New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-04-30
No. IL.
AN ACT

AN -ACI
To amend an act entitled "An act defining
the distances from the domiciles of mem
bers of the General Assembly to the
State House, fixing the mode of ascertain
ing the per diem of members OF the Gen
eral Assembly for the time engaged in
going to and returning from the State
House, and their mileage to be paid, and
the number OF employees of the General
Assembly and their compensation, and
defining their duties, and making an ap-
preparation to defray the expenses of the
General Assembly, and to repeal act No.
SO of 1862
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
OF Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
That section eleven OF said act be amended
and re-enacted to read as follows: That the
Committees On Contingent Expenses of
both houses Of the General Assembly shall
keep regular set of books, crediting the
State with the amount of the per diem and
mileage OF members, per diem of employees.
and the contingent fund set apart for their
respective houses, and debiting the State
with payment made on any of the above
accounts daily, SO as to have the account
made up at the end of each business day of
the session, and shall also open an account
with each member and employe. on contin-
gent account, charging the amount due them,
and crediting them with payment made as
they are made. The chairman of the Com
mittee on Contingent Expenses shall,
upon the production of the certificate
required by this act, draw his warrant upon
the Warrant Clerk of each house for the
amount due the member or employe, which
warrant shall be countersigned by the pre-
siding officer of the respective houses. if he
finds the same correct, and the Warrant
Clerk is hereby directed to warrant on the
fiscal agent for the amount, to be paid out
of the funds provided therefor. The Presi-
dent OF the Senate and Speaker Of the
House shall, by themselves or their clerks,
at any time, have the right to examine ali
books required to be kept by the Warrant
Clerk and Committee on Contingent Ex-
penses OF either house, and the vouchers in
the possession of said respective committees
and Warrant Clerk, as the case may be-
and other evidence they may desire, to as
certain whether such warrants issued are
correct and the amounts legally due. Said
book shall be kept posted up at the end of
each business day during the session, and
be opened to the inspection of any member
of each house. The money appropriated
for contingent expense OF each house shall
be paid on the warrant of the chairman of
the Committee on Contingent Expenses.
approved by the presiding officer of the re-
spective houses, drawn on the Warrant
Clerk. The warrants shall be drawn by
the Warrant Clerk on the fiscal agent, in
favor OF the persons to whom the amount
may be due.
SEc..2 Be it further enacted, ETC.. That
section thirteen of the said act be amend
ed and re-enacted to read as follows:
That there be and is hereby appropriated
the sum OF two hundred thousand dollars to
pay the per diem and mileage Of the mem.
bers OF the General Assembly and the Off.
GERS ana employees and the contingent ex-
penses thereOt, for the session commencing
on the trst day of January, A. D. eighteen
hundred and seventy-two, and for the extra
session OF the Senate held on the sixth and
seventh days Of December, A. D. eighteen
hundred and seventy-one, payable out ofI
any money in the State treasury to til |
credit OF the general fund; and that if thse |
De not sufficient funds in the State treaarv
10 meet this appropriation, that the AUDITOR
OF Public Accounts be and he is HEREBY d. |
rected to issue warrants on the Statetreas-
ury in denominations of five thoussd dol
lars each, in favor of the GOverne of the
State, who is hereby authorized and en-
powed to procure loan of the sid sum of
two hundred thousand dollars kexecuting
. note to be signed by him, asGovernor Of
the State, to which may be Annexed the
warrants above authorized - be issued to
him, as collateral security1r the payment
Of such loan; said warrantato be registered
in the office OF the State TJasurer, and paid
put OF any money nof in the State
treasury 10 the credt Of the general
fund, anG out OF thefrst money which
shall be paid into He treasury to the
credit OF the genera fund. until ali the |