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Fifth-All officers, executive, legislative and judicial, State, parish, or municipal, who may be in office at the adoption of this Constitu- tion, or who may be elected or appointed before the election or ap- pointment of thelr successors, as herein provided, shall hold their re- spective offices until their terms shall have expired, and until their successors are duly qualified, as provided in this Constitution, unless sooner removed, as may be provided by law; and shall receive the compensation now fixed by the Constitution and laws in force at the adoption of this Constitution, except as herein otherwise provided. . Sixth-The Constitution of this State, adopted in 1879, and all amendments thereto, are declared to be superseded by this Consti- tution; provided, however, that no failure on the part of this Con- yention to re-enact and re-ordain any article or ordinance contained in the Constitution of 1879 upon any of the subjects upon which this Convention is by the act convening it prohibited from enacting, or- daining or framing any article or ordinance, shall be construed as in any manner impairing or affecting the provisions of the Constitu- tion of 1879, upon the prohibited subjects.
Seventh-The Supreme Court, Courts of Appeal and District Courts, provided for by this Constitution, are declared to be, and shall be construed to be the same courts as those of the same name, created by the Constitution of 1879, and all writs, orders and pro- cess issued from said courts, which shall be pending, or in course of execution at the date when this Constitution goes into effect, together with all the records and archives of said courts, shall at once, by virtue of this article, be transferred to, and held to be
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cases pending in, and writs, orders and process issued from, and in course of execution, under the authority of, and records and arch- ives of said courts respectively, as organized under this Constitu- tion.
Eighth-This Constitution, adopted by the people of the State of Louisiana, in Convention assembled, shall be in full force and effect from and after this 12th day of May, IS9S, save and except as other- wise provided in and by said Constitution.
Art. 326. The first General Assembly meeting after the adoption of this Constitution is required to make a special appropriation to pay the debt which this convention has contracted with the Louisi- ana National Bank, the Hibernia National Bank and the New Orleans National Bank of the city of New Orleans, with interest at 5 per cent. per annum from May 9, 1898, until paid, and for which certifi- cates are held by said banks, issued to them pursuant to an ordinance heretofore adopted by this convention, and which said debt was incurred for the purpose of enabling this convention to complete its work.
There shall be printed in book or pamphlet form 1500 copies of the journal of the convention, and 5000 copies of this Constitution, and each member of the convention shall be entitled to eight copies of the journal and twenty-five copies of the Constitution. The remaining copies shall be delivered to the Secretary of State, to be disposed of as may hereafter be ordered by the Legislature.
Said General Assembly shall also make any appropriation required to pay any loans heretofore negotiated, or which may hereafter be negotiated by the Governor, pursuant to an ordinance here- tofore adopted by this convention, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of organizing and mobilizing the State's quota of volun- teers called for by the proclamation of the President of the United States, heretofore promulgated.
Done in convention, in the city of New Orleans, on the twelfth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and twenty-second.
E. B. KRUTTSCHNITT. President of the .achton. R. II. SNYDER, First Vice President of the Convention. S. MCC. LAWRASON. Second Vice President of the Convention.
Attest :
ROBERT S. LANDRY,
Secretary of the Convention.
DELEGATES
TO
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
OF
THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
1898.
E. B. KRUTTSCHNITT President
R. H. SNYDER First Vice President
S. MCC. LAWRASON Second Vice President
ROBERT S. LANDRY Secretary
Alexander, T., Caddo. Allen, A. C., St. Mary.
Badeaux. Thomas A., Lafourche. Bailey, B. W., Winn.
Barrow, Robert Ruffin, Terre- bonne.
Bell, T F., at large, Caddo.
Behrman, Martin, Orleans, Fif- teenth Representative District. Bird, C. C., East Baton Rouge. Blanchard, Max, Jr., Orleans, Seventh Representative Dis- triet.
' Boatner, C. J., at large, Orleans. Bolton, G. W., at large, Rapides. Bond, Joseph L., Lincoln. Boone, J. T., Bienville. Breazeale, Phanor, Natchitoches Browning, Charlton K., Orleans, Eleventh Representative Dis- triet.
Bruns, HI. Dickson, at large, Or- leans.
