The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1878-10-19
ratiiy all or either of said amendments. the
same shall become a part of the constitution.
WILL A. STRONG,
Secretary of State
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. 73, e. s. OF 1878.

II That the seat of government shall be estal
lished at the city of Baton Rouge or at the cit
Il OF New Orleans, as the majority of the voter
d of the State may determine at the next ensuin
e election; those voting to locate the State Cal
t. lal at Baton Rouge shall indorse on their ticl
} cts, For State Capital, Baton Rouge :" thos
i voting to locate tile capital at New Orlean
|, shall indorse Oh their tickets, For Stute Cal
h itHl, New Orleans"
e tStrlke out article one hundred and thirty
l. onc.)
e Wander T,ro.
/ Representatives shall be chosen on the frs
tuesday after the first Monday in November
every two years, and the election shall b.
completed Ill one day. The General Assembl'
, shall meet on the first Monday in january
1879, and biennially thereafter, on the trs
: Monday III january, unless different day b,
appointed by law, and their sessions SD alb,
: held at the seat of government.
: (Strlkc out article sevtnteen)
Numbcr Ihree
After the year 1873, the General Assembl,
: Shnll not have power to levy in any one yea,
lor All state purposes more than one per cen
fnm taxation, nuI shall any collection of more
than one per centum taxation be lu;dc in any
one year ON the actual cash value of ali real
and personal property liable to taxation, ex.
ctpt III case of IL foreign invasion, or IA dones-
TIC insurrectiUn, and III that event any uddi
tlohal taxation shall only be for the inme late
purpose OF reptlIlng invasion or suppressiup
lusurttctlon The city of New Orleans shall
not levy or collect in any one year more than
one auu one-hait per Ctntum taxation on the
actual cash value of all the real and personal
property liable to taxation within its limits
NO parish or municipal corporation except
tlc city OF New Orleans shall lew or collect
III any one year more than one per ceutum
taxation upon the actual cash value of all the
real and personal property liable to taxation
within It's limits. The General Assembly shall
nor nave power to issue any bond or pledge
lhe fllth OF the State for any purpuse uOr
>hail II authorize any parish municipal cor
p"lat1"n t" issue any bond or create any
deot PF0rtded, that this shall not prohibit
The ISSUE OF new bonds in exchange for old
bonds where the debt OF rate of interest is NOT
increased.
Numbe,' Four
The members of the General Assembly shall
be paid "a salary of five hundred dollars (SjOOl
pel Re-" session ana actual travelling expenses 10y
tne tne nearest practicable route, not to exceed
nifty dollars ($5Ol for any one member; Droti-
6e0, That II two sessions are held in the same
year they shall receive for the second session
III III that year ii salary of only two hundred and
nifty dollars ($!5O) and actua TRAVELLING rx-
pehSes by the nearest practicable route not to
gXceed fifty dollars $500 Tor any one member,
Inc regular biennial session shall not exceed
ninety days in duration, unless by a vote of
tWo-thlrds OF the members elected to each
house OF the General Assembly,
(Strikt out article thirty-niuel
Number FEre
lhe General Assembly shall not pass any |
iocai or special law changing the venue in cr- !
lhlldi cases, changing the nlalner of p.rsous
lesltimatlng children. vacatmg roads, streets |
vi "ileIs, rehlttlnS lines, penalties aud forfeit
ufes, or retundIng moneys legally paid into
the treasury affecting the estates of minors,
or persons under disability, exempting proper-
y from taxation. creating any monopoly le-
gaHzlng the unauthorized or invalid acts of
any of1lcer or agent of the State or of auy
Ilf.I Il..Ii ifH
compensation to any public officer agent or
contractor alter the service has been render
eo or contracted for; changing any parish
seat. or creating new parishes, except by the
assent ot the lnajority of the qualified electors
OF the parish, or parishes to ue affected, in
all other cases, where IL general law can be
made applicable, no local or special law shall
be passed.
Number Sir
lhe Governor shall receive Il salary of $1,000
per annnm, payable quarterly, on his own
warrant.
tstrke ont article fifty ysix.)
Number Sete,t.
lhe Lieutenant Governor shall receive a
salary which shall be double that of member
1l the General Assembly.
(Strlke out article fifty -sevenl
Aumber ETght
Every 6lli which shall have passed both
louscs: shall be presented to the Governor:
1 ne approve it, he shall sign it; if he docs
loC nc small return 1t, with his objections to ,
he house III which it oriuinatetl which shall |
inter the objections at large uppp it's iournaJ d
INA proceed to reconsider it. IT, after surh | I
reconsideration, two-thirds of all the mem, {
,efs present III that house shall agree to pass
he blII, 1t shall he sent, with the objections r
u the otner house, 10y which it shall likewise i
DC reconsldercd aud If approved by Two thirds + ;
't the members present in that luusc. if shall ,
~ Il IaW But III such cases the vote of both :
louSes small De determined 10y yeas and uays I
hu the names OF members voting for or against
lie Dill shall be entered upon the Journal of $
lch mousse respectively. If any bill shall not b
e returned by the Governor within five days t
tier 1t shall have been presented to him il {
hilii oe law Ill like manner if he had signed .
L. unless the General Assembly, by adjourn =,
1tht' prevent It's return; F.; in which case within =
nirty days. the Governor shall file the same,
,lth MS objections thereto. in the office of a
ne Secretary of State, and give public motto. IL
ltFeoi otherwise 1t shall become II law us 81
he had signed it. The Secretary of State h
hall communicate said objections and bill so "
eposIted to the house in which it originated II
II the first day OF the ueetiur of tEs naxt -,
Icneral Assembly. who shall act upOn the
line as above provided. The Governor shall NJ
ave power 10 veto one or more items in nnv al
III appfopriatlng money, embracing distinct OF
ems, While approving other portions of tile b.
III; ana the part or parts of the bill approved Ell
1aIf become law, and the item or items of an
disapprOved shall be void, unless %
'passed according he rules and limitations Eo
lescrioed tor the passage OF other bills over ~
le Governors veto. al
tStflke out article sixty-six IN
Number Nine
No officer, whose salary is fixed by the con- sh
tuition, shall be allowed any fees or perqui- of
ties of office.
Number Ten.
The judicial power shall be vested in a Sn- h.
'eme Court, in district courts and in iustices ~
the peace. The district courts shall have
lgnal iursdistion in all civil cases where the
mount Ill dispute exceeds one hundred dol sh
rs, exclusive of interest. Iu criminal cases dc
I'd in all probate matters, their iuris,liction,
all be Unlimited. They shall have lpnellata
rlsdlcton in civil suits from justices of the or
ace, when the amount in dispute exceeds ten w.
liars, exclusive of interest. The Justices of III III
e peace shall be elected by the electors of &c
en- parish Ill the manner and with the quail. III
atlons TO be determined by the General AS.
III npiy. 1hey snail hold office for the term of
. years, ana their compensation shall be frt
ed by law. Their Jurisdiction in civil cases ho
III NOT exceed one hundred dollars, exclu- re-
'e OF interest, subject to al appeal to the ~.
'trlct court Ill all cases when the amount i'm VIC
'pute shall exceed ten dollars, exclusive of su
lefesS. They shall have such criminal uris. 4
'tloh as shali be conferred by law. The Gen.
Il Assembly shall have power to vest in the
'ths ol the district courts the right to grant mo-
ch orders and do such acts as NAV he deemed " "
cessary Tor the furtherance of the admins " So
'tlon or Justice. lii all cases the power thus 'n
hnted shall be specified and determined, OF
otFike out articles seventy-three, eighty ca
e, eighty six, eighty-seyen, Lightweight, AS
'hty-nlne, nIhety-one, and one hundred and tlo
Irty-three.) i'm
=, Number Eleue,,. oo
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court y" ~
all receive Salary of S7n00 .,ar a,,.r,, a,d va