The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-20
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT no. 70, r. s. OF 1878.


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
ensuing election; those voting to locate the
30 Their d tickets, "For Stats Capital, Baton
Rouge thoss voting 10 locate the capi-
cal at New Orleans shall indorse on their
tickets, s'For State Capital, New Orleans
(Strike out article one hundred and thirty
''''' ACT NO. II, r. s: OF 1873.
NUMBER TWO.
Representatives shall be chosen on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday In November,
every two years, and the election shall be
completed In one day. The General Assembly
shall meet on the first Monday In January,
1879, and biennally thereafter, on the first
appointed by law, and their sessions shall be
held at the seat Of government,
(Strike out article seventeenJ
NUMBER THREE.
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 cent
um taxation, nor shall any collection OF more
than one per centnm taxation be made ir1 any
one year, on the actual cash value of all real
and personal property liable to taxation, ex-
cept In case Of q foreign invasion or domes-
tic insurrection, and In that event any addi-
tlonal taxation shall only be for the immedi-
ate purpose of repelllng invasion Or suppress
ing Instruction, The city Of New Orleans
shall not levy or collect in any one, year more
the actual cash value Of all the real and per-
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 year more than one per
centum taxation upon the actuaI caBh value
of all the real and personal property liable to
taxation within IFS limits. The General
Assembly shall not have power to issue any
bond or pledge the faith Of the State for any
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. ssssq-.
The members OF the General Assembly shall
be paid salary of five hundred dollars (S5o0)
per session, and actual travelling expenses by.
the nearest practicable route, not to exceed
fifty dolars sSo for any one member p 70
same year they shall receive for the second
session In that year salary Of only two hun
dred and fifty dollars (S250) and actual travel
ing expenses by the nearest practicable route,
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)
HUMBER FIVE.
The General Assembly shall not pass any
local or special law changing the venue In
criminal cases, changing the manner Of per-
SONS Iegitimating children, vacating roads,
streets, Or alleys, reInitting fines penalties,
and forfeitures, or refunding moneys legally
tat,
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 seven
thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
terly, on his own warrant
Strike out article tifty-six9
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive g
salary which shall be double that OF mem
Der OF the General Assembly.
Strike out article fifty-seven.)
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed both
houses shall be presented to the Governor; II
he approve it, he shall sign 1t; IL 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
and proceed to reconsider 1t. II, after such
reconsideration, two-thirds fall the members
present In that house shall agree to pass the
bill, 1t shall be sent. with the objections, 70 the
considered, and II approved. by tvvo-thlrdg q
the members present In that house, it shall be
| law. But In such cases the vote OF botE
houses shall be determined by yeas and nays
and the names Of members voting for On
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 after 1t shall have been presented h
| him, 1T shall be a law, IN like manner as II he
had signed it, unless the General Assembly
| by adjournment, prevent its return; In which
case within thirty days, the Governor shall
| file the same, with his objections thereto, Ii
| 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 oble:c
lions and bill SO deposited to the house II
which it originated On the first day Of thu
meeting of the next General Assembly, ,Wht
shall act upon the same as above provided
The Governor shall have power to veto one o.
more items In any bill approprlating 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)
| NUMBER NINE,
No officer, whose salary Is fixed by tn