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2PPLEMENT TO NEW ORLEANS DAILY CRESCENT.' LmCi 8NSTIIUTION YB STATEB 07 LOUISBIAAL S~ optesd in Convention Jtly 81, 1852. PREAMBLE. *. . the people of the State of Louisiana, do or lac and establish thls Conftittion: STITLE L" DIOTItrrarOtr OFP POWES. AIr. 1. Thp jnwee'o the gvernment of the State Of l1ooiiaa o 1hS "be 4dskedl into three distinct de L ,d qoa 'r them be confided to a separ ,ahelgof'dds - tr oy, to.wit: those which art L sieto.e thtaO which are Executive to an rth., i*e t.|lh are Judicial to another. N.t ,,'ne ot othese Departments, nor ant po ab dlag ete0ioeln one of them, shall eteraist hbloagingto either of the others, er Sitantes hereinafter expressly directe TITLE fl. LEOISATIVE DEPArTMENT. -a . S-tTeS. The Legislative power of the State sala iwes.sed in to distinct branches, the one to b '.t.Htd the "Hoete of Representatives," toe othe * te Senlate, and botli the "General Assembly" af th Etate of Louisiana. A. a. 4. The members of the House of Represen OIsti- a shall continua in service for the term a two years 1fom the dayof theolosiing of the genera *leotions. AjT. .r8epresentatives. shall be chosen on th Srst Monday tN i.diaberevery two years: and th slbetin.ntbh .l be PouOipleted in one day. The Gena al xAse istlll meet annually, on the thinr 7auany, ualeps a difforent day be ap ir°sJ la w, and' their sessions shall be held ' the sath tgoeornmeoot. S,. 6. Eery duly qualified elector, under this Iy.Ihtlib, shall bh -eligible to a seat in the Gen .i..'Assemhly, provided that no person shall be a Ripreeentativeer Senator rtlesshe bhe, at the time ethic election, a duly. qualiAed roter of the Repr" .aentative orSnatorialDistriotfrom which he is eleot ri. AT. 7. Eletionif -members of the General As satbly shaldl be.4el at the several election pre eu.a.estan lieahled by law. The Legislature may tdeaat i pth Wr . ..ihlbtiahiag eleationprecinctn tep ol mosnalpalauthorities. Wir.S i feeeh[tiain iasn the House of Repre -sa -.ai ee hdlse ealaod uniform, and shall be a andasoertaned by the total popoultion ci lrti:25h e everal parishes of the State. Each par. dlheltaveeat least one Representative. No new roh -Ihall be ereated with a territory less than six S_.. ro sand twenty-five square miles, nor with a 'Opltion lesothan the full number entitling it to : ressenotatiee, nor when the creatidb of sucl new peaipih would leave any other parish without the said eateot of territory and amount of population. Thb first enumeration by the State authorities on der this COnstitution shall he made in the year 1853 the second in the 'year 1858, the third in the yea 18.5; after which time the General Assembly shal directin what manner the census shall be taken, se that it be made at least once in every period of ter I= ars, for the purpose of ascertaining the total popu rtos in each parish and election district. At the frst regular session of the Legislature, after the makinoef sch enumeration, the Legislatureshal apportioi therrepesrentation among the several par ishep-nd slectibn districts on the basis of tile tote population, ak aforesaid A representative numbeh phall beflred; ec parish and election distriol challfbare as many Representatives as its aggren gate pontatiipn shall entitle it to, adn addlitional Represeutaote for any fraction exceeding one-hal the Reptsentative number. The number e f 1Re ·peerftaitives shall not be more than one hundred er lecs than severity. Until an npportionmeel ..llH be mnade, andelections held under the same -In aeoerdance with the first enumeration to be mad, as directed in this article, the Representation i: the Senate and House of Representatives shall bh and remaln as at present established by law. The limits of the Parish of Orleans are hereby ex tended, seas to embrace the whole of thie prease city o New Orleans, including that part of the Pa -of Jefferson, formerly known as the city of La ?4 that part of the Parish of Orleans which is sit Soated eO9 the left bank of the Mississippi river shai be divided by the Legislature into not more thsr ten Representative Districts, and until a new appor tiorment.shall be made according to the first cen sus to be taken runder this Constitution, that para of 'the city of New Orleans which was comprisen within the former limits of the city of Lafarette s.bevotefeor Senators from the Parish of Orleans and fontc the Tenth Representative District, ane shall elect two out of the thlree Representatives now apportioned by law to the Parish of Jeffersone he other Representative Districts shall remain as theyare now established. ART.9. The House of Representatives shall cehoose its Speaker and other officers. ART. 10. Every free white male who has attained the age of twenty-one years, and who has been . resident of the State twelve months next precedinl - .;eblection, and the last six months thereof in tcl 1 kriah in which he offers to vote, and waho shall be. eitizen of the United States, shall hlave the right voting ; but no voter on removing from one Pari to another within the State, shall lose the right voting in the former until hie shall have aetaired it r the latter. Electors shall in ail cases, except treason felony, or breach of the peace, be privileged aro, a--est, during their attendance at, going to, or re turn nagfr'om elections. Aat. 11. The Legislature shall provide by law, that the names and residence of all qualified electors of the city of New Orleans, shall be registered, rn or der to entitle them to vote; but the registry shall be free ofoost to the elector. ART. 12. No soldier, seaman or marine in the army or navy of the United States, no pauper, no person under interdiction, nor under conviction on any crinme puhiahable with hard labor, siall be entitled to vote at anyelection in this State. ART. 13. Nopersnn shall be entitled to vote at any election held in this State, except h tilhe Parish of hie residqane, and in cities and towns divided into elec tion pisoin.ts, in the election precinct in which be ,esidie. AaT. 14. The members of the Senate shall he chosen for the term of four years. The Senate, when assembled, shall have the power to choose its officer. ART. 15. The Legislature, in every year in which they shall apportion' representation in the House oi Representatives, shall divide the State into Seurnto ilal Districts. No Parish shall be divided in Iho formation of a Senatorial District-the Parish of O, leans excepted. And whenever a new Parinh shall be creacted, it shall be attached to the Senatorial Dise triet from which most of its territory was taken, or to another contiguous District, at the diserton of the Legislature, but shall not be attached to more than one District. Thile number of Senators shtll be thirty two, and they shall be apportioned among the Serato Tlal.Diicstl.teoordieg to the total population rcon taioed in the several Distlricts--Provided, that v , Parish shall be eutitled to more then five Sonatorv. ART. 16. In all apportionments of the Senate, the popolation ol the city of New Orleans shall be dedune ted from the population of the whole State, and the smplsder of the population divided by the numher tweqty-aeve, (27,) nd the result produced by thin divlnfon shall be theSenatorial ratio eotitlirg a Seo-. toral District toea Senator. Single or contiguousn Parishes shall be formed into Drstricts, having a ppooulation the nearest possible to the number en flttdg a District to a Senator; and if, in the appor tiontpent to be made, a Parish or District fall short of as exceed the ratio one-fifth, then a District may be formed having net more than two Senators, but not otherwise. No new apportionment shall have the effeet of abridgiea the ternt of service of ally Senal tor alreadyelectoe at the time of making tire appor tioament. After an enumeration has breen madt a directed in the eighth Artile, thire Legislature hil.l not poss any law until an oppeariorne tllr of Reprer seHsation vt both Houses of tile Gtrneral Ansserll, be made. ART. 17. At tile first session of the Coreneral As. aethmbly after this Cntatetir titani etlecton te ela tore shall he equally dlvidad by lot iuto twro a ;lan . The seats of the Senators of the first class shiall br .eated at the expiration of the second yearn; of the second class, at the expiration of tme fourth year sr , that one-hall shall be chosen every itwo years and a rotation thereby kept up perpetually. In e arfy