Art. VII
Clerks.
Section 66. There shall be a clerk of the District Court in each parish, the parish of Orleans excepted, who shall be elected by the qualified electors of the parish every four years, and shall be ex-officio notary public and parish recorder of conveyances, mortgages, and other acts.
The Legislature shall have power to vest in clerks of court authority to grant such orders and to do such acts as may be deemed necessary for the furtherance of the administration of justice ; and in all cases the powers thus vested shall be specified and determined.
Art. XIX
Section 4. No member of Congress, nor person holding or exercising any office of trust or profit under the United States, or any State, or under any foreign power shall be eligible as a member of the Legislature, or hold or exercise any office of trust or profit under the State ; nor shall any person hold or exercise, at the same time, more than one office of profit except that of Justice of the Peace or Notary Public. Provided, this section shall not apply to Officers in the Reserve of the United States Army, Navy, Marines, and National Guard.
