urnment.

_Judiciary._ A high court of errors and appeals, consisting of three
judges, one in each district, elected for six years; a circuit court to
be held in each county at least twice a year, the judges to be elected
in their respective judicial districts for four years; a superior court
of chancery, the chancellor to be elected by the electors of the whole
state for six years; a court of probate in each county, the judge to be
elected for two years; a competent number of justices of the peace and
constables, chosen in each county for two years. Other inferior courts
may be established by the legislature.

An attorney-general is chosen by the electors of the state, and a
competent number of district-attorneys in their respective districts. A
sheriff and one or more coroners are elected in each county for two
years.

_Executive._ The governor is elected for two years; must be thirty years
of age; have been a citizen twenty years, a resident of the state five
years; and may not hold the office more than four years in six. No
lieutenant-governor.

A secretary of state, a treasurer, and an auditor of public accounts,
are elected for two years.

_Amendments_ are proposed by two-thirds of both branches of the
legislature, and ratified by the people at the next election.

Louisiana.

This state was admitted into the union in 1812, with a constitution
formed the same year. In 1845, a second, and in 1852 the present
constitution was adopted.

_Legislature_--styled _general assembly_. Representatives are
apportioned among the several parishes, (corresponding to counties in
other states,) and are elected for two years; the number not to exceed
one hundred, nor to be less than seventy. Senators, in number
thirty-two, are apportioned among the districts according to population,
and are elected for four years, one-half every two years. Every
qualified elector is eligible to a seat in either house.

Vetoed bills are passed by majorities of two-thirds of all the members.
They become laws if not returned within ten days, unless their return is
prevented by adjournment; in which case they will become laws if not
sent back within three days after the commencement of the next session.

_Executive._ The governor is elected for four years, and is ineligible
the next four. Age, twenty-eight years; citizenship, and residence in
the state four years. A lieutenant-governor.

A secretary of state and a treasurer are elect