New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-04-02

TO, contingent expense of each house shall
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
| favor OF the persons to whom the amount
may be due.
SEC 3 Be it further enacted, etc, That
| section thirteen Of the said act be amend
ed and re-enacted to read. as follows ::
| That there be and is hereby appropriated
| the sum of two hundred thousand dollars to
nav the per diem and mileage of the men,
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 seyenty-twO and for the extra
session of the Senate held on the sixth and
seventh DAYS of December, A. ID. eighteen
hundred and seventy -One, payable out of
any money in the State treasury to the
credit of the general fund: and that If there
he not sufficient funds in the State treasury
to meet this appropriation, that the Auditor
of Public Accounts be and he is hereby di-
rected to issue warrants ON the State treas
ury in denominations OF five thousand dol
lars each. in favor OF the Governor or the
State who is hereby authorized and EN-
bowed TO procure loan of the said SUN OF
two hundred thousand dollars by executing
a note to be signed by him, as Governor OF
the State, to which may be annexed the
warrants above authorized to be issued 10
him, as collateral security for the payment
of such loan; said warrants to be registered
in the office of the State Treasurer, and paid
out of any money now IN the state
treasury to the credit OF the general
fund, and out of the first money which
ohaN inf
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 1871 shall 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. cOuntersgned 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
rencv. 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
meDt 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
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 |
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 num- !
bers of all checks issued by the War |
rant Clerk and counterslgned by him. and |
make a statement each day to their re-
spective 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. 3. BE it further enacted etc. That
his act shall take effect from and after its
passage.
tSignedi q. H. BREWSTER.
Speaker of the House OF Representatives.
Signed Z. b. ). PINCHBACK.
Lieutenant Governor and President OF the |
Senate.
Approved February %. 1872
(>;gnedl II. c. WAKMOTH
Governor of the State VI Louisiana.
a trle copy:
+. J. HEBRON.