The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-29

act registration laws. No person who
is q defauiter is eligible to an Office, nor
is any one who has been convicted oil
| fighting duel or bearing challenge.
The House OF Representatives is fixed
at one hundred and seventy.five men,
bers; the Senate at forty-four members.
The Senatorial Districts are fixed and
defined in the constitution. The Legis-
lature 10 to sit biennally, and then only
for forty days. No one holding an office,
civil or military, can be a member of
the Legislature. No act can become q
law unless it is shown by the act
that 1t was passed by a majority Of
the members elected to each House.
This is new and valuable change.
ALI private corporations are to be es-
tablished under general law.
The same checks and restraints
which are embodied In the Pennsylva-
MIA constitution, quoted in this paper a
few days ago, on all private and special
acts, are introduced into the Georgia
constitution. The pay Of members is
fixed at "a per day, mileage ten cents a
mile. The expenses. clerk hire, ETC., OF
the officers of the Legislature are fixed
as to the amounts.
All elections by the Legislature must
be vird voce.
It Is specially provided that the
separate property Of wives shall not be
liable for the husbands debts.
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home, must deposit, az security for the
payment OF policies, large amounts
with the treasurer.
The power Of the Legislature to regu-
late the rates Of freight and prevent I'M
just DETERMINATIONS is given to the
Legislature. There are other stringent
provisions against the remission OF PEN
alties and forfeiture of corporation and
the combinations and transfers of stocks
from one corporation to another.
The Supreme and Superior Judges are
elected by the Legislature. Any case
In the Supreme Court not tried In two
terms after appeal, Is to be taken from
the docket and the judgment appealed
from must stand.
The Governor can veto any clause Of
bill and approve others, without having
to approve or veto the whole bill.
No final divorce can be granted, ex-
cept on the concurrent verdicts Of two
juries at different terms OF the court.
Taxation is limited to the following
purposes:
Par. I. The powers Of taxation over the whole
State shall be exercised by the General Assembly
for the following purposes only:
For the support OF the State government and
the public institutions.
For educational purposes in instructing chill |
only.
To pay the interest on the public debt.
To pay the principal Of the public debt
To suppress insurrection, to repel invasion and |
defend the State In time OF war.
To supply the soldiers who lost q limb or limbs |
In The military service Of the Confederate States,
with good substantial artificial limbs during life.
But our article grows too long. We
have not, however, presented all the |
peculiarities Of this new experiment in
Some Of them do mot |
strike us as wise or practical. There
are othsrs which create wholesome |
checks and restraints upon the govern
ment. On the whole, however, It ap-
pears to us to be hastily framed in
,trument. Nor are Its provisions
,ouched in sufficiently perspicuous and
distinct phrase and language. In this,
Ind indeed In nearly every other 70.
,pect, the Georgia constitution is great
y inferior to the new constitution Of