New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-09-23

ART. Ia. NO divorce shall be granted by the
Legislature.
ART. ll5. Every law enacted by the Legislature
shall embrace but object, and that shall be ex
pressed in the title
ART. ll6, No law shall be revived or amended by
reference TO ITS title; but in such case, the act
revised or section amended, shall be re-enacted and
pubished at length.
ART. ~. The Legislature shall never adopt any
system or code OF laws by general reference such
system or code OF laws, but in all shall specify
| the several provisions OF the laws it may enact
ART. lis Corporations with banking or discount.
ing privileges may be either created by special acts
or formed under general laws; but the Legislature
shail IN ooth cases provide ior the registry OF all bills
or notes issued OF put In circulation money, and
snail require ample security Tor the redemption Of
| Tue same IN specie:
ART. ll9 HE Legislature shall lave no power to
pass any law sanctionlng IN any manner, directly
| indirectly the suspension oil specie payments by
any person. association or corporation issuing bank
notes oi any description.
ART. l2o In case OF insolvency OF any bank or
banking association The bill holders thereof shall be
entitled to preference in payment over all other
| creditors OF such bank or association.
ART I'll The Legislature shall have power to
| pass such laws as it may deem expedient for the
| rehe' or revival oil the Citizens Bank OF Louisiana,
and the acts already passed tor the same purpose are
| ratified and confirmed. Provided that the Bank is
subjected to the restrictions tanned in articles ll9
and 100 of this Constitution.
ART. ~ No person shall hold or exercise, at the
same time more than one civil office OF emo!ument,
except that OF Justice OF the Peace.
| ART l23 Taxation shall be equal and uniform
! throughout the State All property on which taxes
| may be levied, IN this State, shall be taxed in pro-
portion to its value. to be ascerained as directed by
| law, No one species OF property shall be taxed
| higher than another species OF properly Of equal
value, on which taxes shall be levied; the Legisa-
ture shall have power to levy an income tax and to
TAX all persons pursuing any occupation, trade or
| profession.
ART. l24 The citizens of the City of NewOr-
leans shall have The right of appointing the several
public officers necessary for the administration Of
the police Of the said city, pursuant to the mode OF
elections which shall be prescribed by the Legisla-
ture provided. that The Mayor and Recorders shall
be Ineligible to a seat in the General Assembly; and
| the Mayor, Recorders, and Aldermen and ASSISTANT
| Aldermen, shall be commissioned by the Governor
as Justices OF The Peace, and the Legislature may
vest in them such criminal jurisdiction as may be
necessary for the punishment of minor crimes and
offences, and the police and good order of said city
may require
ART, 1875 The Legislature may provide by law
10 what case offcers Shall continue to perform the
| ha We been indncted mo otiins
| AsT, 1876. Anv citizen Of his State WIN shall
after the adoptiop of this Constitution 6pht a dive
with deadly weapons with citizen of this State or
send or accent a cha lerse to fpAt tIn.l win
dendy weapons either within this State or ont of IT,
| q n q is ybp hall apt
ond or knowingly aid and assist in anv name,
| thns. Nm. ,,fr nsi;3- sb.U La !a,;4 Il tiI;.
any, ntIic. If ,r,st -nt sn of ,ha
of su FRAY. u,.r his Constttn,ion And tie offcs n
anu Stat4 officer neu,hst of ths C+,.n.r,I Assemble,
mr. n, s,v n. h,, ,.rsn, L,,li - ,4ia -, ,.ns, ~ -,
n,d.r H. CONSTITUTION ,na Tho I,,s MD IN M
srapc. ,h.raof shall he J.,xo t,cto y,c,,.d Nv Ma
fact If anv such nerson co,uu1,tmg tho offence
tinnad in ,b;s art;la nd ha NH ~
| ID ~, Ian, fo- th ,a...;i, i 4i,; r y.
|
An 10y III. I;s,+,.,l,l L. vacuum. >,
evtend ,his C,nvti,ntion aa ,h i,,I;o,rn ~ ,hi
State ov-r ter,;torv ,ronir.j hi, counact >itb
anv State ar win ,ha Irr;td s,,,p. ~ .arn. ha;r
! done Inv RI. consent of III. Uni,ad Stnta.
l. Az, 1913 No,a of ,ha l.n,i. ,,.t,, H., f,o,n.oss
to the Slate Of Tonsi,na fnr sidna il in CONSTRUCTING
| the n.c.ss,rv Iavee. and dr,;ns -, raIsi, ,L
swamps and over6owed lands in this St,te sinlI he
diverted from the nurnoses for which ,hev were
prant~d,
Apr 100 The Co,stitutio, and I.,,,s of tbis St.ts
shall he nromn,g,tad in The Mssl;sh and Frenrt
| lanar,ra.
| TITLE W.T.
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iHihhSAl' iFfse'A.nESiS'
| ART 100. There shall be Board of Public
Works, to consist of four Commissioners The State
shall be divided by the Legislature into four Dis
rlcts, containing as nearly as may De an equal num-
in each District hv Tho I.,,,I yo,ars ,bsr.nf fo-
the term OF four years but OF the first elected two
| to be designated by lot shall remain in office or
two years only.
| ART. l3l. The General Assembly at it's first .es
sion alter the adoption of this Constitution, slia
| provide for the election and compensation of the
| Commissioners and the organization of the Board
| The Commissioners first elected shall assemble on a
day to be appointed by law, and decide by lot the
order IN which their terms OF service shall expire.
| ART 1872 The Commissioners shall exercise a
| dlligent and faithful supervision all public
works, in which the State may be Interested, except
| those made by Joint stock companies. They shall
communicate to the General Assembly, from time
time, their views concerning the same and recon-
mend such measures as they may deem necessary,
IN order to employ to the best advantage and tor the
purposes for which they were granted, the swamps
and overlooked lands conveyed by the United States
to this State They shall appoint all officers en-
other duties as may be prescribed bylaw
by the concurrent vote OF majority OF all the mem
bers elected to each House OF the General Assem-
bly,; but the cause OF the removal shall be entered
on the journal OF each House.
ART. l34. The General Assembly shall have
power by vote OF three-htths Of the members
elected TO each house, to abolish said Board, when
ever IN their opinion Board oil Public Works shall
nc longer be necessary.
TITLE VIII
fuSLic hppcAiloN'
ART. l33. There shall be elected d Superintendent
OF Public Education, who shall hold his Office Tor the
term OF two years His duties Shall be prescribed