New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-04-06
No. IL.

10 amend an act entitled An act de1inins
tie distances from the dOmlcileS OF mem
bers of the General Assembly to tn,
State House fixing the mode of ascertain
Ing tie per diem of members Of the Gen
traI Assembly for the time engag ed il
going 10 and returning from the Stat,
! House, and their mileage to be paid, an,
tie number Of employees of the Genera
Assembly and their compensation. ant
defining their duties. ana making an ap
preparation to defray the expenses OF The
| General Assembly, and to repeal act No
)! of 1862
SECTION /. Be il enacted by the Senate
| and House Of Representatives OF the State
OF Louisiana III General Assembly convened
! That section eleven OF said act be amended
ana re-enacted to read as follows: That tie
! Committees on Contingent Expenses OF
! both houses OF the General Assembly shall
! Keep regular set of books. crediting tie
| State with the amount OF the per diem and
! mileage Of members. per diem OF emploves
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 dav OF
! the session, and shall also open an account
with each member and employee. on contili-
/ gent account. charging the amount due them.
and credltlng them with payment made as
they are made. The chairman of the Com
nittee on Contingent Expenses shall.
upon the production of the certificate
required 10y this act. draw his warrant upon
the Warrant Clerk Of each house for the
amount due the member or emplove. Which
warrant shall be countersisned by the pre-
siding officer of the respective houses. il he
nndS the same correct. and the Warrant
Clerk Is hereby directed to warrant on the
fiscal agent for the amount. TO be paid out
ot the funds provided therefor. The Presi
dent ot the Senate and Speaker OF the
House shall. by themselves or their clerks.
az any tine. have the right to examine all
books required to be kept by the Warrant
Clerk and Committee on Contingent Ex-
renses 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
may be due.
SEC. > Be it further enacted. etc That
section thirteen of the SAID act be amend
ed and re-enacted to read as follows
mat there be and is hereby appropriated
the SUM OF Two hundred thousand dollars 10
pay the per ulem and mileage of the MEM
btrs OF the General Assembly and the OH.
GERS anu employees and the tontinGrn1 AZ
PehSes thereof. for the session commenc;np
on tne nrst day of January A. ID. eighteen
huh'irtu ana seventy-two. and for the extra
sessien OK the Senate held on the sixth and
sttentn Gays OF December, A. d. eighteen
n nu1oieo ana seventy-one, payable out Of |
credit OF the general fund; and that if there |
ne not sufficient funds in the State treasury |
10 meet this appropriation, that the Auditor |
VI fuhilc Accounts be and ne is hereby al;
fected to issue warrants on the State treas
nrF III denominations of five thousand dol
lars each, in favor of the Governor of tho
state who is hereby authorized and en-
poWed TO procure loan OF the said s,,m ot
TWO hundred thousand dollars by eyecnr;nr
note to be signed by him, as Governor II
he State, to which NAV be anneved ,La
v warrants above authorized to be issued 10
lim. as collateral security for the pavnenT
II such loan; said warrants to be regiS-nraT
II the office OF the State Treasurer. and maid
nut OF any money now in the Stare
reasury TO the credit of the General
und. and out of the first Money which
hall be paid into the treasury 70 the
redit OF the general fund. until all the
warrants issued under the appropriation
naae IN this act shall have been paid;
that the warrants heretofore
es'sseieo LII accordance with the provisions i;