The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-09-23
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. 7s, r. s. OF 1878.
NUMBER ONE,

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ACT NO. 73, r. s. OF 1878.
NUMBER ONE.
That the seat of government shall be estab-
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 at the next
ensuing election; those voting to locate the
pa their tickets, "For State Capital Baton
Rouge those voting to locate the capi-
bal at New Orleans shall indorse on their
tickets, 'tFor State Capital, New Orleans"
(Strike out article one hundred and thirty
ACT NO. "a, 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
shall meet on the first Monday in january,
1879. and biennally thereafter, ON the first
Monday Ii January unless different day be
appointed by law, and their sessions shall be
held ut the seat of government
tStrike out article seventeen)
NUMBER THREE
AfteE 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
tlm taxation, nor shall any collection OF more
than one per centum taxation be made in any
one year, Oh the actual cash value Of all real
and personal property liable to taxation, ex-
Cept In case OF d foreign invasion or O. domes-
tic insurTection, and in that event any addi-
tional taxation shall only be for the immedi-
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-haf per centum taxation on
the actual cash value Of all the real and per-
sonal property liable to taxation within its
limits. No parish Or municipal corporation,
except the city OF New Orleans, shall levy or
collect In any one year, more than one per
centrm taxation upon the actual cash value
of all the real and personal property liable to
taxation within IFS 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 bond or
create any debt; proUided, 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 q salary Of five hundred dollars $500
per session, and actual travelling expenses by
the nearest practicable route, not to exceed
fifty dollars $500 for any one member; pro-
Uided, that il two sessions are held in the
same year they shall receive for the second
session in that year q salary Of only two hun
dred and fifty dollars ($25Oj and actual travel
Ing expenses by the nearest practicable route,
not to exceed fifty dollars $500 for any one
not exceed ninety days In duration, unless by
vote Of tWp-thirds of the members elected to
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
criminal cases, changing the manner OF per-
sons legitimattng children, vacating roads,
streets, or alleys, remitting fines penalties,
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, legalizng the unauthorized or invalid
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 or
special law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive salary of seven
Thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
terty, on hiS own warrant.
tStrike out article fifty-six)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive g
Der of the General Assemble 'AA"' Y" ' 40 o."
Btrike out article fiftv-seven)
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have nassed hoth
houses shall be presented to the Governor. r
he approve 1t, he shall sign it: If he does not
he shall return it. with his obiections fo tha
house In which it originated. which Shall an
ter the Objections at large 11non its iournaI
ana proceed to reconsider 1t. Ii, after such
nTaaaS,t is1 th tWoanrds OF a me members