New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-10-18

The other adjourn fof more than three days, nor to
any other place than shatin which they may be sit
ting.
! Art. rs. The members Of the General Assem-.
bly, shall receive from the public treasury compen-
sation for their 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 or diminished
BY law but no alteration shall a,se effect during
he period Of service Of the members ofthe House Of
Representatives by whom such alteration shall have
been made. No session shall extend to period be-
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 his
provision shall not apply to the first Legislature
which is to after the adoption Of this Con-
stitution.
Arr. 90. 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, and ior
any speech debate either house, they shall not
BE questioned in any other place.
ART.27 No Senator or Representative shall, dur
ing the term for which be was elected, nor for one
year thereafter, be appointed elected to any civil
office Of profit under this State, which shall have
been created or the emoluments OF which sna'l
have been increased during the time such senator
OF Representative was 10 office, except to such ott-
ces Of appointments as may be filled BY the cleo
tions Of the people.
ART. g. No person WHO at any time may have
been collector Of taxes, whether State Parish OF
Municipal or who may have been otherwise entrusted
with public money shall be eligible to the General
Assembly, Of 10 any office Of profit or trust under
Inc State Government until he shall have obtained
a discharge for the amount Of such collections and
for all public moneys with which he may have
I been entrusted
ART 49, No bill shall have the force of law until
on three several days it be read in each house
ofthe General Assembly, and free discussion allowed
thereon, unless in q urgency four-fhs Of the
house. where the bill shall be pending may deem 1t
expedient to dispense with this rule.
Arr. 80. All bills for raising revenue shall orig
mate in the House Of but the Senate
may propose amendments as in other bills provided
they shall introduce any matter under color
Of an amendment, which does not relate to raising
ART 81 The General Assembly shall regulate
by law, BY whom, and in what manner writs Of
election shall be issued to gil the vacancies which
may happen in either branch thereof.
ART. 49, The Senate shall vots on the confirms
ton rejection of officers to be appointed BY the
Governor, with the advice and consent OF the
Senate by yeas and nays, and the Of the Sen
ators voting for and against the appointments re-
specttvey, shall be entered on journal to be kept
for that purpose, and made public the end OF each
| Art SO. Returns of all elections for members Of
the General Assembly shall be made to the Secretary
of State.
ART "a In the year in which regular election for
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. 81
TITLE III.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
ART. IS. The Supreme Executive power Of the
State shall be vested in a Chief Magistrate, who
shall be styled the Governor Of the State Of Louisiana
He shall hold his office during the term OF -four
years, and together with the Lieutenant Governor
| chosen for the same term, be elected as follows
The qualified electors for Repr esentatives shat
| vote for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, al
| the time and place Of voting for Representatives
the returns of every election shall be sealed up and
transmitted By the proper returning officer to ne
Secretary of State, who shall deliver them to the
| Speaker Of the House Of Representatives, on the
| 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 for
Governor, shall be declared duly elected but if two
or more persons shall be equal and highest in the
number Of votes polled for Governor, Of them
shall Immediately be chosen Governor by joint vote
Of the members of the General Assembly The
person having the greatest number of votes for
Lieutenant Governor, shall be Lieutenant Governor
but iftwo or more persons shall be equal and highest
in the number of votes poiled for Lieutenant Gov
srnor, one of them shall be Immediately chosen
Lieutenant Governor by joint vote Of the members Of
the General Assembly
ART. SO. No person shall be eligible to the office
Of Governor or Lieutenant Governor, who shall not
have attained the age Of twenty years and been
citizen and a resident within the State for the
| space of four years next preceding his election.
ART ST. The Governor shall enter on the discharge
| of his duties on the fourth Monday of January
| next ensuing his election, and shall continue in
| 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. 78's
Act. 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 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 in
ability to qualify, resignation or absence from the
State, the powers and duties OF the Office shall de-
vove upon the Lieutenant Governor for the resi-
due OF the term, or until the Governor, absent or
impeached, shall return or be acquitted. The Legis-
lature may provide by law for the of removal,
impeachment, death, resignation, disability, rein-
sal to qualify, Of both the Governor and Lieutenant
Governor, declaring what officer shall act Gov
ernor; and such officer shall act accordingly until
the disability be removed, or for the residue of the
term. sgsis
ART. A. The Lieutenant Governor, or other off
discharging the duties Of Governor shall, during
his administration, receive the same compensation
to which the Governor would have been entitled,
had he continued in office. 5a6
ART. a. The Lieutenant Governor shall by vir-
tue of his office be President of the Senate, but
shall have only casting vote therein. Whenever
he shall administer the Government, or shall be un-
able to attend President of the Senate, the
Senators shall elect of their own members as
President Of the Senate for the time being.
ART. 40. While he acts 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.
ART. A. The Governor shall have power to grant
reprieves for all offences against the State, and,
except in Of impeachment, shall, with the
sent of the Senate have power to grant pardons and
remit fines and forteitures, after conviction. In
Of treason he may grant repr;eves, until the
end of the session of the General Assembly, in
which the power of pardoning shall be vested.
ART. 49, The Governor shall at stated times re-
ceve for his services compensation, which shall
neither be increased diminished during the
term for which he shall have been elected.
ART. 46. He shall be ommanderin-Chief of the
Army and Navy of this State, and Of the Militia
thereof, except when they shall be called into the
service of the United States.
ART. AZ. He shall nominate and by and with the
advice and consent Of the Senate, appoint all Off
whose offices established by this Coustitu-
tion, and whose appointment is not therein other
wise provided for: Provided, however, that the Lee
gislature shall have right to prescribe the mode of
appointment to all other offices established by law.
ART. AS The Governor shall have power to fill
vacancies that may happen during the recess Of
the Senate, by granting commissions which shall
expire at the end OF the next session, unless other
wise provided for in this Constitution but person
who has been nominated for office, and rejected
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