The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-04-24
NO OFFICIAL VACANCIES.

1aSG SESSION CO0VeUeu att JHin VldCe OA lssbt
Monday Upon e9aminati0n, however,
they asceftaiIled that aractof the Legis-
latnre had been passed making the old
Police Jurors fanctas oDscio. This act re-
qnires that u new board should he APP
pointed by the Governor and that they.
shou1h meet and organize on the first
Monday Of this mouth. This has not
been done, and we are now without any
Of our parochial affairs. Soutkron.
Our .contemporary Ice o ":
article l6l of the new constitution,
which provides that
All officers shall continue to discharge
the duties of their Offices until their sllc-
cessors shall have been inducted into
office, except in case of impeachment or
suspension.
aud also article $50, declaring
In order that no inconvenience may
result to the public service from the tax
ing effect Of this constitution, no Office
shall be superseded thereby, but the
laws of the State relative to the duties
of several officers-executive, judicial
and military--shall remain in full force
though the same be contrary to this con-
stitution, and the several duties shall be
performed by the respective officers of
the State, according to the existing laws,
until the organization Of the government
under this constitution and the entering
into office Of the new officers to he APP
pointed or elected under said govern
ment, and no longer.
The duty of Police Jurors and all
other officers throughout the State to
continue the exercise Of their fnnc-
tions until their snccessors Have quail
fled and taken possession, is too
clearly defined to admit If discussion.
The act providing for the appoint.
ment of Police Jurors by Gov. Wilt
had not gone into effect ii the conn
try parishes at the date prescribed for
the meeting Of the new Juries-the
5th Of April. Article 40 Of the con-
atitution says:
No law passed by the General Assem-
bly,, except the general appropriation
act, or act appropriating money for the
expenses Of the General Assembly shall
take effect until promulgated. A law
shall be considered promulgated at the
lished the day after the publication of
other parts of the State, twenty days
after such publication.
The act referred to was published
in the New Orleans Democrat ON the
18th Of March, hence tllesmeasure did
not acquire the force of law outside Of
New Orleans, until the 9th Of April.
Again, the Governor did not appoint
Police Jnrors-or, at least, the np-
pointmcnts were not confirmed by the
Scnate-until after tire first Monday of
the present month, hence their meet
ing upon that day was doubly an i'm
possibility.
Even this irregularity is forestalled,
however, by a saving cfanse in the
net, which, requires the appointees to
assemble and organize on the first
Monday of April, ''or as soon there
after as practicable"
We presume that the parish of Sa-
bine has new Police Jury by this
time and that no further apprehension
is felt on the subject IF the imaginary
official interregnnm; but if the old
Jurors had possessed proper knowl
edge of their constitutional powers,
there need not have been any anxiety
in the premises ut any time The
new constitution, like natue, "abl,ors
a .vacuum"-in an Office. s
We saw the Gem Puzzle" solved yes
terday nine times in little less than an
hour. The individual performing this
remarkable feat is willing to wager Il
small sum Of money that lie can do the
same at any time and allowable numbers
to be mixed by any doubling his ability
to win. An excellent opportunity for
Bentley, Could, Addison or Chanfran to
show off the great base and breadth of
their mighty brain; and we'll throw in
Grissy, Connolly and Woodcock for
lagniQppc.-Smgar Planter.
We have no reason to doubt the
achievement of this brilliant West
Baton Rougean, for we have solved
the puzzle time and again and have
seen others do the sane without
much difficulty; but if the Suga,
Planters champion will place all the
other Numbers lin proper order ex-
tepting those Of the last row, which
shall re;,d Ia, Is, Is, and will then
move. the. blocks SO that the numbers
will read from 4 to. Is III regular
sequence and horizontal rows we will
add bottle Of champagne to the
$500. which the New York Herald
offers fqE.ia; formula Of. the. solution.
Now, Mr.. Sugar ,Rlgptsf,a tret gut
Your great North American puzzle
solver aud let him gather in Ylhe
wealth and liquid refreshment-if, he
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The Sabine Iader, still. pouting
over the spanking We gave il ~, &C
count Of its cut throat bid for paro-
ca'im printing! acensas, the Ga1EF. of
mead'i,ig 'fn ~tl,e- private stairs Of
the Alexandiia editors 80 beca,,se. Iva