Burke, Walter James, Iberia. Burns, Thomas M., St. Tammany Caillouet, 1 .. P., Lafourche.
Cameron, Robert S., Grant. Carver, M. HI., at large, Natchi- toches.
Castleman, Thomas W., Orleans, Fourteenth Representative Dis- trict.
Chenet, James V., St. John Bap- tist. Chiapella, Henry, Orleans, Sev- enth Representative District. Clingman, A. K., at large, Clai- borne.
Coco, A. V., at large, Avoyelles. Cordill, C. C., Tensas.
Cordill. W. J., Franklin. C'onvillion, G. Horace. Avoyelles. Dagg, J. L. Concordia.
Davenport, C. C., Morehouse.
Davidson, M. W., Livingston. Dawkins, R. B., at large, Union. Deblieux, John, Iberville. Dossman, L. J., St. Landry.
Draughon, Robt. L., Tangipahoa. Dreibholz, E. William, St. Mary. Drew, Harrison C. Calcasien. Drew, R. C., Webster.
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Dubuisson, E. B., at large, St. Landry.
Dudenhefer, F., Orleans, Ninth Representative District.
Dymond, John, Plaquemines.
Estopinal, Albert, Sr., at large, St. Bernard.
Ewing, Robert, Orleans, Tenth Representative District.
Farrell, Peter, Orleans, Tenth Representative District.
Faulkner, A. W., Caldwell.
Favrot, Geo. K., at large, East Baton Rouge.
Fitzpatrick, John, Orleans, Third Representative District.
Flynn, Geo. W., at large, Orleans. Gately, Samuel T., Orleans,
Fourth Representative District Gordy, Minus T., Jr. Vermilion. Gray, William J., West Carroll. Haas, W. D., Avoyelles.
Hall, W. P., De Soto.
Hart, William O., Orleans, Twelfth Representative Dis- triet.
Henry, Sammel P., Cameron.
Hester, Henry G., at large, Or- leans.
Hicks, T. A., St. Landry.
Hirn, Joseph, Orleans, Eighth Representative District.
Hudson, Fred. G., Ouachita. Jenkins, B. F., De Soto.
Kernan, T. J., East Baton Rouge. Lambremont, Panl M., St. James. Landry, R. Clemile, Lafayette.
Lawrason, S. MeC., at large, West Feliciana.
LeBlane, Joseph E., Assumption. Leche, Paul, Ascension.
Leclerc, Adolphe S., Orleans. Fifth Representative District. Lee, Robert E., Orleans, Second Representative District.
Lefebvre, Vietor M., West Baton Ronge. Liverman, H. T., at large, De Soto. Long, Henry J., Jefferson. Lozano. Louis, Iberville.
McBride, James L., Jackson. McCarthy, Henry C., Orleans, Second Representative Distriet McCollam, Edward, at large, Terrebonne.
MeGuirk, Arthur, Orleans, Sixth Representative District.
MeRacken, James, Orleans, Fifth Representative District.
March, Sidney II., Orleans, First Representative District.
Marrero, L. II., at large, Jeffer- son.
Martin, Dr. G. W., St. Landry.
Maxwell, F. I .. , at large, Madison. Meadors, John E., Claiborne.
Moffett, A. W., Orleans, Thir- teenth Representative Distriet. Monroe, F. A., at large, Orleans. Montgomery, Geo. W., Madison. Moore, I. D., Orleans, Eleventh Representative District.
Moore, James E., Claiborne.
Mouton, James E., St. Martin.
Munson, Edward P., Assump- tion.
Nunez, E. E., St. Bernard.
O'Connor, JJas., at large, Orleans. Oakes, C. K., Vernon.
Pipes, D. W., East Feliciana. Ponder, Amos L., Sabine.
Porter, W. B., East Feliciana.
Presley, Crawford A., Natehi- toches.
Price, Andrew, at large, -La- fourche.
Provosty, Oliver O., Pointe Coupée.
Pugh, Phillip S., Acadia.
Pujo. A. P., at large, Calcasieu. Ransdell. Joseph E., East Carroll. Richardson, D. W., Washington. Richardson, Thos. R., at large, Orleans. Sanders, JJ. Y., at large, St. Mary. Sellers, E. Thomas, Union. Semmes, Thos. J., Orleans. Third Representative District.
