New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-03-24

vide by law for the registration of all mort
cages and privileges.
ART. ia. The general assembly, at its
first session under this constitution, 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-
dination to the civil power
ART. l26. It shall be che duty of the gen
ersl assembly to make it obligatory upon
each parish to support all paupers residing
within its limits.
ART. l27. 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. I2S. Contracts for the sale of per-
sons are null and void; and shall not be en-.
forced by the courts of this state.
ART. 129. The state Of Louisiana shall
never assume nor pay any debt or obliga-
ton contracted or INQUIRE 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. I30 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 deolered null and 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. 1871. 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 in pursuance of
| DEGREES of courts shall be divided into
tracts of from ten to fifty acres.
ART. 1888. No judicial powers shall be ex-
ercised by clerks of courts.
ART. l34. No soldier sailor, or marine in
the military or naval service of the United
States shall hereafter acquire residence in
this state by reason of being stationed or
doing duty in the same. .. ..
TITLE vII.--PUBLlC EDUCATION. f.
ART. lS5. 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 (6) and twenty-one (2l)
shall be admitted to the public schools or
other institutions of learning 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-
lished 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 hund,
red and thirty-hve (lS5)
ART. 137. There shall be elected by the
qualified voters of this state a superintend
ent 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. 1889. The proceeds of all lands here
tofore granted by the United States fol
the use and support of public schools
and of all lands or other property
which may hereafter be bequeatheG
for that purpose, and of all lands which mag
be granted or bequeathed to the state, anC
not granted or bequeathed expressly fol
any other purpose which may hereafter b.
disposed of by the state, and the proceeds o
all estates of deceased persons to which thu
state may be entitled by law, shall be hell
by the state as loan, and shall be and re
main perpetual fund on which the stat
shall pay an annual interest Of six per cent
which interest, with the interest of the trus
fund deposited with this state by the Unite'
States, under the act of congress approves
June the tWenty-third, eighteen hundred
: ana thirty-six, aud the rent % She cEsel'
lands. shall be appropriated to the supper
of such schools, and this appropriation shal
remain inviolable.
!, Art. lao. No appropriation shall be mad
by the general assembly for the support Q
any private school, OF any private institr
ton Of learning whatever.
ART l4l. One half of the funds derive
from the pcn tax herein provided for shal
} be appropriated exclusively to the supper
e Of the free public schools throughout tn
: state, and the university Of New Orleans.
/ ART. 142. A university shall be estabIiShe
i. and maintained in the city of New Orleans
! It shall be composed of law, medical
and collegiate department, each with al
propriate faculties. The general assembl
shall provide by law for its organization an
y maintenance; Provided, That all depar
2 mentA Of this institution Of learning shall b
E. opened in common TO all students capabl
e Of matriculatIng. No rules or regulation
g shall be made BY the trustees, faculties, q
is other officers Of said institution Of learnin,
Il nor shall any laws be made by the generi
y assembly violating the letter or spirit Of Ii
articles under this title.
= Arr. l4s. Institutions for the support
4 the insane, theeducatIon and support oftl
, blind and the deaf and dumb, shan alwa,
be fostered by the state, and be subject
o such regulations as may be prescribed
= the general assembly.