New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-29

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
nav the per diem and mileage OF the MEM
bers of the General Assembly and the Off
GERS and employees and the contingent eX-
upnses thereof, for the session commencing
on the first day of January, A. ID. eighteen
hundred and scveuty-tWO, and Tor the extra
session of the Senate held on the sixth and
sc genth DAYS Of December, A ID. eighteen
hundred and seventy-ore, payable out OF
any money in the Stale treasury to the
credit of the general fund; and that if there
he not sufficient funds in the State treasury
to meet this appropriation, that the Auditor
OF Public Accounts be and he Is hereby d.
rected to issue warrants on the State treas
ury in denominations OF five thousand dol
lars each, III favor of the Governor OF the
State. who is hereby authorized and chi
p0wed to procure loan OF the said SUN OF
a note to be signed by him, as Governor OF
the State, to which NAY be annexed tie
warrants above authorized to be issued 20
him, as collateral security for the payment
of such loan; said warrants to be registered
in the Office of the State Treasurer, and pad
out of any money now IN the state
treasury to the credit of the general
fund, and out of the first money which
shall be paid into the treasury to the
credit Of the general fund, until all the
warrants issued under the appropriation
made in this act shall have been PAD;
provided, that the warrants heretofore
registered in accordance with the provisions
of act No. % of the acts Of lS| snail be
paid in their proper order; that said money.
so borrowed, shall Adeposited in the State
treasury, one huh h and forty thousand
dollars to the credit OF the House of Repre-
sentatives, and sixty thousand dollars to
the credit Of the Senate Of Louisiana, TO be
drawn upon the warrant Of the Warrant
Clerk. countersigned by the President %
the Senate or the Speaker OF the House, as
the case may be, by the chairman Of the
Committee ON Contingent Expenses Of the
respective houses The amounts so drawn
shall be deposited, in United States cur
rency, in the Citizens Bank OF Louisiana,
to the credit of the respective houses, and
shall be Gisbursed upon the check OF the
Warrant Clerk, in settlement, first, Of the
mileage and per diem Of members, officers,
employees and contingent expenses of the
session of eighteen hundred and seventy
two, and the extra session of the Senate,
convened December sixth, eighteen hun
dred and scventy-one, and the Warrant
Clerk is hereby directed to make 10 pay
mept except upon vouchers drawn upon
him by the Committee on Contingent ES-
penses, and countersigned by the presiding |
officers of the respective houses: that no |
yUa shall ba iSSnnl Inv tha CuD1 mil tpa
on Contingent Expenses. and counter |
signed by the officers OF either the
House or SeE1te, except for the mile |
age and per diem OF the members |
ard employees, and contingent expenses
of either house for this session and the |
extra session Of the Senate i'll December, |
eighteen hundred and seventy one, it being |
understood by this proviso that no warrant |
issued by either house prior to the sixth |
day Of December, eighteen hundred and |
stEenty-Unr, III the Senate, and first day OF |
january. eighteen hundred and seventy
two. in the House of Representatives, shall |
b. paid oHt OF tie money appropriated by
this Sct and the checks issued by the War
rant Clerk in payment OF the mileage, per
diem and contingent expenses of the Gen
eral Assembly shall be rouutersigned by
the chairman Of the Committee on Con
tingent Expenses, whose duty it is hereby
made to keep separate register and num-
bers of ali checks issued by the War
rant Clerk and counterslgncl by him, and
make a statement each day to their re-
spective houses, which shall he laid upon
the desks of the Chief Clerk or Secretary
for the inspection OF the members OF the
General Assembly.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted etc. That
this act shall take cift ct from and after its
passage
(S;gned) o. H. BfS Err.
Speaker Of the House of kentatives
tsignedl Z. B. S. PINCHBACk
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved February %. 1872
(>igned) II. c. WARMOTH,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
A true copy:
FL. HERON.
SccratarY Ut State.