Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-08-16
Constitution Of Louisiana,
ADOPTED IN CONVENTION, AT NEW
ORLEANS, JULY %, 1879.
(coNr1NuED FROM LAST wEEK.)


%. Each house shall judge of the quail c
iflAations, election and returns of its own /
members, choose it's own officers lexcept 8
President of the Selate), determine the
rules of its proceedings, and may punish
its members for disorde ly conduct and s
contempt, and with concurrence OF {
two-thirds of ali it's members elected,
expel member.
"a. Either house, during the session,
may punish by imprisonment any person I
not a.member who shall have been guilty | I
of flisrespect by aisorderly or contempt
nous behaviour, but such Imprisonment
shall not exceed ten days for each otfense.
81. No Senator or Representative shall
during the term for which he was elect
ed. nor for one year thereafter, be ap-
| poipted or elected to any civil office OF
nrof;t urder this State which may have
been created or the emolnlnents Of which
NAV have been increased W the General
Assembly during the time such Senator
or Representative was member thereof
26. The members of the General Assem- |
bly shall in all cases, ex cept treason, |
felony and breach Of the peace, be privll- |
eyed from arrest during their at
tendance at the sessions OF their
rcspective houses, and in going t" and
returning from the same; and for any
spaech or debate in either house they
, shall not be questioned in any other
place,
27. The members of the General Assem-
bIy shall receive q compensation not to
exceed four dollars per day during their
attendance and their actual travelling ex-
penses going to and returning trom the
scat of government; but in no instance
shall more than thirty dollars each way
:, be allowed for travelling expenses.
II %. Each house shall keen a journal OF
Z it's proceedings, and cause the same to be
published Immediately after the close OF
the session; when practicable the mln-
10 utes Of each days session shall be printed
Il and placed in the hands of members on
the day following. The original journal
70 shall be preserved after publication in
IL the Office of the Secretary of State; bu'
80 there shall be required no other recort
er thereof.
e. %, Every law enacted by the Genera
IL Assembly shall enlprace but one obJec'
and that shall he expressed in the title.
nj 20. No law shall be revived or ement
ilv ed by reference to it's little, but in sue
,st cases the act revived or section as amenc
~. ed shall be re-enacted and published 6
Sc length.
it 81. The General Assembly shall neve
IN adopt any system or code OF laws .
EN- general reference to such system or COD
las of laws, but in all cases shall reclte
uI, length the several provisions of the la'
Se- it may enact.
de- 80. Not less than majority of the men
it bers of each house of the General Assem-
rs bly, shall form a quorum to transact b'
rds siness; but a smaller number may a'
all iourn from day to day, and shall ha'
md mower to compel the attendance ofabsel
ew members.
Sc RI. Neither house during the session
tes the General Assembly shall, without tt
tho consent of the other, adjourn for mo-
er- than three days nor to any other pla
as than that in which it may be sitting.
of 34 The yeas and nays on any quest''
ZEE in either house shall, at the desire OF on
'"a u", fifth of the members elected, be enact'
pid On the journal.
lta- IS. All bills for raising revenue or a
er' .m' propriating money shall origina
,rth in the House of Representa- t. "
ne but the Senate may propose or concur
'aay. amendments as in other bills.
nii,, 36. No bill, ordinance or resolution,
yav, tended o have the effect of a law, whi
shall have been rejected by either hou
shall be again proposed i'll the same hot
Inc during the same session, under the sa
H., !,,aS or anv other title, without the consent
tion a. majority of the house by which
'ted same was rejected.
ame 81. Every bill shall he read on til
ion. different days in each house, and no
omi- shall be considered for hnal passage
lline less it has been read once IN full, and
S l9a same has been reported on by q CONN
seat tee. Nor shall any bill become law
utire less. on it's final passage, the vote he
cures ken by yeas aud nays, the names or
us lr;ot' no members voting for or against tho s;
pre- be entered Oh the journal, and maJo
ally. of the members elected to each house
$ Its recorded thereon as voting in its tavo
'V'nS "a. No amendment to bills by one ho
shall be concured in by the other, eNt
NV n vote of a Majority of the mem
AL elected thereto, taken by yeas and II
lckel and the names of those voting TO
1nh;iS ,oainst recorded upon the journal tn
with of. And reports of committees or Col
ess OF ence shall be adopted in either house
tisai " by majority of the members ele
;, ther the, eto. the vote to be taken by yeas