New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-25


per day during their attendance, going to and return
| ing from the session OF their respective houses
| The compensation may be increased diminished
| by law; but no alteration shall take effect during
he period OF service Of the members the House OF
| Representatives by whom such alteration shall hav
| been made No session shall extend to period be
yond sixty days, TO date from its commencement
and any legislative action had after the expiration
of the said sixty days, shall be null and void. Th
provision shall not apply to the first Legislature
| stutiom.
ART. 2G. The members of the General Assembl,
SHALL in all cases except treason, felony, breach OF '
peace, be privileged from arrest during their at
tendance at the sessions OF their respective houses
| and going to or returning from the same, and io
any speech or debate in either house, they shall no
be questioned in any other place.
| ART.27 Eo Senator or Representative shall, dur
| ing the term for which he was elected for one
year thereafter be appointed or elected to any civ
office Of profit under this State, Which shall have
been created, the emouments of which shal
| have been increased during the time such Senator
or Representative was in Office except to such off
ces or appointments may be filled by the eec
| tions Of the people.
| ART 49, No person who at any time may have
been collector of taxes, whether State, Parish o
Municipal or who may have been otherwise entrusted
wish public money, shall be eligible to the Genera
| Assembly, TO any Office of profit or trust unde
the State Government, until be shall have obtained
a dtcharge for the amount OF such collections. ane
| for az public moneys with which he may have
| been entrusted.
ART %. No bill shall have the force of law unit
on three several days it be read in each house
ofthe General Assembly, and free discussion allowed
thereon, unless in OF urgency fonrffths OF the
house, where the bill shall be pending, may deem il
| expedient to dispense with this rule.
ART 80. All bills for raising revenue shall orig
mate in the House Of Representatives. but the Senate
may propose amendments in other bills; provided
| n new tier Tuupr
| Of an amendment, which does not relate to raising
| revenue.
| ART. 81 The General Assembly shall regulate
| by law, by whom and in what manner Wrs o
election Shall be issued to fill the vacancies which
may happen in either branch thereof.
| ART SO. The Senate shall vote on the confrma.
ton or rejection oil officers to be appointed by the
| Governor, with the advice and consent Of the
Senate, by yeas and nays, and the of the Sen
ators voting for and against the appointments re-
spectively, shall be entered on journal to be kept
for that purpose, and made public at the end of each
| session, or before.
| ART 49, Returns of all elections for members o
the General Assembly shall be made to the Secretary
| of State.
ART 3A In the year in which regular election for
Senator Of the United States is to take place. the
| members OF the General Assembly shall meet in
| the Hall of the House Of Representatives., on the
Monday following the meeting Of the Legislature
and proceed to tho said election.
TITLE III.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
Arr. 81. The Supreme Executive power Of the
State shall be veEted III a Chief Magistrate who
shall be styled the Governor of the State of Louisiana
He shalt hold his office during the term of four
years, and, together with the Lieutenant Governor
chosen for the term, be elected as follows
The qualified electors for Representatives shall
vote for Governor aud Lieutenant Governor, al
the time and place of voting for Representatives
the returns of every election shall be sealed up and
transmitted by tho proper returning officer to the
Secretary OF State, who shall deliver them to the
| Speaker of the House Of Representatives, the
second day OF the session oil the General Assem-
| bly,, then next to be holden. The members of the
| General Assembly shall meet in the House of Re.
| presentatives. to examine and count the votes
The person having the greatest number of votes for
Governor, shall be declared duly elected but if two
| or more persons shall be equal and highest in the
number of votes polled for Governor, of them
shall immediately be chosen Governor by Joint vote
| of the members OF the General Assembly. The
| person having the greatest number of votes fol
| Lieutenant Governor, shall be Lieutenant Governor
but 1.-two or more persons shall be equal and hehes
In the number Of votes polled for Lieutenant Gov
| ernor, of them shall be Immediately choser
| the General Assembly.
ART 36. No person shall be eligible to the office
of Governor or Lieutenant Governor, who shall MOI
have attained the age OF twentyeght years and beer
citizen and resident within the State for the
| space of four years next preceding his election.
ART. 81 The Governor shall enter on the discharge
OF his duties on the fourth Monday OF January
next ensuing his election, and shall continue in
| Office until the Monday next succeeding the day
that his successor shall be declared duly elected
and shall have taken the oath affirmation required
| by this Constitution.
| ART. 3S. The Governor shall be ineligible for the
succeeding four years after the expiration OF the
| time for which he shall have been elected.
| ART. 80. No member of Congress person hold
ing any office under the Unted States shall be eligible
| to the office OF Governor or Lieutenant Governor.
ART. 40 In case of the impeachment Of the Gov.
ernor, his removal from office, death, refusal or in
ability to qualify, resignation absence from the
State, the powers and duties of the office shall de-
vove upon the Lieutenant Governor for the resi-
due oil the term, or until the Governor, absent or
impeached, shall return or be acquitted. The Legis-
| lature may provide by law for the case of removal
impeachment, death. resignation, disability, retl-
sal to qualify, Of both the Governor and Lieutenant
Governor, declaring what officer shall act as Gov
ernor and such officer shall accordingly until
the disability be removed for the residue of the
term.
ART. al. The Lieutenant Governor, or other Off
Ger dscharging the duties of Governor shall, during
his administration, receive the same compensation
to which the Governor would have been entitled
had he continued in office.
ART. AZ. The Lieutenant Governor shall by viz
tue of his office, be President OF the Senate, but
shall have only casting vote therein. Whenever
he shall administer the Government, or shall be UNI
able to attend President of the Senate, the
Senators shall elect OF their own members as
President Of the Senate for the time being.
ART. 43. While he acls President OF the Senate,
the Lieutenant Governor shall receive for his ser
vices the same compensation which shall for the
same period be allowed the Speaker of the
House of Representatives and no more.
ART. "A. The Governor shall have power to grant
reprieves for all offences against the State, and,
except in cases Of impeachment shall, with the con-
sent of the Senate, have power to grant pardons and
| remit fines and forteitures, after conviction. In
cases OF treason he may grant reprieves until the
end of the next session of the General Assembly in
which the power of pardoning shall be vested.
ART. 45. The Governor shall at stated times re-
| ceiVe for his services compensation, which shall
neither be increased nor diminished during the
| term for which he shall have been elected.
Army and Navy of this State, and of the Militia
thereof, except when they shall be called into the
service of the United States.
| ART. AZ. He shall nominate and, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, appoint all Off
GERS whose offices established by this Coustitu-
ton, and Whose appointment is not therein other
| wise provided for Provided, however, that the Lee
gislature shall have right to prescribe the mode of
appointment to all other Offices established by law.
| ART. As. The Governor shall have power to fill
vacancies that may happen during the recess OF
the Senate, by granting commissions which shall
expire at the end of the next session, unless other
wisc provided for this Constitution; but person
who has been nominated for office, and rejected
by the Senate, shall be appointed to the Office
| during the recess OF the Senate.