The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-10-11
No. 10. I
AN ACT

Making an Appropriation TO pay the |
Mileage and Per Diem of the MEM
bers, Salaries of Officers and En-
ployes, and the Contingent E1pen-
ses of the Extra Session. convened
and commenced December 9. 1872,
of the Third General Assembly of
tae State of Louisiana, by appropri-
ating and providing for the sale of
seventy-fve thousand dollars of leg
islatiye warrants, and dcclarin the
manner of disbursing the amount
realized by the sale of said warrants,
and for their redemption.
Section. l. 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 warrant or
warrants, upon the State Treasurer,
against the general fund to the amount
of seventy five thousand dollars, for
the payment of members, officers and
employees and the contingent expenses
of the extra session convened and
commenced December 8, 1927 of the
Third General Assembly of the State
of Louisiana, to be sold as hereinafter
provided, which, when sold, the pro-
ceeds thereof, or so much as may be
necessary, be and is hereby appropri-
ated to pay the mileage and per diem
of members, salaries of officers and
employees, and the contingent expenses
of the present extra session of the
General Assembly.
Sec. 2, 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 Public Accounts and the
State Treasurer are hereby authorized,
empowered and directed to invite
forthwith, or within ten days after the
passage of this act, sealed proposals.
or otherwise, for the purchase Of said
warrant or warrants, and such propos-
al or proposals shall be submitted 10
the General Assembly for approval or
rejection; provided, that ouly one-half
of the said appropriation hereby au-
thorized shall first be disposed of and
exhausted before the balance of said
appropriated 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 persons entitl-
ed to the benefits thereof shall be en-
titled to receive warrants at the cash
money value or rates for which the
first portion of said appropriation was
disposed of by the said Auditor and
Treasurer under the provisions of this
act. lfsaid persons take the benefit
thereof within ten days after the first
part OF said appropriations has been
exhausted, or otherwise. the said Aud
itor and Treasurer will proceed tn dis
pose of the balance of said appropria-
ton In the manner prescribed 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-ffths to the
Senate and three fifths TO the House of
Representatives, which shall be war
r6nted upon by the Auditor of Public
Accounts to the exteat of the respec-
tive amounts, as designated, or so
much thereof as may be necessary for
the payment set forth in section first
of this act, upon presentation of the
certificates issued in accordance with
the provisions of section four of this
act, and the Treasurer of the State is
hereby directed to pay said warrants.
Sec. a. Be it further enacted etc..
That it shall be the duty of the com
mittee on auditing aud supervising the
expenses of the Senate, and of the
Committee on Contingent Expenses of
the House, TO issue when demanded,
and upon presentation of the proper
evidences, certificate certifying the
amount due to each member of their
respective houses, for his mileage aud
per diem, and to each of the officers
and employees of their respective hou-
ses his salary, and to each contingent
expense creditor the amount due to
said creditor, which certificates thus
issued shall be approved-on the part
of the Senate by its presiding officer,
and on the part of the House of Repre-
sentstives by the Speaker thereof; and
the Auditor of Public Accounts shall
and he is hereby directed to issue his
warrants for said certificates, to the
extent of the respective amounts de-
signated and allotted, as set forth in
section third of this act, and the Treas
urer of the State is hereby directed to
pay said warrants; provided, that
nothing herein contained shall be con-
strued as repeating sections two and
three of act No. ii, approved February
%, 1872.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That the warrant or warrants issued
as directed in section one Of this act