New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-02-22
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Secretary of STATE.

AN AL
TO amend and re-enact sections two
and three Of act No. 10, entitled 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.
Vened and commenced December .. 1872,
of the Third General Assembly OF the
State of Louisiana, by appropriating
and providing for the sale of seventy-tive
thousand dollars of legislative warrants,
and declaring the manner OF discussing
the amount realized by the sale Of said
warrants, or for their redemption, APP
proved January 10, 1873, and authorizing
the Auditor OF Public Accounts to issue
warrants in exchange for certificates of
the General Assembly, and providing for
the fixing of the rate of such exchange,
and for other purposes.
SECTION !. Be i enacted by the Senate
and House of Rep esentatives of the State
of Louisiana in &c leral Assembly convened,
That section two If act No. 10 Of 1873, APP
proved January 10, 1873, be and the same
IS hereby amended SO as to read as follows
That for the pIrpOse of realizing as large
an amount as possible from tho sale OF
saiG warrant or warrants, the Auditor of
Public Accounts aud the State Treasurer
are hereby authorized, empowered and di-
rected to invite, forthwith after the passage
of this act, sealed proposals for the pur.
chase OF said warrant or warrants. and
such proposal or proposals shall be submit
ted to the General Assembly for approval
OF rejection
SEC 2 Be it further enacted, etc, That
section three Of the act above reclted be
and the same is hereby amended SO as to
read as follows: 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 Assent bly,, In
amounts as follows: Two-ifJhs TO the Sen
ate and three -ffths to the House of Repre-
sentatives, which be warranted upon by
the Auditor of Pablo Accounts. to the
extent of the respective amounts, as desig-
mated, or so much thereof as may be neces'
sary for the payment set forth i'll section
first of this act, upon presentations OF the
certificate issued in accordance WITH the
provisions OF section four Of this act. and
the Treasurer OF the State ~ hereby uIo
reCted to pay said warrants; provided
there are moneys in the treasury to
the credit of said General Assembly:
and in case there should be none, then the
Auditor Of Public Accounts is hereby
authorized and directed TO issue hi, war.
rants in exchange for the certificates issued
10 aforesaid upon demand. and the basis ot
said exchange shall be for every seventy
Two cents in certificates Of the General As
senblv, the Auditor of Public Accounts
snail issre his warrant for one dollar. Or al
that rate. and he shall make said warrants
IN denominations to sui! the holders of the
certificates aforesaid. as the said holders
thereof may demand, and that AL warrants
issued under the provisions Of this act are
hereby declared receivable attheir full VaU"
for any and ali taxes .iuc 20 the general
fund for 1872, and for the year 1873. as wei!
as for all and any States licenses which
may be required to be paid for the year
1873, and the Treasurer of the State and
the several tax collector. of the State are
hereby instructed and directed to receive
said warrants in payment Of aforesaid dues
when offered
SEC. g. Be it further enacted, etc. That
this act shall take effect and be IN
force from and after its passage. and all
laws or parts of laws conflicting herewith
ae and the same ar hereby repealed.
tSgned) CHARLES w. LOWELL.
Speaker of the House Of Representatives.
;Signed) G. c. ANTOINE.
Lieutenant Governor and President: OF the
Senate.
Approved February - 1873
iSignedl WILLIAM =. KELLOGG,
Governor of the State OF Louisiana
a true copy:
WILLIAM WEEKS.
Assistant Secretary OF State.