Sevier, George W., Madison. Shaffer. John D., Terrebonne. Sims, R. N., at large, Ascension.
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HISTORY OF LOUISIANA.
Snider, J. A., Bossier.
Snyder, JJ. B., at large, Madison. Snyder, Robert II., Tensas. Soniat, Chas. T., at large. Orleans St. Paul, John, at large, Orleans. Strickland, Milton A., St. Helena. Stringfellow, HI. C., at large, Red River.
Stubbs, F. P., at large, Ouachita. . Sullivan, E. J., Rapides. · Summerlin, John W., Richland. Tebault, Christopher H., Orleans,
Third Representative Distriet. Thornton, J. R., Rapides.
Thompson, J. M., at large, St. 'Tammany.
Wade, T. M., at large, Tensas.
Ware, Jas. A .. at large, Iberville, Watkins, L. K., at large, Webster. White, HI. II., at large. Rapides. Wickliffe, Robert C., West Feli- ciana.
Wilkinson. J. D., Red River. Wilson, Riley J., Catahoula. Wise, William II., Caddo. Youngs, Hicks L., St. Charles. Zengel, Fred., Orleans, Ninth Representative District.
INDEX.
PAGE.
Aaron Burr
165-166
Abadie
113
Acadians .... 114, 115, 135, 162,
.164, 223, 250, 256
Aime Valcour
202
"Alabama Mingo"
96
Allen, H. W 235
Almonester, Don Andres
137
Americus Vespucins 2
Annochy Indians
34
38
Apalaches
58,
62
Apalachicola.
58
Area
253
Arkansas Indians
14
19
Arkansas, Ram
221
Armant, Col
225
Ascantia Bayou
-13
Aubry
114, 120, 128
Austrian Succession, war of .. 108
Bailey, Joseph
234
Baker, Joshua
238
Banks, N. P
226, 228, 234, 242
Barataria
174
Barbe, Marbois
150
Bastrop
144
Baton Rouge, 41, 80, 167, 168,
198, 200, 211, 220
Bayougoula Indians
.34,
38
Berwick Bay 226
Bienville ..
.... 29, 48, 54, 90, 98
100, 107, 108
Biloxi, Port
47,
57
Biloxi, New
84
Capital of Colony 83
Black Code
90
Boisblanc
116, 125, 127
Boisbriant
49
Boré, Etienne de
142,
143
Borgne, Lake, Battle of
178
Bouligny, Francisco
145
Braud, D.
116, 125
Breckinridge, John C.
221, 222
Butler, Benj. F.
217, 216
PAGE.
Cabildo.
152, 155, 192
Caddodaquois.
55
Cadillac, Lamothe
71
Calhoun, John C.
210
Canada
Canal, Carondelet
144
Capital-
Donaldsonville
.198
New Orleans. .
198
Baton Rouge
198
Shreveport
235
Capuchins, French and Span-
ish
129
Caresse, Pierre
127
Carnival
247
Carondelet, Francois Lonis Hector, Baron 139
Carroll, Major-General.
186
Cat Island
32
Cattle
.164, 255
Cession to Spain
112
Chalmette
218
Chandeleur Islands
31
Charity Hospital
107
Chateauguay
49, 91
Chepart
93
Chickasaws
58, 99, 104
Churchill, General
232
Civil War
209, 236
Company of the
West or
Mississippi. 77
Constitutions-
Of 1811-12
170
Of 1845
201
Of 1852
207
Of 1864
272
Of 1868.
238, 22
Of 1879
212
Of 1898.
.251, 261
Cote des Allemands
Cotton
164, 185, 194, 203,
218, 249, 254
Cotton Seed
50
Audubon
254
Casa Calvo
146, 151, 154
344
HISTORY OF LOUISIANA.
PAGE.
Council, Superior and In- ferior 77
Davion, Father 62
Davis, Jefferson 213
DeBoré
151, 153, 157, 202
DeClouet, Chevalier
136
DeGraff, Lawrence.
