The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-09-28
Constitutional Amendments.
ACT NO. -, r. S. OF 1878.

Constitutional Amendments.
ACT NO. rs, z. S. OF 1878.
sUMRRR ONE.
That the seat of government shall be estai'
lishe1 at the city Of Baton Rouge or at the cit
of New Orleans. rs the majority of the voters o
the State may determine at the next en- uiui
election; those voting % locate the State cap "a
ar Baton Ronge shall indorse their tickets
'For State Capital. Baton kou-e;" those votin;
to locate the capital at New Uric ms shall in
dorse On their tickets, .'Eor State Capital, NeV
Orleans
tStrike ont article one hundred and thirty.
ACT NO. IA, r. S OF Is7s.
MEMBER TWO.
Representatives shall he chosen on the irst
Tuesday after the frs Monday in November
every two years, and the eleytion shall be com.
pieted in one day. The Iieneral Asssalb y
shall meet op the first Monday in January,
1879, and bienDaliy thereafter, on the first
Alont ~ in JanuTry, unless different day he
appointed by LAM. and their sessions shall be
held al the seat Of government
fStrike out article serenteer.)
NUMBER THREE.
After the ysar 1875 the General AsseEih' Y
shall not have pnWer to levy in any one yea
FIR all State purposes more than one per cent
um taxation, nor shall any collection of more
than one per centam taxation be made in any
year, on the actual cash value ~ all r al
and personal properly liable to rHxatian except
In case of a foreign invasion or a domestic in
snrrection and in that event any additional
taxation shall only be for the i'm -.eiiate pur-
pose of repelling invasion snppreSsiHg insur
rectisn The city of New Orleans shall not
levy or collect in any one yestr more than
and oae-half per eentsID taxation on the actual
cash valae of all the real and personal property
liable TO taxation within its limits. No parish
municipal cor oratiIn, except the city of
New Orleans, shall levy or collect in any one
year more than one per eentum taxation upon
the actual easa valne OF all the real and perso al
pr pperty liable to taxation within it's limits.
The Generil Assembly shall not have power Ia
issue any bona or pleige the faith of the State
for any purpose. nor shall it authorize any par.
ish or municipal corporation to issIe any bond
or create apy debt; provided, that this shall not
prohibit the issue OF new bonds in exchange for
old bonds. where the debt or ra of interest is
NOT Increased.
NUMBER -FOUR.
The memhe S of the General Assembly shall
be PAID salary of Eve hundred dollars (S5GO)
per session, and actual travelling expenses by
the EeaIest practicable route not tuexceed fifty
dollars sS50) for any tone member; provided
that iftwo sessions are held in the same year
they hall receive for the second session in that
year salary Of only two hundred and fifty dol
lars S250) and actual travelling expenses BY the
nesrsst practicable route not 10 exceed fifty
dollars tS5h) for any one member. The regular
biennial session sshalllnt exceed ninety DAYS
IN duration, unless hy vote of two,thirds of the
members elected TO each house of the General
Assembly.
tS'rike out article thirty. nine
NUMBER FIVE.
The General Assembly shall not,psss any 10.
cal OF spe la law changing the venue in GRIM
inal eases, changing the manner OF persons le
gitmating chi dren, vaeating roads, streets. or
alleys, remittng fines, penalties, and forfeit
ures, or reiunding moneys legally paid into the
treasury; affect ng the estates OF minors or per
sons under disability, exempting property IRON
taxati,n, creating anv ni0n poly, legalizing the
unauthorized or invalid acts of any officer or
agsnt OF the State, or OF any parish or munich
pality; granting any extra compensation to any
pub officer, agent or contractor, after the y
vice has been rendered or contracted for. chang
ing any parish seai, or creating new parishes
except by the assent otiihe majority of the
qualified electors OF the parish, or parishes, to
be affected; in all other eases, where general
law can be int,le applicable, no local or special
ia" eniiii We passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The G.svevnor shall receive salary Of seven
thousand dollars erannun, payable qua rteriy,
on mis- own warrant.
tStriise ont article fifty six)
sunssR sEvEE
The Lieutenant Gnveraor shall receive a
salary which shall be double that of a member
oithe General Assembly.
lSrfike ontarticje fifty
sUH.ER Eight.
Every bill which shall have passed both houses
shall b presented 10 the Govsrnar; If he lap
prove 1t, he sbal sign il; If he Gses not, he shall
return it. with his objections, To the hause in
which IL originated which shall enter the OBJ
jsctions Mt large upon its jonrnal. and proceed
fs reeonsid T 1t. If after suth reconsideration.
two~thirds of all The members present in that
h8nse shall rree 10 pass the bill. II shall e
sent, with the objections, to the other .h0nse,
by which 1t shall likewise be rseonsidered, and
.if approved by two<thirsls Of the members pres
eat in that honse. 1T shall be law. Bat in
such cases the " te of both houses shall be de-
termined by yeas and mays, and the names OF
members voting for against the bill shall be
senlsrssi mp n the Journal of each honse respec
rti=ely II any bill shall not be returned lsy the
sssvernor within five days after 1t shall have
been presented to him. it shall be law, 10 like
manner ~ # ha had Signed II, unless the ten
-e.al Assembly. by adjournment. prevent its re-