New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-10-02

ART. lis. Every law enacted by tn, Legislature
sh III embrace but object, and that shall be ex-
pressed in the title
ART. l16 No law shall be revived or amended by
reference to its title but in such case, the act
revised or section amended, shall be re.enactsd 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 shall specify
the several provisions of the laws it may enact.
ART llo' Corporations with banking discount
ing privileges may be either created by special acts,
or 'ormed 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. ll9. 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 or corporation issuing bank
notes oi 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 l2l The Legislature shall have power to
pass such laws it may deem expedient for the
relief or 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 ll9
and 100 of this Constitution.
ART l22 No person shall hold or exercise at the
same time, more than civil office Of emoument,
| except that OF Justice of the Peace.
| ART 1873. Taxation shall be equal and uniform
through bout the State. All property on which taxes
may be levied in ibis State Shall be taxed in pro-
portion to its value TO be ascertained directed by
| law. No one species OF property shall be taxed
higher than another species of properly of equal
value, which shall be levied The Legisla-
ture shall have power to levy an income tax, and to
tax all persons pursuing any occupation, trade or
| profession.
| ART, ia. The citizens of the City of NewOr.
leans shall have the right OF appointing the several
public officers necessary for the administration of
the police OF the said city, pursuant the mode of
elections which shall be prescribed by the Legsla
ture provided, that the Mayor and Recorders shall
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 may be
| necessary for the punishment of minor crimes and
offences, and the police and good order OF said city
may require.
ART l25. The Legislature may provide by law
IN what case officers shall continue to perform the
duties of their offices until their successors shall
| have been indicted into office
ART. l26 Any citizen of this State who shall,
after the adoption Of this Constitution, fight duel
with deadly weapons with citizen of this State,
send or accept challenge to fight duel with
deadly weapons, either within this State or out OF IT,
with citizen OF this State, who shall act sec
ond, or knowingly aid and assist in any manner
those thus offending, shall be deprived OF holding
any Office of trust profit, and OF enjoying the right
OF suffrage under this Constitution and the office
any State officer, member of the General Assembly,
ofany other person holding office Of profit or trust
| under this Constitution and the laws made in pur-
suance thereof, shall be ipSo facto vacated by the
fact oil any such person committing the offence
toned in this article and the Legislature shall pro
vide by law for the asceraining and declaration Of
such forfeiture.
ART. 1877. The Legislature shall have power to
extend this Constitution and the jurisdiction of this
State over any territory acquired BY compact with
any State, with the United States, the being
done by the consent of the United States.
Arr, 1913 None of the lands granted by Congress
to the State OF Louisiana for aiding it in constructing
the necessary ievees and drains, to reclaim the
swamps and overlooked lands in this State, Shall be
diverted from the purposes for which they were
grantd
ART 1879 The Constitution and laws OF this State
shall be promulgated in the English and Ffetach
languages
TITLE VII.
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.
ART 130 There shall be a Board of Public
Works, to consist Of four Commissioners. The State
shall be divided by the Legislature into four Dis
tricts, containing nearly may b. equal m
Der OF voters, and Commissioner shall be ELECTED
IN each District by the legal voters thereof, ioJ
tue term Of four years; but OF the first elected. two
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sim stts, Tho aJontian nr 10 C9nsit,,Iio ban
orovide for Tho aIsc,io, ,nJ oor,mans,t;oo of 49,
Eo,nn.snno,s ,i ,h, go ;.a,;nf ~ L' P,I
The C,nnmssoner. rs, sIa 90,
ay IN he ,1,nnintsd h, Ian, 40 Jaa;Ja k 10, 49,
,rjar in yyhioch tbeir ,a,,s 81 sr,;,a E,lI ov;
ApT 132 Tho Cnnn,;..ion.rs sIan axappfs
Ji,iy-nt and E,ithfnl snna,v;sio, over ali nrhIio
works in which the Stat4 may he interested excent
those made hv Joint stock co,,,o,ni.s THU .ha,n
ronmnnica,e IN tba C,apersI A,la,nhI,, f,onn t, -,
linn. th.;r via,,s co,,e,nin,, ,b, 900 .J aol,
mend snch measures AZ tbey NAV d. m n,.o.sSsr
in order m 4,nnInv IN rho b., ,,ysnta,a ,J tr W.
nnroos.., for ,yh,b ,bsn ,yers ,r,antsJ tba s,,,s
And overnowad bands c1nv.,sd6v the Irnitad ST.
to this STATE They shall annoint all officers en-.
gagsd on the public works. and shall pgrform sucb
9thpr duties as NAV he nrescribad hvIaw
ART, 1873, The commissioners NAV be removed
nv The concurrent vote of majority Of all the mem
bsrs elected 10 each Hnuse of the General Assem-
bv; but the canse of the removal shall be entered
on the journal each House
AIR ia. The General Assembly shall have
power by a vote of three fnhs of the mpnhe ,s
elected to each house To abolish said Board whon.
ever in their oninion n BOARD nf Public Works sban
no LONGER be necessary
ltlLE VIII.
- - PUBLIC EDUCATION
hkIi lo2 'heie snail be elected aonpeTlntendent
VI uoc Iuucat'oh' VINO Shaii h"a ms oliice ior the
term Oh t"o years his aut'es shah De prescribed
Wy law aho ne Shai receive such compensation as
tne may ufect pfoVioed mat the zen