Feliciana sentinel., 1879-06-14
THE CONVENTION.

9'Sla'!Ve Committee has passed its
third reading and been adopted :
ARTICLE |. The legislative rnw-
or of the State shall be vcsfed in a
Geacral Assembly. which shall con
slst Of a Senate aud Ii use OF Repre-
scn'ativcs.
2. The style Of the laws of this
stale shall be: BE it cnac:ed by
tho General Assembly of the state
Of Lou ;siana.'
3. The General Assembly shall
meet at the government on the sec
ond Monday Of ---, at twelve
o'clock noon and bienniaily there
after. Its first session under this
constitution may extend to a pe,i-
cd of ninety days, but any subse-
qaent session shall be limited to a
period Of sixty days, Sho1!d a
Governor shall order an election
to fill such vacancy for the remain
der Of the term.
i. Every e;ectOr nnder the cor
stl'ul!on chaii be eligible TO 81 scat
in the Ioue Of Representative
and every e.cctor who has reached
The age Of twenty five years slaH
be eligible TO the Senate provided
that no person shall be eligible to
the General Assembly unless at the
time OF his election he has been
CIT zen of the STATE tor zen years
and an actual res dent of the dis
trict Or Parish lrn:n which he NAV
be elected fo: two years imme-
dia,eIy preceding h's election. Ghr
seat CT any member who may
change his esidencc from the di--
trict or Parish which he REPRESENT
shall thereby be vacated, ary de-
claration OF Il re en'tion o d mi"iI'
TO the contrary Notwithstanding.
5. Each house shall jIdgt OF tho
qualifications. esec,!oU aud rulnrn~
of its own mcnbH1s, choose it's owl
officers (eScept President of III
Senatc), determine tho rules Of IT,
proceedings, aud may punish it,
members for disorderiy Conduct and
contempt, and, with the concur
renee Of two thirds OF all ills MEM
bors elected, cxpei member.
6. Either house. during the sc--
sion, may punish by imprisonment
any person not a member VINO sha!I
have been guilty Of disrespect b,
disorderly ly Or contemptuous beIiav-
ior, but such Imprisonment sl.a.i
not exceed ten days tor zach OF
fense.
7. No Senator Or Representative
shall, daring tie term Tor winch he
was elected nor FOR one year there
a'te, be appointed or elected to
any civil office of profit under thi-
state which may nave been created
or the emolumenls OF v hich may
have been Increased by the Guner-
al assembly during the time such
Senator or REPRESENTATIVE was
member OF the General Assembly.
s. he members OF the general
assembly shall, in all cases except
treason, te.oay aud breach Of the
reace, be privileged from arrsS,
daring their atttn ndance at the Sos
sions Of thclie c-pccIlve houses and
III going to and reforming iroiu the
same and for any speech or de-
b.le in either hon-e they shall not
be quesGioned in any other pIsc.,
9. The members OF the genera
Assembly si.ali receive a cn,nnen
sation not 10 exceed four dollars
per day, during their attendance,
and their actual travelling cxycnsc~
going 10 and returning f'om the |
sea: Of governments; but in no in
stance shall more than thirty Go! |
lars each wAv oe allowed 70: the |
travel!dg expenses.
10. Each house shall keep
Journal Of its procceiings. and
cause The same to be pun ished i'm
after the close Of the
ses-iun. When practicable the min
u,es OF each days session shall be
printed and placed in the hands oi
members on the day following.
The original Journal shall be pre-
served. after publication, ia the
office Of The Sec. etary of stat, bat
there ~hsl! be repaired 40 other re-
cord thereof.
IL. Every law enacied by the
general assembly sIa embrace but
one Object, and that shall be express
ed in the tit}e.
10 No law shal! be revived or
amended by reference to il titI",