The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-25
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. 70, II. s. OF 1878.
NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER ONE,
That the seat Of government shall be eetab~
tishatl at the city Of Baton Rouge or ut this
city Of New Orleans, as the majority OF tho
vcters OF tho State may determine ut the next
ensuing election; those voting to locate the
State capital ut Baton Rouge shall tndofse
III their tickets, "For State Capital Baton
Rouge those voting to locate the capt.
col ut Now Orleans shall indorao on their
| tickets, "For Static Capital, New Orleans"
! (btrike out article one hundred end thirty
ACT NO, IA, Il. 8. or 1873.
HUMBER TWO.
| Representatives shall ba chosen on the first
Tuesday after tho first Monday In November,
every two years, and the election shall pc
completed in one day. The General Assembly
shall meet on the first Monday In january,
| 1879 and biennal|y thereafter, on the first
Monday In January unless u different day be
appointed by law, and their sessions shall be
| held nj the seat Of government,
! (i5trike out article seventeenJ
NUMBER TttnEE.
| After the year 1873 the General Assembly
| shall not have power to levy In any one year
for all State purposes more than one per ceDt-
urn taxation. nor shall any collection Of more
| than one per Centuu tnEntlon'be made III any
one year, on the actual cash value Of MI real
| md personal property liable 10 taxation, nx-
| Cept in case OF u foreign invasion or q dornes-
| tic insurrectiOn, and In that event any addl-
| tionnl taxation shall only be for the iInmedl-
ate purpose Of repclling invasion Or suppress
Ing instruction. The city Of New Orleans
| shall not levy or collect III any one year more
than ono and one~hnf per centun taxation on
the actual cash value Of MI the roa1 and p,r-
9onnl property liable to taxation within It's
| limits. No parish or municipal corporation,
| except the city Of New Orleans, shall levy Of
| collect in any One year more thhn one per
Centun taxation upon the actual cash value
OF 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 1t authorize any pnrish 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 a SALARY Of iiVe hundred dollars $4,000
per session, and actual travelling expenses by,
| tho nearest practicable route, not to exceed
fifty dollars $500 for any one member; FRO
Uided, TINT II two sessions are held In the
same year they shall receive for the second
sesBion In that year q salary OF only two hum
dred and fifty dollars $3.50 and ACTUAL travel
Ing expenses by the nearest practicable route,
not 10 exceed fifty dollars $500 for any one
member. The regular biennial session shall
not exceed ninety dnys In DURATION unless by
vote Of two-thirds Of the members elected to
| each house OF tho General Assembly.
Strike out article thirty-nine)
NUMBER FIVE.
The General Assembly shall not pagg any
| local or special I9w changing the venue In
criminal cases, changing the manner Of per-
sons Iegtimating children, Vhcatlng roads,
streets, or alleys, rcmitting fines, penalties,
and forfcitures, 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, legalizing the unauthorized or invalid
acts Of any officer or agent OF the State, or OF
any parish or municipality; granting any
| extra compensation to any public officer,
agent, or Contractor, after the service has
I been rendered or contracted for; changing
any parish seat, or creating new parishes,
except by the assent OF the majority 81 the
qualified electors Ct 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 q salary OF seven
thousand dollars per annurn, payable quar-
| terly, on his own warrant
| (Strlke out article tifty-SlZ.)
| NUMBER SEVEN.
| The Lieutenant Governor shall receive q
salary which shall be double that OF q mem
Der Of the General Assembly.
| Strike out article hfty-sevenJ
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed both
| houses shall be presented to the Governor; II
he approve it, he shall sign 1t; II he does not,
! he shall return it, with his ObjectiOng to the
/ house in which 1t originated, which shall en-
tor the objections at large upon lt8 Journal
and proceed to reconsider 1t. II, after such
reconsideration, tWo-thirds ofall the mem bers
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 If approved by two thirds Of
| +bo rf,arc, ant in IA h01IGa
g. 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
Shall not be returned by the Governor within
five days after it shall have been presented to
| him. it shall be a law, In like manner as II he
had signed it, unless the General Assembly,
by adjournment, prevent It's return; in which
case, within thirty days, the Governor shall
file the same, with his objections thereto, IN
the office Of the Secretary Of State, and give
public notice thereof; otherwise It shall be-
come law, as ii he had signed it. The Score
tary Of State shall communicate said objec
tons 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 nave power 70 veto one Or
more items in any bill appTopr1at1ng money,
embracing distinct items, while approving 9TH
er 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 to the
rules and limitations prescribed for the pas
! sage Of other bills over the Governors Veto
(Strike out article sixty-si2.)
NUMBER NINE,
No officer, whose salary Is fixed by the
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per
uuiSites Of office.
NUMBER TEN.
Tine iudiciai power shall be vested In {