The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-08-02
CONSTITUTION OF THE SZATE OF LOUISIANA.

written remuneration of all its monopoly features in the office of the
Secretary Of State within sixty days after the ratification of this con
stitution.
at Shreveport shall receive ten thousand dollars annually, and the re-
naming sum shall be divided each year among the several parishes
in the State for the benefit of their schools.
ART. 1s. In all proceedings or indictments for libel the truth
thereof may be given in evidence nee The Jury in al! criminal cases
nocence, having been charged as to the law applicable to the case by
'1 ARR P1e1 iss No of officer whose salary is fixed by the constitution shall
be allowed any fees Or perquisies Of Office, except where otherwise
ART. 10. The regulation of the sale of alcoholic OF spirituous
liquors is declared a police regulation, and the General Assembly may
ART. III. No person who, at any time, may have been a collector
of taxes, whether State, parish or municipal, or who may have been
otherwise intrusted with public money, or any portion Thereof, shall
be eligible to the General Assembly or to any office of honor, profit or
t tserso sn ahtl the he s Ssiis hs s"ys o5 b or % d inS pasSs for or th ms a%oans s{
such collections and for all public moneys with which he may have
ART. 172. Gambling is declared to be a vice and the General As
sembly may enact laws for its suppression.
any sum or sums Of money, bride, present, reward, promise " any
other thing to any officer, State, parochial or municipal or to any
induce or influence such officer or member of the General Assembly
to appoint any person to office. to TO- vote or ro exercise any ny power in him
favor, the person giving, or offering to give, and the officer or mem
r nr 0i 'h pgo @enefe eon hsssa0 ob i rdea'' or s any MONEY! With nt the ip ptentp or
for the purpose or consideration aforesaid, shall be guilty of bribery,
dc em BBy either e house Of the General Assembly Of which he
may be a member or officer, shall be forever disqualified from hold
' eHsi aas to- Rn a seat nti IN t ha'0 General al assembly, amioR1 ~ 70 daa4 that a ' this shall al
not be SO construed as to prevent the General Assembly from enact
ing additional penalties.
ART ia, Any person may be compelled to testify in any lawful
mmiHed the odsnse Of bribery, and shall not be permitted to withhold
his testimony upon the ground that it may crminate him o. subject
him to public infamy; but such testimony shall not afterwards be
used against him in any judicial proceedings, except for perjury in
Arr. Us. The General Assembly shall, at its first session, pass laws
to protect laborers on buildings, streets, roads, railroads, canals and
other similar work, against the failure Of contractors and sub-con-
tractors to pay their current wages when due, and to make the cor
poration, company Or individual for whose benefit the work is done
responsible for their ultimate payment.
ART. 16. No mortgage " privilege on immovable property shall
affect third persons unless recorded or registered in the parish where
the property is situated, in the manner and within the time as is now
Or may be prescribed by law, except privileges Tor expenses OF last
illness and privileges for taxes, State, parish or municipal provided
ART. LII. Privileges OF movable property shall exist without regis
may prescribe by law after the adoption Of this constitution.
Art It's. The General Assembly shall provide for the interest Of
f staas a msalelas n p aa .ts aspnst on medicine iea ehe for Rao1 pfetscti Gi 'e eoa RSGpae
tal communications made to medical men by their patients while
f snd the p sstssIshnen %sa anG maintenance as 11s ,ps q Pa a s}ste q Bo oaSa Of efs1 Mesltn.
ART. 19. The General Assembly shall create a Bureau of Agricul-
such time as the financial condition of the State may warrant them,
in their Judgment in making such expenditures; provided, that such
expenditures never exceed ten thousand dollars per annum.
THE NEW CANAL AND SHELL BOARD.
ART. $50. The New basin canal and shell road and their appur-
tenances shall not be leased nor alienated. =.
The General Assembly, at its first session after the ratification of
this constitution, shall provide by law for a superintendent to be ap-
pointed by the z Goaern nGGu upon n t a@a reG0 marehanta doio oa 1 hns; capsa n =
said cana, to manage the same; and shall enact such other laws for
road; provided. dues shall not exceed ten cents per ton on the meas
urement tonnage of all vessels entering therein. The depth of water
depth of at least eight feet; provided, that all expenses OF improving
and maintaining said canal, shell road and appurtenances, including
the wages and salaries of employees, shall be paid out of the revenues
thereof, and not otherwise.
MILITIA.
ART. ISL. The General Assembly shall have authority to provide
by law how the militia of this State shall be organized, differed,
trained, armed and equipped, and Of whom it shall consist
The officers and men of the militia and volunteer forces shall receive
no pay, rations or emoluments when not in active service by authority
of the State.
ART 1872. The General Assembly may exempt from military SER
vices those who belong to religious societies whose tenets forbid them
to bear arms; prouaded, a money equivalent for these services shall be
exacted. The Governor shall have power to call the militia into active
service for the preservation Of law and order, or when the public ser
vice may require it; provdded, that the police force of any city, town,
or parish shall not be organized rused as a part OF the State militia
SUFFRAGE AMI ELECTION.
ART. 1873. In all elections by the people the electors shall vote by
ballot; and in all elections by persons in a representative capacity the
vote shall be uWa uoce.
ART. 1874. Every male citizen of the United States, and every male
person of foreign birth who has been naturaized, or who may have
legally declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States
before he offers to vote, who is twentyone years old or upwards, pos
sessing the following qualifications, shall be an elector and shall be
entitled to vote at any election by the people, except as hereinafter