The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-18
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. rs, r.. s. OF 1878.

ACT NO. rs, r. s. OF 1878.
HUMBER ONE.
That the seat of government shall DO estab-
Iished ct the city Of Baton Rouge or at the
city Of New Orleans, as the majority OF the
VOTERS OF the State may determine at the next
ensuing election; those voting to locate the
State capital ct Baton Rouge shall indorse
IN their tickets, "For State Capital, Baton
Rouge;" those voting. to locate the capt.
tal at New Orleans shall lndorse on their
tickets, ssFor State Capital, New Orleans"
(Htrike out article one hundred and thirty
'''" ACT NO. IA, r. s. OF 1878.
NUMBER TWO.
Representatives shall be chosen On the first
Tuesday after the first Monday In November,
every two years, and the election shall be
completed In one day. The General Assembly
shall meet on the first Monday In January,
1879, and biennally thereafter. on the first
appointed by law, and their sessions shall be
held at the seat Of government:
(Strike out article seventeenl
NUMBER THREE.
After the year 1878 the General Assembly
shall not have power to levy In any one year
for all State purposes more than one per cent
nm taxation, nor shall any collection OF more
than one per centum taxation be MADE IN any
one year. on the actual cash value OF all real
and personal property Liable to taxation, OK
tic insurrection, and In that event any addi-
tional taxation shall only be for the tmmedi-
ate purpose Of repelling Invasion or suppress
Ing Instruction. The city Of New Orleans
shall not levy or collect In any one year more
than one and one-half per centum taxation on
the actual cash value OF all the real and per-
gonal property liable to taxation within It's
limits. No parish or municipal corporation,
except the city Of New Orleans. shall levy or
In than
centum taxation upon the actual cash value
Of all the real and personal property liable to
taxation within It's limits. The, General
Assembly shall not have power to Issue any
bond or pledge the faith Of the State for any
purpose, nor shall it authorize any parish or
municipal corporation to issue any bono or
create any debt; provided, that this shall not
prohibit the Issue Of new bonds In exchange
for old bonds, where the debt or rate Of inter-
est Is not increased.
NUMBER -FOUR.
The members of the General Assembly shall
be paid salary of five hundred dollars ($5OO)
per session, and actual travelling expenses by
The nearest practicable route, not to exceed
fifty dollars $500 for any one member; pro
ySded, that If two sessions are held In the
same year they shall receive for the SECOND
session In that year salary OF only Two nun
dred and fifty dollars (S25O) and actual travel
ing expenses by the nearest practicable route,
not to exceed fifty dollars $500 for any one
member. The regular biennial session shall
not exceed ninety days ln duration, unless by
vote of two-thirds OF the members elected 70
| each house Of the General Assembly.
(Strike out article thirty-nine)
NUMBER FIVE.
The General Assembly shall not pass any
local or special law changing the venue In
sons legitimatfng children, vacating roads,
streets, or alleys, remitting fines, penalties,
| and fOrfeitures, or refunding moneys legally
paid into the treasury; affecting the estates 81
minors, or persons under disability, exempt
Ing property from taxation, creating any mo- 4!
nopoly, legalizing the unauthorized or invalid
acts Of any officer Or agent OF the State, or OF
any parish or municipality; granting any
extra compensation to any public Officer,
agent, or contractor, after the service has
been rendered or contracted for; changing
any parish seat, or creating new parishes
except by the assent of the majority OF the
qualified electors Of the parish, or parishes
to be affected; in all other cases. where gen.
eral law can be made applicable, no local OF
special law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive O. salary OF sever
Thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
terly on his own warrant
{Strike out article ffty-six)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The lieutenant Governor shall receive {
salary which shall be double that OF mem
Der Of the General Assembly.
(Strike out article fifty-sevenJ
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed boil
houses shall be presented to the Governor; |
he approveit, he shall sign 1t; il ne does not
he shall return 1t, with his objections. to tn
house In which 1t originated, which shall en-
ter the objections at large upon Its journal
and proceed to reconsider It, II, after sucl
reconsideration, two-thtrdg Of all the member
present In that house shall agree to pass u
other house, by which it shall likewise be re
D considered, and If approved by two-thirdg Q
the members present In that house, 1t shall ,
law. But in such cases the vote OF DOE
houses shall be determined py yeas anu I nays
and the names of members voting for Q
{ against the bill shall be entered upon ca
Journal of each house respectively. Ii any bl
shall not be returned by the Governor With
five days after it shall haye been presented
l had signed It, unless the General Agsembl,
! by adjournment, prevent Its return; In Whic
q case, within thirty days, the Governor sha
;. file the same, with his objections thereto,
q the Office of the Secretary of State, and CIV
come law, as 1.-The had signed 1t. The Seer
tary Of State shall communicate said oDJe
lions and bill so deposited TO the house
S which 1t originated on the first day OF 4
T meeting OF Inc upAt OcueIdI faSSeLlDly, WI
shall act upon the same as above provide
d The Governor shall have power to veto one
J more items In any bill appropriating none
a embracing distinct items, while approving OF
: or portions Of the bill and the part or parts
+ The bill approved shall become law, and tt
item or items of appropriations disapprovt
shall be void, unless repassed according to tt
n rules and limitations prescribed for the pa
l. sage OF other bills over the Governors veto
- (Strike out article sixty-siz.)
i NUMBER NINE.
No officer, whose salary Is fixed by t