The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-06

thing Of value or enjoyment or Of personal
advantgpe or pfomise thereof, for his vote or
official Influence, or for withholding the same,
or with an understanding expressed or
neton sba that b. s ID v aay Way 0 na
enced there by; or Of having solicited Or
demanded any such money OF other advan-
tage, matter or thing aforesaid for another,
as the consideration Of his vote, or official in
tluence or for withholding the same or who
shall have given or withheld his vote or intlu-
ence In consideration of the payment or
promise Of such money, advantage, matter
or thing to another, shall be deemed guilty OIL
bribery and shall be disqualified from holding
any Office of honor, trust or profit In this
State, whether State, parochal or municipal;
provided, however that this shall not be go
construed as to deprive the General Assembly
| from denouncing additional penalties.
| ARR. Is. ANY person who shall directly or
| indirectly offer. give or promise any money,
or thing Of value, testimonial privilege or
personal advantage to any executive or JUDI
cial officer. ~ member q the deneIaa assem- u
any of his official duties, shall be guilty OF
bribery, and be punished In such man
ner as shall be provided by law; and the
General Assembly shall, at It's first session
after the adoption Of this constitution, pro-
| vide by law for the punishment OF this Of
| Tense.
ART. IA. The offense Of corrupt solicitation
of members OF the General Assembly, or Of
| any public officers Of this State, or of any
parroehial or municipal division thereof, and
any occupation or practice Of solicitation Of
such members or officers to Influence their
official action, shall be defined by law, and
shall be punished. by fine and Imprisonment,
after the adoption Of this constitutions shall
provide by law for the definition and punish
ment VI this oifense.
| ART. Is. Any person may be compelled
to testify IN any lawful proceeding. against
| any person who may be charged with having
| committed the offence OF bribery on corrupt
| solicitation or practices Of solicitation, aud
| shall not be permitted to withhold his testi-
| mony upon the ground that 1t may criminate
4 himself OF subject him to public infamy; but
such testimony shall not afterwards Be used
against him, IN any judicial proceeding, *
cept for perjury In giving such testimony,
and any person convicted OF either 81 the
offences Aforesaid shall, as part Of the punish :
| ment thereof, be disqualified from holding
any Office or position OF honor, trust Oh prolit
| In this State.
ART. Id. Any member of the General As
semby who has personal or private inter-
Ing before the General Assembly, shall dis
close the fact to the house OF which ne Is q
member and shall not vote thereon.
/ ART. IL. That no an post fnct0 law, nor law
impairing the obligation Of contracts, or re-
irrespective In Its operation, or making any
grant of special privileges orimmunlties. can
Re nassed by the General Assembly; nor can
vested rights be Invested. except for purposes
of public utility, upon adequate compensa-
i tipn previously made,
Arr 49, The State OF Louisiana shall never
be made defendant III any court, Federal OF
State.
ART. 10 No law shall be passed by the Cen
eral Assembly fixing the price OF labor or OF
| any commodity, or of use OF any lands or
houses, or OF the carriage OF persons or prop
erty
no power to authorize any parish, city, town
| or other political corporation or ub-divisl0n
| of the State now existing, or that may be
hereafter established, to lend Its credit or to
grant public money or thing Of value Ia aid Of
Or to any individual, association or corpora
1 tiop whatsoever. or to become stakeholder
In such corporation, association or company.
ART. 81. No money shall ever be taken from
the public treasury, directly or Indirectly, In
aid of any church, sect or denomination Of re-
liglon, or In aid Of any priest preacher, min
| lister or teacher thereof as such; and no pre-
ference shall ever be given to, MOI. any dis
erimination made against any church, sect or
creed Of religion, or any form OF religious
faith or worship, nor shall any appropriations
be made for charitable or benevolent pur-
poses to any person or community.
ART. "a. Imprisonment for debt shall not be
allowed except for the non-payment OF fines
and penalties imposed for violation Of law.
ART %. The General Assembly shall have
stitntional office or officer by appointing as
sistant officials.
ART. a. The General Assembly shall make
no laws relative to the rate Of conventional
1 interest.
ART. 25. The General Assembly is prohib-
tied from exercising the powers OF taxation
except for the following purposes and no
other:
First-To carry on and maintain the gov
eminent Of the State and the public institu-
tions thereof.
Becond-To educate the children Of the
State Ia the elementary branches Of an Eng
lish education only.
Third-To pay the interest on the public
Fourth pay the principal Of the public
debt.
Fifth-To suppress instruction. repel in
vasion or to defend the State In time OF war.
ART. 26. No paroehial. municipal or pOlit-
zeal corporation shall levy or collect in any
one year q greater rate Of taxation than ten
mills on the dollar Of the valuation Of the
property on the assessment rolls In such cor
poration, which shall not exceed Its actual
cash market value.
ART. q. The tax Of each year shall be
designated by the year In which it s collect
ible, and the revenues VI each year shall be
first devoted to the expenses OF the year, and
the surplus shall be applied at once and In
Of the principal Of the State debt. All appro-
priations in excess of the revenues shall be
void.
ART. as. The State. its Legislature or Off.
GERS shall never, In any one year, levy or col
lect greater rate of taxation than five mills
on the dollar Of tho valuation Of tho property
on the assessment rolls which shall never ex'
coed it's actual cash market value except in
case of actual or impending war, invasion OF
1 insurreCtiOn
ART. %. The General Assembly shall pre-.
scribe by law the number duties and Gompen-
sation Of the officers and employees OF each
house, and no payment shall be made from
the State treasury or be in any way author
ized to any person except to an acting officer
or employees elected OF appointed In pursu-
ance to law.
ART 30. The general appropriation bill
shall embrace nothing but appropriations fol
the ordinary expenses Of the government, In,
terest ON the public debt, public schools ano
public charities, and such bill shall be item
ized as to show for what account each and
every appropriation shall be made. ALI other
appropriations shall be made by separate
bills, each embracing but one subject.
ART II Each appropTiatipn shall hn for d