The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-10-04
coNsr,rvfloMAL AMENDMENTS.

coNsT,TvIloeaAL AMENDMENTS.
election thoss Voting I'd ioea.s the State ;Sep,i
itaI At natoh R0ues shell indorse on essiri
tickets, .1cr State CAPITAL, Baton Rouge !"
leans shall indorse on their tickets, ..Tor State
Capital, New Orleans"
[Strike out article one hundred and thirty
ACT NO. "a, B. S. OF 1875.
- NUMBER TWO.
Representative shall be chosen ON the first
Tuesday after the drst Monday il sNqyember,
completed in one day The erniAssembly
shall meet on the first Monday In January,
1879, and biennally thereafter, on the frst
Monday in January, unless q different day be
appointed by law, and their sessions shall be
held at tho seat OF government. NJ
CStrike out article seventeenth
NuMBER THREE.
After the year 1873 the General Assembly
shall not have power to levy in any one year
for all State purposes more than one per cont
um taxation, nor shall any collection of more
than one per centum taxation be made in any
and personal property liable to taxation, ex-
cept in case Of q foreign invasion or o dones
tic insurrecsion, and in that event any add
tionnl taxation shall only be for the immcdi-
alto purpose of rcpelling invasion or suppress
ing insurrection. The city of New Orleans
shall not levy or collect in any one year more
than one and one-half per centum taxation on
sonal property liable to taxation within il
limits. No parish or municipal corporation.
except the city of New Orleans, shall levy or
in one than a.p
of all the real and personal property liable to
taxation within its Limits. The General
Assembly shall not have power TO issue any
purpose, nor shall it authorize any parish or
municipal corporation to issue any bond OF
create any debt; provided, that this shall not
prohibit tho issue of new bonds in exchange
for old bonds. where the debt or rate Of inter-
est is not increased.
NUMBER FOUR
Tho ,ue,n,,ars of ~ s(9enaral Assemble ahau
bc Maid n snarv ar i've nm Saii dollars S5OO,
ner session. ard nctnal travsiSnr[ exnenses nv
the neareat nrIctfaG1Sia= svdi,tdG nat 10 exceei
fiftv doIIars GS601 r. fhvf6ne tnssmher n,,o.
Uided, that 1.-TWO s61s1G6S 1re held In the same
year they shall receive 8ef the SECOND session
in that year salary OF enly two hundred and
fifty dollars 4 $250I an9 SaStual travelling ex-
penses by tbeHea!ee PtectJeable route, not to
exceed h1ty d0nan1 49, 10 any one member:
me regular D!Snnist - ~ e9ali not exceed
ninety Gays 10 out1Non, unsess oy vote OF TWO.
thlrds OF the members elected to each house OF
the General Assembly;
lotfike out article tnirty'nlnc.J ...
NUMBER FIVE;
local or special law changing the venue in
criminal cases, changing the manner of per-
sons lcgitimating children, vacating roads,
oucclSs VI ulACyS, I0o4lttAuk uueSS pcu0ltlCs,
and forfeitures, or refunding moneys legally
paid into the treasury affecting the estates Of
minors, or persons under disability, exempting
property from taxation, creating any monop-
oily, legalixing the unauthorized or invalid
acts of any officer or agent of the State, or of
any parish OF municipalities; granting any
extra compensation to any public officer, agent,
or contractor, after the service has been rem
dered or contracted Cor changing any parish
seat, or creating new parishes, except by the
assent of q majority of the qualified electors OF
the parish, or parishes. to be affected; in all
other cases, where q general low 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 quarter
ly on his own warrant. $500
tStrike out article fifty -six
NUMBER SEVEN -.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive n
salary which shall be double that OF q member
of tho General Assembly, .-f-f.h -
lStrfke out article fifty scveu1 =,
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tho "h;sct;ons NJ LARGO mron ;Ia ;n%rna, ~ mi
proceed to reconsider It. II, after such recon
sideration, two-thirds Of oil the members
present in that house shall agree TO pass the
bill, it shall be sent, with the objections to
re.considered, and if approved by two thirds
Of tho members present in that house, IL shall