New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-04-09

ana II the same shall be agreed to by two
s thirds OF the members elected to each
1 house, such proposed amendment or amend.
q ments shall be entered on their respective
) journals, with the yeas and NAYS taken
thereon; and the secretary of state shah
cause the same to be published three
+ months before the next general election for
representatives to the general assembly. in
at least one newspaper in every parish in
the state in which newspaper shall be
? published. And such proposed amend.
ment or amendments shall be submitted
to the people at said election; and
! if amajority of the voters at said
election shall approve and ratify such
>. amendment or amendments, the same shall
become part of this constitution. If more
than one amendment shall be submitted at
4 one time, they shall be submitted in such
manner and form that the people may vote
for or against each amendment separately.
TITLE x.-scHEDULE.
ART. las. The ordinance of secession of
+ the state of Louisiana, passed twepty.sixth
r ofJanuary, eighteen hundred and siyty-one,
= Is hereby declared to be null and void.
The constitution adopted in eighteen humid
d red and sixty-four, and all previous con-
u situations in the state of Louisiana, are de-
!, clared to be superseded by this constitu.
. ton.
ART 149. AL rights, actions, prosecu-
Il tions, claims, contracts, and all laws in
i force at the time of the adoption of this
y constitution, and not inconsistent there
e with, shall continue as if it had not been
Of adopted; all judgments and judicial
N sales, marriages, and executed contracts
made in good faith and in accordance with
"a the existing laws in this state, rendered,
ID made, or entered into, between the twenty
Mt sixth day of January, eighteen hundred and
os sixty-one, and the date when this constitu
ton shall be adopted are hereby declared
of to be valid, except the following laws:
IN {" An act to authorize the widening Of the
v new canal and basin, y approved March four.
Y. teenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.
An act to amend and re,enact the
in one hundred and twenty.frst section of an
ed act entitled, AN act relative to crimes and
in ohenses," approved December twentieth,
or eighteen hundred and sixty-ive.
1" An act for the punishment of persons
for tampering with, persuading, or enticing
es- away, harboring, feeding, or secreting Ia
in borers, servants, or apprentices approved
nd December twenty-frst, eighteen hundred
or and sixty.fve.
be. " An act to punish, in certain cases, the
.D employers Of laborers and apprentices,
or approved December twenty-frst, eighteen
or hundred and sixty-fve.
til An act in relation to exemption from
Jus state, parish, and city taxes for the year
ate eighteen hundred and sixty-two, eighteen
alb hundred and sixty.three, eighteen hundred
ate and sixty-four, and eighteen hundred ant
sixty-fve, in certain cases." Certified six
all teenth March, eighteen hundred and sixty
TO six.
nd. "An act granting ferry privileges to c
K. Marshall, his heirs, or assigns" Ar
the proved March tenth, eighteen hundred an
nd. sixty.six.
his AN act to authorize the board of leve
be commissioners of the levee district in tn
the parishes of Madison and Carroll to issu
all bonds" etc, etc. Approved March twenty
He eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty.seven.
dol. Section third of AN act to organize tn
his police of New Orleans, and to create polio
board therein" Approved twelfth Febrt
nh. airy, eighteen hundred and sixty.six.
Err. ART. 100. The laws relative to the dutie
of officers shall remain in force, thong
ere. contrary to this constitution, and til
for several duties be performed by the respeo
OILS. i've officers, until the organization OF tn
,rtv government under this constitution.
he'd ART. Isl. The general assembly sha
nav provide for the removal of causes no
and pending in the courts of this state
for courts created by or under this constit
be ton.
b, &c TITLE xI.-oRDINANoE.
tho ART. 49, Immediately upon the adjour
,oId ment OF this convention this constitute
~ shall be submitted for ratification to Il
.ato registered voters of the state, in conforms
49, to the act Of congress passed March secon
80 eighteen hundred and sixtyseVen, entitlt
ito. "An act to provide for the more eficio
- government of the rebel states" and Il
- acts supplementary thereto.
-. ART. 1853. The election for the ratihcatit
of the constitution shall be held on Frid;
~ and Saturday, the seventeenth and eigi
man zenith days of April, eighteen hundred al
sixty.eight, at the places now prescribed
l"u law; and the polls shall be kept omen from
], ~. Vi o'clock A. N. to o'clock P. NJ. At Ii
election all those in favor of raiifying t
constitution shall have written or print
iVeu on their ballots "For the constitution"
,-o-. those opposed to ratifying the constitute
'p ~, shall have written or printed on their b
vac lots Against the constitution"
ART. 154. In order to establish civil g,
49, eminent, &C required by act of congre
I,naI passed March twenty-third, eighteen hui
, - red and sixty-seven, an election shall
III, held at the same time and place at viii
NY the constitutional submitted for ratihcati
80 for all state, judicial, parish, and munich
pT,E officers, for members of the general asse
=, bly,, and for congressional representatiV
pSuie ct which election the electors who
'iohs qualified under the reconstruction acts
:, VI congress shall vote, and none others; T
nlns, vided, That any elector shall be eligible
lra, any Office under any municipal corporal
- sAAe in this state.
ART. 1855. At the election for the ratif
-. ton of the constitution, and for ofic
= ny of the civil government as requi
by congress, all registered electors may '
- ~ in any parish where they have resided
y ten days next preceding said election,
atany precinct in the parish, upon presel