The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1878-10-26
CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENIS.
ACT NO. 73, X. S. OF 1873.
WILL. A. STRONG,
Secretary of State.

ACT NO. 73, K. S. OF 1873.
NUMBER ONE.
That the seat of government shall be -
tablished at the city of Baton Rouge or at
the citv 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 intlorse Oh their tickets, For State
Capital, Baton Rouge those voting to To-
cate the capital at New Orleans shall in
dorse OH their tickets, 'For State Capital,
New Orleans
(Strike out article one hundred and thir-
ty-One.l
ACT NO. "a, R. 5. OF 1873.
NUMBER TWO.
REPRESENTATIVES shall be chosen on the
first tuesday after the first Monday in No
yenlbor, every two years, and the election
shall be completed in one day. The Gene
raj Assembly shall meet on the first Mon
dav in January, 1879, and biennally there
after, on the first Monday in January, IN
less different day be appointed by law.
and their sessions shall be held at the seat
of g0g ernment.
{Srrike out article seventeen.)
NUMBER THREE.
After the wear 1878 the General Assem-
bIy shall not have power to levy in any
one year for all State purposes more than
one per centum taxation, nor shall any col
lection of more than one per centum taxa
tiuu be made III any one year, on the actual
cssl, value of all real and personal proper
tv liable to taxation, except in case of a
foreign invasion or u domestic insurrectiOn,
and in that event any additional taxation
shall only be for the Immediate purpose OF
renelling invasion or suppressing insurrec-
ti6n. The city of New Orleans shall not
levy or collect in any one year more than
one and one-half per centum taxation on
the actual cash value ofall the real and
uersonal property liable to taxation within
It's limts. No parish or municipal corpo-
ration, except the city of New Orleans,
shall levy or collect in any one year more
than one per centum taxation upon the &c
tual cash value of all the real and personal
property liable to taxation within its liul.
it's. The General Assembly shall not have
power to issue any bond or pledge the faith
of the State for any purpose, nor shall II
authorize any parish or municipal corpora
tiou to issue any bond or create any debt
prorided, that this shall not prohibit the is
sue of new bonds in exchange for old
bonds, where the debt or rate of interest Ii
not increased.
NUMBER FOUR.
The members of the General Assembly
shall be paid salary of five hundred dol
lars $500 per session, and actual travelling
expenses by the nearest practicable route
not to exceed fifty dollars $500 for any
one member; prorided. that if tw o sessions
are held in the same year they shall re
| ceive for the second session in that year
salary of only two hundred and fifty dol
lars i$25O) aud actual travelling expense
| by the nearest practicable route. not to ex
| ceed fifty dollars t$5Ol for any one member
| The regular biennial session shall not ex
ceed ninety days in duration, unless b,
| vote of two thirds OF the members to eac
Ihouse of the General-Assembly.
| (Strike out article thirty nine.)
| NUMBER FIVE.
Tho General Assembly shall not pas
auy local or special law changing the ver
ue in criminal cases, changing the manne
of persons legitimating children, vaeatln
roads. streets, or alleys. remitting fine'
penalties. and forfeitures, or retundin
moneys legally paid into the treasury; a
tectine the estates of minors, Or persons IL
der disability. exe,upting property frol
taxation, creating any monopoly, legalizin
the unauthorized or invalid acts Of any o
ficer or agent of the State, or of any paris
or municipality; granting amy ezra con
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