The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-08-01
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. 10. r.. s. OF 1878.
NUMBER ONE.


ACT No. 10, IL. 5. OF 1878.
NI1MBER ONE
:. iha1 the seat OF government small ne estah-
ilsheu at tne city OF Baton Rouge or ut the city
VI .,ew oIlcahs, as Tue MAJORITY OF the Votefs
u Tue otate may determine az the next ehsu
ing election; those Nctlng TO iocate the state
eap'''i at Datoli houge snaii lndofse on theif
.teNe'S' foI 9tate Iapitai' batoh rouge;
,hose voting 70 locate the capital at New VI
ies'ho siiaii ii'efse On their TICKETS, fof state
zap taLs New orleans,
t'tlihe ool aftie'c one huhureo anu thirty
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ACT NO. ri. II. :. OF 1878.
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Representatives shall be chosen on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday iii November,
every two years, aud The election shall be com
pleted in one day. The General Assembly shall
meet on the first Monday inJanuary 1879, and
blennally thereafter, on the nrst Monday III
LIZ: i" ulno,ont oa4 oo
seat of government
Strike out article seventeen.
NohhhA Three
After the year 1878 the General Assembly
| shall not have power to levy in any one wear
| for all State purposes more than one per centum
| taxation nor shall any collection of more than
one per centum UdXatl0n De MADE IN any one
year, on the actual cash value Of all real and
personal property liable to taxation, except in
| case of a foreign invasion or a domestic insur-
rection and in that event any additional taxa
ton shall only be for the Immediate purpose of
repelling invasion or suppressing insurrectioR.
The city of New Orleans shall not levy or col
leet IN any one year more than one ana one
yalne Of ali the real ANA nersonal nropertv lin.
bic to taxation within its limlis. No parish or
municipal corporotion, except the CITY of New
| Orleans. shall lew or collect in any one wear
more than one Der centum taxation npoa thc
actual cash value of all the real aud personal
property liable to taxation within its limits =
THE General Assembly shall no, have power tg
issue any l.end or pledge the faltl of The State
fr any n,lr, ese nor shall il authorize any par
i.h or ,nul,jritli corporation to issue any bond
or CRATE any Debt; gfori9ed that this shall moi
frpYfl,f the issue ,,t new bonds in exchange fol
iii hf,,as where the debt or rate of interest is
net increased
NJ hAEh FOUR
The members of the General Assembly shall
be rs id salary of FIVE hundred dollars $500
per session and actual travelling expenses b,
the neari pfacileiti rohee' hot 70 eAeecu ~
t,,,t - ~, sessions are held in the same YEA
that they shall receive for the second session il
that year a salary of only two hundred an,
| fifty dollars t$250) and actual travelling ex
pcnses by the nearest practlcaDle f"h'e' hot I
TIC raar,lsr h;anniaI session shall not t,xeee,
ninety davs in duration. unless by vote of two
thirds of fhe members elected to each house @
. the General Assembly.
: Strike out article th1rty-ninel
/, NUMBER FIVE.
e The General Assembly shall not pass an
S 1ocai or snacia, law changing the Venue
c Irwin al cases changing the manner of rersor
t iaait;mating Children Taeatinp roads street.
!. or aIlays rem;ttino fines penalties and 70
Il fa;tnres or rafnnd7ng ,nonevs legally paid int
:, tba treasury. affectinp the estates of minors
II narsons nnder disability. exempting propert
from taxntion. creating any monopoly, legal
nolIbe unauthorized or invalid acts of any of
can, or agent Of the State. or of any parish
,,n,,i.i,tsIity yrantino fnv extra compensate
70 ,,,v ,,uhli .otii,er AGENT or contractor aft
The service has been rendered or contract,
f,r .b,nrinsr any narish saat. or creating ne
az Sos cxee,t f,T the assent of the MAORI
r. ,he nnalified electors of the parish. or pa
;sbas ~ he affected; in all other cases, whe
:, n,.,'eral law can be made ap heable no loo
",Sss,.,a;',i law shall he PASSED
VI
NUMBER SIN.
The Governor shall receive a salary of sew
tbmssnd dollars per annum, PAYABLE quart,
Won his own warrant.
Strike out article fifty-six.l