The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-16

ifshed at the city OF Baton Rnugs or ab the
CITY of New Orleans. as the majority Of the
voters Of the State may determine at the next
ans,lInp election. those voting to locate the
State capital nj Baton Rouge shall indorse
N their tickets, "For State Capital, Baton
Rouge" those voting 10 locate the CAPT
tal at New Orleans shall ndotse on their
fjekeie. ''For State Capital. New Orleans"
(t,trike out article orle hundred and thirty
pnel
ACT NO. IA. Il. +. or 1878,
NUMBER TWO,
ReuresentafIyes shall be chosen on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday In November
every two years, and tbs election shall be
eotnpletsd 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 a different day be
appointed by law al1d their sessions shall be
held at the seat Of government.
lbtrke out article seventeenJ
NUMBER THREE.
After the year 1878 the General Assembly
shnll not have power to levy In any ono ysAr
for all State purposes more than one per cent
r1rn taxation, nor shall any collection OF more
than one per csntun taxation be made In any
one year, on the nctuaI cash value OF all real
and personal property Liable TO taxation, OK
eept in case OF p foreign Invasion Or doines-
tic ineurreCton and In that syent any add.~
tlona taxation shall only be for the 11ntn6di-
nte purpose Of repelling Invasion Or suppress
ing instruction. The city Of New Orleans
shall not levy or collect In any one year more
than ono and one-hnlf per centum 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 yenr more than one per
osntum taxation upon the, acttlal cash value
Of all the renl and personal property liable 70
| taxation within It's limits. Tho General
Assembly shall not have power to Issue any
| bond or pledge tho fnith OF the State for any
purpose, nor shall it authorize any parish or
municipal corporation to Issue any bono or
create any debt; py0piIed, that this shall not
| prohbt the issue Of new bonds In exchange
| for old bonds, where the debt or rHte OF Inter
est Is not increased.
NUMBER -FOUR.
The members Of the General Assembly shall
bp pnih o salary Of five hundred dollars $4,000
per session, and actual travelling expenses by
tho nearest n,ncticable route, not 70 exceed
fifty dolIars>!s5O) for any one member; PRO
uttJed that i two sessions arc held In the
same year tfey shall reGeivo for the second
session In thnt year d salary OF only two hun
bred and fifty dollars $3.50 and ACTUAL travel-
ing expenses by the nearest practicable route
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-thirtls OF the members elected to
each house Of the General Assembly.
(Strike out article thrty~nine)
NUMBER FIVE
The General Assembly shall not pass any
local or special low changing the venue In
criminal cases, changing the manner OF per-
sons legitmating children, vaCating roads,
sheets, or alleys, retnitting fines, penalties,
and fOrfeittlres, or refunding moneys leghly
paid into the TREASURY; affecting the estates Of
minors, or persons under disability, exempt
Ing property from taxation, creating any mo- 70,
nopoly, legnlizing the unauthorized or invalid
acts Of any officer OF agent OF the state, or of
any parish or municipality; granting any
extra compensation to any public officer,
ngent, or contractor, mfter the service has
been rendered or contracted for; changing
!, any parish Beat or CreEIting new parishes,
! pxcept by the assent Of the minority Of the
qualified electors Of the parish or parishes,
to be affected; in I'LL other cases, where gen
eral law can be made applicable no local Or
special law shall be pagsed.
NUMBER Six.
The Governor shall receive salary Of seven
thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
terly, on his own warrant.
(s5trlke out article fifty-eix)
t NUMBER SEVEN.
; The Lieutenant Governor shall receive p
salary which shall be double that or mem
Der Of the General Assembly.
Strike out article fifty-seven)
, NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed both
houses shall be presented to tho Governor; Il
! he approve 1t, he shall sign 1t; II he does not
he shall return 1t, with bis objections, TO the
house In which It originated, which shall en-
ter the objections at large upon it's journal
and proceed to reconsider 1t. II, after such
q reconsideration, tWo-third8 ofall the members
present In that house shall agree TO pass tht
bill, 1t shall be sent, with the objections, to the
/. other house, by which it shall likewise be TO
:, considered, and Ii approved by tWo-thlrd3 o.
the members present In that house, 1t shall b
law. But in such cases the vote OF botf
houses shall be determined by yeas and nays
and the names Of members voting for o.
against the bill shall be entered upon thf
y journal Of each house respectively. Ii any oil
=; shall not be returned by the Governor within
. him, it shall be q law, In like manner as II h
: had signed It, unless the General Assembly
by adjournment prevent Its reburn in which
case, within thirty days, the Governor shall
a file the same. with his objections thereto, Il
the office Of the Secretary Of State, and Civ
= come law, as ifhe had signedit. The Secre
+ tary Of State shall communicate said obie'
4 tions and bill SO deposited to the house Il
= which it originated on the first day Of til
s meeting of the next General Assembly, VIII
s shall act upon the same as above provided
The Governor snail have IA power 70 veto one 0
more items in any bill apprOprtating money
3 embracing distinct items, while approving 9th
er portions Of the bill, and the part Or parts c
The bill approved shall become law, and tn
item or items Of appropriations disapproye
shall be void, unless repassed according 10th
rules and limitations prescribed for the pas
sage Of other bills over the Governors veto.
(Strike out article sixty-siz)
- NUMBER NINE.
i No officer, whose salary Is fixed By tn