The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-02

tickets, "For State Capital, New Orleans"
(Strike out article one hundred and thirty
''A0' 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 shall pc
completed In one day. The General Assembly
shall meet on the first Monday In January,
1879, and biennally thereafter, Oh the first
appointed by law, and their sessions shall be
held at the seat Of government
(Strike out article seventeeno
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 centun taxation be made 10 any
one year, on the actual cash value Of all real
and personal property liable to taxation, ex-
cept in case Of a. foreign invasion or domes-
tic instruction, and In that event any addi-
tional taxation shall only be for the immedi-
ate PURPOSE 4 repebg 1 @ N or Bprpean
shall not levy or collect In any one year more
than one and one-half per centum taxation on
the actual cash value Of all the real and per-
sonal property liable to taxation within Its
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 lnes. Inc ne ,s GENERA enn
bond or pledge the faith of the State for any
purpose, nor shall 1t authorize any parish or
municipal corporation to issue any bond or
create any debt; rrov1ded, that thls small not
prohibit the issue Of new bonds in exchange
FOR old bonds, 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 $500
per session, and actual travelling expenses by
the nearest practicable route, not to exceed
fifty dollars $3.50 for any one member; pro-
vided, that Ii two sessions are held In the
same year they shall receive for the second
session In that year a salary Of only two hum
dred and fifty dollars (S250) and actual travel
ing expenses by the nearest practicable route,
not to exceed fifty dollars $3.50 for any one
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-
sons legitimating children, vacating roads,
streets, or alleys, rernitting fines, penalties,
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
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 O. salary OF seven
thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
terly, on his own warrant
| (Strike out article fifty-siz9
NUMBER SEVEN
| The Lieutenant Governor snail receive q
salary which shall be double that of mem"
| Der Of the General Assembly.
(Strike out article ffty-seven.)
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed both
houses shall be presented to the Governor; II
he approveit, he shall sign it; If 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: y, after such 1
1
present In that house shall agree to pass the
blu, 1t shall be sent, with the objections, to the
other house, by which 1t shall likewise be re-
considered, and If approved by tWo-thirds, OF
the members present in that house, 1t snail pc
| law. But in such cases the vote Of both
| houses shall be determined by yeas and nays,
and the names Of members voting for or
against the bill shall be entered upon the
journal Of each house respectively. Ii any bill
shall not be returned by the Governor within
| five days after 1t shall have been presented to
him, 1t shall be a law, In like manner as II he
had signed it, unless the General Assembly,
| by adjournment, prevent Its return; In which
case, within thirty days, the Governor shall
| file the same, with his objections thereto, In
the office Of the Secretary Of State, and give
public notice thereof; otherwise it shall be
| come law as ifhe had signed it. The Score
tary of State shall communicate said obiec
tons and bill so deposited to the house In
which 1t originated ON the first day OF the
meeting Of the next General Assembly, who
shall act upon the same as above provided
The Governor shall have power to veto one o.
more items In any bill appropriating money
embracing distinct items, while approving 9th
er portions of the bill, and the part or parts d
the bill approved shall become law, and ths
item or items of appropriations disapproyec
shall be void, unless repassed according to th'
rules and limitations prescribed for the pas
sage Of other bills over the Governors veto.
(Strike out article sixty-siz)
NUMBER NINE.
No officer, whose salary Is fixed By th