DistribT shall have elected two or more Snariv , said Senators shall vacate their seals respectively at the ond of twom d four years, and lots shall be drawrt between them. ART. 18. The first election for Seoators shall bh geseral throughout the State, and at the sane timer that the general election for Representatives is lheld; and thereafter there shall be birtnial elections to lili the place of those whose time of service may ohar expired. ART. 19. Not less than a majority of the memelrs -tesach house of the General Assembly shall form ri qoUerm to do business, bht a smaller ,luntrber lty adjourn from day to day, and shall he oauthotizd by law to compel the attendance of absent metmbers. ART. 20. Each Ihouse of the General Assembly shalljudge of the qualification, electirn and returns of its members habut a contested election shall he determined in such manneer as shall be directed by law. ART.21. Each house of the General Assembly muy determine the rules of its proceedings, punisl a rpewber for disorderly behavior, and wit the aeon. -._al.a e of two-thirds, expel a member, hut not a sncod time for the aete offence. Ae1,f. Each house of the General Assembly shall heep and publish a wenklyjournal of its pro ceeding; aned the yeas and nays of the nmember oneay queseion shall, at the desire of any two of them, be entered on the jouroal. ART. 23 Each house may panish bytmprieanmetrl any person not aI member, for disrespectful ard dlsederle behavior in its presgtce, or for obstructa Usany emits proceedings. Sulh imprisonment shall a-.,, son days for any ono offence. .s,$l4. Neither louse, dur}tg the session of the " Asombly, shall, wiltout the consrent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which they may he sit ART.2 15. The members of the General Assem bly shall receive from the public treasury a compen sation for thei services, which shall be four dollars per day during their attendance, going to and return ing from the session of their respective houses. The compensation may be increased or diminished by law; but no alteration shall take effect during ie period of service of the members of the House of Representatives by whom such alteration shall have been made. No session shall extend to a period be yond sixty days, to date from its commencement, Sad any legislative action had after the expiration of the said irxty days, shall be null and void. This provisiorn shall not apply to the first Legislaturr whicl is to coonvene after the adoption of thos Con ART. 26. The members of tihe Geeral Assembly shall, in all cases except treason, felony, breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their at tendance at the sessions of their respective houses, asd going to or returning from the same, and for any speech or debate in either house, they shall not be questiuaed in any other place. AaT.27. No Senator or Representative shall, due ing the term for which he was elected, nor for one year thereafter, be appointed or e!eted to any civil office of profit under this State, which shall have been created, or the emoluments of whllich shall have been increased during the time such Senator or Representative was in office, except to such tali ces or appointments as may be filled by the ele tions of the people. ART. 28. No person who at any time may have been a collector of taxes, whether State, Parish or Municipal, or who may have been otherwise entrusted with public money, shall be eligible to the General Assembly, or to any office of proit or trust under the State Government, until he shall have obtained a discharge for the amount of such collections, and for all public moneys with which ihe may have been entrusted. ART. 29. No bill shall have the force of a law until on three several days it be read over in each house of the General Assembly, and free discussion allowed thereon, unless in case of urgency four-fifths of the house, where the bill shall be pending, may deem it expedient to dispense with this rule. Aar. 30. All bills for raising revenue shall orig inate in tile House of Representatives, but tile Senate may propose amendments as in other bills; provided they shall not introduce any new matter under color of an amendment, which does not relate to raising revenue. AnT. 31. The General Assembly shall regulate by law, by whom, and in what manner writs of election shall be issued to fill the vacancies which may happen in either branch thereof. ArT. 32. The Senate shall vote on tie confirma tion or rejection of officers to be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, by yeas and nays, and the names of the Sen ators voting for and against the appointments re spectively, shall be entered on a journal to be kept for that purpose, and iade public at the end of each session, or before. ART. 33. Returns of all elections for members of the General Assembly shlall be made to the Secretary of State. AnT. 34. In the year in which a regular election for aSenator of the United States is to take place, the members of the General Assembly shall meet in the Hall of the House of Representatives, on the Monday following tihe meet.ing. of the Legislature, and proceed to tt:e new elettrun. TITLE Ill. FXECUTIVB DEPART:. ENT. ART. 35. The Supreme Executive power of the State shall be vested in a Chief Magistrate, who shall be styled the Governor of the State of Louisiana. He shall hold his office during the term of four years, and, together with the Lieutenant Governoe chosen for the same term, be elected as followse The qualified electors for Representatives shall vote for a Governor and Lieutenant Governor, at the time and place of voting for Representatives; the returns of every election shall be sealed up and transmitted by the proper returning officer to the Secretary of State, who shall deliver them to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, on the second day of the session of the General Assem bly, then next to be holden. The members of the General Assembly shall meet ic the House of Re presentatives. to examine and count the votes. The person having tile greatest number of votes for Govetrnor, shall be declared duly elected ; hut if two or more persons shall be equal and highest in tile number of votes polled for Governor, one of thetm shall inlmediately be chosen Governor by joint vote of the members of the General Assembly. Tihe person having the greatest number of votes for Lieutenant Governor, shall be Lieutenant Governor ; but if two or more persons shall be equal and highest In the number of votes polled for Lie.tenant Gov ernor, one of them shall be immediately chosen Lieutenant Governor by joint vote of the members of the General Assembly. ART 36. No person shall be eligible to the offtice of Governor or Lieuteeant Governor, who shall not have attamed the age et twenty-eiglht yters and been Scitizenac d a a resident within ithe State for tilt space of four years next preceding his election. Acr.37 ThleGovernor shall enier on the diseharge of Ihis duties on the fourth IRtonday of January next ensuing his election, and shall contine inl oflice until the Monday next succeeding the daty that his successor shall be declared duly elected, and shall have taken te oath or atfirnation required by this Constitution. ART. 38. The Governor shall be ineligible for tite succeeding four years after the expiration of the time for which he shalll have been elected. ART. 39. No mtmber of Congress or person hold ing any office tnder tile United States shall be elgible to the oelice of Governor or Lieutenant Governor. ART. 40. Il case of tihe impeachmtent of the Gov ernor, his removal from ofice, deatlh, refusal or in ability to qualify, reignation or absence from tie Stete, thle powers and duties l tilte offire shall de valve upon tile Lieutenant Governor for the resi due of the term, or until the Governor, absent or impeached, shall return or be acquitted. Thel Legis laturte may provide by law for the crse of removal, impeachment, death, resignation, disabilhty, or reln sal to qualify, of both thie Governor and Lieutenant Governor, dcllaring what officer shall act as Gov ernor; and such officer shall act accordingly, until tie disability be removed, or for the residue of the ARn. 41. The Lieutenant Geovernor, or other offi cer discharging the duties of Governor, shall, during his administration, receive the saln compens;:tiot to which tie Governor would have been entitled, had he continued in