The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1879-08-28
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF
LOUISIANA.
ADOPTED IN CONVENTION, All THE CITY OF
NEW ORLEANS, TIE TwENTY-THlRp DAY
OF July. A. D. l6lg.


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Art. %. Each house shall Judge OF
the qualifications, election and returns
of its own members, choose It's own om-
GERS Except Pesident OF the Senate) de-
termine its proceedings, ana may
punish its members for dlsotoeriy
conduct and contempt, nd, with the
concurrence of two-thirds Of ail 'S mom-
bers elected. expel Il member
Art. q. Either house, during the ses-
sion. may punish by Imprisonment any
nerson not n member who shall have
been guilty of disrespeet by disorderly
or contemptuous behavior, but such i'm
prisonment shall not exceed ten days Tor
each oilenso,
AIT. D. No Senator or Representative
shalt, during the tenn for which be was
elected. nor for one year thereafter, be
appointed or elected TO any civil ONCE
ofproft under this State which may have
been created or the emoluments OF which
may have been increased by the General
Assembly during the time such Senator
or Representative was a m theFeot,
Art, 26. The members OF the General
Assembly shall in all cases, except trea-
son, felony and breach of the peace, be
privileged from arrest during their at
tendance at the sessions of their respect
i've houses, and in going to and returning
from the same and for any speech or
debate in either house they shall not be
questioned in any other place.
Art. n. The members of the General
Assembly shall receive a compensation
not to exceed four dollars per day during
their attendance and their actual travel
ing expenses going to aud returning from
the seat Of government, but in no instance
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be allowed for travelling expenses.
Art. %. Each house shall keep a
Journal of its proceedings, and cause the
same to be published Immediately after
the clos of the session when practical
BILE the minutes of each days Fession
shall be printed and placed in the hands
Of members on the day following. The
original journal shall be preserved after
publication in the office of the Secretary
of State but there shall be required no
other record thereof.
Art. 80. Every law enacted by the
General Assembly shall embrace but one
object, and that shall be expressed IN the
title.
Art. 50. No law shall be revived or
amended by reference to its title, but in
such cases the act revived or section as
amended shall be re. enacted and pub.
lished at length.
Art. 81. The General Assembly shall
never adopt any system or code Of laws
by general reference to such system or
code of laws, but in all cases shall recite
at length the several provisions of the
law it may enact.
Art. 80. Not less than q majority of
the members of each house of the Gen
eral Assembly shall form o quorum to
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may adjourn from day to day, and shall
have power to compel the attendance of
absent members.
Art. 80. Neither house during the
session OF the General Assembly shall,
without the consent of the other, adjourn
fOr more than three days nor to any other
place than that in which it may be sitting.
Art. 81. The yeas and nays on any
question in either house shall, at the
desire of oHe-ffth of the members elected,
be entered on the journal,
Art. So. All bills for raising revenue
or appropriating money shall originate
in the House OF Representatives, but the
Senate may propose or concur in amend
ments as in other bills.
Art. Sc. No bill, ordinance or resolu.
ton, intended to have the effect of a law.
which shall have been rejected by either
house shall be again proposed in the
Same house during the same session,
under the anne or any other title, with
. It tho consent of a majority of the
aouse by which the same was rejected.
Art. 81. Every bill shall be read on
three different days in each house,
and no bill shall be considered
for final passage unless it has been read
once in full, and the same has been re.
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any bill become a law unless, on its final
passage, tho vote be taken by Nand
nays, the names of the membefs sting
for or against the same be entered on the
journal, and a majority of the members
elected to each house be recorded there.
on as voting in its favor.
Art38. No amendment to bills BY ore
house shall Le incurred q by the 9th ar.
except by q vote OF a majority of the
members elected thereto, taken by yeas
and nays, and the names of those voting
Tor or against recorded upon the journal
And reports of committees of
conference shall be adopted in either
house only by a majority of the members
elected thereto, the vote to be taken bv
yeas and nays, aud the names Of those
voting for or against recorded upon the /
ournal. a
Art. 80. Whenever q bill that has been :
passed by both houses is enrolled and !,
placed in possession of the house in !
which 1t originated the title shall be-
cad, and OF the request of any five mem. :,
,ers, the bill shall be read in full. when !
be Speaker of the House of Representa- !
ives or the President of the Senate. as =
he case may be, shall act at once. sion 6
in open house, and the fact of signing :
ball be noted on the journal; there upo5 !
Clerk or Secretary shall immediately =
onvey the bill to the other house, whose a
residing officer shall cause O suspension =
I all other business to read and sign the .
III in open session and without delay. a
soon a. bills are signed by the Speak. !,
r OF the House and President of the n
enate, they shall be taken at once. =
on the same day, to the Governor bv !,
le Clerk of the House or Secretary Of "
10 Senate. .
Art. 40. No law passed by the General =
ssembly, except the general appropria.
act, or act appropriating 0 for -
le expenses of the General Assembly
lall take effect until promulgated. A Law +
lall be considered promulgated at tho =,
ace where the State journal is published y
10 day after the publication of such law s
the State journal, and in oil other parts y
toe state twenty days after such publ. 3,
ltion. d
Art. A. The clerical officers Of the y
70 house shall be a Secretary of fbe -
mate and Clerk of the House Of Repre- =
ntatives, with such assistants a. NAV =,
, necessary; but the expenses for clerks ~
employees shall not exceed sixtv y :.
ollars daily for the Senate n3r seventh v
1llars daily for the House. =
Art. ~. All stationery. printin :. paper =
I'd fuel used ia the Legislative and other :,
'partments of government shall be far. +,
shed, and the printing, binding and y
.stributing Of the laws, journals and de-. -
reports, and all other printing =.
ID binding, and tie repairing and fur "
sing the halls and rooms used for the =
of the General Assembly ami =.
committees, shall be done under CON ~
be given to The lowest respon- ~
1le bidder below such meximum nriea -
d under such regulations as shall be- - y
esoEibed by law, pFovided, that suoh ~ ~
shall be awarded only to "