New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-03-21

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shall be required as a qualification for
ofice.
Arr. 1s. An persons shall enjoy equal
rights and privileges upon any con
veyance Of AZ public character I;
ana all places of business, or Of public
resort, OF for which license is required by
either state, parish, or municipal authority,
shall be deemed places of public charac-
ter, and shall be opened to the aecoHrmoda-
ton aad patronage Of all persons, without
distinction Or discrimination on account Of
race OF color, ~ .-f..-- 800
ART. II, The rights enumerated in this
title shall not be construed to limit or
abridge other rights of the people not
herein expressed. 3s aai
TITLE n.-LEGIsLATIvE DEPARTMENT.
ART. Is. The Legislative power Of the
state shall be vested in two distinct
branches; the one 20 be styled the house Of
representatives, the other the senate, and
both the general assembly of the state of
Louisiana. lG eff
ART. 16. The members Of the house of
Representatives shall continue in Office for
two years from the day Of the closing Of
the general elections. ''
ART. II. Representatives shall be chosen
on the first Monday in November every two
years, and the election shall be completed
in one day. The general assembly shall
meet annually on the first Monday in Janu-
ary. unless different day be appointed by
law, and their sessions shall be held at the
seat Of government,
ART. Is. Every elector under this consti-
I tuition shall be eligible to seat in the house
| Of representatives and every elector who
has reached the age of twenty-five years
shall be eligible to the senate; Provided
that no person shall be a representative Oh
senator unless at the time of his election b.
be q qualified elector of the representative
or senatorial district from which he /
elected. .nr
ART. 10. Elections for members Of thu
general assembly shall be held at the severa
election precincts established by law.
ART. 20. Representation in the house
representatives shall be equal and uniform
and after the first general assembly electe'
under this constitution shall be ascertainet
and regulated by the total population, eac
parish in the state being entitled to at leas
one representative. A census Of the stat
by state authority shall be taken in the yea
eighteen hundred and seventy-fve, an
every ten years thereafter. In case Of in
formality, omission, or error in the censu
, returns from any parish or election distric
the general assembly may order a new ceI
sus taken in such parish or election distric
but until the state census of eightee
hundred and seventy-fve, the apportioI
ment of the state shall be made on tt
basis Of the census of the United States fl
the year eighteen hundred and seventy.
ART. 81. The general assembly, at u
first session after the making Of each en-
/, meration, shall apporton the representant
amongst the several parishes and represe
tatiye districts, on the basis Of the tot
population, as aforesaid. Arepresentati'
number shall be fixed, and each parish al
representative district shall have as mai
ID representatives as the number Of its tot
3; population will entitle it to have; and
+ additional representative for any fracti
g. exceeding one-half Of the representa-
n number. The number Of representati'
d shah never exceed one hundred and tw'
ty, nor be less than ninety.
TO ART. %. Until an apportionment shall
or made in accordance with the provisions
D article 20, the representation in the sen
ST and house of representatives shall be
ms follows;