office. ART. 42. The Lieutenant Governor shall, by vir tue of his office, be President of the Senate, but shall have only a casting vote therein. Whenever he shall administer the Government, or shall be un able to attend as President of the Senate, the Senators elall elect eae of their own members an President of the Senate for the time being. Awn. 43. While he acs as President of the Senate, tile Lieutenant Governor shall receive for his ser vices tile samre compensation whieh shall tfr the samene period be allowed to tile Speaker of tie lHouse of epr[llese ttatives, and Ino mone. ART. 4I-. Tiet Govern r shall haIve power to grant reprieves for all olencaes againt the State, andl, except in cases of impeacllmenlt, slall, with tle col sent of the Senate, have power to grant pardons aind rettit fines and forleitures, after conviction. In eases oTf treason le may grant repr:eves, utiLl tEle end of the next sessiol of tlte Geeeral A.ssembnhly, ill which the power of pardoning shall be vested. ART. 45. The Governor shall at stated times re ceive for his services a compensation, which shall neither be increased nor dnminished durintg ilth term for which ie shatll have been elected. ART. 46. lie shall be Commainder-in-Chief of the Armtny and Navy of this State, and of the Militia titereof, except when they shall be called into the service of the _United State. AR. 47. Hie l hall nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint all olli rers wv'hose ollices are est:ablished by this Constitlu tion, antd whose appointlnent is not therein other wise provided for : Provided, howrvel, that the Le tiselature shall ,haven right to prescribe tile ,otde of appointment to all ;ther otlices er°tablihed byv law. At'r. 4iS The Gcovernr shall Iave power to fi! vacancies that may happet n duog the recess ot the S tvhte, by ,ranting cotme i-uus which slhll expire at the e sd ofi the eext -sl'hion, etillates otheur wts, provided for in this Constitution; but no person who has been noia uatsd for otlice, and rejected by the Serate, shall be appointed to the same olice dureng tile rerss of the Senate. ART. ,49. He mnay require information in writing fromn the otficers In the Elxecetive )epartmnetc, upo any slbject relating to the duties au their respective AtT. ti li e shall, froele tie te ttime, give to rh fcutltala A.tscm dly e itcl'litlon rt,.a lllrg the sll aton oi tlhe State, ald recodllletwtn to tecir cni" c.c. tion s ech ...a...ct e.... at. . e . e.. et, . ... F VCei the General .1ss l.y at t! cat " overn-l Illet. or t a dtit rcel nt escccl ct t ct aloultl heav beeutlnc da,.gerou m n al' d) ; nor rom nd ain easee ofdieagreentet bettrecnhe twoe ahons,. as to the ti ne of adjeunneuta he ttay adjoera thtl I to suel thtt as hui sema thinsl r,l,.. ,,, ... ing four n.l.bhs. ART. 52. He shall take care that the lawvs be tath fully executed AaT.,53. Every bill which shall have passed both houses shall be presented to the Governor; if I.e approve, he shall sign it, if not, he shall return it with his objections to the house in which it origina 'ed, which shall enter the objections at large upon its Journal, and proceed to reconsider it; if alter sucl recolnsider.ttionl two-thirds of all the members elec ted to that house shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, with the objections, to the other House, by whiel it sball lhketise be reconsidered and i approved by t....tl.i,,u of all the nmembers elelted to that house, it shall be.a law ; but in such cases the vote of both houseas hall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the members voting for and against the bill, sall be entered on the jour Snil of each monse respectively. It any holl shdall n be returned by the Governor within ten days (Sun days excepted) after it shall have been presented t him, it shall bea law in like manner as if he tiat signed it, unless the General Assembly, by ad journment, prevent its return; in which ease it shal be a law, unless sent back within three days afte their next session. ART. 54 Every order, resolution or vote. t which the concurrence of both houses may be ne cessary, except on a question of adjournment, shal be presented to the Governor, and before it shall tak effeet, be approved by him, or being disapprover shall be repassed by two-thirds of the members elec ted to each house of the General Assembly. ART. i. There sha!l be a Secret.ry of State, whl shall hold his offieedring the time for which it. Governor shaill have been elected. The records t the State shall be kept and preserved in the olb'ice the Secretary; he shall keep a lfair register of th official acts and proceedings of the Governor, au when necessary shall attest thllm. He shall, whe required, lay the said register, and all papers, min utes and vouchers remtive to his oatice, hefm either house of the General Assembly, and shau perform such other duties as may be enjoined o him by law. ART. 56. There shall be a Treasurer of the Stat who shall hold his office during the term of tw years. yArnT. 57. The Secretary of State and Treasure of State, shall be elected by the qualified electors the State. And in case of any vacancies caused b the death, resignation, or absence of the Treasure or Secretary of State, the Governor shall order at election to fti said vacancy. ART. 58. All commissions shall be in the nam and by the authority of the State of Lousiana, an shall be seald with the Sate eal and signed b the Governor. Ant. 59. The free white men of the Statesla be armed and disciplined for its defence; but thos who belong to religious societies whose tenet forbid them to carry arms, shall not be compelle so to do, but sl all pay an equivalent for personal set ART. 60. The Militia of the State shall be or ganized in such manner as may be hereafter deem ed most expedient by the Legislature. TITLE IV. JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT. ART. 61. The Judiciary power shall be vested in Supreme Court, in such inferior courts as the Legis lature may, from time to time, order and establish and in Justices of the Peace. ART. 62. The Supreme Court, except in case hereinafter Provided, shall have appellate jurisdiction only; which jurisdiction shall extend to all case when the matter in dispute shall exceed three bun dred dollars; to all cases in which the constitu tionality or legality of any tax, toll, or impost what soever, or of any line, forfeiture or penalty impose by a municipal corporation, shall be in contestation and to all criminal cases on questions of law alone whenever the offence charged in punishable witl death or imprisonment at hard labor, or when a fin exceeding three hundred dollars is actually imposer The Legislature shall have power to restrict the jiu riediction of the Supreme Court in civil cases t questions of law only. ART. 63. The Supreme Court shall be composer of one Chief Justice and four Associate Justices, majority of whom shall constitute a quorum. T'1 Chief Justice shall receive a salary of six thousan, dollars, and each of the Associate Judges.a salary a five thousand live hundred dollars, aunnally, unit otherwise provided by law. The Court slhallappoin its own Clerks ; the Judges shall be elected for tih term of ten years. ARt. 64. The Chief Justice shall be elected h. the qualified electors of tile State. The Legislator shall divide the State into four Districts, and thi qualified electors of each District shall elect one c the Associate Justices. The State shall be divide. into the following Districts, until the Legislatur shall otherwise direct: FIRST DISTRICT. The Parishes of Plaqueninese, St. Bernard, tha portion of the Parish of Orleans on the right bank c the Mississippi river, and that portion of the City c NewOrleant which lies below the line extendinl from the river Mississippi along the middle of Juli street, until it strikes tel NewOrlcans Canal, ant thence dowu said canal to the Lake. SECOND InsTrlcTr. That portion of tile Cit) of Nei'Orleans which i situated above the he extending along tie middl of iulia street until it strikes the NlewOrlearns Canal and thence down said Canal t to the Lake. and th Parishes of Jefferson, St J,,.,:l the Baptist, St Charles, St. James, Ascension, Assurntion, La fourahe Interior, Terrebonne, West Baton amoug, and Iberville. TIIIRD DISTRICT. The Parishes of St. Tasnnany, Washington Livirgston, St. Helena, East Baton Rouge, Eas Feliciana, West Feliciana, Point Coupee, Avoyelles