The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-03
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT Mo 7e 2 8 OF 1878
NUMBER ONE,


NUMBER ONE.
=. That the seat Of government shall be estab-
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
IN their tickets, "For State Capital, Baton
Rouge;" those voting to locate the CAPT.
tai at New Orleans shall indorse on their
tickets, 'sFor State Capital, New Orleans"
(Strike out article one hundred and thirty
ACT NO. IA, r. s. OF 1878.
NUMBER TWO.
Representatives shall be chosen on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday In November,
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 g different day 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
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-
sept In case q foreign t Invasion Or domes-
tional taxation shall only be for the imnedi-
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-hald per een 1t taxation on
sonal property liable to taxation within it's
limits. No parish or municipal corporation,
except the city of New Orleans, shall levy or
collect In any one year1, more than one per
centum taxation upon the actual cash value
Of all the real and personal property liable to
taxation within It's limits. The General
Assembly shall not have power to issue any
bond or pledge the faith Of the State for any
purpose, nor shall 1t authorize any parish or
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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 salary of five hundred dollars ($5OO)
per session, and actual travelling expenses by
the nearest practicable route, not to exceed
fifty dollars $500 for any one member; pro-
vaded that II two, sessions are held In the
same year they shall receive for the second
session In that year salary OF only two hun
bred and fifty dollars (S25Oj and actual travel
ing expenses by the nearest practicable route,
not to exceed fifty dollars $500 for any one
memDef. LIS regular DleHnlal SESSION snail
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.
local or special law changing the venue In
criminal cases, changing the manner of per-
Sons legitimating children, vacatjng roads,
streets, or alleys, remitting fines, penalties,
and fOrfeitures, or refunding 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 any
agent, OF, 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
special law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive salary Of seven
thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
terly, on his own warrant.
lStrlke out article flfty-siz)
NUMBER SEVEN.
= uS lICutCuhuL OONCEuCi Sldll receive d
salary which shall be double that of mem
Der Of the General Assembly.
Strike out article ffty-seven.)
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed both
houses shall be presented to the Governor; II
he approve It, 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-
ter the objections at large upon Its, journal,
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reconsideration, two-thirds of all the members
present In that house shall agree to pass the
bill 1t shall be sent, with the objections, to 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
a 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. If any bill
five days after it shall have been presented to
him, 1t shall be a law, In like manner as il he
had signed 1t, unless the General Assembly,
by adjournment, prevent its return; In which
case, within thirty days, the Governor shall
the office Of the Secretary u State, and give
public notice thereof; otherwise It shall be-
come law as ifhe had signed 1t. The Secre-
tary Of State shall communicate said objec
tons and bill so deposited to the house In
which 1t 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,
distinct items, while approving 9TH
er portions Of the bill, and the part or parts OF
Item or items OF appropriations disapproved
shall be void, unless repassed according to the
rules and limitations prescribed for the pas
sage of other bills over the Governors veto.
Strike out article sixty-six)
NUMBER NINE
No officer, whose salary Is fixed By the