New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-03-31

cages and privileges.
Arr. ia. The general assembly, at its
first session under this constitution, shall
provide an annual pension for the veterans
of eighteen huRdred and fourteen and eight
cen hundred and fifteen residing in the state.
ART. 125. The military shall be in subor-
dination to the civil power.
AIT. 1875. 1t shall be the duty of the gen
eral assembly to make it obligatory upon
each parish to support all paupers residing
within its limits.
ART. 1877. 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. l2s. Contracts for the sale of per-
sons are null and void; and shall not be en-
forced by the courts of this state.
ART. l29. The state of Louisiana shall
never assume nor pay any debt or obliga-
tion contracted or inourrs 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. $50. All contracts made andlentered
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 declared 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. l3l. The seat of government shall be
established at the city of New Orleans and
shall not DE 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. l33 No judicial powers shall be ex.
ercised by clerks of courts.
ART. 1874. No soldier sailor, or marine in
the military or naval service of the United
States shall hereafter acquire a residence in
this state by reason of being stationed or
doing duty in the same.
TITLE vII.-PUBLlc EDUCATION.
ART. 1856. 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
Hshed 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 humid
red and thirty.fve QS5.)
ART. 1877. There shall be elected by the
qualified voters of this state 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
shah receive salary Of Eve thousand dol.
lars per annum, payable quarterly on his
own warrant.
ART. 1888. The general exercises in the pub
lie schools shall be conducted in the En-
glish language.
ART. 139. The proceeds of all lands here.
tofore granted by the United States for
the use and support Of public schools,
and of all lands or other property
which may hereafter be bequeathed
for that purpose, and of all lands which may
be granted or bequeathed to the state. and
not granted or bequeathed expressly for
any other purpose which may hereafter be
disposed Of by the state, and the proceeds of
all estates of deceased persons to which the
state may be entitled by law, shall be held
by the state as a loan, and shall be and re-
main perpetual fund on which the state
shall pay an annual interest of six per cent,
which interest," with the interest of the trust
fund deposited with this state by the United
States. under the act of congress approved
June the twentY-third eighteen hundred
and thirty-six, and the rent of the unsold
lands, shall be appropriated to the support
of such schools, and this appropriation shall
remain inviolable.
ART. lao. No appropriation shall be made
by the general assembly for the support OF
any private school, or any private institu.
ton of learning whatever.
ART. 14I. One half Of the funds derived
from the poll tax herein provided for shall
be appropriated exclusively to the support
of the free public schools throughout the
state, and the university of New Orleans.
ART. l42. Anniversary shall be established
and maintained in the city of New Orleans.
II shall be composed of law, a medical,
and collegiate department, each with ap-
propriate faculties. The general assembly
shall provide by law for its organization and
maintenance; Provided, That all depart.
ments of this institution of learning shall be
opened in common to all students capable
Of matriculatipg. No rules or regulations
shall be made by the trustees, faculties, OF
other officers Of said institution Of learning,
nor shan any laws be made by the general
7 assembly violating the letter or spirit of the
articles under this title. 1
ART. 14s. Institutions for the support o.
the insane, the education Andisupport Of The
blind and the deaf and dumb, shall always
be fostered by thestate, and be subject ia
such regulations as may be prescribed by
the general assembly,
TIrLE vuI.-MLTTIA.
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