New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-09-04
CONSTITUTION
or THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
adopted in Coacention July 81, 1852.
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adopted in Coacention Jsliy 81, 1852.
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We, The people 81 ID. State Of Louisiana, do or.
dain aud establish this Constitution
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DISTRIBUTION OF POWERS.
Art l. The powers ii ths government OF the ssa'e
III Louisiana shall be- divided into three disiinat ae
pat,ui~nis and each Of them be conhded to a seFaf
ate body Of ,naglstracy, to-wt; those Wh'sh are
Legislative "a one, those which are Executive to an
other. AID ,hase which 1aaeial to another.
AR. . No one ., ihcse De;,srtmen,s, nor any
person holding oice in one o. them, shall exercise
,vsr properi, belonging II eaef oF The others, ex-
eest in the instances hereinafter sxpres sy directed
Of permitted. 49,.
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT..
ARr.3. The Legislative power Of the State shall
b. vested in two distinct branches tl. o,e 10 be
STYLED tie /" HOUSE 81 Representatives" the other
the Senate, and both the General ASSEMBLY" OF The
Stst-Ssf Louisiana
Arr. i The members Of lbs House Of RePrssen-
tatiyss shall connre in service for the term OF
two wears from the day Of the closing of the general
cieciiens.
Arr s. Representatives shall be chosen the
frat Monday in November every two years and the
election sh1,l be competed in day. The Gene.
raj Assembly shall meet annually on the third
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ppioted BIZ law, and their sessions shall be held at
the seat Of government.
ARG Every duty qualified eector. under this
Constitution, shall BE- eligible to seat in the aca-
eral Assembly, provided that person shall be
Representative or Senator sniess lie be- at the time
OF his election, duly qualified voter Of tue Repre-
sentsti We Of Senatorial District from hch he is elect
ID.
Arr Il Elections for members Of the General As
s~,uhiy shall be held 1T the several election pre-
sincts established by law. The ,Legisiasnre may
delegate the power Of establishing election precincts
to the psrochia or municipal authorities
AIT. s. Representation in the House OF RepFe-
sentativss shall be equal and uniform, and stah b.
regulated and ascertaned by the tota! popnation Of
each Of the several parishes Of the State. Each per
isit shall have at least one Representative, No new
parish shall be created with territory less than SIX
hundred and twenty-fv. square miles. with a
population lessthan the full number emitting il To a
4 Representative, when the creation Of such
new parish would leav. any other parish without the
said extent OF territory and amouut OF population
The first enumeration by the Slate authorities IN
der this Constitution shall be made in the year 1883
the second in the year 1858, the third in the yea
1865 after which time the General Assembly shall
direct in what manner ;he census shall taken, SC
that it be made at least in every period Of ten
years, for the purpose OF ascertaning the total popu-
lation in cash parish and election district
At the first regular session OF the Legislature, after
the making each enumeration, the legislature shall
apporon the representation among the several par
ishes and election districts the basis OF the total
population, rs aforesaid. A representative number
shall be fixed, and each parish and election district
shall have many Representatives as its aggrc.
gate population shall en it to. aud 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 apportionment
shall be made, and elections held under the same,
in accordance with the FIRST enumeration to be made
as directed in this article. the Representation in
the Senate and House Of Representatives shall be
and remain as at present established by law.
The limits Of the Parish of Orleans hereby es-
tended, 30 as to embrace the whole Of the present
city Of New Orleans, including that part of the Pa
rish Of Jefferson, formerly known as the city OF La
fayette.
All that part of the Parish of Orleans which is sit
mated the left bank Of the Mississippi river shall
be divided by the Legislature into not more than
ten Representative Districts. and until appor-
tionment shall be made according TO the first cen
sus to be taken under this Constitution, that par,
Of the city Of New Orleans which comprised
within the former limits Of the city OF Lafayette,
shall vote Tor 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 the Parish of Jefferson
the Other Representative Districts shall remain as
they are now established
ART.o. The House OF Representatives shall choose
It's Speaker and other officers
ART. TO- Every tree white male who has attained
the age Of twen,y-one years, and who has been a
resident Of the Safe twelve months NEXT preceding
the election and the last six mouths thereof in the
Parish ia which he offers to vote, and who shall he d
citizen Of the United Staes shall have the right Of
voting; but no voter on removing from one Parish
10 another within the State, shall lose the right OF
voting in the former unit he shall have acquired ii in
the latter Electors shall in cases, except treason,
felony, or breach Of the peace, be privileged from
arrest during their attendance at, going TO. RETURN
Ing from elections.
Aar. H. The Legislature shall provide by law,
that the names and residence oil all qualified electors
Of the city of New Orleans shall be registered, In
der to entIe them TO vote; but the registry shall be-
free Of cost to the eector.
I ART. 10. No soldier, seaman marine In the army
OF navy Of the United States, pauper, no person
under Introduction, under conviction OF any crime
punishable with hard labor, snail be entitled to
at any election in this State.
ART. 10 Noperson shall be entitled to vote at any
election held in this State except in the Parish OF his
residence, aud in cities and towns divided into eec
ton precincts, in the election precinct in which be
rssides.
ART. IA. The members of the Senate shall be
chosen for the term Of four years. The Senate, when
assembled shall have the power TO choose it's officers
ART. Is. The Legislature, in every year in wlicI
they shall apporton representation in The House Of
Representatives shall divide the State into Senate
rial Districts. No Parish shall be divided in the
formation oil Senatorial District-the Parish of Or
leans eAcepte0 anu whenever u HSW Edfish snail
be created, il shallb attached to the Senatorial Dis
trict from which oft, territory taken, OF 10
another contiguous District, the discretion OF the
Legislature, but shall not be attached to more than
one District. The number Of Senators shall be thirty
two, and they shall be apportioned among the Senate
rial Districts according to the total population con
tanned in the several Distrcts-Provided, that no
Parish shall be entitled to more than five Senators.
Art. 10. In all appor,ionments Of The Senate, the
population oil the city Of New Orleans shat be deduc
ted from the population OF the whole State, and the
remainder OF the population divided by the number
twenty-seven (27) and the result produced by this
division shall be the Senatorial ratio emitting Sen
terial District to Senator. Single or contiguous
Parishes shall be formed into Districts, having u
population the nearest possible the number en-
fitting District to Ex-senator; and if, in the apnor
tionlnent to be made, Parish District fall short oil
or exceed til. ratio nne-hfth then ii District may be
formed having not more than two Senators, but no,
otherwise. No new apporlonment shall have Ia,
effect of abridging the Of service of any Sena
tor already elected at the time Of making the appcr-
tionment After enumeration ha. been made a.
directed in the eighth Article, the Legislature shall
not pass any law until an opportionnlent OF Repre-
s@nts'inn in both Houses Of the General Assembl,
b made.
AKT. II. At the first session Of the General As
ssnb!y after this Constitution takes effect the Sena
tors shall be equally divided by lot into classes
The Of the Senators OF the first class shall be
vacated at the expiration Of the second year; of the
second class, at the expiration of the fourth year;
that one half shall be chosen every two years, and
rotation thereby kept up perpetuaily. In case any