New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-10-06
CONSTITUTION
OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
.adopted In Convention July 81, 1907.
PREAMBLE.
We. the people Of She State Of Louisiana, 10 Or
dain and establish this Constitution :
TITLE /.


We. The people Of She State Of Louisiana, 10 Of
dain and establish this Constitution
TITLE I.
nYsrRIpurloN OF POWERS.
49, The powers Of The government OF the State
i s,,at be divided into three distinct de-
and each Of them be conhted to separ-
~ M If nlagistracy, to.wit: those which are
1.ss 10 one those which Executive to an
,.,s,sr a,.i those which are Judicial to another.
apr q No one OF these Departments, nor any
narsop holding office in o. them, shall exercise
properly belonging either OF the others, ey
cent in the instances hereinafter expressly directed
or permitted.
LEGIsATIyE DEPARTMENT.
a ARTS The Legislative power of the State shall
be vested in two distinct branches, the one to be
STYLED the " House of Representatives., the othei
the Senate, and both the General Assembly" OF the
State Of Louisiana.
ART. A The members of the House Of Represen
tatiyes shall continue in service for the term o
two years from the day Of the closing oil the genera
elections,
first Monday in November every two years; and the
r;,ctinn shall be completed in one day. The Creme,
raj Assembly shall meet annually, on the thifo
Monday IN January, unless different DAY De ap.
pointed BY law, and their sessions shall De heia al
the seat OF government. ,,;s
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Constitution shall be eligible to seat in the zen
ors a sxpm tlv. provided that person shall be
Representative or Senator unless he he at inc tts
of h;s election, duly qualified voter OF the hepre
sentative or Senatorial District from which he us eject
ed. r.,. eao-.1 As
s.r,bIv shall be held at the several election pre-
c;ncts established by law The Legislature mag
dsegate the power Of establishing election precincts
H 20 the paroehiai or municipal AUTHORITIES.
8 Ap,r Representation in the House OF hepre
sentatiyes shall be equal and uniform, and shall be
regulated and asceFtaned by the total population Oh
zach Of the several parishes of the State Each par
+ ;sh shall have at least Representative. NO new
arish shall be created with territory less than siA
hundred and twenty five square miles, nor with
population lessthan the full number emitting il to
Represensentative, nor when the creation OF suct
aew parish would leave any other parish without thu
said extent Of territory and amonnt OF population.
The first enumeration by the State authorities IN
der this Constitution shall be made in the year 1898
the second in the year 1855, the third in the yea
1855. after which time the General Assembly shall
direct in what manner .he shall be taken, Sc
that it be made at least in every period OF ter
years for the purpose of ascertainng the total popu
lation in each parish and election district,
AT the first regular session OF the Legislature site
the making each enumeration, the Legislature shal
apportion the representation among the several par
ishes and election districts the basis OF the toa
population. as aforesaid. A representative humble
Shall be fixed, and each parish and election distro
shall have many Representatives as its aggre
gat. population shall entite it to. and an additions
Representative for any fraction exceeding one-ha
The Representative number. The number Of R'
representatives. shall not be more than one hundre
aor less than seventy. Until an apportionuei
shall be made, and elections held under the sam
in accordance with the first enumeration to be mat
as directed in this article, the Representation
the Senate and House of Representatives shall
e and remain rs at present established By law.
The limits Of the Parish Of Orleans hereby e,
tended so as to embrace the whole of the presen
city Of New Orleans, including that part OF the "a
rish of Jefferson, formerly known as the city OF La
fayette.
uated on the left bank of the Mississippi river sha
be divided by the Legislature into not more tina
ten Representative Districts and until new appo
tionment shall be made according to the first cef
sns to be taken under this Constitution, that pal
OF the city Of New Orleans which was comprise
within the former limits OF the city oil Lafayette
shall vote for Senators from the Parish OF Orleans
and form the Tenth Representative District, an
shall elect two out of the three Representative
now apportioned by law to the Parish of Jefferson
the other Representative Districts shall remain q
they established.
ART.9. The House Of Representatives shall choos
its Speaker and other officers.
ART. 10. Every free white male who mas attaint
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resident OF the State twelve months next precedir
the election, and the last six months thereof in Il
Parish in which he offers to vote, and who shall be
citizen of the United States shall have the right
voting; but no voter removing from one Paris
to another within the State, shall lose the right
voting in the former until he shall have acquired it i
the latter. Electors shall in all cases, except treason
felony, breach Of the peace, be privileged from
arrest during their attendance at, going to- return
ing from elections.
ART. IL The Legislature shall provide by law
that the names and residence OF all qualified electors
of the city Of New Orleans, shall be registered in
der to entite them TO vote but the registry shall be
free OF Cost to the eeetor.
ART. IL. No soldier, seaman 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.
ART. 10 Nopetson shall be entitled to vote at any
election held in this State, except In the Parish Of his
residence and in cities and towns divided into cleo
ton precincts, in the election precinct in which he
resides.
ART. ID. The members Of the Senate shall be
chosen for the term of four years The Senate, when
assembled, shall have the power to choose its officers
ART ID. The Legislature, in every year in which
they shall apporton representation in the House o
Representatives 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 shal
be created it shall be attached to the Senatorial Dis
trictfrom which most Gifts territory taken, or tc
another contiguous District, a. the discretion Of the
Legislature, but shall not be attached to more thar
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
Stained in the several Dstrcts-Provided that NJ
Parish shall be entitled to more than FIVE Senators.
ART. 10. In all apportlonments OF the Senate, the
population of the city of New Orleans shall be deduc
ted from the population OF the whole State, and the
remainder Of the population divided by the number
twenty (27,) and the result produced by this
division shall be the Senatorial ratio emitting Sena
torial District to Senator Single contiguou;
Parishes shall be formed into Districts, having ;
population the nearest possible to the number en-
ttlng District to Senator; and if in the appor
tonment to be made, Parish District fall short Of
exceed the ratio one-fifth, then District may be
formed having not more than two Senators, but not
otherwise. No new apportionment shall have the
elect OF abriGgng the term OF service of any Sena-
tor already elected at the time of making the appor-
tionment. Alter an enumeration has been made as
directed in the eighth Article, the Legislature shat
not pass any law until an opportionment of Repre-.
sentation in both Houses of the General Assembly
be made.
ART. II. AT the FIRST session of the General AS
sembly alter this Constitution takes effect the Sena
tots shall be equally divided by let into two classes
The seats OF the Senators of the first class shall bt
vacated at the expiration of the second year of tn,
second class, at the expiration Of the fourth year 81
that one hall shall be chosen every two years and
rotation thereby kept up perpetually. In case an,
District shall have elected two or more Senators
said Senators shall their seats respectively
the end of two and four years. and lets shall be draw
between them.
ART. is. The first election for Senators shall b
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