The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-17

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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
IN their tickets, "For State Capital, Bator
Rouge" those voting to locate the CAPT
cal at New Orleans shall indorse on theil
tickets, "For State Capital, New Orleans"
(Strike out article one hundred and thirty.
| one)
ACT NO. IA, r. s. OF 1878.
| 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
| Monday in January, unless 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
| for all State purposes more than one per cent.
UNI taxation, nor shall any collection Of more
than one per centum taxation be made In 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 a dOmes-
tic insurrection, and ia that event any addi-
tiOnal taxation shall only be for the immedi-
ate purpose of repeling 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 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 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
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 q salary of five hundred dollars (S5OO)
per session, and actual travelling expenses by
the nearest practicable route, not to exceed
fifty dollars $500 for any one member; pro-
Olded, that II two sessions are held In the
same year they shall receive for the second
session In that year a salary Of only two hun
dred and fifty dollars $3.50 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-thirCls Of the members elected to
each house Of the General Assembly.
NCbIIht Out oil bAClt uiliI W -IIuo.)
NUMBER FIVE.
The General Assembly shall not pass any
local or special law changing the venue Ia
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 or
special law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive q salary OF seven |
thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
terly, on his own warrant.
(Strike out article tfty-six.)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive a
salary which shall be double that of a mem
Der Of the General Assembly.
Strike out article tifty-seven.)
Every bill which shall have passed both
houses shall be presented to the Governor: if |
he apprOveit, he shall sign it; if 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 it's journal,
reconsideration, two-thirds of all the members
present in that house shall agree to pass the
dill, it 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
he members present in that house. it shall be
/ law. But, in such cases the vote OF both
houses shall be determined by yeas and nays,
Ind the names Of members voting for or
against the bill shall be entered upon the
Ournal OF each house respectively. If any bill
i've days after it shall have been presented to
lin, it shall be a law, in like manner as if he
lad signed it, unless the General Assembly,
~ adjournment, prevent its return; in which
ase, within thirty days, the Governor shall
lie the same, with his objections thereto, in
he office Of the Secretary Of State, and give
public notice thereof; otherwise it shall be-
ONE a law, as il he had signed it. The Secre-
airy OF State shall communicate said objec
ions and bill so deposited to the house in
Meeting of the next General Assembly, who ,
hall act upon the same as above provided.
he Governor shall have power to veto one or
aore items in any bill appropriating money,
distinct items, While approving 9TH
I portions of the bill, and the part or parts Of
he bill approved shall become law, and the
Iem or items of appropriations disapprOved
nall be void, unless repassed according to the
ules and limitations prescribed for the pas
age Of other bills over the Governors veto.
Strike out article sixty-six.)
NUMBER NINE.
No officer, whose salary is fixed by the s