The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-22
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.


Secretary Of State.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
ACT NO. 70, r. s. OF 1878.
NUMBER ONE.
That the seat of government shall be egtab-
iished 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
N their tickets, "For State Capital, Baton
al At New Orleans shall indorse on their
tickets, sFor State Capital, New Orleans"
(Strike out article one hundred and thirty
'A' 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 snail pc
completed In one day. The General Assembly
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 seventeenJ
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 70 taxatlon, e1-
| cept In case of q foreign invasion or domes-
| tic insurrection, and In that event any addi-
tional taxation shall only be for the immedi-
ate purpose of repelling invasion or suppress
ing Instruction. The city OF New Orleans
| shall not levy or collect In any one, year more
than one and one-ha per fe 1 d taxa nd on
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
Of all the real and personal property liable to
taxation within its limits. The deneEal
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 OF
municipal corporation TO issue any bond :, OF or
create any debt; proyided, that this shall not
nrohibit the issue Of new bonds In exchange
For old bonds, where the debt or rate OF Inter
est lis not Increased.
1 NUMBER -FOUR.
The members of the General Assembly shall
be paid salary of five hundred dollars (S5OO)
per session, and actual travelling expenses by
the nearest practicable route not TO exceed ssa
ys0ed, that Ii two sessions are held ID the
same year they shall receive for the second
session In that year q salary OF only two nun"
dred and fifty dollars (S25o) and actual travel
: not to exceed fifty dollars $50 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 tc
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 II
criminal cases, changing the manner 1Il OF per ,
streets, or alleys, remitting fines, penalties
and forfeitures, or refunding moneys legally
paid into the treasury; affecting the estates q
minors, or persons under disability, exempt
nopoly, legalizing the unauthorized or invalid
) acts Of any officer or agent OF the State, Or O.
! any parish or municipality; granting any
/ extra compensation to any public OFFICER
r agent, or contractor, after the service nas
been rendered or contracted for; changing
any parish seat, or creating new parishes
!: except by the assent of the majority Of thu
J qualified electors of the parish, or parishes
to be affected; In all other cases, where a gen
eral law can be made applicable, no local o.
. 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.
t lStrike out article hfty-sfx) -.go
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive
salary which shall be double that OF mem
t Der Of the General Assembly.
: Strike out article fifty-seven.)
NUMBER EIGHT.
t Every bill which shall have passed bot
r houses shall be presented to the Governor;
2 he approve it, he shall sign it; If he does not
:. house in which 1t originated, which shall en-
: ter the objections at large upon Its Journal
4 and proceed to reconsider 1t. II, after sucl
reconsideration, two-thirds ofall the member
Bill, It shall be sent, with the objections, to tn
! other house, by which 1t shall ikeTise be re
. considered, and IL approved by tWo-thirds
the members present in that house, 1t shall
I O. law. But In such cases the vote OF DOT
= houses shall be determined by yeas and nays
and the names of members voting for o
against the bill shall be entered upon tn
journal of each house respectively. Ii any bi]
!. shall not be returned by the. Governor with
: five DAYS after it shall have been presented t
him, it shall be a law, In like manner as 1t b
had signed 1t, unless the General Assembly
y by adjournment, prevent its return; In Wh1c
y case, within thirty days, the Governor sha
c file the same, with his objections thereto. /
!, the office Of the Secretary Of State, and CIV
public notice thereof; otherwise It shall be
come q law, as ifhe had signed 1t. The secrt
tary of State shall communicate said obJee
tons and bill SO deposited to the house
which it originated on the first day Of th
8 meeting Of the next General Assembly, wh
e shall act upon the same as above provided
3, The Governor shall have power TO veto one {
7; :, embracing distinct ITEMS while approving otl
i or portions Of the bill, and the part or parts
}. the bill approved shall become law, and Il
/, item Or items Of appropriations disapprove
shall be void, unless repassed according to I'll
rules and Limitations prescribed for the pa
sage Of other bills over the Governors veto.
iStrike out article sixty-slx.)
NUMBER NINE.
No officer, whose salary Il fixed by Il