The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-01-11
THE RECos.TRUoTIoS CONVENTION.
THIRTY-FIFTH DAY.

the succeeding four years after the expiration Of
the time for which he shall have been elected.
ART. 81. The governor shall enter on the dis
charge of his duties on the second Monday in
January next ensuing his election, and shall con-
tinue in Office until the Monday next succeediu
the day that his successor shall be declared duly
elected, and shall have taken the oath or alirma-
ton required by the Constitution.
ART. So. No member of Congress. or any per-
son holding Office under the United States govern
ment shall be eligible to the Office Of governor
lieutenant governor.
Art SO. In case Of impeachment Of the COVER
nor, his removal from Office death, refusal in
ability to qualify. or to discharge the powers and
duties Of his office, resignation or absence from
the State, the powers and duties OF the office shall
deyolye upon the lieutenant governor for the
z esdue of the term, until the governor, absent
or impeacbed, shall return or be acquitted, or the
disability be removed. The General Assembly
may provide by law for the case of removal, I'm
peachment, death resignation disability or refusal
TO qualify of both the governor aud the lieutenant
& overnor, declaring what officer shall act gov
ernOr; and such officer shall act accordingly, until
the disability be removed, or for the remainder Of
the term.
AR. "a. The Lieutenant governor or officer dis
charging the duties OF governor, shall, during his
administration, receive the same compensation 10
which the governor would have been entitled had
he continued In Office.
ART. S. The lieutenant governor shall, by
virtue OF his Office, be president of the Senate, and
shall only vote when the Senate is equally divided.
Whenever he shall administer the government or
shall be unable TO attend president of the Sen.
ate, the senators shall elect one of their own
members as president OF the Senate for the time
being.
AIT. So. The governor shall receive salary
of eight Thousand dollars per annum, payable
q uaTterly on his own warrant.
ART. 81. While acting as president OF the Sem
ate, the lieutenant governor shall receive for his
services the same compensation which shall. for
the same period. be allowed to the speaker Of the
LIANun nf Dan rf0fn and
ART. So. The governor shall have power TO
grant reprieves for all ohenses, treason excepted
against the State and, except in cases OF mpesch-
ment, shall, with the consent of the Senate, have
power 10 grant pardons, remit fines and forfeit
ures, after conviction. IN cases when the punish.
meDt is not Imprisonment at hard labor, the party
upon being reprieved by the governor, shall be
released, il in actual custody, until final action by
the Senate.
ARE. SO. He shall be commander-iu. 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 Offices are established by the Con-
stitution, and whose appointments are not herein
otherwise provided for provided, however, that
the legislature shah have right TO prescribe the
mode Of appointment to all other offices estab-
lished by law.
AIT. 81. The governor shall have power to fill
vacancies that may happen during the recess OF
the Senate, by granting commissions which shall
Inef6OT,
unless otherwise provided for in this Constitution;
but no person who has been nominated for office
and rejected by the Senate, shall be appointed to
the same Office, during the recess of the Senate.
ART. g. He may require information, in writ
ing, from tie officers in the executive department
upon any subject relating to the duties Of their re-
spective offices.
ART. g. He shall, from time to time, give to the
General Assembly information respecting the sit
uation of the State, and recommend 70 their con-
Such n q hA m dpau m
dent.
ART. g.. He may, on extraordinary occasions,
convene the General Assembly at the seat of gov.
eminent, or alta different place il that should have
become dangerous from epidemic; and in case
of disagreement between the two houses as to the
time Of adjournment he may adjourn them to such
time as he nay think proper, not exceeding four
months.
Art. 65. he shall take care that the laws be
faithfully executed
ART. &C. Every bill which shall have passed
both houses shall be presented to the governor;
If he approve, he shall sign it, il he do not, he
shall return il with bis objections to the house in
which il originated, which shall enter the objec-
tiOn at large upon its journal, and proceed to re-
consider IL; If, after such reconsideration two
thirds OF all the members present shall agree to
pass the bill, IL shall be sent with the objections
TO the other house, by which 1t shall be Likewise
reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of
the members present IL shall be a law; bat in
such cases the vote OF both houses shall be de-
telIulneu Dy yeas ana nays, ana the names OF
members voting for or against the bill shall be
entered On the journalo OF each house respectively,
II any bill shall not be returned by the governor
within five days after il shall have been presented
10 MN, 1t shall be law In like manner "a Il he
had signed II unless the General Assembly by
adjournment prevent its return, in which case the
said bill shall be returned on the first day of the
meeting of the General Assembly after the ex-
pration of said five days, or be law.
The convention then adjourned 70 o'clock. PM
Fifty.two members answered TO their names.
Snider, OF De soto, offered a resolution declar-
ing the present State government al impediment
10 reconstruction, and calling upon Congress u
establish temporary civil government.
Judge Cooley thought, if the matter we're tho
roughly silted. perhaps the convention would be
found the greatest existing impediment 10 recon
strucuon. II IL had gone TO work and framed
Constitution in fifteen days the State could have
almos been in the Union by this time.
Upon motion Of Pinch6eck (coOredl of Or.
leans, tie resolution was laid on the table.
The following articles of Constitution were
adopted:
ART, 81. Every order, resolution or vote, to
which the concurrence of both houses of the
General Assembly may be necessary, except on a
question Of adjournment, shall be presented 10
the governor, and before it shall take effect, be
approved by him, or, being disapYroved, shall be
repsssed by two-thirds vote Of tie members
present.
Ant. 6s. There shall be secretary OF state.
who shall hold his Office during the term for VII eh
the governor shall have been elected The rec.
ords Of the State shall be kept and preserved in
the Office Of the secretary he shall keen a fair
register Of the official acts and proceedings of he
governor, and when necessary shall attest them:
he shall, when required, lay the said reg ser aal
all papers, minutes and vouchers. relative to bis
ONCE before either house of the General Assem-.
bly,, and shall perform such other duties as may
be eTjoined upon HIM by Law.
ART. 90. There shall be treasurer Of the State
and an auditor Of public accounts who shall hold
fheir respective Offices during the term of four
years. At the first election under this Coustitu.
ton, the treasurer shall be elected for two years
ART. 40. The secretary OF state, treasurer aud
auditor Of public accounts shall be elected by the
qualified electors of the Slate; and in case Of any
vacancy caused by the resignation. desth or az
sence OF the secretary, treasurer or auditor. the
governor shall order an election 10 ill said vacan.
cies; provided, the unexpired term 10 be fned be
more than twelve months; when otherwise, the
governor shall appoint q person to perform the
duties of the Office thus vacant until the ensuing
general election.
ART. IL. The treasurer and the auditor shall
receive a salary Of five thousand dollars Der aanum
each. The secretary of state shallreceiye salary
Of three thousand dollars per amman.