The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-08-16
Tine t,onssitational Convention
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reference to all other suits, and

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pendency of such suit shall not
/ operate q Suspension from othce.
For any of the causes eDumera-
\ ted in article i95, district atb0r-
news, clerks of court, sherihs, cor
uners, recorders, justices OF the
/ peace and ali other parish, Iannl-
.cipal ana ward ofhcerssha be re-
moved by Judgment of the distinct
court of the donici of such officer
.6in the parrish of Orleans the eeiNll
district ,eourt(; and it shall be tire
duty of the district attorney, except
when the suit is to he brought
against himself, to institute suit ID
the manner Objected in article l99,
ON the written request and lnfor-
nation of twenty five resident clti-
zens and taG1papers III the case OF
district, parish or municipal Off
GERS. and of ten resident citiZans
and taxpayers in the case .of ward
officers. Such suit shall be brought
against a district attorney 10y the
district attornes of an adjoining
district, or by counsel appointed
by the Judge for that purpose. lu
all such cases the defendant, the
State and the citizens and ta1pag-
.ers ON whose information and at
whoserequestsuch suit wasbrought
or any one of them, shall have the
fright to appeal both ON the law
and the facts, from the Judgment
of Ithe CONT.
In cases against district attor-
fneys, clerks, sherlffs aud recorders,
the appeal shall betottheSupreme
4 Court, .andipcases,against,a all other
officers the appeal shall ibe to the
court of sappeals of the proper cir
,cuIt.
Suchaappeals shall he returnable
within ten days to the appellate
,oourt, Whenever ii may he sitting
or wherever itnaE hold it's session,
aud may he transferred by order
of tie Judges of said court to ap-
other parish within their circuit,
and such uppesls shall be tried 10y
pr reference over all Others. Ia ease
of the refusal or neglect OF the dis
ttrict attorney or Attorney General
to institute aud prosecute any suit
provided fer 10 this and the pre-
ocedipg article, the citlzeus,and lax
payers making the Request, or any
Que of them, sshall have the right
by mandamus to compel him TO
perform such duty,
4 REVENUE AND TAXATION.
4 The taxing power may be texer-
coised by the General Assembly for
State purposes aud 10y parishes
aud municipal corporations, nader
authority grautad to them by the
/ General Assembly, fot parish aud
municipal purposes.
4 Iaxetion shalt ibe equal and uni
4 form tthroughout the tterritoriai
limits of the authority leg9ipg the
tax, and all property shell Ibe taxed
lin proportion TO hts Saiue, to he
u .asoertained as directed Ihg law;
y provided, the assessment shall
n never exceed the ,actual cash value
4 thereof; and provided further, that
\ the tsapeyars shall have the night
4 of testing the ,oorreetuess of their
assessments before the courts of
\ Justice. LIN order to arrive ut this
\ equality aud uniformity the Gen
enal Assembly shall, ,atits FIRST ses-
n sion Hfter the adoption of tbiseon-
4 stitution, provide a system of
! equality and uniformity in assess
/ iments, based upon ,the relative
H value of property In the ,diferent
4 portions of the State. The palua-
|ttion put upon property for the
i purpose of State taxation shall ibe
II token as the proper valuation for
purposes of local taxation in every
subdivision of the State.
il The taxing power shell he exer-
] cised only TO Garry on end main
| tain the government of the State
aud the public NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Ito educate the children of the
! State, ito pay the principal and in
Ilttarest of the 4public debit. ito sup
I press iinsurrection, rapel invasion
or defend the State iin time of war,
! TO supply the citizens of the State
who lost q limb or limbs in the
] military servioeo of the Confederate