New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-07
Slslp Orleans DULY Crsstfnt.
sSR GIAL JoU f. ~ A. T.
CONVENTION OF TAE STATE 0E LOUISIANA.

The Convention met pursuant to adjonrnmen
AT the lsonr appointed, and after prayer by TIL
Rev Mr. McCoy, proceeded to business.
Present Hon. A. Meuten, President and ON
hunafei and enc delegates
Daring the roll can Mr.. Bienyenu explained Til
reason Of the absence Of his colleague, Mr.. Clark
stating Il V be On account Of q sudden and dan
gerons Illness.
Pending fhe reading Of the journal of yesterday
It was, on motion by ME-, Moore, corrected by thu
insertion Of Mr.. Herrons motion TO substitute, in
The TIL section iii line Of the ordinance reported
BY the Committee on the Formation Of d South
ern Genfederacy the words e viya poce, instead
OF the words e BY ballot, which had been agreed
to by unanimous consent.
After which the Journal was approved.
Mr.. Provosty, as chairman of the Committee oil
Rules and Regulations, submitted the following a
his report, viz:
RULES ASD REGULATIONS or THE CONVENTION Oh
THE PEOPLE or LOUISIANA.
Tie Duties md Riglsts of the President.-1. He
snail take the chair every day at the hour to which
the Convention shall have adjourned on the pre-
ceding day, and Immediately call the members tc
order. If quorum should be in attendance, he
shall cause the journal Of the preceding day to be
read
q. He shall preserve order and decorum; may
speak 70 points Of order in preference to members
rising from his seat for that purpose be shall de-
eide questions Of order, subject to appeal to the
Convention made by any two members, on which
appeal no member shall speak more than once,
unless BY leave Of the Convention.
s. He shall rise to put d question, but may state
it while sitting.
4. Questions shall be distinctly put in this form,
y fo-wiis \ Al many of you as are of opinion that
las the question may be) say Aye:i' and, after
the aaIiFmative voice is expressed. As many as
are ct contrary opinion say Mo- II the President
doubt, Or Il division be called for, the Conven-
lion shall divide those in che affirmative Of the
question shallrse from their seats, ana afterwards
those in the negative. The President shall then
rise and state the decision Of the Convention.
81 The President shall have the right to examine
and correct tls journal before it is read. He shall
haye a general direction OF the hall. He shall
have Alright to name any member 10 perform the
dutiesc the chair bat such substitution shall not
extend beyond an adjournment.
y 9. In all cases Of election by the Convention.
the President sshall vote in other cases he shall
not vote, unless the Convention be equally divided
or unless his vote, il given to the majority will
make THE division equal; and in case OF such equal
division, the question shall be lost.
7. All committees SHAH Be appointed by the
President unless otherwise especially directed by
the Convention ID which case they shall be elected
by the Convention and if npon such vote the num-
her required shall not be elected by majority of
the votes given, the Convention shall proceed to
second vote, il which plurality shall prevail !
and IN case greater number than are required to
compose or complete committee shall have an
equal number Of votes, the Convention SHAH take |
another vote.
g. ALI acts addresses, and Joint resolutions shall
be signed by the President; and all writs, war
rants md suhpenas issued BY order Of the Conyen-
ton, shall be under his hand and attested BY the
Secretary.
3. Ia case Of any disturbance Of disorderly con
duct in the gallery Of lobby, the President Tor
Chairman shall have power to order the same to
be cleared f55 4sIzEl
Rides of Decor-anl and De5ate-10 When any
member Is about 10 speak in debate or deliver any
matter 70 THE Convention, he shall rise from his
seat and respectfully address himself to Mr.
President.
Ill. any member, in speaking or otherwise,
transgress the rales Of the Convention, the Pres
dent shall, or any member may, call to order; in
which case this member SO called to order shall
Immediately sit down. unless permitted to explains
and the Convention SHALL i appealed TO, decide on
the cass, but without debate. If the decision be
in favor Of the member called to order, lie shall be-
at liberty to proceed if the decision be against
him. and the case require it, he shall be liable to
the eensnre Of the Convention.
a. When two Or more members happen to rise | !
at once, the President shall name the one who is
first to speak. *
IS. No member shall speak more than twice on
the same question, more than half an hour on
each occasion, without leave Of the Convention, /
nor more than once until every member choosing
to speak shall have spoken. But the mover of any
shall have the right to open and close
the debate and In case the proposition comes from
any committee, then the member making the re- I
port from the committee shall have the right to /
open and close the debatein like manner II
ia. Whilst the yeas and nays are being called or
votes are heing counted, no member shall visit the
Secretary 9 desk. Eli
15. No member shall vote on any question in the {
result of which he has separate and distinct in.
terest, nor In any whom he was not within the
bar Of the Convention when the question was put /
And when any member shall ask leave to vote, the {
President shall PROFOUND to him the question:
We're yoM eoitife the bar, seiess he question aoas
pat q But when the yeas and nays are taken, and t
my member sks Leave to vote, the President shall
inquire Of him whether he was within the bar scea
his name tcds called $
1e. Upon division and count of the Convention t
upon any question, no member without the bar
shall be counted. /
Z. Every member who#shall be in the Conven- d
lion when o question is put shall give his vote, Il
unless the Convention, for reasons assigned, shall
excuse him. No member shall be allowed to make Fl
any panation Of vote he is about to give, or a
ask to be excused from voting after the Secretary
under order Of the Convention, shall have com ie
Hnenced calling the yeas and nays. ts
is. When . motion is made and seconded. IL Ii
shall be stated BY the President; or, being in Il
writing, il shall handed to the chair and rea
aloud BIZ The Secretary, before debated.
10. Every motion ahould be reduced to writing C
L the president or any member desire It. b
20. No person shall be admitted within the mar e.
but members Of the Convention officers of The h
State Government and anch other persons as the h
President may think proper to invite to seat in
the Convention. Ii
n; After motion IS stated by the President, or .
read by the Secretary, itshail be deemed to he in
possession Of the Convention, but may be with d
lra~n by the mover with the consent Of the mem.
Der who may have seconded the Drnposition Il