The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-07
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
ACT NO. 10, r. S. OF 1878.
NUMRER ONE.

New Orleans. as the majority OF
the voters Of the State may deter
mine at the next ensuing election
those voting to locate the State
capital at Baton Rouge shall in.
dorse on their tickets. For state
Capital, Baton Rouge those yo.
ting to locate the capital at New
Orleans shall indorse on their
tickets, "For State Capital, New
Orleans"
Strike ont article one hundred
and thirty.one.)
ACT NO. IA, r. S. OF 1878.
NUMBER TWO.
Representatives shall be chosen
on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November. every two
years, and the election shall be
completed in one day. The Gene
raj Assembly shall meet on the
first Monday in January. 1879,
and biennallv thereafter, on the
first Monday in January, unless a
different day he appointed by law,
and their sessions shall be held at
the seat of government.
(Strike ont article scyenteen.)
NUMBER THREE.
After the year 1878 the General
Assembly shall rot have power tc
levy in any one year for all State
purposes more than one per cent
I'm taxation. nor shall any collec
ton of more than one per centum
taxation be made in any one year
on the actual cash value If al! rca
and personal properly liable tc
taxation, except in case Of d for
eign invasion or a domestic insur
rection, and in that event any ad
ditional taxation shall only he fol
the immediate purpose of repelline
invasion or s%uppreSsing insurrec
ton. The city Of New Orleans
shall not levy or collect in any one
! year more than one and one-halI
per centum taxation on the aetna
cash value of all he real and per
sonal property liable t. taxation
within its limits. No parish OF
municipal corporation, except the
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 rea'
and personal property liable to
taxation within its limits. The
Genera! Assembly shall not have
power to issue any bond or pledge
the faith Of the state for any pur
pose, nor shall it authorize any
parish or municipal corporation to
Issue any bond Or create any debt
prouided that this shall not pro
hibit the issue Of new bonds
in exchange for old bonds, where
the debt or rate Of interest is no.
increased.
NUMBER THREE.
The members of the General AS
sembly shall be paid a salary 0.
five hundred dollars $500 PEI
session, and actual travelling ex
penses by the nearest practicable
route, not to exceed fifty dollar:
$50 for any one member ; prori
ded, that if two sessions are beIc
in the same year they shall receive
for the second session in that year
a salary ofonly two hundred & fifty
dollars $3.50 and actual travel
ing expenses by the nearest practi
cable route, not TO exceed fifty do,
lars $50 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 0
the General Assembly.
Strike ont article thirty-nine.)
NUMBER FIVE.
The General Assembly shall no.
pass any local or special law
changing the venue in crimiaa
cases. changing the manner Of per
sons legitimating children, vaca
ting roads, streets, or alleys, re
hitting fines, penalties. and for
FIXTURES, Or refnnding moneys lie
gally paid into the treasury
affecting the estates Of minors, Of
persons under disability, exempt
ing property from taxation, crea
ting any monopoly, Iega!izing thu
unauthorized or invalid acts of an