The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1879-10-30
CONSTITUTION OF THE HrATE OF
LOUISIANA.


ADoPTEp IN CONVENTION AT THE CITY o
NEW ORLEANS THE Tw~ENTY-THIRD DA'
Cor JUJY A. D 1879
(COHttGued }
PUBLIC EDUCATE y.
Art. 224. There shall be free publ
schools established by the .Leral As
sembly Throughout the State for tie eau
cation o ull the children of the st te bt
tween The ages OF X nd eight en- Y arr
and the General Assembly shall Ir,vIt,
tor their establI meHt, ma aHttHa,.r a d
support by taxation OF Otherwise AID
all moneys SO Ialssd, except the puli .Yx,
|, shall be distributed TO ca h parish i,
proportion to the lumber of ch | ~ Il be,
tween the ages of < X and eighteen Years.
Art. 220. ThcTe shall be elected ~
the Qlallned electors OF the State a Sup.
erjptendent OF Public Education, who
shall hold bis Office fJr he + FIJI of four
wears, anu uhll his snsce ,sOr is quail
fed. His duties shall be prescribed by
law, and he snail receive an annual $ l.
AIRY OF two Thousand do lars. Tue aggre.
gate annual expenses Of his office, inCiud-
ing his sAlary, shall not EXCEED the sum
If three thousand GLARS. The General
Assembly snall provide tor the appoint
ment Of parish boards Of public edu.a-
ton for tn 5ferrnt parishes.
The parish bvarus Il ay appoint a mar
ish superintendent Of public sclools III
then reeptc I've parishes, who shall b. er
ofioi0 secretary of the parish board. am
whose salary for his double tunctious
shall not exceed two hunored dollars an
nuatIy, except that IN the parish OF Or
t.n,s IT,, ..t,t, ~ h. 81
dent shall tie fixed by the General ASSEM-
bly,, 10 be poid out OF the publig suho0I
fund aCoruIng To each pafiSu Ie-p-CLlscIy,
Art. 226 The general exercises il the
public school shall b Conducted ia lie
English Language aud the eI.mru AIRY
branches taught therein; pr0Eided tuat
these elemen aiy Dran4hes may ue also
TAUGHT III tue tIeuvh la guage III tbo, ST
parishes III the Sta Oh loUaliues III said
parishes where TIE treuUn laugulEe
treGOmiD ates II no additional e2geuse il
incurred thereby.
Mt. 227. Inc uuds derived ffom The
collection oil the pol tax sha,i b. applied
exclue lively 10 the maintenance Ut the
public sChool as or anlZed under tie
coIsti utlOn and sh Ill De applied eSclt-
aivety t. tue supper, Of the pub1Ic scuOols
In the pailsn i'll wulGn the same snail be
collected, and SD Ii br uccuen Ell lol aud
pald by The Collecting %otticers directly 70
The competent sGLOUI auGnOrt les OF raca
parish.
Art. 22S NO luuus raised Tor the s11a
pOIt OF Tie paolIc so.eols of ID ST.,
snail be Appropriated 10 or used lor the
support of any sec urIan schools.
Art. 229 Tue school tuuds Of this
state suau consist OF
l.. Inc proceeds OF taxation Tor
school purposes, as provided N Lhls con
sLlGutlon-
2. The interest on the proceeds of ali
public lands heretofore granted by the
United States Tor the USE and SUPPORT of
the public schools.
.. Oh lands and other property which
may hereafter be b~equeatheu, granted or
donated to the ota Q, or generally Ior
school pug poses.
4. All funds or property, other than
unlmproVed lads, bequeaghed or grant
to the Sta,e not designated for other
purposes.
5. The proceeds of vacant estates fall
ing under the law to tho State of Louis. :
ANA.
The Legislature may appropriate to
he same fund the proceeds. in whole n
N part, of public lands not designated
or any other purpose, and shall provide :
hat every parish may levy a tax for the !
public SCHOOLS therein, which shall not .
the State tax ; provided, tnat with '
iuch tax the whole amount of parish l
axes shall not exceed the limits Of parish
axat1on hxed by this constitu ion. =
CONCERNING A STATE ~USIvEAsIry, r
Art. 80. The University of Lo ulsiana s
IS at present established and Located a 8
Sew Orleans. is hereby reeugu zed in its L
hree departments, tO-WiE the Law. thu
anu Ia aeademicaI departments Il
o be governed aud controlled by ammo. s
faculties. il
The General Assembly shall. from tina D
0 time, make such provision for tbaj Q
government, maintenance ord
5upportot said State University OF Ion. u
and ali tho departments thereof b
2 tne pubic Lecesslt es and well-beinR ]
J the people Oh the State OF Louisiana o
lay require D to exceed ten thous nd .
ollara annuity. r,
Ihe louisiana State University and Il
grleui uril u Meehancal College. h
wv estae4ohed aud located in the city |
bstoh Rouge Is hereby recognized 81
nd all iepenues derived and to be deriv- Z
from the talsa OF land or land scrin ~
Onateu by the United 1t tes to the state d
Louis .ahA, f5r the use OF a semi .
lcarninI and mechanical and aprlrni- b.
lral college, shali be Appropriated a.. r.
uslFeIy 70 the maintenance and SIM. it
'ft OF sad University and Agricultural st
na h~echthi-al College, and The q ner,f pl
sssiAtOly shalt from time to tine MI e vi
On add'tionai appropriations for me Iii
aLnsshahoe q supporso OF said Louis p1
na state u~aIYers1ty ani A|Rrlcuifural tn
"a Mechanical Coll &c as tao p4blie np- to
ssltles aud tie w~tikoeing o. h.. seonla
lhe state OF Louisiana mas raaire as
u TO exceed ten thousand dollars ANN. 81
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Art 23l, Tue General Assemble shah thI
70 establish ia tue c ty of New GrIlans wi
university for The education of ttr IA
color, provlda Tor IFS proper 5..ysrn vi
ent, and Shall nuke an ANN II annro. crt
latlon OF moi less than five tbonaand Gel
liars nor more than len thousand dol sci
3 Tor IT maIntenaa aud support em
AT. 90 WomSn over twenty one
ATS OF age shall be eligible TO anV Off y ted
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control or management upder The in
lool laws Of this State. big
FREE SCHOOL FUND, SEMINARY Fr7yD t7o
md AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL
COLLEGE FUND. POI
Art. 233. The debt due by the State h IN
free school fund is hereby declared on egl
the sum OF one million one hundred -
UNITY thousand eight hundred and stn,
and 0ne-half dollars id arm -
and shall be placed on the books ~
be Auditor and Treasurer to the cred. 80
I the several townships entitled to tha 81.
10; tbs said principal being the BRO. 80
D. Of the sales OF lands heretofore r.
ated BY the United States for the use
support Of Tree public schools. VI ieh 49,
buns shall b. held By The State ID 4 -
and shall b aud remain a perpetual
], on which the state snail pay az az
! interest Of four per cent from tue
day OF January 1889, AID that SAID free