The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-21
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
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NUMBER ONE.

ACT NO. 70, r. 8. OF 1878.
NUMBER ONE.
That the seat of government shall be estab-
lished at the city OF Baton Rouge Or at the
city OF New Orleans, rs the ma jOrity of the
voters of the State may determine at the next
State capital at Baton Rouge shall indorse
On their tickets, "For State Capital, Baton
fsouge;' those voting to locate the capt.
tal at New Orleans shall lndorse on their
tickets, tFOr State Capital, New Orleans"
tStrike out article one hundred and thirty
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 tho election shall be
completed In one day. The General Assembly
shah meet on the lirst 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
um 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-
1
iiG insurrection, and In that event any addi-
tional taxation shall only be for the immedi-
ate purpose Of repelllng invasion or suppress
ing instruction. The city of New Orleans
shall not levy or collect In any one year more
than one and one-half per centrum 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 year more than one per
centum taxation upon the actual cash value
OF all the real and personal property liable to
taxation within it's 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 DEBIT prou1ted, that this shall not
brohi5iaa~the issue Of new bonds in exchange
For old bofds, where the debt or rate of inter
est Is not Increased.
NUMBER FOUR.
The members of the General Assembly shall
be paid salary of five hundred dollars ($5OO)
per session, and actual travelling expenses by
the nearest practicable route, not to exceed
fifty dollars $500 for any one member; pro-
Uided, that IL two sessions are held in the
same year they shall receive for the second
session In that year q salary of only two hum
dred and fifty dollars (S250) 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-thirds of the members elected to
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 In
criminal cases, changing the manner of per-
streets, or alleys, remtting 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 salary Of seven
thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
Terly, on his own warrant.
lStr1ke out article fifty -six.)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive
salary which shall be double that of mem
Der of the General Assembly.
(Strike out article tifty-seven.)
NUMBER EIGHT
Every bill which shall have passed both
houses shall be presented to the Governor; Ii
he approve it, he shall sign it; Il 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 its journal,
and proceed to reconsider 1t. II, after such
two-thirds of all the mem bers
present In that house shall agree to pass the
blu, 1t shall be sent, with the objections, to the
other house, by which it shall likewise be re-
yonsldered, and Ii approved by two-thirds of
D law. But In such cases the vote of both
houses shall be determined by yeas szld NAYS.
and the names Of members voting for or
against the bill shall be entered upon the
shall not be returned by the Governor within
1--WE days after it shall have been presented to
him, it shall be law In like manner as If he
had signed It, unless the General Assembly, {
Dy adjournment prevent its return; In which :
case within thirty days. the Governor shall s
the office Of the Secretary of State, and give .
public notice thereof; otherwise it shall be- |
come law, as 1.-THE had signed it. The Secre- !
AIRY OF State shall communicate said obiec :
aons and blu so deposited to the house in :
which it originated on the first day of the
meeting of the next General Assembly, who J.
5naal act upon the same as above provided. | !
LIE tIoVernor Shall have power to veto one or q
more Items In any bill appropriating money, =
u M ora.elng dlstlnct items while approving 9TH
he bill approved shall become law, and the .
tenn or items Of appropriations disapproved Z
nall be VOID, unless repassed according to the
ules ana limitations prescribed for the pas
age Of other bills over the Governors veto. G
Strike out article sixty-sx)
NUMBER NINE.
NO officer, whose salary Is fixed by the 81