New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-09-29
con S'ilrurIDN
OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA,
d10Pt.d IN G0nn ni,on nun 81, 1862.
PREA IBLE.
We, the people ut th- SAFE Louisiana, do or
daln and establish thu, Constitution;
TI'rI


TITLE |.
DISTRIBUTION "F POWERS
ART |. Tue p',w-rs NJ h. government of the State
OF L,n siaml snail be- divided into ltrrr djsrruct de-
pirtneu's, aud each ut lrrn be contid+,l to .epar
ate body OF magis'rtcy. to Wit: those whlci, are
Legislative tn one, those which are Executive TO an
other, AMI those which arr Judicial Ia another.
ART, Ne onr these Departments, mr. any
person holding otire IN o. th-m, hall erc:s-
power property he'"ns' :. either nf the others, TX
cept in the instances hereinafter expressly directed
or permitted
TITLE H.
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
ART, 3. The Lrsl,a'ive pnwer OF the State stall
BIZ vested IN Nv" distinct branches the to be
sly ell the House 81 R-preseu,auvrs, the other
the S-uhe, aud bo-h the General Assembly OF the
State Ut Louisiana.
ART j The ue,nbers Of the House OF Represent
tat,vas shall contu.e in servl,e for the OF
two years from the day of the closing of the general
elections
Aar s. Representatives shall be chosen on the
first Monday IN November every two years and the
election s,a.l be coup eted in day. Th. Gene.
raj Assembly Shall meet annually, on the third
Monday in Ja"ua'y, nuless d.erent day BIZ APP
pointed by law, and their sessions shall be held at
the seat ut government.
Arr. 6 Every duly qualified eiector, under this
Constitution, >uaIt b. eligible seat tue Cen
eral Assembly, provided that person shall be
Representative Senator miss he be-, time
VI MS ttcthi'', uhlf IHdHieu VottF 81 lit
Sentative Senatorial District which he is elect
ed.
ART. T. Elections Tor members OF the General As.
senbly shall be held at the several election pre-
cincts established by law. The Legislature may
delegate the power Of establishing election precincts
to thu paroctai municipal au ihnritres.
AKr Representation IN the House of Repre-
sentative- shall be equal aud uniform, and stall be
regulated and asceralned by the total population OF
each o the several parishes n the State. Each par
lsh shall Ia a letYt un ReDrpSenLatiye No
parish shall br created with territory less than six
hundred aud twenty five square miles, nor with d
population lessttan the full number emitting it to a
Representative, when the creation Of such
new parish would leave any other parish without the
said extent of rerrit,ty and amount OF population.
The fts ,tou by the State authorities
der this Constitution shalt he made in the year 1888,
the second in the year 1858, the third in the year
1865; after which time the General Assembly shall
direc, in what manner she census shall be taken,
that it be made at least oHce in every period at ten
years. for the purpose OF ascertaIng the o:al popu
lation in each parish and erctlcn district
AT the first regular session OF the Lyis,ture after
the ,krng Of each enumeration the Leg stature shall
aoportion the representation among the several par
ish-s md election DISTRICTS the basis of the o,ai
population, aforesaid, A representative number
shall be fixed and each parish and election district
shall Lave as many Representatives as It's hggre-
ait. population shall eutitIt ii to- and additional
Representative for amy fraction exceeding one-haIt
the Representative nnmper The number ii Re
personalities shall b. m"re than nne hun lred,
nor less than seventy. Unit dpportiontu-nt
shall he made and .lpc,jons held nndrr the ,sm4
in accordance with the first enumeration be made
as directed in this article The Representation in
the Senate and Hons- Of Representatives shall BE-
and remain MS at present estnbll"nrd by law.
The limits of the Parish oil Orleans are hereby ex.
tended so as to embrace the whole Of the present
city Of NV Orleans including that part OF the Pa
IRISH Of Jefferson, formerly known as the city OF La.
fayeue.
IA n
uatrd on the LET, btuk of ,r NJ srS,ipp riv.r shall
h.4 ,lIyil.d nv thu. T..ysI;ur. Into not u,o. ri,t
ten R-pr4seue.tiv- Dl.trics and until ,rw ,Dvor.
touruent shall he mad. accordruy 10 IN, frsr cen.
sns to be taken uu.!- mi, CONSTITUTIONS that mar,
OF the ciry vi Neu o -an, which >pas cumpri, ed
within the former lrmirs o, ,l- cly Of Laf,4rttr
shall y,,.. tor S.o.,o,. from, ,b p 5i.o, O,'.,rs
and foru the Ttuth Representative District. and
shall elect two our o. the ttlrer Representatives.
now apportoned by llv IN the Parish ot Jetiers Il
the other Representative Districts Shall ren.a.u a.
they arr NOS s>'hb lshrd
ARTS The,Honst OF Representa- ives shah choose
its Speaker and other Officers
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resident Of the S,s,. twelve nouns next u5.c4,,I,
m. .l,,,n aud ,ha L., s,x no,,,b. th,t,.,t -, A.
pain m ,yhir, h ,,T,s t., yo,a .I ,sh sbt' H.
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v,tin, br, ~, vo,a, o, r.r,oyin,, fran, ma 3 -.l
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ART ~ ne Legislature, 10 cry :! Par 10 VIII u
they sha'' apn"l'o" repre- =" u" flnN"e OF
representatives., shl. o'V" we t7'"e '".o Sruft"
.a' o'"''Hts ~" ta'iaN 'hfl De uS'oru IN 'nT
,o''ha''oh o' '2e"a'"' a' DSt''et-'he f'Sh Oh VI
leans eAcep'tu. h"o whenever new tHf'-h sndh
We c'e"'eo, " >f'' "e ',-'".' 70 we oe"at"'"' us
tFict rom ~hcn i'o5. u us e'toy WeN thheh or ~
anohrr conn shon> D't''c'' al me discretion OF tue
Legislature, bmt sh'' not be attached to more than
one District lhe number oil Senators shall be thirty
two dnd hey sla' be apportoned among the Senate
rial Dlsticts according 10 the total population con-
talned IN the several DlStrlcts-frnvldrd, that no
Parish shall be entitled to more than hve SENATORS
ART 10 In all apportlonmtnts oil the Senate" the