New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-03-05
No.. =.
AM ACT

Making an appropriation of one hundred
and fifty eight thousand dollars out OF
the general funds lin the State treasury
or received in thh treasury during the
year 1879, for the payment of the mileage
and per diem of members, salaries of
officers and employees and contingent eX-
penses of the General Assembly of
Louisiana, for the regular session Of 1875:
directing the Auditor of Public Accounts
to issue warrants to the chairman of the
Contingent Expenses Committee of the
House, and to the chairman of the Com
mittee on Auditing and Supervising the
Accounts of the Sdnate on the Treasurer,
and making such warrants receivable for
State licenses; directing the Treasurer of
the State to receive snch warrants in set
Element with tax collectors, and to pro-
vide for the disburtem ent of the amount
appropriated.
SECTION !. BE it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives. of the State
Of Louisiana in General Assembly con-
vened, That the bum of one hundred
and tftyeight hOI!sand dollars, or as
much thereof as | may be necessary
be and ls hereby appropriated out of any
money in the treasury to the credit of the
general fund, or tLdt may be received in
the treasury to the credit of the general
fund, not otherwise appropriated, for the
payment of the mileage and per diem of
members, salaries bf officers and EN-
plOyes and contingent expenses OF the Gen.
eral Assembly duritg its regular session
or 1875, said sum tb be appropriated an
follows, to wit: 10 pay mileage and per |
drem OF members salaries of officers and !
employees of the Holts OF Representatives,
seventytwo thousanH dollars; to pay con- |
tngent expenses of the House of Repre-. |
sentatives. Observation-Disclosures, ETC.. for the |
use OF the House of Representatives.,
twenty eight Thousand dollars. To nav
mileage and per diem of members, salaries
OF officers and employees OF the Senate
thirty-nlne thousanH dollars; to pay con-
tlngent expenses OIL the Senate, including |
furniture. etc, for the use Of the Senate.
nineteen thousand d4llars.
SEC ,. Be it further enacted, etc, That
1T shall be- the duty Hf tho Committee on |
Auditing and Supe1vising the Expenses of
the State, and the COMMITTEE ON Contin
gent Expenses of the House of Represent
atlves 10 Issue, when demanded. and upon |
presentation of the proper evidence, GER
tihcate certifying the amount due to each
member of their respective houses for his |
mileage and per didm. and to each of the |
officers and employees of their respective
houses his salary, which certificate thus
issued shall be approved on the part of tie
Senate by its presiding officer, and on the
part of the House Of Representatives by
the Speaker thereof; and the Auditor Of
uohc Accounts shali and ls hereby direct
gu ana required tG issue his warrants for I
Ine amount OF sald certihcates on the reas.
ulor' ana inc treasurer Is hereby directed
" pay the saiu warrants ana the Com
~ oh contingent Expenses OF the
,io"sc ana the CouEhittee on AuditlnS ana
SUPERVISING accounts OF senate snail Issue !
Nv o.:.,hoa,e in excess oi the amount ap-
p,vp,'a,au ny tnis ap1, ana thAt no war I
aanoS iesi'ia.l,e Vsucners OF other evi-
o. naeDteGhess ISSUED prior 10
.anuai! i. io'o' snail DC pa'u ou' OF tne I
app'opriahoh made In this ACT.
SEC. 3 BE it further enacted, etc, That I
The chairman of the Committee on Contin. '
gent Expenses of the House, and the chair t
nan of the Committee on Auditing and Su- t
,ervising Accounts of the Senate shall C
lraw certificate in their own favor, ap. e
proved by the presiding officers of each
louise, on the Auditor of Public Accounts, t
or the amount of the appropriation made a
n section one of this act for contingent ex-
'enses. and the Auditor shall issue his 5
variants in such sinus as the respective
ualTHen snail lnulcate anu the cnalrmen l.
# said committees shall issue a certificate
0 each contingent creditor, which shall be
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