The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-09-06
'Tlae G,onssatusisrai Cspvenfion
fOontinuei From I.ast Week. h


The state Auditor, Attorney
General, Secretary of State and
Superintendant of Public Educa-
ltion. elected at the first election
herein provided Tor, shall enter
guponttheld isci,afRe ofitheirrespect-
i've jffiesssnf the second MUutlsfy
off january, eighteen hundred and
eighty, after complying with the
requisites af existing laws: and all
other officers whose,alrcfion or APP
p,,intm.nt liz provided for by ttliis
constitution shall ENTER upon the
discharge tnf the duties of their re-
.pectiVe ufficesontheifrst Monday
sof April, 1880, after complying
with the requirements of existing
laws; until which period III Iaoffice's
.nuGtr the constitution of l6t'6
shall receive the pay and emoin-
tme,ts Fprovideafurnnaer saidecon-
,stitntinn; provided, that ttheEpay oil
the officers elected or appointed
under this constitution shall mot
commence until after their Iintinc-
itioniintouffice; the State a|re,.sufer
elected in N,w-niber, 1878, shall
continue In office Tvs If elected at
the election Ito il,e held on the first
Tuesa,sy in Decrmber, 1879; but
the ,si,lsry of this official shall iDe
established by this constitution
from and after ttheseeond Monday
in .Jannaty, 1880.
The time pf service of alltofficers
chosen by the people at the first
election nnder this constitution
shall terminate as thoughtth ieiec-
ttion had been hidden on the first
Inesaav after the first Monday IN
April. 1880.
The Judges of the courts of appeal,
district jndges, city judges, district at
ttorney, coroner, clerks of courts, sher-
ifs, recorders ofrmortgages and record
ters of convcvanees. all of whose cleo
ltion and appointment are provided for
by this constitution, in the parish Of
Orleans. shall only enter on the dis.
charge of the duties ofttheirTespectiYe
offices on the FIRST Monday Of August,
1880, sandtthe present incnmbents shall
continue nntiltthen in the performance
of the duties Of their respective Offices
and the enjoyment of the cmolnments
ttliereof AS now prescribed by law.
The General Assembly is required
to make provision for paving j. III.
tCosganve, Printer of the Convention.
for the balance due him for work done
prior to adjournment, and for all work
that may be dune byIhim after adj jonrn-
ment Of the Convention by its direc-
ttion, and shall make a special .appro-
pfiation to lianitiate the debt which
this Convention has contracted, author
izing the Fiscal Agent of the State 10
negotiate "A loan of twenty-five thou
sand dollars; and also lfortthe payment
of sncll vouchers as may he issued by
the chairman of the Committee on
Contingent Expenses, under the sau-
Isthofity of the Convention, iineseess of
the foregoing appropriation, for the
purpose of enabling this Convention
to complete its labor; provided, said
vouchers are ppsovcd hy the President
of the Convention.
There shall not he any municipal
election in the cdities of New Orleans
and Shreveport in December, 1880;
the General Assembly shall provide for
a municipal electioniinthe city of New
Orleans or suehumnnieipal corporations
as may be sereatedwithint theterfitofial
Limits cof the parish of Orleans during
the year 1880, and may fix the time
for a municipal election iin the city Of
Shreveport before April, 1884.