The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-06-07

tl0if 4H<sI1 next IN ttete EklututA. du
members of The General Assembly
shall a.eet in the House of Repre
senIsitiges and examine and couD
b the votes on the first Thursday at
hterstise Iiay of assembling. TIN
IIperson having the greatest number
tof svotes fors Gosernar4sifsill be de
lelared selected: but ifatwo ur NOR
persons shall be egRal and higlles
lin the nlInbereOf 'vDtes pooled TO
lsGovernng, one of Observation-Disclosures
liiatesy be chosen 9sogernor sbl
mint vote Of the s,embers of tn,
General Assembly THE persDl
having the greatest yBnnber %
votes fur Issenteaant Governor
s.l,a Il be Lieutrnant Governor; but
if two or more 4sersoDs be eqna
and highest IN nnRaber of votes
boiled fnr IieuteRsiast Governor
one of them shall he immsaasgteiy
closen Lientenant Go%erngr 10y
lsoint vote of the membess Of tase
IGeHesal Assembly
Eo person shall he eligible to
the a,fiice Of governor or lleutsBant
governor who shall mt have at
Trained lineage nf thirty yea,s, ,i,een
ten Years a citizen Of tue United
States. and :.isesident Of the State
for the space af ten years next
preceding his -e4ectiun.
The Gnverasr shall enter on the
discharge of LIS duties nB the first
Moaday after the announcement
by the General Assembly of the
result If the electinn, and shall
cOntinHe in Office antil the Monday
next succeeding the day that his
successor shall have been daily de-
clared elected aud shall llavettslken
the oath nr affrnation reqniTedby
this constitution.
Nc perssn shall he eligible as
lGnvern0rfOr Lleuteliaiit .G0veriaer
who shalltbe a lR9naanea of Congress,
OF shall hold Office tailslet the United
States at the time Of OF within six
monthsimmetlsately presiding the
elections Tor suck sfiiee-
LBGIsLATgyE DEPARTMENT..
TheLlegislativel power Ut the. State
slAall be vesfe.liR asGeiie;1il AsseIn-
blk which shall consist ut a Senate
anti House OF Representatives.
Tile style Of tlle laMsoifiiis State
shall ipe .'Be it enacted by the
General assembly 0ftiie Suite al
Louisiana.
Tine General ASSEMBLY sl;allmeet
at tine seat OF government ,Uil the
second M0ntiayilI 1850 at
u O'clock Al and bie4aaiiiiliy there
after
Every eiect0i' uniicr this cousti-
tuition shall I've eligible to a seat ia
the H0nsetof Representatives, ant
everyleiectoi' MiIaslial liavefeaciieil
tine i.getof tEelityttive Years shall
he, eiigibletfotile Senate; provided,
1l,atlno person shall be eligible to
the tseiiefsil Assembly unless aat
the time of liis election he has been
a citizen of the State fni ten years
aud. AN actual resident ri the dis
tfict OF parish from which he may
have been elected for two years
immediately preceding his election.
The sessf ot any member who may
cliangelliis residence from the dis
trict ,0r PARISH which he represents
shall thereby he vacated, any de
aclarsiti0n of IA retention of tiomiciIe
TO the contrary notwithstanding.
Each house shall Judge of the
qualifications, election and returns
OF It's own iImenibeiS, choose its own
officers, except the President OF
the Senate) determine the rules of
lis proceedings, amt may puniallits
membership disorslefly lsanductand
and. with the a.OncIli.-
renee of gtw0ttliiy.ls OF all its liilenl-
tIserslelectcd, expel a member.
Either l0nse during the session
may punish El,y imprisonment any
person not n member who shall
have been guilty OF dissespsct by
ttlis0rlerly or ic0nteinl,tu0ls he
liayi0r, but suchim9ris0nneiitshall
nOteSeeetliten Observation-Disclosures.
No Senator or Representative
shall, dnriiig fhetterIn for which he
WAS elected, nor for one year there
aifer, he appointed On elected to
any civil office profit under this
StateiwIiichmay Iiauelbeenlcreatal,
orthe eIn0lnmeiits of which Iniay
have beciliincrcased by the General
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