The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-04

That the seat Of government shall be estab-
Iished Mt the city Of Baton Rouge or at the
voters of the State may determine at the next
ensuing elections those voting TO locate the
State capital at Baton Rouge shall indorse
N their tickets, For State Capital, Baton
Rouge;",, those, voting, to locate the capi-
tickets, "For State Capital, New Orleans"
(StriRe 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 La 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 O 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
urn taxation, nor shall any collection Of more
than one per centum taxation be made in any
one year, on the actual cash value Of oil real
and personal property liable to taxation, ex-
cept In case Of foreign Invasion or Q dom ,s'
ate nurpose of repeling Invasion or suppress
Ing insurrection. The city Of New Orleans
shall not levy or collect In any one year more
the the, actual cash value Of ali the real and per-
sonai property liable 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
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 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
Ror 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 $500
Per session, and actual travelling expenses by,
The nearest practicable route, not to exceed
vided, that II two sessions are held In the
same year they shall receive for the second
session In that year O. salary OF only two hun
bred and fifty dollars ($250) 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 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
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 OF
special law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive salary Of sever
thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
terly, on his own warrant.
Strike out article f1fty-slx)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The lieutenant Governor shall receive G
salary which shall be double that Of mem
Der of the General Assembly.
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed both
houses shall be presented to the Governor; Il
be approve it, he shall sign it; If he does not
he shall return it, with his objections, to tht
house In which It originated, which shall en-
ter the objections at large upon its Journal
and proceed to reconsider it: Il, 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-thrds O
the members present In that house. 1t shall bf
a law. But In such cases the vote Of botf
houses shall be determined by yeas and nays
and the names of members voting for Oh
against the bill shall be entered upon the
Journal of each house respectively. II any bill
shall, not be returned by the Governor within
him, it shall be q law, In like manner as II HI
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 Of State, and Civ
public notice thereof; otherwise it shall be
come a law, as ifhe had signed 1t. The Secre
tary Of State shall communicate said objet
tons and bill so deposited to the house II
which it originated on the first day Of tn
shall act upon the same as above provided
The Governor shall have power to veto one o
more items In any bill appropriating money
embracing distinct items, while approving 9th
Or portions Of the bill, and the part Or parts 0
the bill approved shall become law, and tn
ITEM or items Of appropriations disapprovet
shall be void, unless repassed according to tn
rules and limitations prescribed for the pas
sage Of other bills over the Governors veto.
(Strike out article sixty-six.J
| NUMBER NINE.
i No officer, whose salary Is fixed by th