Tensas, Concordia, Lafayette, Vermallion, St. Mary St. Martin and St. Landry. The Parishes cf i Ctlcairia, It..cidee, Sabine, iat chitochelt, DeSrto, C.tddo, Bossier, t:libolrne, Bieu villa,. a'ldw'ell, nitt, Otaciltta, Morehouse, J.l , k son. Franklin, Catahoula, Madison, Carroll an Win. ART. 6i5. The office of one of the Associate Jus tices silall be vacated at the exnpiration Io the secoart year, of another at the expiration of the fourth year of a third at thre expiration of the sixth year, and o the fourth at the expiration of the eighth year--st that one of the J udges of the S uprene Court shall be elected every second year. ART. 66. The Secretary of State, on receiving tlt official returns of the lirst election, shall proceed ira nrdiately, in the presence and with theassistance o two Justices of tile Peace, to determine by lot aotnno thIe tour candidates having the highest number o votes in their respective Distri.its, which of the As. sociate Justices elect shall serve for the term of twt years, which shall serve for the rsi of foer years which Ior the term of six years, and which for thi, term of eight years, and the Governor shall issue rncommisions aecordingly. ART. 67. Ay vtacancy that may occur in the SI1 prste Court ri sc re 5tnation or other'wise, shall be tilled by eleclion fr the rear der of the unexpiret term; but it sach renmainder ttdo ntot exceed tone y)'ear tihe v--cancy1 1h,.. 1;e tit..d t" Ee:.,t,,,;., _..o~ mleant, ARTn. 68. Th' Supremle C(ourt sihall hold its se sions in NewOrleans tfr, the first Monday of tit month of November to thelend of tie month ol June inclusive. Tile Legislature shall have power to li tie sessions elsewhere during tile rest of tie year until otherwise provided, the sessions shall be held a heretofore. ART. 69. Tie Supreme Court and each of th Judges thereof shall have power to issue writs a habeas corpus, at the instance of all persons in actua custody under process in all cases in which they (m. have appellate jurisdiction. ART. 70. No judgment shall be rendered by tlh Supreme Court without thel coneurrence of a majorlat of the J dges omproisaih, the court. W\Vienever aj.ority cannot agree, in conrlquonce of thie recass tion of anly l lllber or elll bers of tile court, th Jledges not recused shall alave ipower to call upon a an Judge or Ju dges of the inferior courts, whose duty i shall be, when so d upo. o s;t i the place a the Judges recused, and to aid il deterllini g thl ART. 71. All Judges, by virtue of their office shall be conservators of tile peaace thraloughout t, Mtate. T''lh style of all process shall be "'The Star of Louisiana." All prosecutions shalll be tarried o il tie name, and by authority of tile Sate of Loml siena, and conclude against the peace anld llgnit of fthe catile. ART. 72. The Jludge of all courts within thia State shall, as often as it may be possible so to do, it every doliaitave jludgateo a, refer o the particular lias in varta, ofa whialau alach ladl ealL may be rendered Iad ii all ases addu:ce the reasons ol whicl thei judgment is fundld. ART.'i73. Tle lJudges of 11 olrts shall be lit ble to iatIpeaelaaeltta: buta for any) retvOLahooe cLt whriclh sallll inot be rud for ,lleach mellt, the Goveror shadI relll0woc i:;n of [lelt tn tli address of thee-fouirths a a 1ata , lila l itr.j ]li'* t oI each hotse of t t.he enerto aiaaI',' ,,al . I tavr such ctase, the caulle or nouses ftr w\hl. tooh "e mIlovad Ilay be reoquired shall be stated' :t ieglltiI t ale adlesa , antl inserted in the I :rola of atlh ART. 7-. TheIre shall be al Aattorney-General for ti e State, and as many lDistrict Attorneys as may bt hereafter lound necessary. They shall hold their ollices fo ffour years; their duties shall be doter mined by law. Aar. 75. The Judges, both of the Supreme and inferior ('ourt, shall, at stated times, receive a salry, which shall not be diminished during thei, continuance in otice; and they are parohibited fronm receiving aa lees o ofolilce, or other conlllpllclaiol than their salarhe,, for :any civil duties perlinned by AaT. 76. The Le;ialature ,shall have power ta aaLa ia tLr Irks of 'oUtilrt autiority to graot a1 ']1 ir caaed d deterdaainad. ART. 7. a The J udges of lhe several inferior curtsr shall have po\wer to remova e the Clerks thereoal lor breach of good behavior, subject in all cases to an appeal to tnh e Supreme Court. Asl. 78. The jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace shall be U.nited il civil cases to cases where the mat ter in dispute does not exceed one hundred dollars, exclusive of interest, sabject to appeal ill such cases as shall be provided for iy law. 1They shall be elect ed by the quahliaed electors of each Parish, District or \Vrd, for the term of two years, ill such mannelr, and '.adll hava auch criuunal julridiction, aa shall by provilded lfor by Ilw. Ahr 70. Clerkc of the inferior Courts in thisa State shall ool, lctedlbr thierof four years, and ashoulad ia va':ana'y o tr a ' Ulleaa a ea n t ll taaa a nel, ta, it h,,l bh. tilled by te Judre of thie coulrt wiohb such vacan - oy exists, and a ti person so alp ,nted shall bio hit toffice until tile a let gelneral election. AnR. Si. A Slheritl nd a Coroner shall be electee in each Parish, by the qualified voters thereof, whi shall hold their offices for the term of two years, uu less sooner removed. The Legislature shall havrt the power to increase the number of Sheriffs in anj Parish. Should a vacancy occur in either of these offices subsequent to an election, it shall be filled b3 the Governor; and the person so appointed shat continue in office until hisi successor shall be eleteter and qualified. ART. 81. The Judges of the several inferior courts shall be elected by the duly qualified voters of theil respective Districts or Phrislhes. ART. 82. It shall le tile duty of the Legislature tr fix the timelor holding elections for all Judges at t time, which shall be dillbrent from that fixed for al other electiotns. Airtr. .'lie Attorney General shall be electet by the quatiiied voters of the State, and the Distric Attorney)s by tie qualilied voters of each District on the day or the election lor Governor of the State. ATr. SI. The Legislature may determine the mode of tillieg vacancies in the offices of the inferio. Judges, Attorney GCeneral, District Attorneys, art all other officers not otherwise provided for in thii Constitution. 'TITLE V. I.UIEAcHIM] Nr'T. AT. 8.5. The power of impeachrnot,t shall be ves ted in the HIouse of Representatives. AxT. 86. Impeachment of the Governor, Lieu tenant Governor, Attorney General, Secrcetry o State, State Treasurer, and of the Judges of the in ferior courts, Justices of the Peace excepted, slia be triedby the Senate; and the Chief Justice of' hil, Supreme Court,or the senior Judge thereof, shall pre side during the trial of suchl impeal meot. im peachments of the Judies of the Supreme Court shall be tried by the Senate. When sitting as ; Court of Impeachment, tihe Senators shall be upot oath or affirmation, and no person shall be convictet without the concurrence of two-thirds of the Sena tors present. Amr. 87. Judgments in cases of impeachmen shall extend only to removal from oltice, and dis qualification from holding any office of honor, true or profit under this State, but the convicted partie. shall, nevertheless, be subject to indictment, tria and punishment according to law. ART. 88. All officers against whom articles .f im peachment may be preferred, shall be suspendet from the exercise of their functions during the pen dency of such impeachment. The appointing powe may make a provisional appointment to replace an; suspended officer until the decision of the impeach ment. ART. I8. The Legislature shall provide by law fo the trial, punishment and removal from office of al other officers of the State, by incirtmeuont or other TITLE VI. OENERAL PROVISIONS. ART. 90. Members of the General Assembly, an all officers, before they enter upon thie duties of thei offices shall take the fellowing oath or affirmation. " I (A. B.) do solemnly swear (or affirm,) that will support the Constitution of the United State and of this State, and that I will faithfully and im partially discharge and perform all theduties incum bent on re as - , according to the best of my abil ities and understanding, agreeably to the Constitiuio and laws of the United States and of this Start and I do further solemnly sPear (or affirm) trhe