The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-05
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. 70, r. S. OF 1873.
NUMBER ONE.

ACT NO. 70. r. S. OF 1875
NUMBER ONE.
That the seat Of government shall be estab-
q n.shnd at tho city of Baton Rouge or at the
a nEv of New Orleans, rs the LHiUfity 0s tShe
ensuing election; those voting to locate the
state capital at Baton Rouge shall indorse
on their tickets, "For State Capital, Baton
Rouge" those voting to locate the capIl"
lal 1t New Orleans shal1 l9dorse m,3, on thelr
(strike out article one hundred ana thirty
'' ACT NO. IA, II. s. OF 1873,
NUMBER TWO.
Ranreaentatives shall be chosen on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday In November
every two years, and @ 1he eecsoh sl,aa, pe
ehall meet Oh the first Monday In January,
1879. and biennally thereafter, on the iirst
Monday In January, unless different day pc
appointed by law, and their sessions SHALL pe
held at tho seat of government.
(Strike out article seventeen)
NUMBER THREE.
After the wear 1878 the General Assembly
shall not have power to levy in any one year
for oil State purposes more than one per cent"
nm taxation. nor shall any collection OF more
than one per cei1tum taxation pe mace e Ia La any
one year on the actual cash value OF all real
and personal property liable to taxation, ex-
rent In case Of u foreign invasion or a domes
ia lnsurrection and In that event any addl-
tlonal taxation shall only be for the lmmedl-
ate purpose of repelling invasion or suppress
inU insurrection. The city OF New Orleans
ahall not levy or collect In any one year more
than one and one-half per cent'lm 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,
excenhthe city Of New Orleans, shall levy OF
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 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 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 Id excnange
Tor old bonds, where the debt or rate of Inter
est La not increased.
NUMBER FOUR.
The members of the General Assembly shall
be paid salary of five hundred dollars ($50O)
Ber session, and actual travelling expenses by
The nearest practicable route, not to exceed
fifty dollars ($b0 for any one member; pro"
Vtded that II two, sessions are held In the
same wear they shall receive for the second
session In that year q salary OF only two hun
dred and fifty dollars t$250) and actual travel
Ing expenses by the nearest practicable route
not TO exceed fifty dollars (S5o( for any one
member. Tho regular biennial session shall
not exceed ninety days In duration, unless by
vote of two-thirtIs Of the members elected TO
each house of the General Assembly.
lStrike out article thirty-nine,)
NUMBER FIVE.
u The General Assembly shall not pass any
local or special law changing the venue In
criminal cases, changing the manner OF per- |
Sons legEtimating children, Vacating roads, |
streets, or alleys, remittng f1nos penalties,
and forGeitures, or rounding moneys legally |
paid into the treasury; affecting the estates OF
minors or persons under disability, exempt
Ing property from taxation, creating any mo-
nopoly, A2galizing the unauthorlzed or Invalid
acts Of officer or senf or the grann S51e o, anV U
extra ctsinpensation to any public officer,
agent, OF contractor, after the service has
been rendered or contracted for; changing
any parish seat or creating new parishes,
qualified electors Of the parish, or parishes,
10 be affected; in all other eases, where gem
eral 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 quar-
terly, on his own warrant.
tStrike out article tlfty-siX)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive a
salary which shall be double that OF o men,
ber OF the General Assembly.
(Strike out article hfty-sevenJ
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed both
houses shall be presented to the Governor; II
he approye it. 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-
for thn ohiertinns MT large upon it's journal
and proceed to reconsider IL. H. alIef Sucn
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