New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-03-15

AhI' D. Inc right OF the people peace
ably to assemble and petition the govern
ment, or any department thereof, shall
never be abridged.
ART. 6. Prosecutions shall be by indict-
ment or information. The accused shall be
entitled to a speedy public trial by an i'm
partial jury Of the parish in which the Of
Tense was committed, unless the venue be
changed. He shall not be compelled to
give evidence against himself; he shall
have the right of being heard by himselfor
counsel; he shall have the right of meeting
the witnesses face to face, and shall have
compulsory process for obtaining witnesses
in his favor. He shall not be tried twice
for the same offense.
ART. I. All persons shall be bail
able by sufficient securities, unless
for capital offenses, where the proof
is evident, or the presumption
great, or unless after conviction, for any
crime or offense punishable with death or
imprisonment at hard labor. The privilege
of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be
suspended.
ART. 8. Excessive bail shall not be re-
quired excessive fines shall not be i'm
posed nor cruel or unusual punishments
inflicted.
ART. 0. The right of Che people to be Sc
cure in their persons, houses, papers, and
effects against unreasonable searches and
seizures shall not be violated and no war
rant shall issue but upon probable cause,
supported by oath or affirmation, and
particularly describing the place to be
searched, or the person or things to be
seized.
ART. 10. All courts shall be open and
every person for injury done him in his
land, goods, person, or reputation shall
have adequate remedy byodue process Of
law, and justice administered without de-
NAL or unreasonable delay.
ART. IL. No law shall be passed fixing
the price of manual labor.
ART. IL. Every person has the natural
right to worship God according to the die
tates of his conscience. No religious test
shall be required as a qualification for
office.
ART. 10. All persons shall enjoy equal
rights and privileges upon any con-
Veyance of a public character
and all places of business, or of public
resort, or 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 aecOmmoda-
ton and patronage of all persons, without
distinction or discrimination on account of
race or color.
ART. IA. The rights enumerated in this
title shall not be construed to limit or
abridge other rights of the people not
herein expressed.
TITLE H.-LEGIsLATTVE DEPARTMENT.
ART. Is. The legislative power of the
state shall be vested 10 two distinct
branches; the one to be styled the house Of
representatives, the other the senate, and
both the general assembly of the state Of
Louisiana.
ART. 16. The members of the house of
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.
Arr. Is. Every electOr under this eonsti-
tuition shall be eligible to a 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,
hat no person shall be representative or
senator unless at the time of his election he
be qualified elector of the representative
Or senatorial district from which he is
elected.
ART. 10. Elections for members of the
general assembly shall be held at the several
election precincts established by Law.
ART. 20. Representation in the house Of
representatives shall be equal and uniform;
md after the first general assembly elected
inder this constitution shall be ascertained |
ind regulated by the total population, each |
parish 10 the state being entitled to at least
inc representative. A census of the state
~ state authority shall be taken in the year
eighteen hundred and seventy-ave, and
svery ten years thereafter. In case Of in
ormality, omission, or error in the census
returns from any parish or election district,
he general assembly may order new cen
lus taken in such parish or election district;
put until the state census of eighteen |
hundred and seventy-fye, the apportiOn-
nent Of the state shall be made on the
basis of the census of the United States for
he year eighteen hundred and seventy,
ART. q. The general assembly, at the
irst session after the making Of each emu
neration, hallappOrtion the representation
the several parishes and represen-
tative districts, on the basis Of the total |
as Aforesaid. A representative |
number shall be fixed, and each parish and |
district shall have as many |
as the number of its total |