The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-08-17
NUMBER THREE.

AlleT the year 100 the General AS
setnbly shall not have power to levy in
aud one year for ali State purposes more
than one per centum Taxation, nor shall
any collection Of more than one per
centum taxation lie made in any one
year, on tho actual cash value Of all
real and personal property liable to tax
alton, except 10 case Of a foreign inva-
sion or domestic insurrection, and iu
that event any additional taxation shall
only be for the immediate purpose of
repelIing invasion or suppressing insur-
red.iony The city ofNev Orleans shall
not levy Or collect Id any one year more
than one and one-half per centum taxa
ton on the actual cash value of all the
real and personal property liable to tax.
alton within its limits. No parish or
municipal corporation, except the city
of New Orleans, Shall levy or collect in
any year more than one per centum ta2-
ton 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 tor any purpose, nor shall it
authorize any parish or municipal cor
poration to issue any bond or create any
debt; procided, that this shall not pro.
hibit the issue Of new bonds in exchange
tor old bonds, where the debt or rate of
interest is not increased.
NUMBER FOUR.
The members of the General Assem-.
bly, shall be paid a salary of five hun.
dred dollars ;(S500) per session, and
actual travelling expenses by the near.
est practicable route, not to exceed iftv
dollars $500 for any one member; pro-
c'ded, that if two sessions are held in
the same year they shall receive for the
second session in that year salary of
only two hundred aud fifty dollars (s25O)
and actual travelling expenses by the
nearest prasticable route, not to exceed
fifty dollars ($50) for any one member. |
The regular biennial session shall not
exceed ninety days ia duration, unless
byGyose OF 4twe-thirds of the members
elected to each house Of the General
Assembly. ~ 40. .ir -: ri.
-" (Strike,out article thirty-nine.)
NUMBER FIVE.
The General Assembly shall no. pass
any local or special law changing the
venue in criminal cases, changing the
manner of persons legitimating children,
vacating roads, streets, or alleys, re-
hitting fines, penalties, and forfeitures,
or refunding moneys legally paid into
the treasury affecting the estates of
minors, ~ persons under disability, ex-
5a'?t'ng property from taxation, Great
ing any monopoly, legalizing the un-
or invalid acts of any officer
u sgeut of the State, or Of any parish
'r municipality; granting any extra
compensation to any public officer, agent,
'r contractor, after the service has been :
'eudered or contracted for; changing
my parish seat, or creating new parish.
9, except by the assent Of the majority
II the qualified electors of the parish,
" parishes, to be affected; in ali other c
asses, where general law can be made G
applicable, no local or special law shall I
'e passed. +
NUMBER SIX. r
The Governor shall receive a salary y
{ seven thousand dollars per anuum, q
ayabIe quarterly TN his own warrant. h
(Strike out article fifty six.) Il
NUMBER SEVEN. q
The Lieutenant Governor shall re. ;,
GIVE salary which shall be double :
hat Of member Of the General As. Il
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(ssriks out article fifty :seven.)