New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-21


shall embrace but one object, and that shall be
pressed in the title.
ART. l16. No law shall be revived OF amended by
reference to its title; but in such case, the act
revised or section amended shall be re.enacted and
published at length.
ART. III. The Legislature shall never adopt any
system or code OF laws by general reference to such
system or code OF laws but in all cases shall specify
the several provisions of the laws it may enact
ART u.s. Corporations with banking or discount
ing privileges may be either created BY special acts
or formed under general laws; but the Legislature
shall in both provide for the registry of all bills
or notes issued or put in circulation money, and
shall require ample security for the redemption of
the same in specie.
ART 1l9. The Legislature shall lave no power to
pass any law sanctoning in any manner, directly
indirectly, the suspension of specie payments, by
any person, association corporation issuing bank
notes of any description.
ART. 100. In case of insolvency Of any bank
banking association, the bill holders thereof shall be
entitled to preference in payment, over all other
creditors Of such bank or association.
ART. III. The Legislature shall have power to
pass such laws as it may deem expedent for the
relief or revival of the Citizens Bank of Louisiana
and the acts already passed for the psspose
ratified and confirmed. Provided that the Bank is
subjected to the restrictions contained in articles 10
and 100 of this Constitution.
ART. 122. No person shall hold exercise, at the
same time, more than civil office OF emolument,
except that OF Justice oil the Peace.
ART. 1913. Taxation shall be equal and uniform
throughout the State All property which taxes
may be levied in this State, shall be taxed in pro-
portion to its value, TO be ascertaned 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 Legisla
tnre 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 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
in what officers shall continue to perform the
duties Of their offices until their successors shall
have been indicted into Office
ART, l26. Any citizen of this State who shall
after the adoption of this Constitution, fight duel
with deadly weapons with citizen of this State, OF
send accept challenge to fight duel with
deadly weapons, either within this State out of it.
with citizen of this State, who shall act sec
ond, knowingly aid and assist in any manner
those thus offending, shall be deprived of holding
any office OF trust or profit, and of enjoying the right
OF suffrage under this Constitution and the office
any State officer, member of the General Assembly
OF any other person holding office of profit or rus
under this Constitution and the laws made in pur
| suance thereof shall be fpso t1cto vacated by lhe
fact OF any such person committing the offence men
toned in this article and the Legislature shall pro
vide by law for the ascertainng and declaration o
such forfeiture.
ART. 1877. The Legislature shall have power t,
extend this Constitution and the jurisdiction of this
State over any territory acquired by compact witt
any State with the United States, the same being
done by the consent of the United States.
ART. l2S. None of the lands granted by Congress
to the State OF Louisiana for aiding it in constructing
the necessary levees and drains, to reclaim TIN
swamps and overlooked lands in this State, shall b.
! diverted from the purposes for which they wer
granted.
ART 129. The Constitution and laws of this Stat,
| shall be promulgated in the English and French
| languages.
TITLE VII.
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.
ART. 130 There shall be a Board of Pub
VIZ rks, to consist of four Commissioners. The Stat
| shall be divided by the Legislature into four Dis
tricts, containing nearly may be an equal mum
| Der of voters and one Commissioner shall be eecte
| in each District, by the legal voters thereof, 70
the term of four years; but OF the first elected two
to be designated by lot, shall remain in office 70
| two years only.
ART. 13l. The General Assembly, at its first SEES
| sion after the adoption of this Constitution, shal
| provide for the election and compensation of thu
| Commissioners and the organization of the Board
| The Commissioners first elected shall assemble
| day to be appointed by law, and decide by lot tn
order in which their terms OF service shall expire.
| ART 1872 The Commissioners shall exercise
| diligent and faithful supervision all public
works. in which the State may be interested excep
| those made by joint stock companies. They shat
communicate to the General Assembly, from time tt
| time, their views concerning the same and recon
| mend such measures they may deem necessary
in order to employ to the best advantage and for Thu
purposes for which they granted, the swamp
and overlooked lands conveyed by the United State
| to this State. They shall appoint all officers en-
gagged on the public works, and shall perform sucl
other duties may be prescribed by law.
| ART. 1873, The Commissioners may be removes
| by the concurrent of majority Of all the mem
| bers elected to each House of the General Assem-
bly,; but the cause of the removal shall be entere
on the journal OF each House.
| ART. 13I. The General Assembly shall hav
power by vote Of three-ffths of the member
elected to each house, to abolish said Board when
ever in their opinion Board OF Public Works sha
| no longer be necessary.
TITLE VIII.
| PUBLIC EDUCATION.
| ART. 1875. There shall! be elected Superintendent
|
term OF two years. His duties shall be prescribe
| by law, and he shall receive such compensation a
the Legislature may direct; provided that the Gen
eral Assembly shall have power by vote of tn
majority Of the members elected to both houses, t
| abolish the said Office of Superintendent of Publ
| Education, whenever in their opinion said office sha
| be no longer necessary.
| ART. 1876. The General Assembly shall establis
| free Public Schools throughout the State. and sha
provide for their support by general taxation pro
| perty otherwise: and all moneys raised pro
vded shall be distributed to each Parish in proper
| ton to the number of free white children betwee
such ages shall be fixed by the General Assembly
| ART. 1877 The proceeds of all lands heretofor
granted by the United States to this State for tn
use or support of schools and uf all lands which ma
hereafter be granted bequeathed to the State,
not expressly granted or bequeathed for any othe
purpose which hereafter may be disposed of by tn
| State, ard the proceeds of the estates of decease
| persons to which the State may become entitled b
| law, shall be held by the State loan, and sha
be and remain perpetual fund, on which the Stat
shall pay annual interest OF six per cent Whic
interest, together with the interest the trustfund
deposited with this State by the United States, un
der the act OF Congress approved June %, 1876,
| all the rents OF the unsod lands shall be appropr
ated TO the support Of such Schools and this apprc
| priation shall remain involable.
ART. 1873. All moneys arising from the sales whic
have been, or may hereafter be made, Of any land
heretofore granted by the United States to thi
Stale, for the use of Seminary of Learning, an
from any kind OF do nation that may hereafter b
made fer that purpose shall be and remain perpe
tual fund.- the interest of which six per cent, pc
annum, shall be appropriated to the support Of
Seminary OF Learning for the promotion of literatur
and the arts and sciences and no law shall b
made diverting said fund to any other than to n