The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-09-07

mat the seat OF government shall be eS
tablished at the city Of Baton Rouge or Al
the city OF New Orleans, as tho majority o.
the voters of the State may determine at the
next ensuing election; those voting to 10
cate the State capital at Baton Rouge shall
indorse on their tickets, 4" For State CapitaI
Eaton Rouge; those voting to locate the
capital at New Orleans shall indOrse on
their tickets, 'For State Capital, New Or
leans"
(Strike out article one hundred and thirty
ACT NO. "a, r. S. OF 1873.
Number Ttco
Representatives shall be chosen on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday in No
vember, every two years, and the election
shall be completed i'll one day. The General
Assembly shall meet on the first Monday in
January, 1879, and biennally thereafter. on
the first Monday in January, unless differ.
ent day be appointed by law, and their ses.
sions shall be held at the seat of government
(Stlike out article seventeen.)
Nftmber Three
After the year 1878 the General Assembly
shall not have power to levy in any one
yeal for all State purposes more than one
per eentum taxation, nor shall any collec-
ton of more than one per centum taxation
be made III any one year, on the actual cash
value of all real and personal property liable
to taxation, except in case of q foreign in
vasion or domestic Instruction, and in
that event any additional taxation shall only
he for the immediate purpose of repelling
invasion or suppressing Instruction The
city of New Orleans shall not levy or col
lect in any one year more than one and one
half per centum taxation on the actual cash
value Of all the real and personal property
liable to taxation within its limits No par
lsh or municipal corporation, except the
city of New Orleans, shall levy or collect IN
any one year more than one per centum tax
alton upon the actual cash value of all the
rcaland personal property liable to taxation
within its limits. The General Assembly
shall not have power to issue any bond or
pledge tho faith of the State for any purpose.
nor shall it authorize any parish or mun-
eipal corporation to issue any bond or create
any debt; pr0cided, that this shall not pro-
hibit the issue of new bonds in exchange for
old bonds, where the debt or rate of interest
is notinercased.
Number Fo91. =
The members of the General Assembly
siiaii be paid a salary of five hundred dol
lars l$5O0) per session, and actual TRAVELLING
expenses by the nearest practicable rolte
not to exceed fifty dollars (S50l for any one
member; prooided, that if two sessions are
HELD III the same year they shall receive for
the second session in that year a salary of
only two hundred and fifty dollars tS250l
and actual travelling expenses by the near
est practicable route, not to exceed fifty dol
iars ts90l for any one member. The regular.
Diennlal session shall not exceed ninety days
IN duration, unless by vote of tyo-thirds of
members elected to each house of the Gem
eral Assembly.
tStrike out article thirty-ninel
4Nitmber Fire
The General Assembly 81 all not pass nnv
local or special law changing the yenna IN
criminal cases, changing the manner of ner.
sons legitiinating children. vacating roads
streets or alleys, remitting fines, penalties.
anu Iofieitures or refunding moneys
legally paid INTO the treasury; etfecting the
Of minors, or persons under disshil;1
", exelnpting property from taxation. ere.
i1tihg any monopoly, legalizing the unuuth-
0rized or Invalid acts of any officer or agent
OF the State, or of any parish or munici.
panty granting any extra COMPENSATION 70
any public officer, agent or contractor. after
the service has been rendered or contracted
Tor; changing any parish seat, or creating
new pafisles, except by tho assent of the
majority OF the qualified electors of the mar
isli or parishes, To be affected i'm nil otber
eases, where general law can be made an
no local or special law shall be
passed.
Number Sir.
The Governor shall receive n salary of
seven thousand dollars per annum, PAYABLE
quarterly on his own Warrant.
tStrlke out article fifty-six.l
Number ISeeea
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive n
salary which shall be double that of a mem.
her of the General Assembly.
tStrike out article fifty -seYen.l
Nember Eight.
Every bill which shall have passed both
houses shall be presented To the Governor
f he approve it, he shall sign it; if he does
not he shall return it, with his obieetions
2 the house IN which it originated, which
wall enter the objections, Mt large upon its
ournal, aud proceed to reconsider it. If
liter such reconsideration, two-thirds of ali
he members present i'll that house shall
.gree to pass the bill it shall be sent. with
he objections, to the other house, by which
shall likewise be reconsidcred, and if an
eoyed lay tw0-thirds of the members pres
} ia that house it shall be n law. But in
le II cases the vote of both houses shall he
Il, Armlned by yeas and nays, and the
IN IS of members voting for or against the
II hall be entered upon the Journal of
oh house respectively. If amy bill shall
4 be returned by the Governor within five
VS. nj ter it shall have been presented To
IN, il shall be u law, in like manner MS if
had S 5gned it, unless the General Assem-
:, by IL ljoafnment, prevent its return: in
itch cas- ?, within thirty days, the Governor
Ill file q te same, witllhis objections there
in the o bee of tho Secretary of State. |
! give pm Bile notice thereof; otherwise it |
III become law, as if he had signed it. |
0 Seeretii y of State shall communi- |
0 said obie, 'tions and bill so deposited to |
house in W. 1ich it originated on the first /
OF the meet ing OF the next General AS /
IDLY, who sh all act upon the same as /
We provided. The Governor shall have |
fel, To veto enc or moro items in any bill /
ropriating mo uey, embracing distinct t
is, while APPROX ing other portions of the |
and the part " parts OF the hill APP
fed shall laeeome law, and the item or
IS of apnr0uiati. ans disapproved shall
-oid, unless repas sed according to the
3 and limitations . yeseribed for the pas
of other bills over the Governors veto.
frike out article sixt y-siN.l
Number Nt1e
! officer, whose s;t!ar Is liked by the
titution, shall be allo vet lnY ices or
lfiSitps af otfiffa