The St. Mary banner., 1921-06-04
SIX ORDINANCES PUT IN NEW
CONSTITUTION OF LOUISIANA
Amendments Poncharrain Sea Wall enitenary, Appointment
and Creation of Legislature and Limiting Powers
Are Granted.

J TUESDAY alter the second MONDAY 1T
/ May, 1922, at II o'clock noon and bi-
! enuIally thereafter, and the sessions
| thereof shall be limited to sixty days
/ provided no new matter intended tc
have the effect of law shall be intro
duced or received by either branch OF
! the Legislature after the expiration Of
the first thirty days of it's session, eX-
cept in case Of emergency and ther
| only by yea and nay vote of ma
! jorty of the member elect Should q
vacancy occur in either house. the gov.
ernor shall order an election to fill
such vacancy for the remainder Of the
| term.
"Article-Every elector under this
| constitution shall be eligible to a seat
in the House of Representatives, and
every elector who has reached the age
Of 25 years shall be eligible to a seat
! in the Senate: provided that no person
I shall be eligible to the Legislature un-
| been citizen of the State for five
| years, and an actual resident OF the
| district or parish or ward of the city
| Of New Orleans from which he may
| be elected for two years Immediately
preceding his election. The seat of any
member who may change his residence
| from the district or parish or ward of
| the City of New Orleans which he rep
resents shall thereby be vacated. any
| declaration of retention of domicile
| to the contrary Notwithstanding; and
members of the Legislature shall be
elected for a term of four years.
"Article-Each house shall be the
judge OF the qualifications, elections
and returns of its own members, choose
is own officers, except president of
the Senate, determine the rules of it's
proceedings, not Inconsistent with the
provisions of this constitution, and may
punish its members for disorderly con-
duet and contempt. and with the con-
currence of two-thirds of all its MEM
bers elected expel a member.
Article-Either house during the
session, may punish by Imprisonment
hlr hn han
have been guilty of disrespect. or dis
orderly or contemptuous behavior. but
such Imprisonment shall not exceed ten
days for each offense.
"Article-No senator or representa-
tive shall, during the term for which he
was elected. not for one year thereaf
ter be appointed or elected to any
civil office or profit under this State
emo oluments of which may have been
increased by the Legislature during
the time such senator or representative
was d member thereof.
"Article--The members of the Legis-
lature shall in all cases, except treason,
felony or breach of the peace, be priv
ileged from arrest during his attend
ance at the sessions Of their respective
houses, and in going to and returning
from the same; and for any speech or
debate in either house they shall not be
questioned in any other place.
"Article-The members of the Legis-
lature shall receive a compensation Of
SO per day during their attendance,
and 10 cents per mile going and re-
turning from the seat of government
not to exceed three round trips.
"Aticle-Each house shall keep a
Journal OF ITS proceedings; and cause u.s..
after the close of the session. The
original journal shall he preserved af-
ter publication in the office of the
secretary of state. but there shall be
required no other record thereof.
Artirlp-E'VDrV laU enacted lV the
Legislature shall embrace but one OBJ
ject. the title of which must be indi-
cative thereof.
"Article-No law shall be revived or
amended by reference to its title. but
III such cases the act sought to be re-
vived or amended shall be re-enacted
and published at length, and shall con-
tain a repeating clause.
"Articie-The Legislature shall never
adopt any system or code of laws by
general reference to such system or
code of laws; but in all cases shall re-
cite at length the several provisions
OF the law il may enact.
"Article-No less than a majority of
the members of each house Of the Leg
islature shall form quorum to trans
act business, but a smaller number
may adjourn from day to day. and shall
have power to compel the attendance
of absent members.
"Article--Neither house, during the
sitting of the Legislature, shall, with
out the consent of the other. adjourn
other place than that in which it
may he sitting.
"Article-The yeas and nays on any
question in either house shall at the
desire of one-fifth of the members
elected. he entered on the journal.
"Article-All bills. for raising rev.
enue or appropriating money, shall
originate in the House of Representa-
tives. but the Senate may propose or
concur in amendments, as in other bills
"Article-No bill. ordinance or reso-
luton intended to have the effect of a
law. which shall have been rejected by
either house, shall be again proposed
In the same house during the same
session, under the same or any other
of members elected to the house by
which the same was rejected
"Article-Every bill shall be read on
thre different days in each house and
passage unless 1t has been read once |
in full. and the same has been re-
ported on by committee; nor shall |
any bill become a law unless, on its
final passage, the vote be taken by |
yeas and nays. the names of the MEM |
bers voting for or against the same |
be entered on the journal. and q ma
jority of the members elected to each |
house be recorded thereon as voting in |
it's favor; provided that bills revising
the statutes or codes of this State or |
adopting criml nal code as a whole.
shall be read and promulgated in such |
manner as may be prescribed by the
"Article-So amendments to bills by
one house shall be concurred in by the
other. nor shall reports of committees
Of conference be adopted in either
house except by a majority of the men,
bers elected thereto. the vote to be
taken by yeas and nays. and the names
u those voting for or against recorded
lpon the journal.
"Article-Whenever a bill that has
been passed by both houses has been
m rnf AZ fllo {v,v
louse in which il originated. the title
hall be read, and. at the request OF
my five members. the bill shall be read
n full, when the speaker OF the House
he SeHate, as the case may be. shall
4 once, sign it in open house and the
act OF signing shall be noted on the
ournai; thereupon the clerk or secre-