New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-23

for contingent expense of each house shaie
he Maid on the warrant Of the chairman u
the Committee on Contingent Expenses
approved by the presiding ofhcer OF Ir Ine ,o
spective houses, drawn on the "ari% ~
clerk. The warrants shall be drawn ~
he Warrant Clerk on the fiscal agent, IN
s. ror of the nersOns to whom the amount
Sc. q BE it further enacted, etc, That
section thirteen of the said act be ainenu.
ed and re-enacted to, read as follows
That there be and is hereby appgoRrlateu
the sum of two hundred thousand dollars "
nav the per diem and mileage OF the mem y.
hers of the General Assembly and the ON
cers and employees and the contingent ex-
nenaes thereof, for the session commencing
IN the first day of January, A. ID. eighteen
hundred and seventy-twO, and for the extra
session of the Senate held on the sixth apd
40 zenith DAYS of December, A ID: eighteen
hundred and seventy-oae, payable out OF
any money in the State treasury to the
credit of the general fund; and that IL there
he not sufficient funds in the State treasury
to meet this appropriation, that the Audlt y:
of Public Accounts be and he IS hereby Oh
ractad 10 issue warrants on the State treas
nrv in denominations of five thousand dol
lars each in favor of the Governor OF the
STATE who is Hereby authorized and EN-.
moved TO procure loan of the said sum OF
two hundred thousand dollars by executing
a note to be signed by him, as Governor OF
the State. to which may be annexed tne
warrants above authorized to be issued "
him, as collateral security tor the payment
of such loan: said warrants to be registered
in the Office of the State Treasurer, and paid
ont of any money now in the State
treasury to the credit of the general
fund and out of the first money when
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 paid;
provided, that the warrants heretofore
registered in accordance with the provisions
of act No. % of the acts OF lo1 snail be
paid in their proper order; that said money,
so borrowed. shall be deposited in the State
treasury, one hundred 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 OF
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
reucy. in the Citizens Bank of Louisiana.
to the credit of the respective houses, and
shall be disbursed 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 seventy-one, and the Warrant
| Clerk is hereby directed to make no pay
ment except upon vouchers drawn upon
| him By the Committee on Contingent En-
| penses, and countersigned by the presiding
! officers of the respective. houses: that no
warrant shall be issued by the Committee
on Contingent Expenses, and counter
| signed by the officers of either the
| House or Senate, except for the mile
| age and per diem of the members
and employees, and contingent expenses
of either house for this session and the
extra session of the Senate in 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
seventy-one, in the Senate, and first day OF
January. eighteen hundred and seventy
two, in the House of Representatives, shall
I be paid out of the money appropriated by
this act, 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 cOuntersigned by
| the chairman of the Committee on Con
tingent Expenses, whose duty it is hereby
made to keep separate register and mum
bers of all checks SO issued by the War
rant Clerk and cOunterslgned by him. and
make statement each day to their re-
spectiye houses, which shall be laid upon
the desks of the Chief Clerk or Secretary
for the inspection of the members of the
| General Assembly.
SEC 5. Be it further enacted. etc. That
| this act shall take effect from and after its
| passage. -
| (Si.ned, o. H. BREWSTER,
| Speaker Of the House OF Representatives
/ (Signed) ?. B. S. PINCHBACk,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
/ Approved February %, 1872.
! (oigned1 IL. {. WARMoIH.
| Governor OF the State of Louisiana
! A true copy
/ F. j. HEBRON,
| Secretary of State