term of four years, and together with the Lieutenant Governor chosen for the same term, be elected a follows: The qualified electors for Representatives shall vote for 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 Assembly then to be holden. The members of the General Assembly shall meet in the House of Representatives to examine and count the votes. The person having the greatest number of votes for Governor shall be declared duly elected; but in case of a tie vote between two or more candidates, one of them shall immediately be chosen Governor by joint vote of the members of the General Assembly. The person having the greatest number of votes polled for Lieutenant Governor shall be Lieutenant Governor; but in case of a tie vote between two or more candidates one of them shall be immediately chosen Lieutenant Governor by joint vote of the members of the General Assembly.

. ART. 49. No person shall be eligible to the office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor who is not a citizen of the United States and a resident of this State two years next preceding his election.

ART. 50. The Governor shall be ineligible for the succeeding four years after the expiration of the time for which he shall have been elected. (Abrogated.)

ART. 51. The Governor shall enter on the discharge of his duties on the second Monday in January next ensuing his election, and shall continue in office until the Monday next succeeding the day that his successor shall be declared duly elected, and shall have taken the oath or affirmation required by the Constitution.

ART. 52. No Member of Congress, or any person holding office under the United States Government, shall be eligible to the office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor.

ART. 53. In case of impeachment of the Governor, his removal from office, death, refusal or inability to qualify, or to discharge the powers and duties of his office, resignation or

absence from the State, the powers and duties of the office shall devolve upon the Lieutenant Governor for the residue of the term, or until the Governor, absent or impeached, shall return or be acquitted, or the disability be removed. The General Assembly may provide by law for the case of removal, impeachment, death, resignation, disability or refusal to qualify, of both the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor, declaring what officer shall act as Governor; and such officer shall act accordingly, until the disability be removed, or for the remainder of the term.

ART. 54. The Lieutenant Governor or officer discharging the duties of Governor shall, during his administration, receive the same compensation to which the Governor would have been entitled had he continued in office.

ART. 55. The Lieutenant Governor shall, by virtue of his office, be President of the Senate, but shall only vote when the Senate is equally divided. Whenever he shall administer the government, or shall be unable to attend as President of the Senate, the Senators shall elect one of their own members as President of the Senate for the time being.

ART. 56. The Governor shall receive a salary of eight thousand dollars per annum, payable quarterly on his own warrant. ART. 57. The Lieutenant Governor shall receive a salary of three thousand dollars per annum, payable quarterly upon his

own warrant.

ART. 58. The Governor shall have power to grant reprieves for all offenses against the State; and, except in cases of impeachment, shall, with the consent of the Senate, have power to grant pardons, remit fines and forfeitures, after conviction. In cases of treason, he may grant reprieves until the end of the next session of the General Assembly, in which the power of pardoning shall be vested. In cases when the punishment is not imprisonment at hard labor, the party upon being reprieved by the Governor, shall be released if in actual custody, until final action by the Senate.

ART. 59. He shall be Commander-in-Chief of the militia of this State, except when they shall be called into the service of the United States.

ART. 60. He shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate appoint all officers whose offices are..

established by the Constitution, and whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for: Provided, however, That the General Assembly shall have a right to prescribe the mode of appointment to all other offices established by law.

ART. 61. The Governor shall have power to fill vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate by granting commissions, which shall expire at the end of the next session thereof, unless otherwise provided for in this Constitution; but no person who has been nominated for office and rejected by the Senate shall be appointed to the same office during the recess of the Senate.

ART. 62. He may require information in writing from the officers in the Executive Department upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices.

ART. 63. He shall from time to time give the General Assembly information respecting the situation of the State, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he may deem expedient.

ART. 64. He may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the General Assembly at the seat of government, or at a different place if that should have become dangerous from an enemy or from epidemic; and in case of disagreement between the two Houses as to the time of adjournment, he may adjourn them to such time as he may think proper, not exceeding four months. ART. 65. He shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.