sinc te tadoptiohG of the present Constittiuton, I, be ing a citizen of this State, have not fought a duel witt deadly weapons within this State, nor outof it. witl a citizen ol this State, nor have I sent or accepted challenge to fight a duel with deadly weapons witl a citizen of this State, nor have I acted as yecone ill :artyirilg a callenge, or aided, advised or assiste ai t liern tllhus offending, so help me Godi.' AiT.I9. Treason against tile State shall consi, only iI levying war against it, or in adhering to it eenlie, giving them aid and comfort. No perso shall be convicted of treason, unless on the testime ny of two witnesses to the same overt act, or his ow: confession in open court. ART. 02. Every person shall be disqualified fron holding any office of trust or profit in this State, wh shall have been convicted of having given or offerer a bribe to procure his election or appointment. ART. 93. Laws shall be made to exclude from of fle, and from right of suffrage, those who shall here after be convicted of bribery, perjury, forgery, o other high crimes or misdemlleanors. The privileg of free suffrage shall be supported by laws regulatina elections, and prohibitiing under adequate penaltie all undue influenc thereon, troem power, bribery tumult or other improper practise. Arir. 91. No money shall be drawn from the Trea sury but in pursuance of specific appropriation mad by law, nor shall any appropriation of money b made for a longer term than two years. A regula statement and accounts of tlhe receipts and expendi tures of the public money shall be published annual ly, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law. ART. 93. It shall be the duty of the General As sembly to pass such laws as may be proper ant necessary to decide difficulties by arbitration. ART. 96. All civil oficers for the State at large shall reside witllin the State, and all District or Par tsh ofticers within their Districts or Parishes, an shall keep their ofices at such places therein :is ma be reqiired by law. bART. 97. All livil elli-ers, except the Governo and Judies of the Suprene .ll inferior courts sha be remotvable by an address of a majority of the tonm hers of both houses, excapt those the reioval c whom has been otherwise pirolded fr by this Ceon ART. 99. aIn all elections by the people the vote h;all he by billot, and in all elections by the Senant and IHouse of Representatives, jointly or separately the vote Alall be given vicet cota,. ART. 99. No member of Congress nor persol holding or exercising any oflfie of trust or profit un der tile United States, or either of them, or unde any foreign power, shall be eligible as a member o tile General Assembly, or hold or exercise any attics of trust or profit under the State. ART. 100. The laws, public records and the judi cial and legislative written proceedings of the Start shall be promulgated, preserved and conducted ii the language in whlich the Consittitution of tile Unite States is written. ART. 101. The Secretary of the Sceate and Clerl or the House of Repiesentatives shall be conversan with the French and Enaglish languages; and me bers may addrless etthel house in the li lcleh or gt lish lalIgiage. ART. 102. No power of suspending the laws a this State shall be extecited. unless by the t ieritsla ture ur by its auntoriy. A ART. 103. Prosecutions shall be by iadrctment c information. The accused shall have a speedy put lie trial by a11 impartial jury of the vicinageg h shall not be compelled to give evidence against hilr e elf; lie shall have the right of being heard by hit: I self or eounsel ; he shall have the right of meetrin Stile witnesses face to face, and shall have compulsor y process for obtaining witnesses in his favor. ART. 101. All prisoners shall be bailable by suffi a cent sureties, unless for capital otffences, where tfh y proof is evident, or presumption great, or ufles alter con!viction, for ay ofience or crime puni hi with death or imprisonment at hard labeo a h Sprivilege of the writ of htbcras oraa rs shalla , I y suspended, unless wher inl case of rebellioll or :½e t sio the Ilubb safety imay rqre it. ART. 105. No ex polt fto lawa,, nor any law irn pairing the oblhgatluo of contractsa, shall be passed nor vested rights be divested, utless for purposes t pblic utiiirty, and for adequate comlpensation prt vitusly tade|t. ART. 100. The press shall be free. Every citize nmay freely speak, write, and publish his sentiment Sall subjects, being responsible tfor an abuse of thi liberty. A T. 107. The Seat of Government shall be an remain at Baton Rouge, and shall not be remove without the consent of three-fourt at of both house of the General Assembly. Anr. 108. The State shall not subscribe frt r th rstock of, nor make a loan to, nor pledge its faith fo tile benefit of ally corlporation or oillt stock cri pany, created or established for banking purp se.t nor lor other purposes than those described il th following article: Ahar. 109. Tile Legislature shall iave pow, t Sgrant aidt to companires or associations oaf itdvl : formed for slhe exclusive purpose of making wor" " , intLrlla improvemlell t, wholly or plartlilly withinll . State, to the extent only of one-firth of the capitl ircrt comlpanies, by subscription of stock, or la marry or public bonds; but any aid thus gran a shall. be paid to thie company only ill the same r, portion as the remainder of the capital shall be ac. ally paid in by the stockholders of the company; .t in acse of loan such adequate security shall be quired as to tile Legislature may seem proper. I corporation or individual association receiving I. aid of the M'iate as herein provided, shall poss. r banking or dhsouting privilegtes. ART. 110. No hahility shall be contracted by t'a State as above mleltianed, unless the slame be a; thorized by some law for soane single objict or woe to be distnetlv specified therein, which bha!! l p:a.sedl by a lmajrity of the Iembers elected to bo'. IaouslE of thel enlleryl As!sembly; and the agtregat; a o ..nt of debt andr liabilities incurreda .er t al a the pree.irlg article, shall never at any one tinll exceed tlr sum of eight mnilalions of dollars. ART. 111. Whenever the Legislature shall con tract a drbt eraeelang ill amoutlit the sler of aler hlln dred rlthousand dollars, unless ill cas oe war; t repel invasion or supa rre.. insurrection, they shall, in the law creating the debt, provide adequate ways and tmeanst for tle payment of the current interest and of rthe pritcipal when the same shall become dae. And the said law shall be jrrepe-lable uttil princi pal and interest are fully paid and discharged, or unless the repealing law contain seoare other ade quate provision for tile payment of the prineipal and nterest of the debt. ART. 112. The Legislature shall providet by law for a thange b vene in civil al crimial cases. ART. 113. No lottery shall be authorized by this State, and the buying r selliag oft lottery tickets witin the Sire i p..... "' ARL . t11L.4Y divorce shall be granted by the Legiislature, ART, 13. Every i " i Legislature shall embrace but one object, and that shall be ee pressed in the title. AReT. 116. No law shall be revived or amended ret.rence to its title; but in such case, the a, revised or section amended, shall be re-enacted ae published at length. ART. 117. The Legislature shall never adopt an system or code of laws by generai reference to anec eystem or code of laws, but inall canes shall especil the several provisions of the-laws it may enact. ART. 118. Corporations with banking or diseoun ing privelegen may be either created by special act or formed under general lawe; but tIe Legislatae shall in both cases provide for the registry of all bil or notes issued or pnt in circulation s money, an shall require ample security for the redemption i tile same in e eeci. ART. 119. The Legislature shall :ave no power t pass ally law aecincit g in any manner directly p indirectly, the suspension of specie payments, b ncy person, associeation or corporatinn issuincg ball notes of any description. ART. 120. In case of insolvency of any bank c banking association, the bill holders thereof shall l eetitled to preference in payment, over all othe creditors of such bank or assoeiation. ART. 121. The Legislature shall nave power t pass such laws as it may deem expedient for tb relief or revival of the Citizens' Bank of Louisiane anod the acts already passed for the same