The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-10-19

in exchange tor Oid DOnus, Where
the debt or rate of interest is not
increased.
NUMBER THREE.
The members of the General AS
sembly shall be paid salary o1
five hundred dollars $500 pei
session, and actual travelling ex
penses by the nearest practicable
route, not to exceed fifty dollars
$50 for any one member /; prova
ded, that if two sessions are held
in the same year they shall receive
for the second session in that year
a salary Of only two hundred 4 fifty
dollars $3.50 and actual travel
ing expenses by the nearest practi
cable route, not to exceed fifty dol
lars $500 for any one member
The regular biennial session shall.
not exceed ninety days in duration
unless by vote Of two'thirds of the
elected to each house ol
the General Assembly.
Strike out article thirty.nine.)
NUMBER FIVE.
The General Assembly shall no,
pass any local or special law
the venue in criminal
cases, changing the manner Of per.
sons legitimating children, vaca.
ting roads, streets, or alleys, re-
hitting fines, penalties, and for
FIXTURES, or refunding moneys le.
gally paid into the treasury
affecting the estates Of minors, or
persons under disability, exempt.
ing property from taxation, crea'
ting any monopoly, lega'izing the
or invalid acts of any
officer or agent Of the State, or Of
any parish or municipality grant
ing any extra compensation to any
public officer, agent, or contractor
after the service has been render
ed or contracted for /; changing
any parish seat, or creating new
except by the assent Of
the majority Of the qualified cleo
tors of the parish, or parishes, to
be affected ; in all other cases,
where a genera! law can be made
applicable, no local or special law
shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive a
salary Of seven thousand dollars
per annum, payable quarterly, on
his own warrant.
(Strike ont article fifty-six.)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall
receive a salary which shall be
double that of a member of the
General Assembly.
(Strike out article fifty-seven.
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have
passed both houses shall be pre-
sented to the Governor ; if be ap'
prove it, he shall sign it; if he
does not. he shall return it, with
his objections, to the house in
which it originated, which shall
enter the objections at large upon
its Journal, and proceed to recon
slider it. If, after such reconsider
ton, two-thirds 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 reconsiderd, and if approved by
two-thirds Of the members presen
in that house, it shall be a law
But in such cases the vote of botl
houses shall be determined by yea
and nays, and the names of th'
members voting for or against th'
bill shall be entered upon the jour
nal of each house respectively. l
any bill shall not be returned b!
the Governor within FIVE days al
ter it shall have been presented tt
him, it shall be a law, in like man
ner as if he had signed it, unles
the General Assembly, by adjourn
ment, prevent its return in whic]
case, within thirty days, the Gov
ernor shall file the same, with hi
objections thereto, in the Office O
the Secretary of State, and Civ
public notice thereof ; otherwis
it shall become a law, as if he ha'
signed it. The Secretary Of Stat
shall communicate said objection
and bill SO deposited to the hous
in which it originated on the frs
day Of the meeting of the mex
General Assembly, who shall &C
upon the same as above provided
The Governor shall have power t
veto one or more items in any bl