New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-09

contingent expenses OF each house shall be
paid on the warrant of the chairman Of the
Committee ON Contingent Expenses, drawn
on the Warrant Clerk. The warrants shall
be drawn by the Warrant Clerk on the fis-
cal agent in favor of the persons TO whom
the amount may be due.
SEC, r. Be it further enacted, ETC., mat
the committees of either house who may be
required to visit the public or charitable IN
situations of this State. or for any cause leave
the seat of government, under the direction
of the General Assembly, whether during
or after the close Of the session, shall only
be allowed the rate of mileage allowed
herein to members going to the State House
and returning therefrOm, which shall be
computed on the distance actually Travelled,
as far as may be computed, as fixed IN this
act, and shall be drawn in the same manner
as provided in this act for the pay OF
members; provided that before any pay
ment is made or drawn for any member
claiming the mileage under this section
shall make out an account specifying the
distance travelled, designating the points
between which the distances are estimated,
and make oath at the foot thereof that he
actually, in person, traveied the distance
charged for, and that the account is cor
rect, it being the intention hereof that con-
structive mileage is never to be paid for IN
the case provided for in this section.
SEC L. Be it further enacted. ETC., That
there be and is hereby appropriated the
sum of two hundred and thousand dol
lars to pay the per diem and mileage OF
the members of the General Assembly, and
the officers and the employees, and the con-
tingent expenses thereof, for the session COM
mencing on the first Monday Of January,
1872 and for the extra session OF the Senate
held on the sixth and seventh day OF De-
cember, 1871, and that any money IN the
State treasury at the date OF the passage OF
this act whether to the credit OF the general
funds or any special fund. other than the
school fund. the Auditor of Public Accounts
shall draw his warrants to the order of the
fiscal agent of the State and by hun shall
be deposited in the Citizens Bank of Louis
lana, to the credit of the mileage and per
diem of members. and Of the per diem
of officers and employees and the con
tingent expenses of the General Assembly.
The fiscal agent is hereby authorized to re-
ceive the warrants of the State Auditor,
draw and deposit the money, and disburse
the same as herein provided. This amount
be and is hereby specially appropriated for
this purpose, and if there be not this amount
in the treasury, then this appropriation to
be paid out OF the first money that may be
paid into the State treasury, after the pas
sage of this act, to the credit of any such
funds provided, that if any money belong
ing to any of the special funds be used to pay
any part Of this appropriation, the same be
refunded to such special fund out OF any
money that may be paid into the treasury
to the credit of the general funds. after the
payment of the appropriation herein made;
provided, further, that the warrants hereto
fore preferred by law shall be paid in their
proper order out of the taxes as they are
collected: and that sixty thousand dollars
of this appropriation be set apart for the
Senate, and one hundred and forty thou
sand dollars thereof be set apart for the
House of Representatives.
SEC IA. Be it further enacted, etc, That
all officers and employees of either house
shall be paid from the same fund and in
the same manner as the members.
SEC l5 Be it further enacted. etc, That
for the services rendered by the Warrant
Clerk he shall receive eight dollars per day
during the session and for ten days after
the adjournment; and the postmaster of
each. house. as full compensation tor his
services. shall receive the sum of seven
dollars per day during the session; pro
vided. that nothing in this act shall be SO
construed as to continue the office of War
rant Clerk beyond the close of the present
session of the General Assembly. And one
Chaplain for each [housel, who shall receive
salary Of five dollars per diem.
SEC. 10. be 1t further enacted exc. I nat
Joint resolution No. % of the acts OF 1867.
instructing the Warrant Clerk of both
houses of the General Assembly to draw
warrants OF the Treasurer and sell the
same at their highest marketable value, and
pay the mileage and per diem of members
and salaries OF officers and employees in cur
rency. and instructing them to allow twenty
per cent 20 each member, officer and en-
ploye who have already received their
mileage or per diem in warrants, under the
supervision of the Committee on Contin-
gent Expenses of both houses, be and the
same is hereby repealed.
SEC. Il. Be II further enacted. etc. That
this act shall take effect from and after its
passage, except so far as it affects the sala-
ries of the officers of both houses of the
General Assembly. whose salaries are now
fixed by law who are hereby excepted from
its provisions until the expiration of the
term for which they We're elected or APP
pointed
(Signedj O. II. BREWSTER.
Speaker of the House of Representatives,.
(Signed) p. Il. s. PINCHBACh
Lieutenant Governor and President OF the
Approved February %, 1872.
(Signed) H. G. WARMOTH,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
+. J. HERON,
Secretary of State