New Orleans Republican., 1872-04-04

To amend an act entitled AN act defining
| tie distances from the doniciles 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. aLd making an ap-
preparation to defray the expenses of the
General Assembly, and 10 repeal act No
- of 1862
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House OF Representatives Of tie 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. creditinr 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 emrlove. on contin-
gent account, Charging the amount due them.
and crediting them with payment made as
they are made. The chairman of the Com
mttee on Contingent Expenses shall.
upon the production of the cer,ihrare
required 10y this act. draw his warrant upon
the Warrant Clerk OF each house for the
amount due the member or emplove. which
warrant snail DE counterSlgued by the pre-
sldlng officer OF the respective houses if he
mas the same correct. and tie Warrant
Slerk Is hereby directed % warrant on the
iscal agent for the amount. to be par, out
no Dc 4 4 -.
cent OF the Senate and Speaker of the
House shall, by themselves or their clerks.
at any time, have the right to examine all
DOORS required to be kept by the Warrant
Clefh ana COMMITTEE on Contingent Ex-
penses OF either house, and the vouchers in
the possession OF said respective commuters
and Warrant Clerk, as the case NAV be
ana other evidence theySmav desire. to as.
certain whether such warrants issued are
correct and the amounts legally due Sa;i
book shall be kept posted up at the end ot
each business day during the session. and
oe opened to the Inspection of any member
OF each house. The money apl,ronriared
ior contingent expense Of each house shall
De pad on the warrant of the chairman of
the Committee on Contingent Eynenses
approved by the presiding officer of the re-,
Spee.i'e houses, uraWn on the Warrant
Cierk. The warrants shall be drawn h1. |
the warrant Clerk on the fiscal AGENT IN
favor OF the persons to whom the aponnt
may be due. "'4-0''N'
SEC. = be 1t further enacted. etc That
section thirteen of the said act he amend.
.O anu re-enacted to read as f,Iious.
/ nat there be and is hereby appropriatel
The sum OF two hundred thousand dollars 10
pay the per diem and mileage of the mem
oess OF the General Assembly and the otfi
;ers ana employees and the. contingent ex-
'FhSes dhefeof, TOR the session commencing
'h lhe nrst day of January A. d. eighteen
luh.lleu ana seVenty-two. and for the extra
essen OF the Senate held on the sixth and
eventh days of December, A. ID. eighteen
iuhuleo ana seventy-One, payable out OF
my money in the State treasury 70 the
ledlt OF the general fund; and that if there
'e not sufilcient funds in the State treasury
. y lHeet lhls appropriation that the Auditor
i fuDlc Accounts be and he is hereby di-
ecttd 20 Issue warrants on the State tleas-
ny III denominations of five thousand dol
ars each, in favor. of the Governor Of the
tate, who is hereby authorized and en-
owed to procure a loan of the said sum of |
NO hundred thousand dollars by executinr
note to be signed by him. as Governor of
he State. to which may be annexed the
i'm, as collateral security for the payment
such loan; said warrants to be Registered
the office of the State Treasurer and maid .
ut Of any money now in the Sts+n | :
,easurv to the credit of the penaraI ;;
md, and out of the first monev wh;ch .
hall be paid into the treasury 70 tho :
redit of the general fund, until all the :
arrants issued under the appropriarion
Jade IN this act shall have been maid: h
rovided, that the warrants heretofore -
'glstered In accordance with the provisions a