New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-19
Thousand dollars, or so much thereof as

Thousand dollars, or so much thereof as
may be necessary.
Appropriation to pay certificates of in
debtedness for mileage and per diem of
members and employees, etc, of the House
of Representatives, as per Judgment Of the
Eighth District Court, rendered July II,
1871, twenty thousand eight hundred and
twentythree dollars and forty-two cents.
Appropriation to pay the salary Of the
public gardener at Baton Rouge, five hun
dred dollars.
Appropriation to pay William Wright for
similar loss as that of j S. Dickey and 9th
ers, for work done on the Glasscock levee
two thousand nine hundred and seventy
dollars and ninety five cents.
SEC. :. BE it further enacted, etc, That
the sum of three hundred dollars be appro-
priated to the representative OF each news
paper in the House and Senate who has re-
ported the proceedings of the General As
sembly this session to the press OF the city
of New Orleans.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc. That
each officer for the benefit OF whose office
there is contingent fund appropriated by
this act, shall render to the General Assem-
bly,, within the first ten days of each regu-
lar session, detailed statement OF each
item of expenditure thereof, accompanied
with the vouchers therefor, showing what
disposition has been made of such funds,
and that such fund shall only be drawn for
quarterly.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, etc, That
in all cases in which appropriations are
made by this act, and in which the amount
to be paid is indefinite, such as contingent
fund or expenses, cost of recording, etc, no
warrant shall be drawn by the Auditor on
the Treasurer therefor unless Il specific ac-
count of the items to he paid shall be annexed
to the warrant and then only when 1t shall
appear that the items of such account
properly come under the head of the appro-
priatiOn from which it is proposed to De
drawn.
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted. etc, That
whenever any specific appropriations snail
be made to meet any item OF expenditure
which occurs annually by provision OF Or
ganic or statute laws or tor contingent eX-
pense, and there shall remain any portion
of it uneXpended at the end OF the year TOT
which such specific appropriation was maze
after all legal claims against 1t Tor
said year shall have been paid, then it shall
be the duty of the Auditor OF Public Ac-
counts to cancel any such balance OF appro-
priation, and each succeeding year he shall
open new account for the appropriation
which may be made for that particular year,
without carrying forward any unexpended
balance of appropriation made for any
previous year: provided, that this provision
shall not apply to appropriations made TO
pay the debt OF the State, principal and in
terest, nor for the support OF public educa-
ton, nor to the unexpended balance of the
appropriation made by act No. y OF 1871 for
the payment of outstanding warrants OF the
Board of Public Works; and that section
1877 of the Revised Statutes Of 1870 be and
the same is hereby repealed.
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the warrants hereafter issued for the sala-
ries Of the judicial officers of the State shall
be receivable for taxes due the general
fund.
SEC. T. Be it further enacted, etc, That
all laws or parts OF laws fixing salaries or
other compensation for services performed
for the State. or for any other purpose, con-
trary to or in conflict with this act be and
the same are hereby repealed, and that this
act shall take effect from and after Its
passage.
(Signed) O. II. BREWSTER,
Speaker of the House OF Representatives.
(Signed) p. 3. S. PINCHBACk.
Lieutenant Governor and President OF the
Senate.
Approved March 5. 1872.
(Signed) III. c. WARMOTH,
Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy:
+. j. HEBRON,
Secretary of State.