New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-04-04

ART. 124 The general assembly, at its
first session under this constitution, shall
provide an annual pension for the veterans
Of eighteen hundred and fourteen and eight
cen hundred and fifteen residing in the state.
ART. lbs. The military shall be In subor-
dination to the civil power.
ART. l26. 1t shall be the duty of the gen
erRl assembly to make it obligatory upon
each parish to support all paupers residing
within its limits.
ART. l2T. 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. 1873. Contracts for the sale of per-
cons are null and void; and shall not be en-
forced by the courts of this state.
ART. 1919. The state of Louisiana shall
never assume nor pay any debt or obliga-
ton contracted or INQUIRE 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. 100. 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 I3l. The seat of government shall be
established at the city of New Orleans, and
shall not be 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. 1873. 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 residence in
this state by reason of being stationed OF
doing duty in the same.
TITLE vn.-PUBLlc EDUCATION.
ART. 1856. The general assembly shall es
tablish az least one free pubuc school in
every parish throughout the state, and
shall provide for its support by taxation OF
otherwise. All children of this state be
tween the ages of six (6) and twenty.one OH
shall be admitted to the public schools Of
other institutions of learning sustained OF
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
Ished exclusively for any race by the state
of Louisiana.
ART. 1876. No municipal corporation shall
make any rules or regulations contrary II
the spirit and intention Of article one hund
red and thirty.fve Qs5.)
AIT. 1877. There shall be elected bv tht
qualified voters of this state superinteud
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. HI
shall receive salary of Eve thousand dol
lars per annum, payable quarterly on hi
own warrant.
ART. 1873. The general exercises in the pub
/ lie schools shall be conducted in the En-
glish language.
ART. 1879. The proceeds of all lands here
Z @ANAN
tofore granted by the United States fol
the use and support of public schools
and of all lands or other propert,
which NAV hereafter be beoueatbei
for that purpose. and of all lands which NAV
be granted or beoueathed to the state. and
not granted or beoueathed expressly 70,
any other purpose which NAV hereafter be
disposed of by the state and the proceeds q
all estates of deceased persons to which III,
state may be entitled BY law. shall be held
BY the state as loan, and shall be and re
main a perpetual fund on which the stat,
shall pay an annual interest of six percent
which interest with the interest of the trus
fund deposited with This state bv the un,tei
States. under the act of congress apnrovoi
June the tweuty.tbird. eighteen hundrei
and thirty-six. and the rent Of tbe ppsoli
banda shaIf he annronristad n tba suD,ov-
OF sri, s,,ii,,o;r ~, ~
remain inyiolable.
Anr. lao. No augmentation shan be mad,
By the general assembly for the suuport 3
any private school, or any private institu
tiOn Of learning whatever. "a. I
AR. III. One half Of the funde dev.ivef
from the pcll tax herein provided for shal