New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-03-15

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ART. 1888. No Judicial powers shall be ex-
ercised by clerks Of courts.
ART ls4. No soldier, sailer, or marine in
the military or naval service OF the United
States shall hereafter acquire a residence in
this state by reason Of being stationed or
doing duty In the same.
TITLE vfI.-PuBLlC EDUCATION.
ART. 1876. The general assembly shall es-
tablish at least one free public school in
every parish throughout the state, and
shall provide for its support by taxation or
otherwise. All children of this state be-
tween the ages of six 90 and twenty-one (21l
shall be admitted to the public schools or
other institutions Of learningi sustained or
established by the state, in common, with
out distinction of race, color, or previous
condition. There shall be no separate
schools or institutions of learning estab-
hshed exclusively for any race by the state
of louisiana.
ART. 1856. No municipal corporation shall
make any rules Or regulations contrary to
the spirit and intention of article one humid
red and thirty-fve Q35.)
ART. 1877. There shall be elected by the
qualified voters of this state superintend-
emit Of public education, who shall hold his
office for four years. His duties shall be
prescribed by law, and he shall have the
supervision and the general control of all
public schools throughout this state. He
shall receive salary of FIVE thousand dol.
lars per annum, payable quarterly on his
own warrant.
ART. 1888. The general exercises in the pub.
lie schools shall be conducted in the En-
glish language. aE
ART. 1879. The proceeds of all al here
tofore granted by the Unit s. ties for
the use and support Of pusEC spAools,
and Of all lands or other property
which may hereafter be equeathed
for that purpose, and of all land which may
be granted or bequeathed 70 III state, and
not granted or bequeathed kpressly for
any other purpose whic' ar hereafter be
| disposed of by the state, aL1 The proceeds Of
all estates Of deceased persons to which the
state may be entitled by law, shall be held
| by the state as a loan, and shall be and re-
main perpetual fund on which the state
shall pay an annual interest of six per cent,
which interest, with the interest of the trust
fund deposited with this state by the United
States, under the act Of congress approved
June the twenty-third, eighteen hundred
and thirty-six, and the rent Of the unsold
lands, shall be appropriated to the support
of such schools, and this appropriation shall
remain inviolable.
ART lao. No appropriation shall be made
by the general assembly for the support of
any private school, or any private institu-
ton of learning whatever.
ART. l41. One half of the funds derived
from the pcll tax herein provided for shall
be appropriated exclusively to the support
of the free public schools throughout the
state, and the university of New Orleans.
ART. l42. A university shall be established
and maintained in the city of New Orleans.
1t shall be composed of a law, medical,
and collegiate department, each with ap-
propriate faculties. The general assembly
shall provide by law for its organization and
maintenance; Provided, That all depart
ments of this institution of learning shall be
opened in common to all students capable
of matriculating. No rules or regulations
shall be made by the trustees, faculties, or
other officers of said institution of learning,
nor shall any laws be made by the general
assembly violating the letter or spirit Of the
+ articles under this title.
, ART. l43. Institutions for the support Of
, the insane, the education and support ofthe
blind and the deaf and dumb, shall always
be fostered by the state, and be subject to
such regulations as may be prescribed by
, the general assembly.
TITLE YLII.-MILITIA.
ART. IA. 1t shall be the duty of the gem
+. eral assembly to organize the militia Of the
l state and all able-bodied male citizens be-
4 tween the ages of eighteen and forty i've
years, not DISTINGUISHED by the laws of the
s United States and of this state, shall be sub
r ject to military duty.
ART. l45. The governor shall appoint all
s. commissioned officers, subject to confrms'
r ton or rejection by the senate, except the
0 staff officers, who shall be appointed By
r their respective chiefs, and commissioned
by the governor. All militia officers shall
/ take ana subscribe to the oath prescribed
# for officers of the United States army and
= the cath prescribed for officers in this state
a AKr. i46. the governor shall have po6e5i
I, to call the militia into active service for tht
preservation of law and order, or when th'
. public safety may require it. The militi'
% when in active service shall receive tn
T. same pay and allowances as officers anG
is priyates, as is received by officers and pri
st Yates in the United States army.
=, TITLE Ix.-MoDE OF REVISING THE coNsTITU
" TIoE.
o. ART. 14T. Any amendment or amend
+ ments to this constitution may be proposed
in the senate or house of representatives
4, and if the same shall be agreed to by two
:, thirds of the members elected to eaei
- house, such proposed amendment or amend
10 ments shall be entered on their respective
L journals, with the yeas and nays takeI
e. thereon and the secretary of state shall
n cause the same to be published thre'
months before the next general election tol
n. representatives to the general assembly, il
IN at least one newspaper in every parish il
lg the state in which newspaper shall b'
published. And such proposed amend
a. ment or amendments shall be submitted
5, to the people at said election; anG
ot If amajority of the voters at sait
election shall approve and rstify sucl
T. amendment or amendments, the same shal
u become part of this constitution. If NOR
than one amendment shall be submitted a
VI one time, they shall be submitted in suel