The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-08-17

. mat inc seat hl government snail DC cS
tablished at the city of Baton Rouge or a
the city of New Orleans, rs the majority o
the voters of the State may determine mt thu
next ensuing election those voting to 10
cate the State capital ut Baton Rouge shal
indorse on their tickets, " For State Capitll
Eaton Rouge; those voting to locate tho
capital ut New Orleans shall iudorse OF
their tickets, For State Capital, New Or
leans" ssa4 us str 80
tStrike out article one hundred and thirty
ACT NO. "a, Il. s. OF 1873.
Number Tic0.
Representatives shall be chosen on the
arst Tuesday after the first Monday in No
yember, every two years, and the election
shall l,e completed 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 differ.
eRt day be appointed by law, and their SEES
siOns shall be held at the seat of government
(Strike out article seventeen.) t .-
Nunber Three
After the year 1873 the General Assembly
shall not have power to levy in any one
yeai for all State purposes more than one
per centum taxation, nor shall any eolIec-
ton OF more than one per centum taxation
he made in any one year, on the actual cash
value of all real and personal property liable
20 taxation, except III case of a foreign in
vasion or a domestic instruction, and in
that event any additional taxation shall only
be for tile immediate purpose of repelling
invasion or snppressing Instruction The
city OF New Orleans shall not levy or col
lect In any one year more than one and one
Aaif parcenttnr taxation on the acttlal cash
value of all the real and personal property
liable to Taxation within its limits. Nopaf
ish or municipal corporation, except the
city OF New Orleans, shall levy or collect Iii
any one year more than one perceilfum tax
alton upon the actual cash value of all the
real and per sonal property liable to Taxation
within its limits. The General Assembly
shall not have power to issue any bond or
pledge the faith of the State for any purpose,
nor shall 1t authorize any parish or siuni-
cipal corporation to issue any bond or create
any debt ; prOsided, that this shall NOT urn
hibit the issue of new bonds in eXclanre for
old bonds, where the debt or rate of interest
Is not increased.
Number -Four.
The members of the General Assembly
shall be paidsa salary of five hundred dol
lars tSo00l per session, aud actual tr;,ytli,,g
expenses oy the nearest practicable route,
not 10 exceed nifty dollars (S50l for any one
nemDer pr0rided, that if two sessions are
held in tho same year they shall receive foI.
the second session in that wear n sal.1rv nj
only two hundred and fifty dollars fS250J
AMI actual travelling expenses by tho nc,,r
est practicable route, noe to exceed fifty dol
lars tS30) for any one member The renular
biennial session shall not exceed ninety DAYS
III duration, unless by vote of two-tbirds If
elected to each housesof the Gen
tStrike out article thirty-ninc.l
Nnmbe, Fire.
The General Assamhly- el,.,I7f -. ..o.L 81
LEGAL or special law changing the yenuc in
criminal etlses. changing the manner. III mar
Sons legitimatIng children, vacatinp roads
streets or alleys, renting fines, penalties
ltnd forfeitures or refunding n,oneys
legally paid into the treasury: cffectin" nc
estates OF minors, or persons under disabili
y, eXemptmg property from taxation. ere
htlng any monopoly, legalizing the unanth-
Iihea 0r mEaiid acts of any officer or agent
ol Sne state, or OF any parish or munich
panty granting any extra compensation TO
any public officer, agent or contract or. aito,.
me service has been rendered or contracted
Tor; changing any parish seat, or creating
new PARISHES, except by the assent oa the
majority of the qualified electors of the parl
'sh or parishes TO be affected; in all other
eases, where a general law easl lie made an
pilcaoie, no local or special law shall be
passed. -, - -
The Governor shall receive :, salary of
seven thousand dollars per annum, payable
quarterly ON his own warrant.
tStrike out article fiIty-six.l
NHmbeF .Sereu.
lhe Lieutenant Governor shall receive n
.alary which shall be double that of a mems.
bor OF the Geaeral Assembly.
tSts1ke out article titty-sevenl
NHH'6ei' Eiqht
E..o.,- LIN ,.l,,zl
lo,lscs shall be presented to the Governor
he approve it, he shall sign it /: if he does
Tot. he shall return it, with his obicctious
/" the house IN which it originated, which
shall enter the objections, at large upon its
ournnl, and proceed to reconsider II If
lttcr such reconsideration, two-thirds of ali
he members present in that house shall
gree to pass the bill, it shall be sent. with
he objections, To the other house. by which
snail likewise be reconsidcretl, and if ap-
'roEed uy two-thInts of the members pres
mt IN that house ii shall be q law, Bit in |
nch cases the vote of both houses shall be |
etermlned by yeas and nays, and the
a mes ~ members voting for or against the
il snail be entered upon the journal of |
ach House respectively. Ii any bill shall t
OF De returned 10y the Governor within five !
avs after it shall have been presented On I
m, u shall be law, in like manner as if |
G had signed IL. unless the General Assem- |
y, ny adjournment, prevent its return: in /
'hlch case. within thirty days. the Governor |
nal fle the same. with his objections there /
), IN the office OF the Secretary of State,
nd give public aotiee thereof otherwise il T
lali become a law, as il he had signed il.
he Secretary of State shalt communi
tie SAID objections and bill Sc deposited to
he house IN which it originated on the first
~ OF the meeting of the next General As
mhly, who shall act upon the same, as
rove provided. The Governor shall have
'wer To veto one or more items in any hill
money, embracing distinct /
ms, while approving other portions Of the
II, aud the part or parts ot the hill ap-
owed shall become law, and the item or
'als of appropriations disapproved shall
void. unless repassed according to the
les and limitations prescribed for the pas.
&c OF other bills over the Governors veto.
Strike Gut article siNty-siNl
.la0t6ei' Aisc
No officer, whose salary is fixed by the
lstitution, shall be allowed any fees or
rquisiteS of office