen Governor by joint vote
4 of the members of the General Assembly. The
| person having the greatest number of votes FOL
A Lieutenant Governor, shall be Lieutenant Governor
but 1.-TWO or more persons shall be equal and highest
IN the number Of votes polled for Lieutenant Gov
/ ernor of them shall be Immediately chosen
Il u
| the General Assembly.
ART. &c. No person shall be eligible to the ofiic,
Of Governor Lieutenant Governor, who shall no
have attained the age Of twentyeght years and bee
citizen and a resident within the State for tn
space of four years next preceding his election.
T. ART. 81 The Governor shall enter on the discharg
Of his duties on the fourth Monday of Januar,
i next ensuing his election, and shall continue il
4 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. 49, 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 or in
ability to qualify, resignation absence from th,
| State, the powers and duties of the office shall de
I volve upon the Lieutenant Governor for the resi-
due of the term or until the Governor, absent o
impeached, shall return be acquitted The Legis
lature may provide by law for the of remova
impeachment, death. resignation, disability or reu
sal to qualify, Of both the Governor and Leutenan
Governor, declaring what officer shall act az Gov
ernor; and such officer shall act accordingly unit
the disability be removed, or for the residue of tn
term
I. ART. Al. The Lieutenant Governor, or other off
Ger dischargng The duties of Governor shall, durn.
4 his administration, receive the same compensation
10 which the Governor would have been entitled
had he continued in office.
Il ART. Do. The Lieutenant Governor shall, by vir
tue Of his office, be President OF the Senate, blu
shall have only casting vote therein. Wheneve
he shall administer the Government, shall be un
able to attend as President of the Senate, tn
Senators shall elect one Of their own members a
] President of the Senate for the time being.
ART. 43. While he acts as President OF the Senate
the Lieutenant Governor shall receive for his ser
vices the same compensation which shall for The
same period be allowed to the Speaker Of the
House of Representatives, and no more.
4 ART. A. The Governor shall have power to gran
reprieves for all offences against the State, and
except in cases Of impeachment shall, with the con
sent Of the Senate have power grant pardons ant
remit fines and forfeitures, after conviction Ii
cases Of treason he may grant repreves, until III,
end of the next session Of the General Assembly, it
which the power of pardoning shall be vested.
! ART 45. The Governor shall at stated times re
4 ceve for his services compensation, which sha
/ neither be Increased nor diminished during tn
/ term for which he shall have been elected.
/ ART. 46. He shall be Commander-in-Chi of til
Army and Navy of this State, and Of the Mti
| thereof, except when they shall be called into tn
service Of the United States.
| ART. AZ. He shall nominate and, by and with tn
advice and consent of the Senate, appoint all off
GERS whose offices established by this Coustitu
ton, and whose appointment is not therein other
wise provided for: Provided, however, that the lie
gisature shall have right to prescribe the mode o
appointment to all ether offices established by law
/ ART 4S. The Governor shall have power to fill
vacancies that may happen during the recess o
the Senate, by granting commissions which shall