29
De LaChaise
85
Auguste
142
Democrats
238, 240
DeMuys.
.67,
68
Derbigny
158, 200
DeSoto, Hernando
5,
7
Dominique, Captain 176, 186, 19]
Doucet
119
Dueling
205
Duvergier 90
Eads, Jas. B
243
Education-
College of Orleans
167
Public Schools 167
University at Baton Rouge
200
Jefferson College
201
Tulane
208
Emancipation
229
England Seizes
American
Sailors
171
English Turn
48
Epinay, de l', Governor 75
Evangeline
256
Exposition, Cotton Centen- nial 246
Farragut, David G
216, 220
Filibusters
35
Filles a la Cassette 93
Flanders, B. F
238
Florida
2.
3
Forstall, Nicholas.
136
Fort Bowyer
173
Fort Butte a la Rose
226
Fort de Russy
230
Fort Jackson
216
Fort Pike, Petites Coquilles .. 178
PAGE.
Fort, Spanish
178
Fort St. Philip
178, 189, 216
Crevecœur Fort
17
Fort Sumter
213
Crozat, Antoine de
70
Fortier.
151, 153
Foster, Murphy J
248
Foucault, Father
62
Fournet, Colonel
223
Foucault, Royal Commissary 125 France Buys Louisiana .. 148, 152 Frontenac, Count of 11
Fort
16
Fruits
254
Fuller, Captain 226
Galvez, Don Fernardo
130
Gas, Introduction in New Or- Orleans 198
Gayarre
117, 167, 208
Gayoso, Governor
145
Geological features
253
Germans
162,
185
Gettysburg, Battle of
229
Gibbs, General
178
Grande Terre
174
Gravier, Father James
62
Green, Gen. Thomas
227, 230, 232
Gypsum
255
Hahn, Michael
235
Hall, Dominic.
157, 192
Heard, Governor
252
Hebert. Paul
208
Hennepin
IS
Holt, Joseph
215
Houmas
12.
80
Hubert
90
Iberville, Pierre Lemoyne d'
27,56,
59
Iberville Bayou
43
Immigrants
219. 255
Indians . 6, 12, 14, 19, 20. 31,
38, 39, 42, 50, 58, 62, 71,
72, 80, 88, 93, 96, 164
Inquisition
137, 138
Islingues
136, 163
Jackson, Andrew ....
173, 176
179, 181, 187, 191
Jackson Square.
152, 191
Jefferson, Thomas
149, 156
Jesuits
92
D'Aquin, Mayor
181, 186
D'Artagnette, Diron
67
D'Artaguette, Commandant of the Illinois 100, 103
315
HISTORY OF LOUISIANA,
PAGE.
Jetties
243
Johnson, Henry 199
Johnson, Isaac 205
Joliet, Louis
10,
11
Jones, Thomas Ap Catesby .. 178
Jontel
25,
28
Jumonville, de Villiers
110
Jury, trial by 159
· Kappas Indians
14,
19
Keane, General
183,
187
Kellogg, William P 239, 240
Kennon, Beverly
217
Kentuckians
185
Kerlerec, de, Governor 109
Labadieville
225
Lacoste
186
Lafayette
197
Lafitte
174, 176
Lafreniere
116, 125
Lake Borgne 178
Lambert
188
La Ronde
180
Loussat
150
25
Law, John
76
Lee
229, 234
Legislature 157
Leon, Ponce de 3
Lesassier 120
Levees
109, 244
Lincoln
213
Literature
250
Lottery
217
70
Louis XV
70
21
45, 70, 112
Sold to France 148
Purchased 149
Limits in 1803 155
Division
150
Territory
157
State
170
Secedes
212
Reconstructed
238
Lovell, M. S
219
80
Manchae
11,
Mansfield
231
Marquette, Jacques
11
15
L'AGE.
