New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-03-29

shall choose its speaker and other officers.
ART. a. Electors in all cases except
treason, felony, or breach of the peace,
shall be privileged from arrest during their
attendance on, going to, and returning from
elections.
ART. %. At its first session under this
constitution, the general assembly shall
provide by law that the names and resi-
dence of all qualified electors shall be reg
istered, in order to entitle them to vote
but the registry shall be free Of cost to the
elector.
ART. &c. No person shall be entitled to
vote at any election held in this state, ex-
cept in the parish of his residence, and at
the election precinct in which he is regis
tered Provided, That no voter in remov-
ing from one parish to another shall lose
the right to vote in the former until he has
acquired it in the latter.
ART. q. The members of the senste shall
be elected for the term of four years and
when assembled, the senate shall have
power to choose its own officers, except as
hereinafter provided.
ART. %. The general assembly shall di.
vide the state into senatorial districts when
ever it apportiOns representation in the
house of representatives.
ART. 20. No parish shall be divided in the
formation of senatorial district. the parish
of Orleans excepted; and whenever a new
parish shall be created it shall be attached
to the senatorial district from which most
of its territory is taken, or to another con
tiguous district, at the discretion Of the
general assembly, but shall not be attached
10 more than one district The number Of
senators shall be thirty-six, and they shall
be appOrtioned among the senatorial dis
tricts according to the total population of
said districts.
ART. 90. In all appointments of the
senate the total population Of the state
shall be divided by the number thirty.six,
and the result produced by this division
shall be the senatorial ratio emitting a SEN
dVOildl ulSlTlCC 10 q senator
Single or contiguous parishes shall be
formed into districts having a population
the nearest possible to the number emitting
district to senator; and if the appor-
tionment to make parish or district fall
short of, or exceed the ratio, then
district may be formed having
not more than two senators; but not other
wise No new appOrtionment shall have
the effect of abridging the term of service
of any senator already elected at the time
of making the apportionment. After an
enumeration has been made, as directed in
the twentieth article, the general assembly
shall not pass any law, till an apportion-
ment of representation in both houses of the
general assembly shall be made.
ART. 81. At the first session of the gen.
eral assembly after this constitution goes
into effect the senators shall be divided
equally by lot into two classes; the seats of
the senators of the first class to be vacated
at the expiration of the term of the first
house of representatives; those of the Sec
ond class at the expiration of the term of
the second house of representatives; so that
one-half shall be chosen every two years
successfully, When district shall have
elected two senators, their respective terms
of office shall be determined by lot between
themselves.
ART. 80. The first election for senators
shall be held at the same time with the
election for representatives; and thereafter
there shall be elections of senators at the
same time with each general election of
representatives, to fill the places of those
senators whose term of office may have ex-
PRED.
ART. SO. Not less than majority of the
members of each house of the general as
sembly shall form quorum to transact
business; but a smaller number may ad-
journ from day to day, and shall have full
power to compel the attendance of absent
members.
ART. "a. Each house Of the general as
sembly shall judge Of the qualifications,
election, and returns of its members, but a
contested election shall be determined in
such manner as may be prescribed by law.
ART. IS. Each house of the general
assembly may determine the rules Of
its proceedings, punish a member for dis
orderly conduct, and with concurrence Of
two-thirds, expel member, but not a
second time for the same offense.
ART. SO. Each house of the general as
sembly shall keep and publish weekly a
journal of its proceedings; and the yeas
and nays of the members on any question,
at the desire of any two of them, shall be
entered on the journal.
ART. 81. Each house may punish by i'm.
prisonment any person not a member fol
disrespect and disorderly behavior in Its
presence, or for obstructing any of its
proceedings; such Imprisonment shall moi
exceed ten days for any one ohTense.
ART. 3s. Neither house shall adjourn fol
more than three days, nor to any Other
place than that in which it may be sitting
during the sessions Of the general assembly
without the consent Of the other.
ART. 80. The members Of the general
assembly shall receive from the public
treasury q compensation for their services
which shall be eight dollars per day during
their attendance, going to, and returning