ART. 66. Every bill which shall have passed both houses shall be presented to the Governor; if he approve, he shall sign it; if he do not, he shall return it with his objections to the house in which it originated, which shall enter the objections at large upon its journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If, after such reconsideration two-thirds of all the members present in that house shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent with the objections to the other house, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered; and if approved by two-thirds of the members present in that house, it shall be a law. But in such cases the vote of both houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of members voting for or against the bill shall be entered on the journal of each house respectively. If

any bill shall not be returned by the Governor within five days after it shall have been presented to him, it shall be a law in like manner as if he had signed it; unless the General Assembly by adjournment prevent its return; in which case the said bill shall be returned on the first day of the meeting of the General Assembly after the expiration of said five days, or be a law.

ART. 67. Every order, resolution or vote, to which the concurrence of both houses may be necessary, except on a question of adjournment, shall be presented to the Governor; and before it shall take effect, be approved by him, or, being disapproved, shall be repassed by two-thirds of the members present. ART. 68. There shall be a Secretary of State, who shall hold his office during the term for which the Governor shall have been elected. The records of the State shall be kept and preserved in the office of the Secretary; he shall keep a fair register of the official acts and proceedings of the Governor, and when necessary shall attest them; he shall, when required, lay the said register, and all papers, minutes and vouchers, relative to his office, before either House of the General Assembly, and shall perform such other duties as may be enjoined on him by law. ART. 69. There shall be a Treasurer of the State, and an Auditor of Public Accounts, who shall hold their respective offices during the term of four years. At the first election under this Constitution, the Treasurer shall be elected for two years.

ART. 70. The Secretary of State, Treasurer, and Auditor of Public Accounts, shall be elected by the qualified electors of the State; and in case of any vacancy caused by the resignation, death, or absence of the Secretary, Treasurer, or Auditor, the Governor shall order an election to fill said vacancies; Provided, The unexpired term to be filled be more than twelve months. When otherwise, the Governor shall appoint a person to perform the duties of the office thus vacant until the ensuing general election.

ART. 71. The Treasurer, and the Auditor, shall receive a salary of five thousand dollars per annum each. The Secretary of State shall receive a salary of three thousand dollars per

annum.

ART. 72. All commissions shall be in the name, and by the authority of the State of Louisiana; and shall be sealed with the State seal, signed by the Governor, and countersigned by the Secretary of State.

TITLE IV.-JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT.

ART. 73. The judicial power shall be vested in a Supreme Court, in District Courts, in Parish Courts and in Justices of the Peace.

Const. 1812, Art 4, §1; Const. 1845, Art. 62; Const. 1852, Art. 61; Const. 1864, Art. 69.

ART. 74. The Supreme Court, except in cases hereinafter provided, shall have appellate jurisdiction only; which jurisdiction shall extend to all cases when the matter in dispute shall exceed five hundred dollars; and to all cases in which the constitutionality or legality of any tax, toll or impost of any kind or nature whatsoever, or any fine, forfeiture or penalty imposed by a municipal corporation shall be in contestation, whatever may be the amount thereof; and in such cases the appeal shall be direct from the court in which the case originated, to the Supreme Court; and in criminal cases, on questions of law only, whenever the punishment of death, or imprisonment at hard labor, or a fine exceeding three hundred dollars, is actually imposed.

Const. 1845, Art. 63; Const. 1852, Art. 62; Const. 1864, Art. 70. ART. 75. The Supreme Court shall be composed of one Chief Justice, and four Associate Justices, a majority of whom shall constitute à quorum. The Chief Justice shall receive a salary of seven thousand five hundred dollars, and each of the Associate Justices a salary of seven thousand dollars annually, payable quarterly on their own warrants. The Chief Justice and the Associate Justices shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for the term of eight years. They shall be citizens of the United States, and shall have practiced law for five years, the last three thereof next preceding their appointment, in the State. The Court shall appoint its own clerks, and may remove them at pleasure.

ART. 76. The Supreme Court shall hold its sessions in the city of New Orleans from the first Monday in the month of November to the end of the month of May. The General Assembly shall have power to fix the sessions elsewhere during