New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-03-10

mr. crane recorded his vote as Iol-
lows:
/ vote no.
Mr.. Cromwell moved to amend ar
ticle lag by adding:
Prorided, That no amendment shall
be proposed to this constitution until
the year 1888.
Laid on the table.
The following amendment to article
LAG was rejected;
Article l46-To strike out, third
line, the words two-thirds," and in
sert the words ga majority"
W. R. CRANE.
The following amendment to article
146 was adopted;
To insert, fifth line, tile word "re-
spective," between the words "their"
and Journals"
Recommended by the
COMMITTEE.
Mr.. Cromwell moved to amend by
adding:
And no more than one amendment
shall be submitted at one time.
The amendment was rejected.
Article 146, as amended, was adopted
as follows:
TITLE MODE OF REVISING THE con-
sTITUTIoN.
ART. LAG. Any amendment OF
amendments to this constitution may
be proposed in the senate or house of
representatives and if the same shall
be agreed to by two-thirds of the mem
bers elected to each house, such pro-
posed amendment or amendments
shall be entered on their respective
journals with the yeas and nays taken
thereon, and the secretary of state
shall cause the same to be published
three months before the next general
election for representatives to the gem
eral assembly, in at least one news
paper in every parish in the state in
which newspaper shall be published
and such proposed amendment or
amendments shall be submitted to the
people at said election; and if major
ity of the voters at said election shall
approve and ratify such amendment or
amendments, the same shall become a
part of this constitution. If more than
one amendment shall be submitted at
one time, they shall be submitted in
such manner and form that the people
may vote for or against each amend
ment separately.
Article l47 was adopted as follows
TITLE M.-sCHEDULE.
ART. 147. The ordinance of seces-
sion Of the state of Louisiana, passed
twenty-sixth January, eighteen humid
red and sixty-one, is hereby declared
to be null and void. The constitution
adopted in eighteen hundred and sixty
four, and all previous constitutions in
the state of Louisiana are declared to
be superseded by this constitution.
Mr.. Jones was called to the chair.
The following amendment to article
l48 was rejected:
Article 145--to strike ont tenth,
eleventh, twenty-third, twenty-fourth,
twenty fifth, twenty-sixth, and TWEEN
ty-seventh lines.
w. H. COOLEY.
Article l4s was adopted as follows
ART. 149. All rights, actions, pros
ecutions, claims, contracts, and all
laws in force at the time of the adop-
ton of this constitution, and not in
consistent Herewith, shall continue as
if it had not been adopted. All iudg-
ments and judicial sales, marriages,
and executed contracts made in good
faith and in accordance with existing
laws in this state, rendered, made, or
entered into between the twenty-sixth
day ofJanuary, eighteen hundred and
sixty-one, and the date when this CON
stitution shall be adopted, are hereby
declared to be valid, except the fol-
lowing laws:
An act TO authorize the widening
of the new canal and BASIN" APP
proved March IA, 1867.
''An act to amend and re-enaet the
one hundred and twenty first section of
an act entitled AN act relative to
crimes and offenses.'" Approved
December 20, 1865.
"An act for the punishment of per-
sons for tampering with, persuading or
enticing away, harboring, feeding or
secreting laborers, servants, or ap-
prentices." Approved December 81,
1865.
" An act to punish, in certain cases,
the employers of laborers and appren-
tees" Approved December 81, 1865.
" An act in relation to exemption
from state, parish, and city taxes for
the years 1862, 1863, 1864, and 1865,
in certain cases. Certified March
l6, 1866.
An act granting ferry privileges
TO G. X. Marshall, his heirs or as
signs" Approved March 10, 1866.
q An act TO authorize the board of
leVee commissioners, Of the levee ais
trict in the parishes Of Madison and
Carroll, to issue bonds" etc. Au-
proved March %, 1868.
Section third Of An act to organ
ize the pelice of New Orleans, and to
create a police board therein" Ar
proved February IL, 1866.
Article 149 was adopted as follows
ART. l40. The laws relative to the
duties Of officers shall remain in force,
though contrary . this constitution,
and the several duties be performed
| By the respective officers, until the
organization Of the government under
this constitution.