New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-01-05
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TIT,IE I1--DIsTRIBUTION OF POWERS
II III. %. The powers of the gov.
2 err-nenJ OF the state of Louisiana
Y IA be divided into three distinct
apartments, and each of them shall
%. onfned to separate body Of
stracy, to wit: those which are
!ative to one, those which are ex-
b I've to another, and those which
r ldicial to another.
one of these departments, nor
La person holding Office in one of
IL shall exercise power properly
belonging to eth of the others, ex-
oepl in the instances hereinafter ex-
pre- directed or permitted.
TIT II-LEGIsLATIYE DEPARTMENT.
Nh A "a. The legislative power OF
the tie shall be vested in two dis
tine ranches. The one to be styled
4 I"tr house of representatives, the
cfb,r the senate,' and both the
4 genera assembly of the state of Loui-
siepa
7 81. The members of the house
0f 81 7antatiyes shall continue in
oF I two years from the day of
tue closing of the general election.
ART. 2G. Representatives shall be
chosen on the first Monday in NOvem-
Der every two years, and the election
shall be completed in one day. The
general assembly shall meet annually
on the first Monday in January, unless
a different day be appointed by law,
and their sessions shall be held at the
seat of government.
ART. q. Every elector, under this
constitution, shall be eligible to a seat
in the house of representatives., and
every elector who has reached the age
of twenty eight years shall be eligible
to the senate. Provided, That no per-
son shall be a representative or SEN
ator unless at the time his election
he be a qualified elector of the repre-
sentative or senatorial district from
which he is elected.
ART 26. Elections for members of
the general assembly shall be held at
the several election precincts estab
lished by law.
ART. 30. Representation in the
house of representative shall be equal
and uniform, and shall be ascertained
and regulated by the number of quail
fed electors each parish in the state
being entitled to at least one repre-
sentative. An enumeration of the
qualified electors of this state, by the
state authorities, shall be made in
1868; q second in 1875, and an enum-
Grafton shall be made regularly every
Ten years thereafter, for the parpose
of ascertalningthe total population, as
well as the number of qualified electors
in each parish and election district !;
and in case of informality, omission,
or error in the census returns from
any district, the legislature shall order
a new census taken in such parish or
election district.
ART. 80. At the first session of the
legislature, after the making of each
enumeration, the Legislature shall ap
portion the representation amongst the
several parishes misrepresentation dis
triets on the basis of qualified electors
as aforesaid. A representative num-
Der shall be fixed, and each parish and
election district shall have as many
Representatives as the aggregate num-
Der of its electors will entitle it to
have, and an additional representative
for any fraction exceeding one-half of
the representative numbT. The
number of representatives shall never
exceed one hundred and twenty, nor
be less than ninety.
ART. 81. Until an apportionment
shall be made, and elections held I'M
der the same in accordance with the,
first enumeration to be made as di-
rected in article No. 90, the represen-
tation in the senate and house of repre-
sentatives shall be as follows:
For the parish of Orleans, and to
be elected as follows: