The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-01
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. rs, r. s. OF 1878.
NUMBER ONE.

ACT NO rs, r. s. OF 1878.
NUMBER ONE
That the seat OF government s1aEl be estab-
sfshed at the city Of Baton Rouge or ht 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
State capital at Baton Rouge shall indorse
pn their Tickets "For State Capital, Baton
Rouge" those voting to locate the capi-
Eal ast New Orleans shall indorse on their
tickets, "For State Capital, New Orleans"
(s5trike out article one hundred and thirty
0N' ACT NO. IA, IL. s. OF 1873.
NUMBER TWO.
Representatives shall be chosen on the first
Tuegday 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,
1870, 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 1878 the General Assembly
shall not have power to levy In any one year
for oil State purposes moro than one per cent
um 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 q foreign invasion or O domes-
tic insurrection, and In that event any addi-
ate purpose of repelling invasion or suppress
ing insurroction. The city OF New Orleans
shall not levy or collect In any one year more
than one and one-half per contutn taxation on
the actual cash value Of all the real and per-
sonal 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
centum taxation upon the actual cash value
Of oil 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
municipal corporation to issue any bond or
create any debt; proutded, 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 salary of five hundred dollars (S500)
per session, and actual travelling expenses by
the nearest practicable route, not to exceed
fifty dollars $500 for any one member; pro-
gided, that II two sessions are held In the
same year they shall receive for the second
session In that year salary Of only two hum
dred and fifty dollars ($250) and actual travel
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.
(5trlke out article thirty-rine.)
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 forfetures, or refunding moneys legally
inf +ba al ffa1tipr tha pf
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 ali other cases, where O. gen
eral law can be made applicable, no Local Or
special law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive salary of seven
dollars per annum, payable quar-
terly, on his own warrant.
(Strike out article iifty-Six.)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive a
salary which shall be double that OF MEM
ber Of the General Assembly.
(Strlke out article tifty-seven)
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed both
houses shall be presented to the Governor; If
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
two-thirds fall 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-
and II approved by two-t thirds OF
The members present In that house, 1t shall be
q law. But in such cases the vote Of both
and the names Of members voting for or
against the bill shall be entered upon the
journal OF each house respectively. If any bill
shall not be returned by the Governor within
five days after it shall have been presented to
him, it shall be law, in like manner as II he
had signed It, unless the General Assembly, |
oy adjournment, prevent its return; In which |
case, within thirty days, the Governor shall
ile the same, with his objections thereto, In
the office Of the Secretary Of State, and give |
public notice thereof; otherwise 1t shall be-
come law, as ifhe had signedit. The Secre-
;ary of State shall communicate said objec |
ions and bill SO deposited to the house In
Vhieh it originated on the first day of the
Meeting of the next General Assembly, who
hall 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
Il portions of the bill, and the part or parts OF
he bill approved shall become law, and the
hall be void, unless repassed according tothe
ules and limitations prescribed for the pas
age Of other bills over the Governors veto.
(Strike out article sixty-sixD
NUMBER NINE.
No officer. whose salary is fixad by the
onstitution, shall be allowed any fees or per-
uisites OF office.
NUMBER TEN.
T.ne judicial power shall be vested In a |