New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-09
No. IL.
AN ACT

AN ACT
To amend an act entitled AN act defining
the distances from the domicies 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. and making an APP
preparation to defray the expenses OF the
General Assembly, and to repeal act No.
81 of 1863.
SECTION |. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House OF representatives of the State
OF Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
That section eleven Of said act be amended
and re-eaacted to read as follows: That the
Committees on Contingent Expenses of
both houses of the General Assembly shall
keep a regular set of books, crediting 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 debltlng 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 employe. on contin
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and crediting them with payment made as
they are made. The chairman Of the Com
mittee on Contingent Expenses shall,
upon the production Of the certificate
required by this act, draw his warrant upon
the Warrant Clerk OF each house for the
amount due the member or employe. which
warrant shall be counters -ned by the pre-
siding officer OF the respective houses, II he
finds the same correct. and the Warrant
Iari- 10 nv ~ cd TO WAY n "a
fiscal agent for the amount. TO be paid out
of the funds provided therefor. The Presl-
dent of the Senate and Speaker OF the
House shall, by themselves or their CLERKS
at any time have the right to examine al!
books required to be kept by the Warrant
Clerk and Committee on Contingent tx
penses Of either house, and the vouchers III
the possession OF said respective committees
and Warrant Clerk a. 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
hook shall be kept posted up at the ent OF
each business day during the session. and
DE opened to the inspection OF any member
OF each house. The money appropriated
iof contingent expense of each house s!iaii
be paid on the warrant Of the chairman of
the Committee on Contingent Expenses
| approved Ivy the presiding oft Ger OF the re
| specLiVe houses, drawn on the Warrant
CleiH; lhe warrants shall be drawn by
the warrant Clerk on the fiscal agent. in
FAVOR oil the persons TO whom the amount
| may be due.
SEC. = Be it further enacted. etc, That
section thirteen of the said act be amend
e1 ana re-enacted to read as follows:
That there be and is hereby annronriated
the sum of two hundred thousand doiIars to
pay the per diem and mileage of the mem
bers OF the General Assembly and the off
GERS and employees and the contingent ex
penses thereof, for the session commencing
on the first day Of January, A. d. eighteen
hundred and seventy-twO, and for the extra