The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-10-26
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. 73, r. s. OF 1878.
NUMBER ONE,


ACT NO. rs, r. s. OF 1878.
NUMBER ONE.
That the seat of government shall be ostab-
Eshed at the city of Baton Rouge or ct tne
city of New Orleans, as the majority of the
voters of the State may determine at the next
ensuing election; those voting TO locate the
State capital at Baton Rouge shall tndorse
On their tickets, "For State Capital Baton
Rouge;" those voting to locate the cap.i-
tai at New Orleans shall 1ndorse on their
Saekets, "For State Capital New Orleans
(Strike out article one hundred and thirty
ACT NO. "a, R. s. OF 1878,
NUMBER TWO.
Renreeentatives shall be chosen on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in November
everv two wears. and the election shall be
completed In one day. The General Assembly
shall meet on the first Monday In january,
2879, and biennally thereafter. on t1e iirst
Monday In January unless different day pc
appointed by law, and their sessions shall De
held at the seat of government.
lStrike out article seventeon)
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 ono per centum taxation be made Ill any
one pear on tho actual cash value OF all real
andspersonal property liable to taxation, eX-
cent in case of O. foreign invasion or q domes-
tic insurrection, and IN that event any addl-
stional taxation shall only be for the immedl-
ate purpose Of repelling 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 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 anyone year more than one per
A., +ttn pf1 oh itlp
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 debt; prouided, that this shall 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
gided, that If two sessions are held In the
same year they shall receive for the second
session In that year salary OF only two hun
dred and fifty dollars (S25O) and actual travel
Ing expenses by the nearest practicable route,
not to exceed fifty dollars (S50( for any one
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 y-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-
cons legitimating children, vacatlng roads,
streets, or alleys, remttng 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
sets Of any officer OF agent OF the State, or OF
any parish or municipality; granting any
extra compensation to any public officer,
agent, or contractor, alter Ghe e. serYlce ,a% mas
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,
10 be affected in all other cases, where gen
aral law can be made applicable, no local or
special law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive salary or seven
thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
&erly, on his own warrant.
(Strike out article t1fty-siX.l
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive
salary which shall be double that Of a mem
Der Of the General Assembly.
Strike out article hfty-seven)
NUMBER EIGHT.
ENGly blIl WHICH SldlA LthNo pt%oSpa Nocia
houses shall be presented to the Governor; Ii
he approve it, he shall sign it; II he does not,
he shall return it, with his objections, too, the
house in which 1t originated, which snail en-
and proceed to reconsider it: #, after such
reconsideration two-thrds Of all the members
present in that house shall agree to pass the
bill. it shall be sent, with the objections to the
other house, by which it shall likewise be re-
considered, and if approved by two-thirds OF
the members present in that house, 1t shall be
a law. But in such eases the vote OF both
houses shall be determined by yeas ana 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
i've days after it shall have been presented to
mad signed it, unless the General Assembly
by adjournment prevent its return; in which
case, within thirty days, the Governor shall
fle the same, with his objections thereto, IL
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-
tary of State shall communicate said Objec
Aons and bill SO deposited to the house In
which it 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 OF
more items in any blu apprro?priating money
g4abracing distinct items while approving 9th,
or portions of the bill, and the part or parts Of
Ghe bill approved shall become law, and the
Item or items Of appropriations disapproved
f1hall be void, unless repassed according 20 the
g7lles and limitations prescribed for the pas
i3age of other bills over the Governors veto.
Strike out article sAty-SiX.l
NUMBER NINE.
no officer, whose salary Is fixed by the
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per
g31@2Sltes Of office.
NUMBER TEN
.Eae Judicial power shall be vested In