The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-13
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. 70, r. s. OF 1878.

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ACT NO. 70, e. s. OF 1878.
! NUMBER oNE.
lished at the city of Baton Rouge or at the
city Of New Orleans, as the majority Of the
voters Of the State may determine ct the next
| ensuing election; those voting to locate the
N their tickets, "For Stats Capital, Baton
| Rouge;" those voting TO locate the capt.
tal at New Orleans shall indorse on their
tickets, FOR State Capital, New Orleans"
lStrike out article one hundred and thirty
~ ACT NO. IA, r. 8. OF 1878.
NUMBER TWO.
Representatives shall be chosen on the first
| Tuesday after the first Monday Ia November,
every two years, and the election shall be
completed In one day. The General Assembly
shall meet on the first Monday In January,
Monday In January, unless different day be
appointed by law, and their sessions shall be
held at the seat Of government.
| lStrike out article seventeenJ
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
| um 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, ex-
cept In case Of foreign invasion or domes-
tic insurrection, and In that event any addi-
tional taxation shall only be for the inmed-
| Ing instruction. The city of New Orleans
shall not levy or collect La any one year more
| than one and one-half per centum taxation on
the actual cash value Of all the real and per-
st,ufi u1uI1ti-ttj- liable te taxation within it's
limits. No parish or municipal corporation
except the city OF New Orleans, shall levy or
| collect in any one year more than one per
eentum taxation upon the actual cash value
| of all the real and personal property liable to
taxation within its limits. The General
| Assembly shall not have power to Issue any
bond or pledge che faith Of the State for any
purpose, nor shall 1t authorize any parish or
| municipal corporation to issue any bond or
create any debt; provided, that this shall not
| prohibit the issue or 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 $4,000
per session, and actual travelling expenses by
| the nearest practicable route, not to exceed
| fifty dollars $500 for any one member; pro-
uitied, that II two sessions are held In the
| same year they shall receive for the second
session In that year salary Of only two hum
dred and fifty dollars $3.50 and actual travel
Ing q p py hs d dergsst Res er sn route o
member. The regular biennial session shall
| not exceed ninety days In duration, unless by
vote of two-thirds of the members elected to
each house of the General Assembly.
(Strike out article thirty-nine.l
" NUMBER FIVE.
The General Assembly shall not pass any
local or special law changing the venue In
criminal cases, changing the manner of per-
sons legitimating children, vacating roads,
sfr rpTDiffinU ffnQg npUaItina
and forfeitures, or refunding moneys legally
paid into the treasury; affecting the estates of
minors, or persons under disability, exempt
! Ing property from taxation, creating any mo-
nopoly, legaiizing 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 gem
eral law can be made applicable, no local or
special law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive salary of seven
Thousand dollars per annun, payable quar-
terly, on his own warrant.
(Strike out article fifty-six)
NUMBER SEVEN.
salary which shall be double that OF mem-
Der Of the General Assembly.
(Strike out article fifty-seven.)
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed both
houses shall be presented to the Governor; Ii
he approveit he shall sign it; II he does not,
he shall return It, with his objections, to the
house in which 1t originated, which shall en-
tor the objections at large upon its journal,
and proceed to reconsider 1t. IL, after such
reconsideration, two-thirds Of all the members
present IL that house shall agree to pass the
other house, by which it shall likewise be re-
considered, and Ii approved by tWo-thirds OF
the members present In that house. 1t shall be
q law. But in such cases the vote Of both
houses shall be determined by yeas and nays,
and the names of members voting for or
against the bill shall be entered upon the
journal of each house respectively. IL any bill
shall not be returned by the Governor within
five days after it shall have been presented to
him, it shall be a law, In like manner as II he
had signed it, unless the General Assembly,
by adjournment prevent its return; In which
case within thirty days, the Governor shall
file the same, with his objections thereto, In
the office Of the Secretary Of State, and give
come law, as II he had signed 1t. The Secre-
tary Of State shall communicate said objec
tions and bill SO deposited to the house In
which it originated on the first day OF the
mettlnS o. tne ue1E deueFal AsSeuoly, VINO
shall act upon the same as above provided
The Governor shall have power to veto one Or
more items In any bill appropriating money,
mbracing distinct ITEMS ileapprovlng 9TH
Or portions of the bill, and the part or parts OF
the bill approved shall become law, and the
TEN or items OF appropriations disapproved
shall be void, unless repassed according tothe
rules and limitations prescribed for the pas
sage of other bills over the Governors veto.
Strike out article siXtysix)
NUMBER NINE.
No officer rvhoSa salary Ia fiyaf hv the