New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-10

WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST IL, 1862
CONSTITUTION @
OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
We the people of the State of louisiana do ordan and
establish this Constitution
TITLE ].
DISTRIBUTION OF POWER.
Article The powers of the Government of the State
oil Louisiana shall be divided into three distinct depart
ments md each of them be conded to separate body
Of magstcy, towit those which Legislative to one
those which Executive to another and those which
Art 3. No one Of these departments, any person
holding ONCE In one of them shall exercise power proP
ery belonging to either of the others except IN the In
stances hereinafter expressly directed or permitted
TITLE II.
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
Art D. 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
6 the General Assembly of the State Of Louisiana
Art A. The members Of the House Of Representatives
the day 81 the closing Of the general elections
Art Representatives shall be chosen on the first Mon
day IN November years. and the election shall
meet shnus on the third Monday in January unless
different be appointed by law and their sessions
shall be hsid q the seat Of Government.
tuition shall be eligible seat in the General Assembly
provided that person shall be or Sen
ator unless be- at the time of his election duly quail
i6ed voter Of the Representative Senatorial District
from which he is elected.
Art Elections for members of the General Assembly
shall be held at the several election precincts established
by law The Legislature may delegate the power of estab
fishing election precncts to the parochia or municipal
Art. g. Representation in the House of Representa-
tyesahaH be equal and uniform and shall be regulated
and asceraned by the total population of each of tn.
80 EoaI Dar chatl1 not
least Representative No Parish shall be created
With territory less than six hundred and twenty-five
square miles with population less than the full
Der emitting it to Representative when the creation
Of such Parish would leave other Parish without
the said extent of territory and amount Of
The first enumeration by the State authorities under
this Constitution shall be made in the year 1853 the Sc
cond IN the year 1885, the third in the year after
which time the General Assembly shall direct in what
the census shall be taken that it be made at
least in every period Of ten years. the purpose OF
asceaning the total population in each Parish and elec-
At the first regular session of the Legislature after the
making of each enumeration the Legislature shall appor
ton the representation among the several Parishes and
aforesaid representative number shall be liked and
each Parish election District shall have many Re-
to- and an additional Representative for any fraction
ceeding one-haH the Representative number. The
number Of Representatives shall not be more than 100
Untilaan superintendent shall be made, and elections
held under the in accordance with the first emu
mer8ti0n made directed article, the Repre-
sentaton in the Senate and House OF Representative
shall be and remsin present established by law.
Tho limits Of the Parish of Orleans hereby extended
SO as to embrace the whole Of the present City Of New
Orleans including that part Parish Of Jefferson
formerly known as the City of Lafayette.
All that part Of the Parish of Orleans which situated
on the left bank o The Mississippi river shall be dvidet
by the Legislature into not than ten Representative
Districts and until new apporonment shall be mad
according the first to be taken under this Con
sttution that part of the City of NewOrieans which
comprised within the former limits of the City Of Lafay
ets shall vote fos Senators from the Parish Of Orleans
shall elect two out of the three Representatives
portioned by law to the Parish of Jefferson the othe
Representative Districts shall remain they nov
Art O. The House Of Repres'a shall choose it
Speaker and other officers
age of twenty years. and who has been resident
the State twelve months next preceding the election
the last six months thereof in the Parish in which HI
offers vote and who shall be citizen of the United
States shall have the right of voting but voter
moving from Parish to another within the State hal
lose the right of voting in the former until he shall have
acquired it in the latter Electors shall in all
cept treason felony breach of the peace be privileged
from arrest during their attendance at going to-
turning from elections.
Art H. The Legislature shall provide by law, that the
names and residence of al qualified electors of the city OF
New Orleans shall be registered in order to entitle them
to vote but the registry shall be free Of cost to the
elector H.
Art r. No soldier, seaman or marine in the army or
navy Of the United States pauper no under in
trrdictun under conviction any crime punishable
with hard labor shall be entitled to vote at any election
Art 49, No person shall entitled to vote at any
ton held in this State except in the Parish of his resi-
dence and in cities and divided election pre-
cncts, in the election precinct in which he resides
Art a. The members Of the Senate shall be chosen
the term Of four years The Senate, when assembled
shall have the power to choose its officers.
Art 15 The Legislature in every year in which they
sha apporton in the House Of Represent
No Parish shall Be- divided IN the i formation Of senato
rial Dstrictthe Parish of Orleans excepted And when
ever new Parish shall be created it shall be ATTACHED
to the Senatorial District from which of its terrtor,
taken to another contiguous district at the dis
erection Of the Legislature but shall not be attached
more than one District The number of Senators shal
be thrty-two and they shall be apportoned among the
Senatorial Districts according to the total population
tanned in the several Provided that Parish
shall be entitled to than five Senators.
Art 10. In all appointments of the State thc popu
ation of the city Of NewOrleans shall be deducted from
the population Of the whole State and the remainder
the population divided by the number twenty
the result produced by this division shall be the Senate
rial ratio emitting Senatorial District to Senator
Single contiguous Parishes shall be formed into Dis
tricts having population the nearest possible to the num-
Der emitting District to Senator; and it, in the APP
portionment to be made Parish District fall short
Of exceed the ratio onefth then District may be
formed having not more than two Senator'S but not other
wise. No apportionment shall have the effect of
1a any
enumeration has been made directed in the eighth
article the Legislature shall not pass any law until
port0nment Of Representation in both Houses of the
General Assembly be made.
Art H. At the first session of the General Assembly af
ter this Constitution takes effect the Senators shall be
equally divided by lot into two classes the seats of the
Senators OF the first class shall be vacated at the expra
ton Of the second Of the second class the exp
ration of the fourth that oneha shall be chosen
two years. and rotation thereby kept up perpetu-
ally In any District shall have elected
Senators said Senators shall vacate their respective
y at the end Of two and four years. lots shall be drawn
between them.
Art 49, The first election for Senators shall be general
throughout the State and the time that the gen
halH n,ht uffl
there shall be biennial elections to fill the places of those
whose time of service may have expired,
Art 49, Not less than majority of the members of
each House OF the Geneneral Assembly shall form quo
rum to 90 business but smaller number may ai
jnurn from day to day. shall be authorized bylaw to
compel the Attendance Of absent members
Art 20 Bach House the General Assembly shall Judge
Of tho election and returns of its members
out contested election shall be determined in such
ner As snail be directed by law.
Art Il Each House OF the General Assembly may de-
termne the rules of its proceedings punish member for
disorderly behavior, and with the concurrence of two
as sApei mennef but not second time for the
Art ~ Each House Of the General Assembly shall
keep and publish weekly journal of its proceedings
and the yeas and nays of the members on any uuesto
shall at the desire Of any two of them be entered on the
journal. va '''N
Art w. Each House may punish by imprisonment any
person. not member for disrespecul and dsordrly be-
hayor in its presence otructing any of its
ceedngs, Such imprisonment shall not exceed ten DAYS
for any one offence wa '"
Art "a Neither House. during the session of tho
eral Assembly shall without the consent of the other
journ for than three days nor to any other MA
than that in which they may be sitting,
Art. 25 The members of the General Assembly shall
receive from the public treasury Compensation for their
services which shall be four dollars per day during their
attendance going to and returning the session Of
their respective houses The compensation may be in.
creased or diminished by law but alteration shall
take effect during the period of service of members
the House OF Representatives by whom such alteration