Marquis, Pierre
122, 125, 127
Masan
125
Massacre Island 31
Changed to Dauphin 80
Matagorda Bay
25
Maurepas Fort
50
Maurepas Lake
44
Maurepas, Jerome, Count of .. 26
Mauvilla Indians 6
McEnery, S. D
242, 245
McEnery. J
240
Metropolitan Police
238
Mexican War
200
Milhet, Jean
116, 125, 127
Milhet, Joseph
116, 125, 127
Miro, Estevan
113-139
Mississippi Bubble
Mississippi River .... 1, 2, 3, S,
12, 133, 162, 216, 217
Mobile Bay
30
Fort St. Louis de la
59
Mongoulacha Indians 34, 39,
71
Monroe, James 149
Monroe, Mayor
218
Moore, Thos. ( ..
212, 223
Morgan, Thos
202
Morgan, General
188
Mouton, Alex
204, 211
Mouton, Alfred
224, 227, 230
Mumford, W. B
219
Napoleon
148, 160
Narvaez
.4
Natchez
20, 50, 72, 88, 93.
96
Natchitoches
54,71,
75
Necessity Fort
110
Negro Insurrection
144
Negroes ...... 178, 181, 186, 191, 203, 229, 237, 240
New Orleans ... 38, 79, 86, 80, 219 Battle of 183
Nicholls, F. T
210, 241, 247
Noyan, de Bienville
91, 125
Ogden, F. N
239
Oranges
50, 254
()'Reilly
121, 128
Orleans, Duke of
70
Packard
210
Packenham
183, 189
Panmure Fort
113
Maison Rouge, Marquis de .... 111 Parishes 162, 203, 253, 257
La Salle
21
Louis XIV
Louisiana, named
1,
. 346
HISTORY OF LOUISIANA.
PAGE.
PAGE.
Pascagoula
34,
80
Pauger
85,
Pennicault
Pensacola
30, 81, 131,
88
Perier, Governor
92
Perique
254
Pinchback, P. B. S 238
Pineda
3
Plauche Mayor
181, 186
Pleasant Hill
232
Polignac, Prince.
230, 231
Pontchartrain, Count Louis de 26,
44
Porter, D. D
216, 230, 232, 234
Port Hudson
222, 226, 228
Poupet
127
Poydras
157, 163, 170
Public Domain
199
Quarantine
215
Quincy, Josiah.
169
Quinipissa Indians. 38
39
Railroad, First 198
Reconstruction
237
Rice
249, 254
Red River
7,
20
Right of Deposit
142, 146
Robertson, Thos. B
199
Roman, Governor
200
Rosalie, Fort
71
75
Salcedo
149, 152
Salt Mines
224, 253
Sauvole
29,
56
Secession
170, 210, 212
Secession, Right of
235
Sedella, Antonio de
137, 138
Serigny de,
81
Ship Island
31
Slaves-
Insurrection of 144, 168
Introduction Forbidden 157
Slavery Abolished.
237
Smith, A. J
230
Smith, Kirby
226, 232,
233
Soil
Spain sells Louisiana
148
Speculation
196, 201
Steamboat, First
171
87
St. Denis
49, 55,
63
St. Ildefonso, Treaty 148
St. Louis Bay. 80
Sugar Cane -- First planted 49
Refining
20
Cultivated by Jesuits
109
Increased Cultivation 203
Sugar Making
113, 143
Supreme Court, Seizure of ... 241
Taylor, General Z
206
Taylor, Gen. Richard 223, 237
Teche
225, 230
Tensas Village and Indians 51, 52
Tonty, Henri de
39,50, 66
Treaty of St. Ildefonso
148
Treaty of Madrid
142
Treaty of Utrecht
72
Ulloa
117, 121
University, see Education
Unzaga, Don Luis de.
128, 130
Ursuline Sisters
92
Utrecht, treaty of
72
Vaudreuil, Marquise de. 107
Vicksburg
.227-228
Villere, Joseph .. 116, 125, 126, 127
Villere, Gov. James
194-195
Villere, Major
180
Walker, Governor
207
War 1812
205
War. Mexican
War, Civil
209-236
War, Spanish
252
Warmoth, II. C
238
Washington Artillery
214
Webster, Dan
210
Weitzel, General
225- 28
Wells, J. M
238
White, Gov. E. D 203
White League
239, 241
Wickliffe, R. C.
208
Wilkinson, General
136, 155
253
Wiltz, L. A
212
Wisconsin River
12
Yellow Fever
195, 208, 215
172
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