New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-14

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AN ACT

Making an appropriation to pay The mile
age and per diem of the members, salaries
OF officers and employees, and the contin-
gent expenses of the extra session, con-
yened and commenced December 9, 1872,
of the third General Assembly Of the
State of Louisiana, by appropriating and
providing for the sale of seventy-five
thousand dollars of legislative warrants,
and declaring the manner Of disbursing
the amount realized BIS the sale of said
warrants, and for their redemption.
SECTION |. BE it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
That the Auditor of Public Accounts shall,
and he is hereby directed to issue his war
rant, or warrant upon the State Treasurer,
against the general fund" to thesam0unt
of seventy-tiVe thousand dollars for
the payment of members, officers, en-
ployes and the contingent expenses of
the extra session convened and com
menced December 9, 1922, of the third
General Assemb ly of the State of Louisiana,
to be sola as hereinafter provided, which,
when sold, the proceeds thereof, or so much
as may be necessary, be and is hereby ap-
propriated to pay the mileage and per diem
of members, salaries of officers and en-
ployes, and the contingent expenses of the
present extra session OF the General AS
sembly.
SEC. /. Be it further enacted, etc, That
for the purpose of realizing as large an
amount as possible from the sale OF said
warrant or warrants, the Auditor OF Pub
lie Accounts and the State Treasurer are
hereby authorized, empowered and direct
ed to invite, forthwith, or within ten days
after the passage of this act, sealed pro-
posals, or otherwise, for the purchase OF
said warrant or warrants, and such pro-
posal or proposals shall be su omitted to the
General Assembly for approval or reiec-
ton; provided, that only One-halt of the
said appropriation hereby authorized shall
first be disposed of and exhausted before
the balance of said appropriation shall be
placed in the market and disposed of IN
accordance with the provisions of this act;
and provided further, that when the re-
naming balance of said appropriation is to
be expended, any person entitled TO the
benefits thereof shall be entitled to receive
warrants at the cash money value or rates
for which the first portion of said apprO-
priation was disposed of by the said Audi
tor and Treasurer under the provisions of
this act. If said persons take the benefit
thereof within ten days after the first part
of said appropriation has been exhausted,
or otherwise, the said Auditor and Treas
urer will proceed to dispose of the balance
of said appropriation in the manley pre-.
scribed by this act.
SEC 3. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the proceeds realized by said sale shall be
deposited in the State Treasury to the credit
of the general fund, under the heading of
General Assembly" in amounts as follows,
two-fifths to the Senate and thIee-itths to
the House of Representatives, which shall
be warranted upon by the Auditor OF Pub
lie Accounts to the extent of the respective
amounts rs designated, or so much thereof
as NAV be necessary for the payment set
forth in section first OF this act, upon pre-.
sentatOn of the certificate issued in accord
anCe with the provisions OF section four OF
this act, and the Treasurer of the State is
hereby directed to pay said warrants.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted etc, That it
shall be the duty of the committee on au
diting and supervising the expenses Of the
Senate and of the Committee on Contin-
gent expenses Of the House, to issue when
demanded, and upon presentation of the
proper evidences, a certificate, certifying
the amount due TO each member of their
respective houses, for his mileage ard per
diem, and to each of the officers and en-
plOyes of their respective houses his salary
and to each contingent expense creditor the
amount due to said creditor, which certih-
Gates thus issued, shall be approved on the
part of the Senate, by its presiding officer.
and on the part of the House OF Representa-
tives by the Speaker thereof, and the All
ditor of Public Accounts shall, and he is
hereby directed to issue his warrants for
said certificates, to the extent OF the respec.
tive amounts designated and allotted. as
set forth in section third of this act, and
the Treasurer of the State is hereby di-
rected to pay said warrants; provided, that
nothing herein contained shall be construed
as repeating sections two and three OF act
No. |, approved February 20, 1872.
SEC. ). Be it further enacted, etc, That
the warrant or warrants issued as directed
in section one of this act shall be and are
hereby declared receivable, at their face
value, for and in payment of all and any
State tax due for 1872 and for the year 1873.
as well as for all and any State licenses
which may be required to be paid for the
year 1873 and the Treasurer of the State
and the several tax collectors Of the State
are hereby instructed and directed 20
receive said warrants in payment Of afore.
said dues when offered.
SEC. +. Be it further enacted, etc. That
the warrant Oy warrants ISSUED as directed
by section one of this acs the Auditor OF
backs thereof. in red ink. the title of this
act and the sections thereof as herein en-.
acted
SEC: :. Be IL further enacted, s'c.. Tha.
all acts or part. of acts, or laws or parts OF
Jaws, contrary 80 or inconsistent with this
act. be and are hereby repealed. and that
this act shall. tax. effect from and after its
passage.
(Signed) CHARLES W. LOWELL.
Speaker OF the House Of representatives.
(Signed! 4. b. HARRIS.
President OF the Senat. sDI Acting Lieu
tenant Governor.
approved January 10. 1873.
!Signedt p. Il. :. PINCHBACH,
Lieutenant Governor and Acting Governor
of Louisiana
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