New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-03-06

Oupars6, ferguson, harFisOu, helso' muSu
away, Reese, Riard, Riggs, Rodriguez,
Schwab, Twitchell, Waples-2O nays.
Articles fifty-eight, fifty nine, sixty,
sixty-One, sixty-two. sixty-three,
sixty -four, and sixty-fve, we're adopted
as follows
ART. SO. The governor shall have
power to grant rePrieves for all of
lenses against the state, and except in
cases of Impeachment, shall, with the
consent of the senate, have power to
grant pardons, remit fines and forfeit
ures, after conviction. In cases OF
treason he may grant reprieves until
the end of the next session of the gen
eral assembly, in which the power of
pardoning shall be vested. In cases
when the punishment is not imprison-
ment at hard labor, the party upon be-
ing reprived by the governor shall be
released, if in actual custody, until
final action by the senate.
ART. SO. He shall be commander
in-chief of the militia of this state,
except when they shall be called into
the service of the United States.
ART. 60. He shall nominate and by
and with the advice and consent of the
senate appoint all officers whose Of
fees are established by the constitu-
ton, and whose appointments are not
otherwise herein provided for; Pro-
vided, however, that the general as
sembly shall have right TO prescribe
the mode of appointment to all other
offices established by law.
ART. 81. The governor shall have
power to fill vacancies that may hap
pen during the recess Of the senate,
by granting commissions which shall
expire at the end of the next session
thereof, unless otherwise provided for
in this constitution; but no person
who has been nominated for Office and
rejected by the senate, shall be ap-
pointed to the same Office during the
recess of the senate.
ART. 50. He may require informa-
ton in writing, from the officers in the
executive department, upon any sub
ject relating to the duties of their re-
spectiVe offices.
ART. Co. He shall, from time to
time, give the general assembly in
formation respecting the situation of
the state, and recommend to their con-
sideration such measures as he may
deem expedient.
ART. Ga. He may, on extraordinary
occasions, convene the general assem-
bly, at the seat of government, or at a
different place if that should have be-
come dangerous from an enemy or
from epidemic; and in case of disa-
greement between the two houses as
to the time of adjournment, he may
adjourn them to such time as he may
think proper, not exceeding four
months.
ART. 65. He shall take care that
the laws be faithfully executed.
Article sixty-six, amended by sub
shutting, eighth line, the words ''like
wise be-" fer "be likewise" was
adopted as follows:
ART. 66. Every bill which shall
have passed both houses shall be pre-
scented TO the governor; if he approve
he shall sign it; if he do not, he shall
return it with his objections to the
house in which it originated, which
shall enter the objections at large upon
it's journal, and proceed to reconsider
it. IF, after such reconsideration,
two-thirds of all the members pres
emit in that house shall agree to pass
the bill, it shall be sent with the OBJ
iections to the other house, by which
it shall likewise be recOnsidered; and
if approved by two thirds of the mem
hers present in that house, it shall be
a law. But in such cases the vote of
both houses shall be determined by
yeas and nays, and the names
Of members voting for or against
the bill shall be entered ON the
journal of each house respectively,
If any bill shall not be returned by the
governor within five days after it shall
have been presented to him, it shall be
a law in like manner as If he had
signed it; unless the general assembly
| by adjournment prevent its return; in
which case the said bill shall De re-
turned en- the first day of the meeting
Of the general assembly after the ex-
piration of said five days, or be a
law.
Articles sixty-seven, sixty-eight,
sixty-nine, seventy, seventy-sne,
sevsnty-twO, seventy-three, and
sevsnty-four we're adopted, as fol-
lows:
ART. 81. Every order, resolution, or
vote to which the concurrence Of both
houses may be necessary, except on a
question of adjournment, shall be pre-
scented to the governor, and before il
shall take effect, be approved by him,
or, being disapproved, shall be re-
passed by two-thirds Of the members
present.
ART. 68. There shall be secretary
Of state, who shall hold his ofice dur
ing the term for which the governor
shall have been elected. The records
Of the state shall be kept and pre-
served in the office of the secretary;
he shall keep fair register Of the
Sfiicial acts and proceedings of the
governor, and, when necessary, shall
attest them; he shall. when required,
| lay the said register, and ell papers,
minutes, and vouchers relative to bis
Office before either house Of the general
assembly. and shall perform such
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