New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-18
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AN ORDINANCE

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the State of louisiana at the time of tn
| passage of tIse Ordinance OF Secession.
| Be II ordained By the People Of louisiana il
Convention a. sembed, That all Federal officers il
| the civil service of the United States and laws Of
the United States relating to said Federal officers
and their duties and compensation within the STATE
OF louisiana III office and in force at the time o
| the passage of the Ordinance of Secession and
not incompatible Herewith, hereby adopted
and continued in Office and in force as officers and
| laws of the State; prouided, that the Ordinance
shall not apply to the officers of the judiciary pos tai
| or land departments of the Government of the
United States or the laws regulating the same.
Be ii further ordained, That the revenue soec-
| 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 Union known "a
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.
Be it 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
Governor as to all Federal officers aforesaid in 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 Louisi-
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
otfiGe hereby adopted as State Office, be now or
shall became 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 year
of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty
one.
President Of The Convention of The state Of Jonis,an,
Attest: J. THOs WHEAT, Secretary. fel5 iGt
OEDONNANCE
Relative AJAX Lois Fetierales ct aux Employ
es fctiera,SS gSii Sc trouvaient dana l'fGtat
dc In Louisiana 1ors de Fntioption de I'Or-
dominance dc Session.
II est ordonnd par lie peupe de Ia Louisiana. as
semblG en- Convention, que tous les employees fGdG-
raux dams lie service civil DIES Etats Unis ct les lois
des Etats UnS relatives dts officers fGderauX
ct lenrS dtvors ct leur compensation dams IF;tai
de la Louisiana, ell place ct en- ygueur 4 l'GDooue
de ladoption de Performance de session. ct qui ne
sont pas lncOmpatibleS avec la dite ordinance
sont par Ia presente adoptGes ct continues en- place
ct en- vigueur, cOmme employees ct CONNIE lois de Get
Etat.
POuryu que cette ordinance ne s'appliGue mas
aux employees des departments judiciare, nos
tai GU de5 terres publiques du commencement deg
Etats Unls, GU aux lois reglementant les dts de-
partemcnts.
Il est de plus ordonnt, Q1e les lois des Etats IJnis
concernant lie reVenu, la cOtecte ct Ia navigation
en- tant Giles peuvent 6re applquGes sont par Ia
prGSente adoptGes CONNIE lois de Get Etat eXceDtG
quaucuns drots ne serOnt cOllectes sur les import
atoms des Etats formant la CT devant Union E6,iG
rale CONNIE sous le nom des Etats d'Uns d'AmGr
que on DIES territories des dts Etats Uns nj sur lie
tonnage des naVres appartenant soft en- enter on
en- parte citoyens des dts Flats ct territories
II est de plus ordonn6, Que lie president de cette
Convention est par la prGsente autOrsG eXiger dc
t0us les employees feteranx susdts dams Ia paroisse
d'0rlGans, la reconnaissance immG late par eux de
Pautorite unique ct exclusive de lEtat De la Loui.
siane, ct leur administrer lie sermeAt doffice ct
en- cas- de refus, demander ct prendre posses-
sion de toutes les prophecies argent efets papiers
ct documents qu'ils ont en- depot en- leUr capacit&
ocielte ct que la dite autoritG est par Ia pr6sene
confeTee au gouvernement quaint L tous les EN-.
ploy6s fGderaux susdits dams Etat ct cue les en-
pios de toutes les persOnnes qui refrseraient de
tenr les pr0prGtGs argent ct effets dGposGs entire
leurs mains Ia disposition de l'Etat ct de preudre
lie serment doffice, sont par Ia pr6sente declares
Vacants.
Ii est de plus ordonnG, Qle rEtat de la Louisiana
garantit ct indcmnise par Ia prosecute tons les EN-.
plOy6s f6dGrauN susdits dams Get Fiat du obGssent
aux performances de cette Convention contre toutes
les r6clamations ct demandes des Eats Unis basGes
sur cette obGissance.
II est de plus ordonnG, Qu'au cas- on IN emploi
federal quelconque adoptG par Ia prGsente CONNIE
emploi de lEtat est actueliement on devendra va.
cant, le gouTerneur est par Ia prosecute autorise
rempr le on les dts cniplois de Ia meme maniGre
que lie president DIES Etats uns GU lie chef d un de-
parchment quelcoDque Ges Etats Uns aurait m la
fare avant fadoption de Performance de session
que e gouverneur aura lie pouvoir de destituer toni
employs occupant actue!lement un emploi federal
dams Get Etat sill Juge que Ia dte restitution est
demand6e par l'mlGr6t public
Ad0niee en- Convention en- la Vile dc Ia Nouvelle
Orleans, ce vingtneuveme jour du mois de janyier,
mil hut cent soiXante-et-un.
[sgafi A. MOUTNN
r l,aent de y ConyemtIon de rEMt dc Ia IoAi.inne