New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-28
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| Relative to Federal Laws and Officers In
| tl,e State OF louisiana at the time OF IN,
| passage of tfae Ordinance of Secession
| I Be 1t ordained By The People Of Louisiana, il
Convention sembled, That all Federal officers If
tne civil service of the United States, and laws Of
the United states relating to said Federal officers
ana their duties and compensation within the State
OF Louisiana in Office and in force at the time OF
| the passage of the Ordinance of Secession, and
not incompatible Herewith. are hereby adopted,
and continued in Office and III force as officers and
laws of the State; provided, that the Ordinance
shall notappy to the officers of the judiciary postal
or land departments of the Government of the
United States or the laws regulating the same.
BE it further ordained That the revenue eollec-
ton and navigation laws of the United States, so
far as they may be applicable, be and they are
hereby adopted as laws of this State, saving that
no duties shall be collected on imports from the
States forming the late Federal Uuion known as
the United States of America or the Territories
thereof, nor upon the tonnage of vessels owned in
whole or in part by the citizens of the said States
and territories
Beit further ordained, That the President of this
Convention is hereby authorized to require of all
Federal officers aforesaid in the parish Of Orleans
the immediate recognition by them of the sole
and exclusive authority of the State of Louisiana
and to administer to them the oath of Office and
in case of refusal, to demand and take possession
OF all the property, money, effects papers and
documents held by them in their official capacity,
and the like authority is hereby conferred on the
as 70 I'LL feQeraI officers aforesaid the
state and the offices of such persons as refuse to
hold the property, money and effects in their Gus
tody subject to the disposal of the State and to
take the oath of office, are hereby declared |
vacant.
Be IL further ordained, That the State of Louis |
ana doth hereby guarantee and indemnify all |
Federal officers aforesaid, within this State, who |
comply with the Ordinances of this Convention |
against all claims and demands of the United |
States arising out of such compliance.
Be it further ordained That in case any Federal |
office hereby adopted as State office, be now or |
shall become vacant, the Governor be and he is |
hereby authorized to fill the same in the same
manner as the President of the United States, or
the head of any department of the United States |
Government might have done prior to the passage
OF the Ordinance Of Secession. That the Governor
shall have authority to remove any officer now
holding Federal office in this State if he shall
consider the said removal conducive to the public
interest.
Adopted in Convention in the city of New Or
leans, this twenty ninth day of January in the wear
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty
one.
Esgnedl A, MouroN,
President Of the Convention the State OF Louisiana
Attest: ]. THos. WHEAT Secretary. fel5 lot
oRDoNNANCE
INK Lois Fedelaies ct aux Employ
es fcdsranN qui sc trouvaient dams pEtat
de la Louisiana lors de radoptIon de Tor
dominance de Scission.
II est oruonne par lie peuple de la Louisiana as
emble ep Convention. que tous les employees fGd6.
aux dams lie service civil des Etata Unis ct les lois
les Etats Uns relatives aux dts OFFICERS fGderaux
It ienrs devoirs ct leur compensation dams lEtat
lie la Louisiana, en- place ct en- yigueur l'euonne
lie lfadopton de Performance de session, ct uu ne
ont pas incompatibles avec la dite ordOnnance.
ont par la pr6sente adoptees ct continues en- place
I en- vlgueur CONNIE employees ct CONNIE lois de Get
dtat
Pourvu que cette ordonnance lie s'applidue pas
INK employees des departments judiciairc pos.
al gu des terres publiques du commencement des
stats Unis, gu aux lois reglementant les dts de-
II est de plus ordonne, One les lois des Etats Upis
lie revenu, la coecte ct la navigation,
m tant quelles peuyent 6tre Appliances sont par la
'resente adoptees CONNIE lois de Get Etat excepte
lu'aucuns dros ne seront collect&s sur les inpnrt
ttons des Etats formant Ia cidevant Union FedG.
ale, CONNIE sous lie nom des Etats d'Unis d Amer
que gu des territories des dts Etats Uns nj sur lie
onnage DIES nayres appartenant, soft en- enter GU
N partie aux citOyens des dts Etats ct territories
IL est de plus ordonne, Que lie president de cette
est par la pr6sente autorisG exiger de
Gus les employees fedGraux susdts dams la paroisse
'UrIeanS, la reconnaissance Immediate par eux de
autOrte unique ct exclusive de l'Etat de la I,oui.
lane, ct leur administer lie sermeAt d'office ct
n cas- de refus, demander ct a prendre posses
ION de tontes les proprietes, argent efets papiers
documents qujls ont en- depot en- leur capacite
celte, ct que Ia dite autorie est par la presente
ohfefet au gouvernemGnt quaint tnus les EN-
loyes tedGraux susdits dams Etat, ct que les EN-.
lois de toutes les personnes qli refnseraient de
mir les proprietes, argent ct efets Opposes entire
ours mains la disposition de fEtat, et de prendre
) sernlent d'ofice, sont par la presente declares
acants.
II est de plus ordonne Que lEtat de la Louisiana
arantit ct ndemnise par Ia prGsente tons les EN-
loges tedGraux snsdts, dams Get Etat qni ob6ssent
TX performances de cette Convention contre toutes
IS recamatinns ct demandes des Etats Unis basees
If cette obGssance
II est de plus ordonn6, Qn'au cas- Oh un empioi
deral queleonqne adopte par la pr6sente CONNIE
hptoI de Etat est actuelement ou devendra va
ant lie gouverneur est par Ia pr6seure autori.e 4
emplir lie gu les dts emplUs lie la meme mauiere
ne lie president des Etats Unis gu le chef dun dc.
artement queiconque des Etats Unis aurait pu lie
lire avant l'adoption de i'ordonnance de session:
ne lie gouvernenr aura lie pouVoir de destituer tout
mploye occupant actuellement un emploi federal
ans Get Eat s'il juge que la dite restitution est
emandGe par l'nt6fet public.
Adoptee en- Conventions zen la vile de la Nouvelle-
rleans, se yngt neuvieme jour du mois de janvier,
III hut cent soiXante-etun.
[Sign& A. MOTION
Resident de In GnnveniINn de PErat dc l Louisiana
terthe =. fHDS. WHEAT, Stcfettire. |