New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-01-31
LOUISIANA CONsTITUTIONALC CON.
VENTION.


Mr.. Mcmillan offered the following:
RESOLVED, That hereafter no delegate
shall be allowed to speak more than ten
minutes upon any subject under considera-
tion without the consent of two-thirds of
the members Of the house.
Adopted.
Mr.. Burrel offered the following
Resolved That the collectors of taxes of
the different parishes be instructed to pay
to the delegates of his parish the amount
due on his warrants instead Of paying to
the state treasurer.
Resolved further, That the state treasurer
shall receive the warrants OF said delegates
when indorsed by them, and so accredit the
said collector. Laid over under the rule.
The order of the day was called up, and
the following articles were adopted
ART. 1l9. Taxation shall be equal and
uniform throughout the state; all property
shall he taxed in proportion to its value, to
be ascertained as directed by law; the gen
erAl assembly shall have power to exempt
from taxation property actually used for
church, schosl, or charitable purposes. The
general assembly may levy an income tax
upon all persons pursuing any occupation,
trade, or calling. and all such persons shall
obtain license, as provided by law. ALI
tax on income shall be pro rata on the
amount of income or business done. The
general assembly shall levy poll tax on all
male inhabitants of this state over twenty
one years old, for school and charitable
purposes, which tax shall never exceed one
dollar and fifty cents per annum.
ART. 1l9. None of the lands granted by
congress to the state Of Louisiana for aid
ing in constructing the necessary levees
and drains to reclaim the swamp and over
flowed lands of the state shall be diverted
from the purpose for which they were
granted.
ART. 12O. No liability, either state,
parochial, or municipal, shall exist for any
debts contracted for or in the interest OF
the rebellion against the United States
government.
ART. 12l. The general assembly may de-
termine the mode of filling vacancies in all
Offices for which provision is not made in
this constitution.
ART. l22. The general assembly shall
pass no law requiring a property qnalifea-
ton for office.
discharge the duties of their Offices until
their successors shall have Been inducted
into office, except in cases of impeachment
Vi nHE HOuoAJns
But arriving at the proposed abolition of
the tacit mortgage system, the convention
discussed the following article proposed in
the majority report.
ART. l24. The general assembly shall
provide for the protection of the rights OF
married women to their paraphernal prop
erty, and for the registration of the same,
but no mortgage or privilege shall hereat-
ter affect third parties unless recorded in
the parish where the property to be affected
is situated. The tacit mortgages and privi-
leges now existing in this state shall cease
to have effect againat third persons after
the FIRST day Of January, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy, unless duly recorded.
The general assembly shall provide by law
fer the registration Of all mortgages and
privileges.
Articles 1875 I26, and 127 Of the majority
report were adopted
The following was adopted as article 12S
of the constitution;
Arr. 12s. Il shall be the duty of the
general assembly to make Il obligatory
upon each parish to support all paupers
residing within its,limits.
The Convention then adjourned until
this morning as 10 o'clock.