purpose a ratified and confirmed. Provided tllat the Bank i a lhjecleid to tie restrictions contained ic articles 11 and 1 o20 of this Constitution. ART. 122. NO person shall hold or exercise, at th sam1e title, morne n one civil office of emolumn exacept that of Justice of tle Peace. AubT. 123. Taxation shall be equal and unifort throlgheout thie State. All property on wtich tare may be levied, ill this e ate, shill be taxed iL pre portio to its valne, to be aseerranled as directed h aw. No one opeies of' property shall be tane heigller than another species of propencry Ai eq value, oo which taxes shall be levied ; tie Legisnl trre lhall have power to levy ell inecomne tax and nax all persons pursuing any occupation, trade t profession. AnT. Utic The citizens of the City of NewO leans shall have the right of appointing the sever public oyticers necessary for the administratione the police of the said city, pursuant to the mode elections which shatl be prescribed by the Legieh ture; provided, that the Mayor and Recorders sha be ineligible to a seat in the General Assembly; an the .layor, Recorders, and Aldermen and Aseistal Aldermen, shall be comnnssioned by the Governs as Justices of the Peace, and tie Legislature ma vest in tlen suh criminal juridictionll as may he necessary for tile pncishment of minor crimes all ofllences, and as the police and good order of said cit may require. ART. 125. The Legislature may provide by ta, in what case otlicers shall continue to perormn th duties of their otfices antil their esuccessorn sall have been inducted intooffice. ART. 126. Any citizen of this State who shal after the adoption of this Constheution, fightt dtc with deadly weapons with a citizen of this State, i send or accept a challenge to fight a duel wit deadly weapons, either within this State or out ofi with a citizen of this State, or who shall act as nec end, or knowingly aid and assist in any mannt those thus otffnding, shall be deprived of holdin any rsfice of trust or proit, and of enjoying the rigi of sufnrage under this Constitution ; and tie otliee i any Stateoeicer, member of the General Assemble or of any other person Ioldic otfice of prolit or trne under this Constitutio and tile laws made in pu snce thereof, shall be r ipso fict vclcsted by cIe fact of ary such person committing the offence it tioned in this aric le : and tLhe Legislature shall per vide by law for tile ascertaining and declaration q such forfi.iture. ,. AnT. 127. The Legislature shall have power I extend this Constitution and tile jurisdiction of th Stata over any territory acqaired by compact wit any State, or with tie United States, the samte bein doane by the consent of the Unlited States. Aae. 128. Nne of tIhe lands granted by Congree to the State of Louisiana for aiding it in construotin the necessary leees and drains, to reclaim rt! swamps and overflowed lands in this State, shall b diverted from the purposne lfo which they wel granted. Ar. 129. Tihe Constitution and lawn of thid Star shall be promulgated in t ele Englishll and Frele languages, TITLE VII. INTERNAL IPPROVtBo[E`i':I. ART. 130. There e all Board o Publi Vorlks, to consint of foiur Cnemisionaer. lThe Sual shall be divided by the Legislature tnto four Die tricts, containclg as nearly s may be an equasl cthn her of voters, and one Coomissioner shall be electe in each District, by the legal voters thereoi, It tile term o four years; but, of tile irst elected, etw to be designated by lot, shall remain in tlice In two years only. ART. 131. The General Assembly, at its first seo sion after the adoptnycc of this Constiitution, sha provide for the e le:tin and caompelcation of th Commrissionerr and the organzation o f tie e Boare Tihe Commissioners irst elected shall aseemble on day to be appoin', d by law, and decide by lot th orthder in which their turt of servcec shall expire. ART. 132. The Commissioners shall exercisel diligent and faithful supervision over all pubhi works, in which the Strete may bie ietrerested, exece those made by joint stock cctUp.mien. Tlhey sha comente nicate to tihe (iGeneral Assembhly, from tnle t thme, their views colceerninlg the same, and recoil mend asuch lasures as they may denm necressar) in order to ecmp oy to the ers advantage and for tie purposeis fr which they were granted, the swamp and overflowed lands conveyed by td:ce United State to this State. They shall appoilt ail officers en gaged oil the public werles, and ehalel pelorer cauc other duties as may be prescribed by law. ART. 133. The Commissioners may he remove by the concurrent vote of a majority of all the rmeu bers elected to each liHnuse of tile General Assrne hly; but the caune of the removal shlall be entere ont trej olrnal of leach Hoiuse. AnT. 131. The Gtiereal Assembly shall bav power by a vote of thLree-fifthsl of tilhe netber elected to each houe, to abolhah said Board, when ever in their opinion a Board el lPublic W eurks scai In relnear n neNcessary. TITLE VIII. i; i nl(.c Il"l "cA'tlII. ART'. 1: 2. ['here shall be eIected a Superlnlallde of Pub lic Education, who shall hold his oltlce for th term of two years. Iis duties ha1ll be prescribe by law, and he shall receive such comlpenat~ion r the Legislature may direct; provid'd that thie (Ier eral Assembly shall have powee by a vote of th majority of tile meznf.bers elected to bollt houses, t nholiial thie said office of Suprintendenit ofI Publl Education, whenever in their opinion said ollieo sha be no longer necessary. y ArT. 136. The General Assembly shall establis free Public Schools throughout the State, and aha provide for their support by greral taxation oil pre e perty or therywise : and all ionevs no raised or prI vided, shall he distributed to Naci Panrish in propel e tion to the number of free white children betwee e uch ages as shall e fixed by the General AssembIl ' ArN 137. The proceeds of all lands heretofor granted by the United States to this State for th use or support of schools, and of all lanIds whiclh Ita h- Ierealter be granted Nr bequeathed to the State, aN nlot expressly granllted or bequeathed fir anly oche 11 purpose, which hereafter mNy be disposed of by thI SState, andl tile proNeeds of thie estates of dNNceaseN persons to which tie Sfate may become entitled b: N law, shallI be held by th State as a loan, and shal a be and remain a perpetual fund, on which thie Stat I shall payi an annual interest of six per cent.; whill interest, together with thle interest on the trustfund d deposited with this State by the United States, un d der the act of Congress approved June 23, 1836, am ,s ll the rents of the unsold lands shall be appropri at[d to tile support of such schools, and this appro e priation slhall remain inviolable. A ART. 138. All moneyN s arising from tle sales whirl SIhave been, or lmay hereafter bw Nlade, of any land S heretoore granted by the lltted States to thi SState, for the Ie of Ia Semiary of Learling, al, IfroN any kind of dnlation that may hereatter b, N made N fr that purpose, shall be and remain a pNrpe Iiteal und, thI' inIterest of wNhich at NiN per ceInt. pe Salnumn, shall; appropriated to the support of ; e rntinary of Learning, for the promotion of literatm, Sanld thle arts and scienlces, ald Ino law shall ever b d made diverting said funld to any other lNse than to t:rN d establislhlment andilmprovementn of said Seminary o [Learning. A.t. 139. The University of Louisiana, in New d Orleans, as now established, shall be maintained. ART. 110. The Legislature shall have power tI pass such laws as may be necessary for tie furthel regulation of die University, and for the promnotior of literature and science, but shall be under no obliN gation to contribute to the support of said UnNiver sity by appropriations. TITLE IX. MODNE OF REVISII'G TH CO:iNS rlliroNI. ANr. 11I. A1ny nNamme nt or alNendmenl to tthli Constitution may be propoIsed inl te Senate or elceast of Repre.sentiltSIves and if the same hnail be agreed to by twothirds of the mnlembers elected to each Lhouse, nurh proposed iNenlldmNent or amendlnentn shalail be entered on their journals, with the yeas alld nays taken thereon, and thle Secretary of State shal, cause the same to be published three months before the next general election for Representatlves to the State Leislaturee ill at least one newspaper, IN French and ENglish, in every Parish in the State iN which a newspaper shaIll be publiahed; and such proposed