New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-06


due from him, shall be eligible to the legis-
latiye assembly or to any Office of profit or
trust in said District.
SEC. 9. And be it further enacted That
members of the legislative assembly, before
they enter upon their official duties, shall
take and subscribe the following oath or
affirmation: 81 do solemnly swear Tor affirm)
that will support the constitution of the
United States, and will faithfully discharge
the duties of the Office upon which | am
about to enter; and that | have not know
ingly or Intentionally paid or contributed
anything, or made any promise in the nature
of bride, to directly or indirectly influence
any vote at the election at which | was
chosen to fill the said office, and have not
accepted, nor will | accept, or receive, di-
rectly or indirectly, any money or other
valuable thing for any vote or influence
that / may give or withhold on any bill,
resolution, or appropriation, or for any
other official act" Any member who shall
refuse to take the oath herein prescribed
shall forfeit his office. and every person who
shall be convicted of having sworn falsely
TO or of violating his said oath shall forfeit
his Office and be disqualified thereafter
from holding any office of profit or trust in
said district, and shall be deemed guilty of
perjury, and upon conviction shall be pun
ished accordingly.
SEC. TO- And be it further enacted, That
a majority of the legislative assembly ap-
pointed or elected to each house shall con
stitute a quorum. The house of delegates
shall be the judge of the election returns
and qualifications of its members. Each
house shall determine the rules of its pro-
ceedings, and shall choose its own officers.
The governor shall call the council to order
at the>Opening of each new assembly; and
the secretary of the District shall call the
house of delegates to order at the opening
of each new legislative assembly, and shall
preside over it until temporary presiding
officer shall have been chosen and shall
have taken his seat. No member shall be
expelled by either house except by vote
of two-thirds of all the members appointed
or elected to that house. Each house may
not member who shall be guilty of dis
respect to the house by dsorderly or
contemptuous behavior in its presence; but
no such Imprisonment shall extend beyond
twenty-four hours at one time. Neither
house shall. without the consent of the
other, adjourn for more than two DAYS, or to
any other place than that in which such
house shall be sitting. At the request of
any member the yeas and nays shall be
taken upon any question and entered upon
the journal.
SLN- - <Ahu pO IL lulthCl CUdCltt, lIldL
bills may originate in either house, but NAV
be altered. amended, or rejected by the other;
and on the final passage of all bills the vote
shall be by yeas and nays on each bill sep
arately. and shall be entered upon the Jour
nal, and no bill shall become law without
the concurrence of majority of the men,
bers elected to each house.
SEC. -. And be it further enacted, That
every bill shall be read at large on three
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embrace more than one subject, and that
shall be expressed in its title but if any
subject shall be embraced in an act which
shall not be expressed in the title, such
act shall be void only as to so much
thereof as shall not be so expressed
in the title; and no act of the legis-
lative assembly shall take effect until thirty
days after its passage, unless. in case Of
(which emergency shall be ex-
pressed in the preamble or body of the act),
the legislative assembly shall by vote of
two-thIrds of all the members appointed or
elected to each house otherwise direct.
SEC. ID. And be it further enacted, That
no money shall be drawn from the treasury
Of the District, except in pursuance of an
appropriation made by law, and no bill
making appropriations for the pay or sala-
ries of the officers of the District govern
other subject.
SEC. IA. And be it further enacted, That
each legislative assembly shall provide for
all the appropriations necessary for the or
binary and contingent expenses of the gov
of the district until the expiration
IF the first fiscal quarter after the adjourn
nent of the next regular session, the aggre-
gate amount of which shall not be increased
without a vote of twO-thirds of the mem
)erS elected or appointed to each house as
herein provided, nor exceed the amount of
'eyenue authorized by law to be raised in
'uch time, and all appropriations, general
" special, requiring money to be paid out
If the District treasury, from funds belong
ng to the district, shall end with such fiscal
quarter; and no debt, by which the aggre-
,ate debt of the District shall exceed five
yer cent of the assessed property of the
District shall be contracted, unless the law
authorizing the same shall at general
election have been submitted to the people
md have received majority of the votes
asst for members OF the legislative
ssembly at such election. The legis-
alive assembly shall provide for the
publication of said law in at least two
newspapers in the District for three months,
It least, before the vote of the people shall
'e taken on the same, and provision shall
'e made in the act for the payment of the
interest annually, as it shall accrue, by a
ak levied for the purpose, or from other
ources OF revenue, which law providing for
he payment of such interest by such tax
hall be irrepealable until such debt be
aid: Provided, that the law levying the
ak shall be submitted to the people with
he law authorizing the debt to be con-
racted.
SEC. IS. And be it further enacted, That
he legislative assembly shall never grant
T authorize extra compensation, fee, or
llowance to any public officer, agent, |
ervant or contractor, after service has been |
endered or a contract made, nor |
uthOrize the payment of any claim, |
r part thereof, hereafter created |
gainst the District under any contract !
r agreement made, without express au-
hOrity,of law; and all such unauthorized |
greements or contracts shall be null and |
old.
SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That |
ne District shall never pay, assume OF be- |
ONE responsible for the debts or liabilities |
t, or in any manner give, loan or extend |
s credit to or in aid of any public or other /
association or individual.
SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That |
1e legislative assembly shall not pass
Decial laws in any of the following cases,
nat Is to say: For granting divorces; regu-
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lting the jurisdiction or duties of justices
the peace, police magistrates or consta-
les; providing for changes of venue in civil
r criminal cases, or swearing and impanel-
lg jurors; RENTING fines, penalties or for
,itures; the sale or mortgage of
eal estate belonging to minors
T others under disability; changing
Ie law of descent; increasing or
the fees of public officers during
le term for which said officers are elected
: appointed; granting to any corporation,
ssociation, or individual any special or ex-