The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-10-03
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS


'.. ACT NO. IS, r.. $. OF 1878. -g 3gn|
,fllg.s.- NUMBER ONE. G' a9su
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 ensu-
ing 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 capital at New. Or
leans shall indorse on theirtickets, For State
Capital, New Orleans
Strike out article one hundred and thirty
one) yBfFu3us G.lF 9u8 Eua Htsf TGt
-.5i.. ACT NO. II, r. $. OF 1878. .gg- D.,
.ftaa. ID ., NUMBER, TWO, ns,s 81, .,!1y
Representatives shall be ehosep,on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in November,
every two years, aud the election shah be tt'm-
plcted III one day. The General Assem- blyshtll
i:ieet on tie first Monday uJanuary, 1873, and
bicnnally thereafter, On the first Monday III
Ian,,;,ry. unless a different day be appointed
by law, and their sessions shalssbei held asi the
sea- III s"n, ,t r,;eI serspteen sugi Tnn
-as.qad I'M rNnmnn: THREE G1oogl 4
After the year 1873 the General Assepab1y
shall not have power to levy in any one Ftslt
orall State purposes more than one per centum
taxation, nor shall any collection OF more than
one per centum taxation be lAade in any i6he
year. on the actual fcash value of all real Ind
personal property liable to taxatop, except IN,
case of foreign invasion or a domestic fnsurs
rection, aud in thateyent any additional TAXA
ton shall only be for the immediate pp TpOse Of
repelling invasion orsnppressing ipsurrectlpn.
The city Of New Orleans shall not levy oPeol
iect in any one year more than one nid cnes
half per centnm taxation on the. actual cash
value Of All sthe real and persona property liza.
BILE 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 centum taxation upon the
actual cash valueuf all the real and personal
property liable to taxation within its 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 par
sh or municipal corporation to Issue any bond
or create any debt; pracidesl, that this shall not
prohibit the issue of new bonds in exchange for
old bonds, where the debt or rate of interests
not increased.
ftssH 7lf NuMrsER Fous Us sl.55i's.
The members of the General Assembly shall
be paid a salary of Ave hundred dollars $4,000
per session, and actual travelling expenses by
the nearest practical route not to exceed fifty
dollars t$50)s Tor any one member; prorided,
that if two sessions, are held in the same year
that year s;ilary of only two hundred and
fifty dollars f$ay50) stn,l actual travelling ex
penses by the nearestaraeticable route, not to
exceed fifty dollars $50 for any one member.
The regular biennial session shall not exceed
ninety daysin Duration, unless by vote OF two
thirds of the III embers elected TO each house of
the General Assembly. iSSt p S'''f +
3tSuike out article thirty-nine.l .1s7f9't
fisi'. 4l'i ltB NUMBER FIVE u sltiIlasl4
The General Assembly shall not pass any
local or special law changing the venue in
criminal cases, changing the mannerof persons
legitimating children, vacating roads, streets,
or alleys, renting fnes,s penalties, and for
FIXTURES, or, refunding moneys legally paid into
the treasury; affecting the estates of minors, or
persons under disability, exempting property
from taxation. creating any monopoly, legaliz-
ing the unauthorized or invalid acts of any Off
Ger or agent of the State, or of any parish or
municipality; granting any extrsseompensation
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 par
ishes, to be affected; in all other cases, where
a general law can be made applicable, no local
or special INV shall bespassed. sapgszYsEa
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The Governor shall receive salary of,seven
thousand dollars per annum, payable quarter
lY. on his own Warrant.E afS .5EhsagheN
Strike out article fifty
NUMBER SEVEN. .e.-. -.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive sal
airy which shall he double that of a member OF
the General Assembly. 'i&7H . sls7s@t
Strike out article fifty-seven) tF's5='',,
r..--. NUMBER EIGHT, s-s....-..
Every bill which shall have passed both
Houses shall be presented to the Governor; if
he approve it, he shall sign it; if he does not
he shall return. it, with his objections, to the
House in whichit originated, which shall enter
the objections at large upon its journal, and
proceed to reconsider it. If, after such recon
sideration, two thirds of all the melnb rs pres
ent 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 reconsid-
cred, and if approved by two-thirtfs 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, and the
names of members voting for or against the
bill shall be entered upon the Journal of each
house respectively. Ii any bill shall not be
returned by the Governor within five days af
ter it shall have been presented to him. it shall
be a law III like manner as if he had signed it
unless the General Assembly, by adjournment
prevent its return in which ease, within thirty
days, the Governor shall file the same, with his
objections thereto III the office of the Secretary
of State, and give public notice thereof; other
wise it shall become law, as if he had signed
it. The Secretary OF State shall communicate