amendNmelt or amendments shall be sub. mitted to the people at said electon ; and if a major. Ity of the voters :t ;aid election shall approve and ratify suth amlendrN "nt or 4.endments, the same sNall become a pe-t of.tle ConstitUtion. If more tha, one amendmenet be aubmnitted at a time, they slall be stbtaittad in sqch manger and form'that the Ipeople mNty Vote for or against each amandmnept I eparately. TITtE S . ARaI. 1-42. Tjte Conattation adopte[d in eigltteen hundred and forty-five is declared to be superceded by this Constitution, and in order to carry the Han, into effect, it is hereby declared and ordained as to r Iowa : ART. 143. All rights, actions, prosecutions, claim and contracts, as wall as of individuals as of bodir corporate, and all laws in force at tha time of ti adoption of this Constitution, and not inconsistei therewith, shall continue as if tile same had not bea p adopted. ART. 14.1. In order that no inconvenotane may r sult to tile public service froin the taking aeflect this Constitution, no otfice shall be superaeded tlher by, but the laws of the State relative to the dutit of the several officers, Executive, Judicial and Mil tary, shall remain in full force, though the same I rcoutrary ito this Constitution, and the several dutit shall be performed by the respective otiicera of tli State, according to the eistinig laws, until the oa ganization of the Giovernment under this Conntitt tion, and the entering into oilice f' the new ollicer to be appointed under said Governmt.ant, and longer. ART. 145. Appointments to oflice by the Exect tive under this Constitution, shall be made by tl Governor to be elected under its authortty. ART. 146. Thie Legislature shall provide for tl remnoval of all cannuses now peding ill the Supren Court or other Courts of the State under the Coast tution of 1845, to Courts created by or under thi Conastitution. ART. 147. The time of service of all oilices chosen by the people at the first election under thi Constitution, shall terminate as though the electio had been holden on the irst Monday of Novembe 1851, and they had entered oi the discharge t their duties at thle time designated therein. Tih first class Senators, designated in article 17, sha lold their seats until the day of the closing of th geieral elections in November, a53, anid ti seco class until thie day of tihe elosing ot the genera esel tions in November, 1855. ART. 148. The lirst election for Judgestof the St prenme Court shall be held on the first Monday : April next, (1853,) and they shall enter into otlice o the first Mlonday of May, 1853. AnT. 1I19. Tile first term of serviceof the Distri, Attorneys and the Clerks of tile inferir courts to b ordered and established under this Conrstitution, sha I be regulated by the term of service of the first Got ernor; so that a new election for these olficers sha be held on the first Monday of November, 1855. TITLE XI. ORDINANCE. ART. 150. Immediately alter tile adjournment tile Convention, tie Governor shall issne his Prr clarnatiot, directing the several ollicers of this Statt authorized by law to hold elections for nrembe· s : the General Assembly, to open and hold a poll I every Parish of the State, at the places designate by law, upon the first Tuesday of November nex for thile purpose of taking thie sense o the good pe pie of thii State in regard to the adoption or rt+"je tion of this Constitution; and it rchal e the duty t said officers to receive the votes of all perseo entitled to vote under the old Constritutiou and unltr tills Constitution. Each voter shall express his.opia ion by depositing in a separate box, kept for tht purpose, a ticket, whereon shall be written " it, Constitution accepted," or " the Constltrti on rejl ted," or some such words as will distinctly coave tile intention of the voter. At the conclusion e said election, which shall be conducted in every ret pect as thile general State election is now cnlldutet the commissioners designated to preside over tI same shall carefully examine and cutrirl each ballh so deposited, and shall forthwith tcake dlt, retrll thereof to the Secretary of State, il conformity t the provisions of the existing law upon the subjet of electiotns. aART. 1,51. Upon tle receipt of thie said returns, on tile 5th Monday ill November, if the returns I inot sooner received, it shall be the duiy of the t ot ernor, tile Secretary of State, the Attorney Genera and the State Treasurer, in the preence of all n I.e persons as may choose to attend, to compare th votes given at the said poll,for the ratificatilo and : r jeetion of this Constitution, and it it sharll appear fro said return that a majority of all the votes given for ratifying the Constitution, thet it shall be ti duty of the Governor to make proclamation of thI fact, and thencetorth this Constitution shall be r dained and established as the Consttirion of State of Louisiana. But whether this Constitutiu be accepted or rejected, it shall be the duty of th Governor to cause to be pnblishes in the official p. per of tihe Convention the result of the poll, showiln tile number of votes cast in aertn: arlsh Ie for against tile said Constinlhon, AhrT. 155. Should this ('llstitu ln be a ::rcpt,, by the people, it shall also be the duty of the (Gov, nor forthwith to issue Ils proilllnation, deciltr.n tile present Legislature, elected uilldt r the old Co~t tilutiorn, to he dissolved, and directing the aIev i; olticers of the State, authorized by law, to hold e!:, tions for members of the General Assembly, to ho: an election at the placesde ignated by law, upon th fourth Monday of December next, tfo tivernor,Liet tenant Governor, imembera o tile rtGenral Aesemhbl Secretary ot State, Attorney General, Treasurer ae Superintendent of Public Education. And the sat election shall be conducted, and the returns theret made in conformity with existing laws ulpon tile su ject of State elections. AltT. 153. The General Assembcl e'ectd utnd tlhis Constr tntion shall convenelp tht.-. tate llouse Baton Rouge, pon thite third 3lonay f .lla.hlt next (81.3;,) after the electio. ; n, e r t . , and Lieutenant Governor, elected at t!he icllle d1 shall be installed in office duri4ng thtii t rt this session, anti before it shtall.be: cllo telt e lr t 1 said General Assembly to proceed wtth the trans;, on of business. Arc. 151. All the publirctions e erein orders shaill be made in the Oluicial Journal of tie Conven ART. 155. Thi C(onstitution shall be published i Ferench and English in the Official Journal of th Convention, from tile period of its adilj rlllllent ntlit the first Tl'esday of November, (11n5,) one thou sand eight hundred and filty-tavo. Done at Baton lRouge, July 31, 1iS.2. [Signed] Dc",e-N F. K:NNER, President of the Convention. [Atteast] J. i. Wa,'rn Saecrt- ,,r ti, C t.ti, A CE "t A7.,,u , ., ,:, ' F A UIN II ol01 h orei .,5I hn ,,f.v "Arl,,,n ,a r, u n tto c , A r,~ i, I L, I,. I.orL rl: ,r t c hr r si.ýPl ld i"p .r ,; t.; + , :ý ,, t1 :, ru r l. I1,, .r llr l lm.l ... Ia II..*rrta Rli 13. ,., ' 5., w·, ,eW rr· r. , r .r,* SUI9 bn.nll'Ir E. Ou . borIrl a (An)., t'o -, i.. rnr.+in :o j1NSEED OL-Botledl and Rltw, Engilnh at L Amerian. in eaeke n d brrtot ',ir j h. i,, jI JH. CAI TER & C(O.. 13' Olllmo n srheet SALT AFLOAT-Some well assorted andcol s7eointcarge.ofr e.. V ~l, tt, , 1 ,o .r e ,, r l byh mhT4 JO.H \ 'IY' Y I.4:, "lE HEa., 1anr, ADEIRA--Quarters and octaves, for sa by 11,'2l SAM UE£+L \OLIF, ,.S. . ur , .tn NEW CODFISII.--600 boxes in store, for sa _1 y tv1 J. ii. C.J 'El F (i. a 10~ Colre,ý.ý et. HISKY--Best old Irish Malt Whisky, I, IIE LRY--50 boxes Rtomaro's Pale. 50 boxo ermatu d·.,. 5 haes J ntala u,++:I, 1 t.1.1 ot, 1 , d 0 , s.1 , 1 ", AL--To Arrive--For sale, a ,mall cargo 7Coutre anud Fine Siftae nbur., l ja44 ,I II111 TO)1I E -2...5 l~ I'I.. r." LAl -I250 kegs extra No. 1 Leaf, in stol 1.1_404 tO. NE. . O I O'& RTt, E h IT lii pl,.uln a ... ý0DFISHI--50 boxes, in store and for sale b RACE GINGl R-25 ngs. a+:+x'5 . ... ..? Yv S I :,%.} ,4 U ),:11 'rlih,, ,llnr +, , t. L EMONS--5IO boxes Genoa Lemons, in fti orvlrr, .to~. and fr nnle, by x1,2:3 A. V. CI.H(-iIRAN & CO.11 Tllrhl-altbllll+n ,ot..-, LOWELLS-27 bales 1Woodsille Factory, i x1., and buraoe b, ; 11. RI . .\R ý I + I). Bl M:KENZIE'd CELEBIIA1'ED IAT ai BLUE LICK WATER, fresh from theSprin OWD.ERED RHIUBARB-300 lbs., for sa. by. . . ..D . . 1. i' . L, ,,ssFE: . POWDERED IPECAC-Of superior qrualit PHOSPHATE OF AMMONIA-10 lbs., f, ._ _ )" . 