New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-04-14

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first session under this coast tuition, shall
provide an annual pension for the veterans
OF eighteen hundred and fourteen and eight
cen hundred and fifteen residing in the state
ART. l25. The military shall be in subor
dinstion to the civil power.
ART. l26 1t shall be the duty of the gen
eral assembly to make it obligatory upon
each parish to support all paupers residing
within its limits.
ART. III. All agreements, the considera.
ton OF which was confederate money, notes,
or bonds, are null and void; and shall not
be enforced by the courts of this state.
ART. l2s. Contracts for the sale of per.
sons arc null and void; and shall not be en-.
forced by the courts of this state.
ART. l29. The state of Louisiana snail
never assume nor pay any debt or obhga-
ton contracted or incurre aid of the
rebellion; nor shall this state ever in any
manner claim from the United States or
make any allowance or compensation for
slaves emancipated or liberated in any way
whatever
ART. 1870. All contracts made and.entered
into under the pretended authority OF any
governments heretofore existing in this
state, by which children were bound out
without the knowledge or consent Of their
parents, are hereby declared null aud void;
nor shall any child be bound out to any
one for any term Of years, while either one
of its parents live, without the consent of
such parent, except in cases of children
legally sent to the house of correction.
ART. l3l. The seat of government shall be
established at the city of New Orleans, and
shall not 6e removed without the consent
of two-thirds of the members of both houses
of the general assembly.
ART. 1872. All lands sold il pursuance of
DEGREES of courts shall be divided into
tracts of from ten to fifty acres.
ART. 1885, No judicial powers shall be ex-
ercised by clerks Of courts.
ART. 1874. No soldier, sailor 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 vu.-PUBuc EDUCATION.
ART. 1856. The general assembly shall cs-
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 10y and twenty.one (2l)
shall be admitted to the public schools or
other institutions Of learning sustained or
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-
lished exclusively for any race by the state
of louisiana.
ART. 1876. No municipal corporation shall
make any rules or regulations contrary to
the spirit and intention of article one hund. |
red and thirty.fvc (l35.)
ART. 1871. There shall be elected by the |
qualified voters of this state a superntend. |
mt 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 a salary of five thousand dol. |
lars per annum, payable quarterly on his |
own warrant.
ART. 1873. The general exercises in the pub.
lie schools shall be conducted in the En-. |
glish Language.
ART. 1879. The proceeds of all lands here. |
.ofore granted by the United States for
he use and support Of public schools,
md Of all lands or other property
which may hereafter be bequeathed
or that purpose, and of all lands which may
DC granted or bequeathed to the state. and
not granted or bequeathed expressly for
any other purpose which may hereafter be
disposed Of by the state, and the proceeds of
Ill estates Of deceased persons to which the
tate may be entitled by law, shall be held /
~ the state as a loan, and shall be and re.
main perpetual fund on which the state
hall pay an annual interest of six ercent,
which interest, with the interest Of the trust
und deposited with this state by the United
itates, under the act of congress approved
Iune the twenty-third, eighteen hundred
nd thirty-six, and the rent Of the unsold
ands, shall be appropriated to the support
# such schools, and this appropriation shall
emain inviolable.
ART, 40. No appropriation shall be made
~ the general assembly for the support of
my private school, or any private institu-
ion Of learning whatever.
ART. l4l. One half of the funds derived
rom the poll tax herein provided for shall
'e appropriated exclusively to the support
# the free public schools throughout the
tate, and the university Of New Orleans.
Art. l42. university shall be established
md maintained in the city of New Orleans.
I shall be composed of law, medical.
md collegiate department, each with ap.
'ropriate faculties. The general assembly
hall provide BY law for its organization and
Provided, That ali depart.
nents Of this institution Of learning shall be !
'pened in common to all students capable
Il matriculating. No rules or regulations
hall be made by the trustees, faculties, or
ither officers Of said institution Of learning.
Ior shall any laws be made by the general
ssembly violating the letter or spirit Of. the Il
rticles under this title.
Ar. lAs. Institutions for the support Of
he insane, the education and support ofthe
lind and the deaf and dumb, shan always
9 fostered by the state. and be subject to
UGH regulations as may be prescribed BY
be general assembly. e
EiTIE vIII.-snLIrIA.
AsT. VA. Itshall be the duty Of the gen.
nal assembly to organize the militia Of the
iasas and ~ able-hodied male citizens be.