New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-09-15
CONSTITUTION
"a rnx STATE OF LOUISIANA.
.Adostsa u .Coneention July 81, 1864.
PREAMBLE.
W., tn people Of The State Of Louisiana do or
din and establish this Constitution
TITLE II
PREAMBLE.

PREAMBLE. ia
W., IN people Of The State of Louisiana, do or.
din and establish this Constitution;
TITLE5I.
DISTRIBUTION OF POWERS.
AR. /. Tbs powers OF the government Of the Stat.
Of Louisiana shall be divided into three distinct d.
partmenfs, and each of them be conided TO a sepal
ate body Of magistracy, to-wt: those which ar
Legislative to one, those which are Executive to al
ofher and those which are Judicial TO another.
Aar 2 No ons o. these Departments. nor an
psrson holding ot1ics ia ons q them, shalt exercs,
power properly BELONGING 70 either of the Others
sept in the inssncss hereinafter expressly drectss
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x1afsArlvE DEPARTMENT.
Art. 3, The.Lsgisiative power of the State shall
be yessed 10 two distinct branches, the one TO b..
STYLED the House Of Representatives" the otht4
the Senate and both the General Assembly of the
State Of Louisiana.
Anr4 Tbs members Of the House of Represen-
tstives snail continue in service for the term OF
two years from the day Of the closing OF the general
ART S. Representatives shall be chosen on the
first Monday in November every two years; and tn.
election 'sha,l be completed in one day. The Gene,
raj Assembly shll meet annually, on the thirc
Monday in Janua y, unless different day be ap.
pointed by law, and their sessions shall be held
the seat of government.
AR 6. Eve duly qualified elector, under this
Constitution, slaii be eligible to in the Gen
eral Assembly, provided that no person shall be Il
Representative Senator snless he be, at the time
Of his election, duly qualified voter of the Repre-
sentative Sci Ut 3fa District from which he is elect
ed.
Art. I. Elections for members Of the General As
sembly shall b. held at the several election pre-.
cincts established by law. The Legislature ma.
delegate the pows of establishing election precincts
to the parochia o municipal authorities. l.
ART. 8. Repres -ntation in the House Of Repre-
sentatives shall be equal and uniform, and shall be
regulated and ascsrained by the total population oil
each Of the several parishes Of the State Each par
ish shall have ~ least one Representative. Non
parish shall be created with territory less than 81,
hundred and twenty-five square miles, nor with
population essthan the full number emitting it to
REPRESENTATIVES, NOR when the creation Of such
new parish would leave any other parish without the
said extent Of territory and amount Of population.
The first enumeration by the State authorities un
der this Constitution shall be made in the year 1858
the second in the year 1858, the third in the yea
1855; after which time the General Assembly shall
direct in what manner the census shall be taken, SO
that it Be made least once in every period Of
years, forhe purpose Of ascer.aining the total popu
lation in each parish and election district.
the FIRST regular session Of the Legislature afte,
the making ofeach enumeration the Legislature shall
apportion the representation among the several par
ishes and election districts the basis OF the ota
population. as aforesaid. A representative number
shall be 6xed, and each parish and election district
shall have as many Representatives as its aggre-
gate population shall entitle it to- and additional
Representative for any fraction exceeding one-halt
the Representative number. The number OF Re-
representatives. shall not be more than one hundred,
nor less than seventy. Until an superintendent
shall be made, and elections held under the same,
In accordance with the first enumeration to be made
~ drested IN this article. the Representation in
the Senate and House of Representatives shall be
andp in et~hls rod xvi
The limits Of the Parish Of Orleans are hereby ex.
tended, SO a. to embrace the whole Of the present
city Of New Orleans, including that part of the Pa.
rish of jefferson, formerly known the city of La
fayctte. s.fesa
All Of the Parish of Orleans which is sit
uated the left bank Of the Mississippi river shall
be divided BY the Legislature into not more than
ten Representative Districts, and until new appor-
tionment shall be made according to the first CEN
sus to be taken under this Constitutions that part
Of the city Of New Orleans which was comprised
within the former limits Of the city Of Lafayette,
shall vote for Senators from the Parish of Orleans
and form the Tenth Representative District and
shall elect two out Of the three Representatives
now apportioned BY law to the Parish Of Jefferson
the other Representative Districts shall remain as
they n0w established.
ART.9. The House Of Representatives shall choose
its Speaker and other officers
Art. TO- Every fres white male who has attained
the age of twsniy-one years, and who has been
resident Of the State twelve months next preceding
the election and the last six months thereof in the
Parish in which he offers to vote, and who shall be
citizen Of the United States, shall have the right OF
to another within the State, shall lose the right o.
voting in the former until he shall have acquired it in
the latter. Electors shall in all cases. except treason
felony, or breach Of the PENCE be privileged from
arrest during their attendance at going to- or return.
ing from elections.
ART. II. Tbs Legislature shall provide by law,
that The and residence of all qualified electors
Of the city Of New Orleans shall be registered in or
der to sntitle them TO vote but the registry shall be
free ofcost othe elector.
AIT IL No soldier, seaman Or marine in the army
or navy Of the United States, no pauper, no person
under Introduction, under conviction OF any crime
punishable with hard labor, shall be entitled to vote
At any election in this State.
AFT 10 Nopsrson shall be entitled to vote at any
election held IN this State, e1ceptn the Parish Of his
residence, and in cities and towns divided into cleo
ton precincts, in the election precinct in which he
resides
ART. IA. Tbs members Of tho Senate shall be
chosen for the term offour years. The Senate, when
assembled, shall have the power choose its officers
:, Art. X. The Legislature, in every year in which
they shsl apperton representation in the House of
Representative, shall divide the State into Senate
rial Districts. No Parish shall be divided in the
formation Of Senatorial District--the Parish of Or
leans excepted. And whenever new Parish shall
be created shall be attached to the Senatorial Dis
thct from which most ofits territory taken or to
another contiguous District the discretion Of the
Legislature, but shall not be attached more than
one oisrct The number Of Senators shall be thirty.
two md they shall be apportioned among the Senate
iiai Districts according to the total population con.
rasned 10 the several Districts--P Provided that no
ra!ish shall be entitled to than five Senators.
AIT. 10. In all apportlonments of the Senate, the
Of the city of New Orleans shall be deduc-
leu from the population OF the whole State, and the
Remainder Of the population divided by the number
twenty.sevsn ely and the result produced by this
division shall be the Senatorial ratio emitting Seua
torial District to Senator Single or contiguous
Parishes shall be formed into Districts, havin. a
population the nearest possible to the number en-
..t'ng district to Senator; and it, in the amor.
enhent TO be made. Parish District fall shor, of
VI eAceed the ratio one-6fth then District NAV be
o,meu having not more than two Senator's bu, not
osnelw'se' NO new superintendent shall have the
ehect OF aor'ogng the term of service Of any Sena
to' already elected at the time Of making the apnnr
uonment. Alter an enumeration has been made a. |
directed IN the eighth Article the Legislature shall
not pass any law until an opportionment of Rene
sentation In both Houses Of the General ASSEMBLE
be made.
ART. II. At the drst session of the Gener,, A
semby after this Constitution takes effect the Sena
tors shall be equally divided by LOT into two classes
The seats Of the Senators Of the first class shall he
second olass at the expiration Of the fourth year 30
that onshalf shall be chosen every two years and
rotation thereby kept up perpetually. In case any
District shall have elected two or more Senators.
said Senators shall their respectively at
the end Of txv and four vearn and ots al ha drn,y