11... P. L. ASSEY A CETATE, PURE CARBONATE and OXID __= F ZINc.f,_1 b _ (1i1t1 P L. S E0 I B LUE LICK WATERL-Fre h from the 8 prinr nj fuir iulal .y l. . 1.. 11 %ss :}' p-OT'rLES--50 hampers Endlish l'orte.r ];ot ~OTTLES-70 hatmpers Porter Bottles, h, ." ..A P+ltr W ."'. 'II.0 . to .. ,,,..1.. M EXICAN CIIA SEBD-Just received as ,r~11, h uol sle idl rr0 ,all hy ahIi ,b . . . P. L. M*ASSE }", r.rvrr C',mPiP ? l ,; .... r... r to 01L--Sperm, Whale, Lardl, Linseed and T'it, eab." b"n a" e _ J. I I , CAI '(! l .Jy :4 .TE i A lf l + ,, + t ' (DOMESTICS, from Woodville Manufacturiu I ompey--For mle by Ina tr A, . J. WRIGHT & COo.,M1rnve r EXCHANGE ON LONDON-At - ight or i2 lm. t ir slby JOHN tIXeIe.O ,i5 , 100 Pl-.e PORTER--Londdo and Dublin Porter of so mrino ba.lt, fornI. v b JOHtN TOlO)l +E ,,t5ll+ I PORT WINE--50 half pipes Ofloey, fur sai 1s \ llr M l. t II(.I 'F, n+5 ,',,+l+ p t .t I )OTR.ER--Best London and Dubllin Paurtc P G;.: _ ,,101J JotH 0L.os I-. ik 1%v PALT--Liverpool Salt, to arrIet, greater psi 1S Ol E-in, otr. al, , 011 TOInd I) ,Ui Pla e ALE--Scotch and East India l',, AIn lt ' .L . l by JOH SMEDICA.L. IGENUrNE MEICINE WARIEHOUSE, I a IA* C/Ir,,R HTYkkT,-JWRIgO ITT CO.I A I iuAAAAA n to .tend unrinln J h, nervy IIpntlyyAAIgl thir bnwle i I nl 13 ith the promt iohlan anil agents of I) Lllo Iluuiux yopulsr I'alrnt 1. " ,ioa thrrldnul t~n Uuited Stet'r, to kenp taro rollll~lsll\ :.app,' t with a bu.) tvd amlple nortmelret nl e tat lur below thn a11; 1 Iln. It nnee. Dy thll Irrnngmmmao hey nr rnnbinhl h tochon lz for I'l la*11* . Ytpnrcha nrra the lol u.Bl ltlr u .Ilerllu nt w M: fu u? iio: rn1 ," yy other city, Ilnnny le-l mly gLnr· alur arr i the ~rrb*n~nl "ule of Petnt hgl-, ltholho er, · ~cuirad Indli Lir~l for raulll:u:ýil puticular dulnrltnnn s the mat Iilernl route, rul ·r· ron Ilrypra P llly tLU trrutn ltp· cce eu tlacendmg nlluwl [hnl[M ltlu.rluurrm, railto rorllao Ilmllaosl pit !rl Lnyu n Li I vv at6 t iallhrl nt r I~i ell l o rot~il. At treoir rertis l u llrlllu suy Iw (I)1iI) ( a I 1 II11 n r oI.. I 1 IL ONUINYE PA TENT IIKUICINM- 'Ihr Bh~ollll lie h romprl~, part oftheiAA artmAA , and nn bxfaruiehrd to AAAirrr, io A.,Atl A e A i at llua twoty to AAIAItAA A1 Ajlr coot. rl pIrtIAA ItAn mulAAA' tIlI V[IIOI8IUGES. 'LAL'I''RBt ; IWlnzNI Cildirk. I l,rrmru,' i'uor Mane B A. A. . l,,FAIaALlAAAAA1 l BIAy'. AA J IA D l., Pnlr II:.Lru , 'N AI1AARPAIILL.AB : Mr. T.117 aul'·. I WLR.'; !!u i, r.;. Rprrrul ainno;.: Be' . 1",d ArI ,', AlAJ , I ,}u", ., SIII '., Blu~ilA 'n IAtirl ChickAAI'u S~gwl'Aplu A rgelIre, sIA` APnA'. Lie. IIAI., II)yAA Ill' L c 5Vr1Klrl lvdlm VseritDI· , Ehmu'(:m v'ld)r,''a l, All LANih'a AILIAIAAI U ,*pnol, TlA um *AriIAAAu''Y"+th, AisrlrllA Hygelui, ilAnn el''looUArhn.l l L.,'. New LAIun, WAZANAED Conper'", Llhernius'nCoanl i 4urmCa ` AAodrwI', ACAINAAIIAAJ J wi"Inrh Ile¢[le orgntir , Wmtnr'n Ciungh, s` flibvurd'e Antni-blitmus Yn~t:~y U l~in; J3*aiyll'n B~nu utv v , Btonnnll' Tooll~arln, ( I .AI,',, au ltrwiiev I:.r inpplvK~m'e Fnvornnmd degaD, WilimnnIl eC 1",r .rulF,"· ovlAII, F,.AAAIA dI SCl., rBrnYK.nr rrg, TI'em'qqýý,,Er S Aunrr'e Vrgtltell u I u.I·.'6 ruin, I:.:ru tA tYluar'e ChemrtJe 'eFtxmh 5ran lAAAAIA AyMAgle, 'S. ,Ku' Al.1o~n WAA<Alx'. ~E-I~ll.A rpiA.' }'. FA " 'A V JNrA,,,' lAs pAI;lll. n I'lal.. e l. t Elenv·'C ulaom ýls, Il. c'n luJnult'.x", t..nin [elir CIINTAR REMEDIES. .Hun AIl'ýSlanr LA" W n, DI. Du ibA ,'. Cherry I d Til , TAA ; ; i'r n t"inntylv I I Ir' A IA 'Ix-arm Y Cho 'e 7· l'r andl Nspllia, 'R ywll'x( n n en Irlrr, lay~oefr I ý,ctanmg i Halml Cnirll Iinn IYDAI 'I,'A. V·FgAAI , IUpllA,,' Ilile E, e I nnrl tRrtholomew'" Gappcrtornnt 'JOnr·', Chrn:'rn~l 8H·L; , 3rhnuk' Flcnmfin·~ S gdn ll~llkA~IA I`·ylorh lu llm lEkui. u t Juc'l fintr fi ,: nnltir l· Alo i"t' ",. sH i. Hibbnrcl'n 5ild Cherry, iulnn I'ollnllr ('c:". e.rr. AAwIAIA.III Phvr ,, !nl . l, Iun 'IA k n A'S, I. A " TA yP IIWA CLA',y A~l Al, kAAI lAr ug a Il ;,,,. 5'II ALA I" 6"rIII ' FnrL.: Wl, W,, %u .L p.tII,,ID AC~i 'fInr' F,:. d A' ~ IA : A -c, 1a'.E:r""", '. ,. Ha.ý} 1''ADVy,.S}'e IBrrd"... linr . I 'A 51A.is)a)a.aAIIA.ANRIIAII. A"''..A r Al'of ". . "lA... t TA, bn 1.lI IAkAA nA F'I I A.,,,1AAIIr, L utlIf,'A',,n .. " A "AI A I A AA'V~ylnI A ! Dnufnlh' V gata1·", {.n,ý.'.1' I, ..trn downnpd'" Imp r-lrvd hiiirtre, K lr I· 1'"a," 7L,- E Ner '"e h anture nn ndin, ar r Bn1, 'x d lr·.ren, ý,, ' l., Y1.. ·otr. .rl ,,, rlilFI "A~ m nd ·ilnu. - l r. i ;lc ,. [)R.~ DAVLB'S SYltUP OF rVlL1, CILLl;~i " i,i fi. r I.. $i1(111·1 1 I·i 1.1 1·1. 11. i I iýllrlLI. 1 i , r the ,",al i ina. ru?~rcut I "at ý^" ,. nY te I. q. . I:. k pmrnprr LY en ,11nt 1ýc.'U. ie ý,. u urvl i nlnl ··. ii·'iir. , FROM Ma, JOHNh D. M(JiWA'id, ,¢r/ r The t I. o, eto T,11 Cherry wd 'far t v, R 21*;:111 those w~ur ~r It. ILa or sr.u .I:~ili .", . j rr rr " Aathme on nguvlleoae o. Ohio. I thlnt lc~al "Io rL., u, . . PRIM Ma~ba a. LDWAP. RI(M 1N",iJ~l( Wea ha N ken "ome froblo W ml? Iccý. r,-. ir~l; I r , :3erry uvd TM hare, nd h ee ·I -:II w ". r ill ,r. n~ . .. HC .Coe coed it In Lie rpprrab he lnn;r. LT Dr. Cool a we of the Ilnuttt inlrn iiC'\rl x I·.` , 3tewa anJ ee lhu ttandinil pheesllw, ,"' J ii, (.: ·- - -, . .,1Be L during u Yl heir ridci e iu .Y. It n", f * 41.1 t ý 5ý'h."r we hat ~r u~l lu m., i. .i Ir..;.i"" :a .. 4k*, of Day~ton, 'i not my ,.,f-,.and n [asutra/m: ·LI a 1 ,.:. , H, ;t . . ,ni~ l r-,.. e r Iryil2 lmta'il.x3· !.1!- "iLrli ·. *3(aIIn .,¢re(·::ni*·l cL1. .. r;. . ;..·...I,;.: . ,: , .:( d nr, Dlo··'i' u: t,! r .I. a Dr. :, r O tt" r.I: . TI~lr I1 ··tlr it tI ln Y i . !',I ::""e c r L:e {Dar :,! t'-,. ..f ^I.., iI I Ft Ind ·· il LI'' ·· ýoneu n w' rne` moved i t;·, . I!r I l it !.< 11,! "1 .. . 1r n r.: 1. ',. ··~ ~· '.II Icon 6ighly ·-n · m -"t u · . ·· · ·· r.; , I.. mykuowldgn of't t. n, l : " un ally 'n toe r : ;.! " "iii.I 1 mgao~ee" has rem.- vn)y r"",a u~:t",. ~ . I feel free to ralp.,ilrjrLI Dr. CI·· · rrur nr uk n eel rni tlý r; n i t t i v -.· p o or w~r th do snli p Ir, iy V":n1 e ý L·,, r.., bom *rur tef r " xI.l, Llll .·4 i.., ... eI .; ý" r gno nrlr unld "t m, r: aJlu· rr 'h ,". ii": ý. ýý·:I >.m nh nr lld L n rn4, rn ll."d , no t n ~ .. i ·.',c . E · a ~ ýntnru the nrYnnndr 7'1:.; x Le1E snSum,- .. 1., ý" ,; pnvd few xtrerle I J.! fron I I"r.. ~ t' "l. a.. euip o(m wel r ofrer .l n: nl.t:r, tre ."nt y~i.",; ýý '" Is tb rrnn l tfr·, , .In· eli ,. .r:. r:: ~" /"-. Dr, Dnol r'n Nf- of {f",Id Cherrr . I " i. " - icpp Il~l I aruiioiot tu In ý , ,., f'. ,::,., hý"r:. I. "". ,, .. .1"nrsllln-. kROII UEI. ;EA4H I r1l ,'1V,1li. .ut it is lmoatn k rRily y nquw d lrr and e : a; .t .. r .... r. . neat to order nom e. FROMY Du, W, g hi Ar'l;Il: r' Thu nrtirl, cf Wildl Chen · nt 'II I,. that horn f,_t 1~ar, , 1, ;.,. : ; s I ,, 11 r, ",u ý,i. -,l, nil s.: . 1I·. Ima. 8vatr~, ,, cnr I( e a c I, i slo x "", .,inrc ý. 1 " ,r Jwnphloy D.:vll'· Marx : " , . n1 · ng for nu aanry fur tl ~-··.i · · . ·: ' . lI.-I Dames of I= d<":c. ! 1,"i1 .7 r I ?ioo en a· nrnarun n.,:,en.i r i } r vR L~H.b.C. IlhYES, II ibu Pare l I ..., } U nmd~~dataliuu r., N,,.183 Lr n § r ' ,.ý,: " . loursymp of Wlln Cherry n71 T :" o ..··. hu wnrvt of mld. with cn, ' Y,.;-c;; ·I ·I. ~ 01.ono. C. .a ", MOM, 8.8B. C11 (I·. /op ln*ity iv d ~l t .nIinit to ni ,z hrs rn. Ll· o. .· . r~it. ., Burl 6y, ·11:rht. · ·:·,. .,·: . !" . , r n, t i, ward for word- it weer Lin f~"... it I ·l ~"51 11 ve6 -onl lltr or Mol ri.t 6R, nn },""n to ,v ougb ad hectc {Pra, n " j. rry~ntl lnd 1, nn h arr llllrrru n hIIIICirla u.ll i ,,,.,, I.;.·(,".·. .,I,, I ile ·rr Irr~rit ýhrd rt r.ro 1,,tot ,- , .. h 1.· :II. n ,,: ·· ,:I:1 e n l h e , i t . p p j cr! ,, t t e n l ', 6l n ly w ' r l: ln 1, "" w a =1 . ` , u , i. · :ri. ? ,n~ ~ steP~,nnl4 r. Sfcy~ll/ ilIi - ii.r~ ir i l ier uen mllll d tome n n w ell sx n,.,, I. IIrr ·li 1';.i .l ' r.(u" l " w I hap y nud viula, d" 1 du"^:.. I;"", r. ýt -,,.: b u·-! ·(l._ ,.,t a·~ · .!· urbEI IILI tlill CI III.; ri .1.i . laa at nor Id lelorllu:: I r, 0 I L11+ Iý aLI . 1., ·ll; ii· ·lab L Cherry nn ll 'fr. r. f t . Tu lir u~, .-i ··li . `.I·I ,kxn f, lllq rrý"": -+ aftln ct ctlý n L :: , 1.. 1,,. , la·. I' , e uo fllung a d ·U l"::; l rc ,"i n'v a n n . .,tly theenur in h,, timn: l r" 6 u c or ýI ,dre. He rshlni llow-retiimn lol cl~l fr. i lia hue bn uder e 'voN yenta Dr,:rw ul:+~ :'n b ch ,.la nid hen hua vsnu ohcc of h ur nna n~pnnnl it : g s v n, edlandsial n I:,,.,,:r c i' . u ( , otni g h t boLr m o r nJ