New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-10-14

shall embrace but one object, and that shall be ex
pressed in the title.
ART I16 No law shall be revived or amended by
reference to it's 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 discount
ing privileges may be either created by special acts,
or formed under general laws but the Legislature
shall in both cases provide for the registry of all bills
or notes issued or put in circulation as money, and
shall require ample security for the redemption of
the same in specie.
ART. 119. The Legislature shall have no power to
pass any law sanctoning in any manner, directly or
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 or
banking association the bill holders thereof shall be
entitled to preference in payment, over all other
creditors of such bank association,
ART 12l. The Legislature shall have power to
pass such laws as it may deem expedient for the
relief revival of the Citizens Bank OF Louisiana
and the acts already passed for the same purpose are
ratified and confirmed Provided that the Bank is
subjected to the restrictions contained IN articles lily
and 100 of this Constitution.
ART. 1879. No person shall hold exercise, at the
same time, more than one civil office OF emolument,
except that of Justice of the Peace.
ART. 1913. 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 ascertained directed by
law. No species of property shall be taxed
higher than another species of property 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. 1874. The citizens of the City of NewOr.
leans shall have the right OF appointing the several
public officers necessary for the administration oil
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 shal
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 ant
Offences and the police and good order of said city
may require
| ART. 1875 The Legislature may provide by law
in what case officers shall continue perform the
duties OF their offices until their successors shall
| have been indicted into Office.
| ART. 1876. Any citizen of this State who shall
after the adoption CT this Constitution, tight due
with deadly weapons with citizen OF this State, OF
| send accept a challenge to fight duel will
deadly weapons, either within this State or out oft
with citizen of this State, who shall act as sec
| ond, knowingly aid and assist in any manne
those thus offending, shall be deprived of holding
any oflce OF trust or prolt, and OF enjoying the fS
OF suffrage under this Constitution and the office
any State officer, member of the General Assembly
or of any other person holding office of profit trus
under this Constitution and the laws made in pur
suance thereof, shall be tpso tacto vacated by III
fact of any such person committing the offence men
toned in this article and the Legislature shall pro
vide by law for the ascertaning and declaration O
| such forfeiture.
ART, 1877. The Legislature shall have power t
extend this Constitution and the jurisdiction OF TIN
| State any territory acquired by compact wit
any State, with the United States the same benz
done by the consent of the United States.
| ART. 12S. None of the lands granted by Congress
to the State Of Louisiana for aiding it in CONSTRUCTING
| the necessary levees and drains to reclaim tn
| swamps and overlooked lands in this State, shall b
diverted from the purposes for which they wer
granted
ART. 1919. The Constitution and laws Of this Stat
shall be promulgated in the English and Ffenc
languages.
INTERNAL. IMPROVEMENTS
ART l30 There shall be Board OF Publ
| Works. to consist of four Commissioners. The Stat
shall be divided by the Legislature into four Dis
trcts, containing nearly may be an equal mum
her of voters and one Commissioner shall be electe
in each District by the legal voters thereof 70
the of four years; but, OF the first elected, two
to be designated by lot, shall remain in office 10
two years only.
ART. 1871. The General Assembly, at its first SEES
|
provide for the election and compensation of tn
| Commissioners and the organization of the Boarc
The Commissioners first elected shall assemble on
day to be appointed by law, and decide by lot tn
order in which their terms oil service shall expire
| ART. 1872. The Commissioners shall exercise
diigent and faithful supervision over all publ
works, in which the State may be interested, excef
those made by joint stock companies. They sha
communicate to the General Assembly, from time
time, their views concerning the same, and recon
1 sas bey m
in order to employ to the best advantage and for tn
purposes for which they were 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 sue
other duties as may be prescribed bylaw.
Il ART 1888 The Commissioners may be remove
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 entere
on the journal OF each House.
ART. 1874. The General Assembly shall hav
power by vote of three.tfths OF the member
elected to each house, to abolish said Board, wher
ever in their opinion a Board of Public Works sha
no longer be necessary.
TITLE VIII.
PUBLIC EDUCATION.
| ART. 135. There shall be elected Superintendent
of Public Education, who shall hold his office for tn
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 Ger
eTal Assembly snail nave power by d Vote OF III
majority of the members elected to both houses,
abolish the said office of Superintendent Of Publ
Education, whenever in their opinion said office sha
be no longer necessary.
ART. 1856. The General Assembly shall establis
free Public Schools throughout the State, and sha
provide for their support by general taxation on pr
perty or otherwise: and all moneys raised or pre-
/, vded, shall be distributed to each Parish in propo
, ton to the number of free white children betwee
, such ages as shall be fixed by the General Assemb
!, ART 1877 The proceeds of all lands heretoor
granted by the United States to this State for tn
use support of schools, and Of all lands which ma
hereafter be granted or bequeatled to the State,
not expressly granted or bequealbed for any othe
purpose, which hereafter may be disposed Of by til
State, and the proceeds of the estates of decease
persons to which the State may become entitled
law, shall be held by the State loan, and sha
, be and remain perpetual fund, on which the Sta
, shall pay an annual interest of six per cent. whic
interest together with the interest the trustf unt
| deposited with this State by the United States, u,
der the act of Congress approved June %, 1886 an
all the of the unsod lands shall be appropr
ated to the support Of such schools, and this appr
? priation shall remain nvolabe.
r ART 1873. All moneys arising from the sales whie
have been, or may hereafter be made, of any lane
, heretofore granted by the United States to tn
. State, for the OF Seminary of Learning, al
from any kind Of donation that may hereafter
D made for that purpose shall be and remain perp
tual fund.- the interest OF which at six per cent. p
t annum shall be appropriated to the support of
Seminary of Learning for the promotion OF llteratu