Constitution 1921

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ISBN 13 : 9781331341413
Total Pages : 214 pages
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Download or read book Constitution of the State of Louisiana written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Constitution of the State of Louisiana: Adopted in Convention at the City of Baton Rouge, June 18, 1921 Providing for the submission to the people of a proposition to hold a convention at a designated time and place for the purpose of framing and putting into effect a new constitution; providing for the holding of such a convention in the event a majority of the votes cast at the election at which said proposition is submitted be in favor thereof; to fix the powers of said convention; to prescribe the qualifications and compensation of, and to provide for the nomination and election of, delegates thereto; and to provide penalties for fraudulent voting or false or fraudulent returns on said election or in any primary election hold for the nomination of delegates thereto. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. That there shall be submitted to the duly qualified electors of the State, at an election to be held on Tuesday, the second (2nd) day of November, 1920, for their approval or rejection, a proposition to hold a convention for the purpose of framing and putting into effect a new constitution for the State of Louisiana, upon the following terms and conditions, to-wit: (1) The said convention shall convene in the City of Baton Rouge on Tuesday, the first (1st) day of March, 1921. (2) The said convention shall consist and be composed of one hundred and forty-six (146) delegates, one hundred and eighteen (118) of whom shall be elected from the respective parishes and representative districts as now provided for representation, in the House of Representatives, and sixteen (16) of whom shall be elected, two from each Congressional District, and twelve (12) of whom shall be appointed by the Governor. Each of such delegates shall possess the qualifications prescribed for membership in the House of Representatives. (3) The delegates from the several Congressional Districts shall be nominated by the various political parties at District Conventions to be held on the sixteenth (16th) day of November, 1920, which conventions shall be composed of delegates elected from the various parishes and representative district? included in each Congressional District at a primary election, which is hereby authorized and ordered to be held on the second (2nd) day of November, 1920, in which conventions the various parishes and representative districts shall be entitled to such representation as may be ordered and fixed by the State Central Committee of the party holding such conventions; and each District Convention shall nominate two (2) candidates for membership in the Constitutional Convention. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.