New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-11
LAWS OF TIE STATE OF LOUISIANA
PUBLISHED By AUTHORITY.
no. 10.
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AN ACT

/ AN AL
| Making en- appropriation to pay the mile
age and per dem of the mem bers, salaries
Of ofisers and employees, and the eontin
! gent expenses of the extra session, con
vened and commenced Dscemper 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 by the sale of said
warrants, and for their redemption.
SECTION /. BE 1t enacted by the Senate
| and House of Represen tatives of the 81 ate
of Louisiana In General Assembly convened,
| That the Auditor of Public Accounts small,
| and he is hereby directed to issue his war
| rant, or warrant upon the State Treasurer,
| against the general fund" to the amount
| of seventy-fve thousand dollars for
the payment Of membors, officers, EN-
pl0yeS and the contingent expenses OF
| the extra session convened and com-
| menced December 8. 1922, of the third
| General Assembly of the State of Louisiana,
| to be sold 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 memb ers, salaries of officers and en-
ployes, AID the contingent expenses of the
present extra session Of the General As
sembly.
Sec. l. Be 1t further enacted, etc., Tbst
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 authorised, empowered and direct
ed to invite, forthwith, or within ten days
after the passage of this act, sealed pro-
possls, or otherwise, for the purchase OF
said warrant or warrants, and such pro
posal or proposals shall be submitted to the
General Assembly for approval or rejeo-
| ton; provided, that only one-halt of the
said apprOpria ton hereby authorized shall
first be disposed of and exhausted before
the balance of said appropriation shall be
placed ia the market and disposed of in
accordance wish the provisions of this act;
aud provided further, that when the re-
manning balance of said appropriation Ia 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 tho 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 otherWis the said Auditor and Treas
urer will proceed to dispose of the balance
Of said appropriation In the manner pre-
eeribed 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 heating of
General Assembly" in amounts as follows,
two-ifths to the Senate and thIee-6fths to
the House of Representatives,, which shall
be warranted upon by the Auditor of Pub
lie Accounts to the extent of the respective
amounts, ss designated, or so much thereof
rs may be necessary for the payment set
forth in section first of this act, upon pre-
sentation of the certificate issued in accord
ance with the provisions Of section tour OF
this act end the Treasurer of the State is
hereby directed to pay said warrants
SIC. 4. be il further enacted etc, That 1t
shau be the duty of the committee on au
ditiDg and supervising the ex penses of the
Senate, and OF the Committee On Contin-
gent expenses OF the House, to iesue when
demanded, aud upon presentation of the
proper evidences, q certificate, certifying
The amount due to each member of their
respective houses, tor his mileage and per
diem, and TO each of the officers and en-
ployes OF thoir 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 pTesiding officer,
and on the part OF the House OF X tpres4nta-
tives by the Speaker thereof, HrG the Au-
ditOr of Publio Accounts shall, and he Ia
hereby directed to issue his warrants for
said certificates, to the extent ot the respec-
tive amounts designated asd allotted, rs
set forth in section thir1 OF this act, and
the Treasurer of the State, ia hereby di-
rected to pay said warrants: provided, that
nothing herein contained shall tee construed
as repeating sections two and three of act
No. l, approved February 26 1872.
SEC. 5 Be it further enacted, eto., 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,
and the Treasurer of the State and the sev
ersl tax collectors of the State are hereby
instructed and directed to receive said
warrants in payment of aforesaid dues
when offered.
SEC g. Be II farther enacted, etc, That
the warrant or warrants issued as directed
by section one of this act the Auditor of
Public Accounts shall have printed on the
backs thereof, in red ink, the title of this
act and the sections thereof as herein en-
acted.
SEC 7: Be 1t further enacted, etc, That
all acts or parts of acts, or laws or parts OF
laws, contrary TO or inconsistent with this
act, be aud are hereby repealed, and that
thla act shall take eHect from ana alttK Tvs
passage.
lSignedI CHARLES W. LOWELL,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives,.
(Signedj A. h. HARRIS.
President Of the Senate and Acting Lieu
tenant Governor.
Approved January 10, 1873.
(Signedl p. 8. PIECHBACk.
Lieutenant Governor cad Acting Governor
of Louisiana
A true copy:
L. 3. MINT,
Asslstaut Snerptarv ~ State