New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-03-06
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN. FRIDAY, MARCH g. 1868

sentatives on the second Monday fol-
lowing the meeting of the general as
sembiy and proceed to said election.
Title two of the constitution as here
inbefore amended was adopted as a
whole.
Article orty-eight was adopted as
follows
TITLE III-ExEUUTIvE DEPARTMENT.
ART. AZ. Pie supreme executive
power of the state shall be vested in a
chief magistrate, who shall be styled
the governor of the state of LOUISE
ana. He shall hold his Office during
the term of four years, and together
with the lieutenant governor, chosen
for the same term, be elected as fol-
lows: The qualified electors for rep
rssentatives shall vote for governor
and lieutenant governor at the time
and place of voting for representatives;
the returns of every election shall be
sealed up and transmitted by the
proper returning officer to the secre-
tary of state, who shall deliver them
to the speaker of the house of repre-
sentatives on the second day Of the
session of the general assembly then
to be holden. The members of the
general assembly shall meet in the
house of representatives. to examine
and countthe votes. The person hav-
ing the greatest number Of votes for
governor shall be declared duly elected;
but in case of tie veto between two
or more candidates, one of them shall
Immediately be chosen governor by
Joint vote of the members of the gem
eral assembly. The person having the
greatest number Of votes polled for
lieutenant governor shall be lieutenant
governor; but in case of ate vote be-
tween'two or more candidates, one of
them shall be Immediately chosen
lieutenant governor by joint vote of
the members Of the general assembly.
Mr., Oliver moved to lay the amend
ment to article fOrty-nine, proposed
by Messrs, Cooley, Crawford, Crane,
and NAPLES, on the table.
Adopted-yeas G2, nays las fol-
lows
Yeas Antoine, Baker, Belden,
Bertonneau, Blackburn, Blandin, Bon
nefoi, Burrel, Cromwell, Quincy, Dear
ing, Demarest, P. G.. Deslonde, Do
nato, Douglass, U. Dupart, Duplessis,
,Esnard, FRANCOIS, Gardiner, Harper,
Harris, Hampstead, Ingraham, 4. H.
Isabelle, T. Isabelle, Jones, Kelso,
Landers, LANCE, Leroy, j. B. Lewis,
Marie, Martin, Massicot, Meadows,
Morris, Moses, Murrel, Myers, New
sham, Oliver, Packard, Pierce, Pinch
back, Pollard, Reese, Riard, Riggs,
Sohwab, Smith, Snaer, Steele, Thi-
baut, Twitchell, Valfroit, Vandergriff,
Vidal, NAPLES, Wickliffe, Williams,
Wilson-62 yeas.
Nays: Brown, Butler, Cooley,
Crane, Crawford, Depasseau, G.. Du-
parte, Ferguson, Harrison, jackson,
Mushaway, Poinde1ter, Rodriguez
10 nays.
Article forty-nine was adopted, as
follows:
ART. 40. No person shall be eligi-
BILE to the office of governor or lieu
tenant governor who is not citizen
of the United States, and resident of
this state two years next preceding
election.
Articles fifty, fifty-one, fifty-twO.
ffty-three, ffty-four, ffty-fve, and
ffty-six were adopted, as follows:
ART. so. The governor shall be in
eligible for the succeeding four years
after the expiration of the time for
which he shall have been elected.
ART. 81. The governor shall enter
on the discharge of his duties on the
second Monday in january next en-
suing his election, and shall continue
in Office until the Monday next sue
Oesding the day that his successor
shall be declared duly elected, and
shall havel taken the oath or afirma-
ton required by the constitution.
ART. SO. No member of congress,
or any person holding office under the
United States government, shall be
eligible to the Office Of governor or
lieutenant governor.
ART. SO. In case of impeachment of
the governor, his removal from office,
death, refusal, or inability to qualify,
or to discharge the powers and duties
Of his office, resignation, or absence
from the state, the powers and duties
Of the Office shall deYolYs upon the
lieutenant governor for the residue of
the term, or until the governor, absent
or impeaehed, shall return, or be ac-
quilted, or the disability be removed.
The general assembly may provide by
law for the case Of removal, impeao6-
ment, death, resignation, disability, or
refusal to qualify of kbOth the governor
and lieutenant governor, declaring
| what officer shall act as governor, and
such officer shall act accordingly until
the disability be removed, or for the
remainder Of the term.
ART. 54. The lieutenant governor
or officer discharging the duties of
governor shall, during his administra-
ton, receive the same compensation to
which the governor would have been
entitled had he continued in office.
ART. SIS. The lieutenant governor
shall, by virtue Of his Office, Be- presi-
deaf Of the senate, but shall only vote
when the senate is equally divided.
Whenever he shall administer the
government, or shall be unable TO at
tend as president Of the senate, the
senators shall elect one Of their own
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