The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-05
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. 70, r. s. OF 1878.

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO 70, 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
State capital at Baton Rouge shall indorse
on their tickets, "For State Capital Baton
Rouge" those voting to locate the CAPT.
| tai at New Orleans shall indorse on their
tickets, "For State Capital, New Orleans"
| (Strike out article one hundred and thirty
ACT NO. IA, r. S. OF 1873.
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
Monday In January, unless different day be
| appointed by law, and their sessions shall be
| held at the seat Of government.
Strike out article seventeen.)
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
UNI 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 o domes-
tic insurrection, and In that event any addi-
| tional taxation shall only be for the immedi-
ate purpose of repeling invasion or suppress
ing Instruction The city Of New Orleans
than one and one-half 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,
I
collect in any one year more than one per
centum taxation upon the actual cash value
Of all the real and personal property liable to
taxation within its limits. The General
| 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; 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 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
vided, that il 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 iS250) 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 in duration, unless by
vote Of tWo-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 legitimating children vacating roads,
| Streets or alleys, remitting fines, penalties
and fOrfeitures, or retunding moneys legally
paid into the treasury; affecting the estates OF
ing property from taxation, creating any mo-
| nopoly, legalizing the unauthorized or invalid
acts OF any officer Or agent OF the State or OF
any parish or municipality; granting ;e any
| 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 a salary Of seven
thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
terly, on his own warrant.
(Strike out article fifty-six.)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive a
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; If he does not,
he shall return it, with his objections, to the
house in which 1t originated, which shall en-
ter the objections at large upon it's Journal,
and proceed to reconsider it, #, after such
reconsideration, two-thirds Of all the members
present in that house shall agree to pass the
bill, it shall be sent with the objections, to the
other house, by which it shall likewise be re-
considered, and If approved by two-thirds OF
the members present in that house, it shall be
a law. But in such cases the vote OF both
houses shall be determined by yeas and nays,
against the bill shall be entered upon the
journal OF each house respectively. Ii any Dill
shall not be returned by the Governor within
five days after 1t shall have been presented to
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
public notice thereof; otherwise it shall be-
come a law, as fhe had signed it. 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
meeting of the next General Assembly, who
shall act upon the same as above provided. |
The Governor shall have power to veto one or
more items in any bill appropriating money,
embracing distinct items, while approving 9TH
or portions OF the bill, and the part or parts OF
the bill approved shall become law, and the
item 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, /
tStrike out article sixty-six.)
NUMBER NINE,
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