The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-15
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.


CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. 70. r. s. OF 1878.
NUMBER ONE
That the seat Of government shall be estab-
IIshed at the city Of Baton Rouge or at the
city oil New Orleans, as the majority OF the
voters OF the State may determine at the next
ssYastlirle election, those voting TO locate the
State capital at Baton Rouge shall indorse
pn their tickets, For State Capital, Baton
7 ial IL New Orleans shall indorse ON their
fickets, 'tFor State Capital, New Orleans"
tStrike out article one hundred and thirty
ACT NO. IA, II. 8. OF 1878.
III NUMBER TWO.
Representatives shall be chosen on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday In November,
nbfnpleted In one day. The General Assembly
sllall meet on the first Monday la January,
1870 and biennalIy thereafter, on the first
Monday In january, unless different day be
appointed by law, and their sessions shall be
held at the seat Of government.
iStrike out article seventeeno
NUMBER THREE.
After the year 1878 the General Assembly
shall not have power to levy In any one year
for all State purposes more than one per cent
siisl taxation nor shall any collection OF more
than one per centum taxation be made In any
one year. on the actual cash value of all real
and personal property liable to taxation, ex-
rept iii case of q foreign invasion or a doInes-
tae iasurreetion. and In that event any addi-
aional taxation shall only be for the immedi-
srig Instruction. The city Of New Orleans
shall not levy or collect In any one year more
tllansorle and one-half per centum taxation on
THE actual cash value OF oil the real and per-
I'm fnyp linn
limits No parish or municipal corporation,
except the city Of New Orleans. shall levy OF
collect In any one year more than one per
centrum taxation upon the actual cash value
taxation within It's limits. The General
Assembly shall not have power to issue any
bond or pledge The faith of the State for any
purpose, nor shall 1t authorize any parish or
municipal corporation to Issue any bond or
create any debt; provided, that this shall not
prohibit the Issue of new bonds In exchange
for old bonds, where the debt or rate OF inter
est lis not increased.
NUMBER -FOUR.
y Tha members Of the General Assembly shall
hs nhid salary Of five hundred dollars ($50o)
ssFf' session. and actual travelling expenses by
tlle nearest nearest practicable route not to exceed
fifty dollars ($50) for any one member: pro-
a,fded that Ii two sessions are held In the
same year they shall receive for the second
session IN that year salary of only two hun
& ing expenses by the nearest practicable route,
not to exceed fifty dollars $500 for any one
member. The regular biennial session shall
not exceed ninety days in duration, unless by
vote OF two-thfds OF the members elected to
each house of the General Assembly.
lStrike out article thirty-nine.l
NUMBER FIVE.
The General Assembly shall not pass any
local or special law changing the venue In
criminal cases, changing the manner OF per-
Sons legitimating children, vacating roads,
streets, or alleys, remitting fines, penalties,
and furfeitures, or refundng moneys legally
paid into the treasury; affecting the estates OF
minors, or persons under disability, exempt
ing property from TAXATION creating any mo-
nopoly, legaliKing the unauthorized or invalid
any parish or municipality; granting any
extra compensation to any public officer,
Rgent, or contractor, after the service has
been rendered or contracted for; changing
any parish seat, or creating new parishes,
except by the assent of the majority Of the
qualified electors Of the parish, or parishes,
to he affected in all other cases, where gen
eral law can be made applicable, no local or
special law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX,
THE Governor shall receive q salary of seven
thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
farly. on his own warrant
tStrike out article iifty~six1
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive q
salary which shall be double that of MEM
her of the General Assembly,
(Strlke out article tifty-sevenl
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed both
houses shall be presented to the Governor; II
he approve 1t. he shall sign it; II he does not,
he shall return IT, with his objections. to the
house In which 1t originated. which shall en-
and proceed to reconsider 1t. Ii, after such
reconsideration, two.thirds of ali the members
present In that house shall agree to pass the
BILL III shall be sent, with the objections, to the
other house. by which it shall likewise be re-
considered and IL approved by wo-thirds Of
ehe members present In that house, 1t shall be
o. law. But in such cases the vote Of both
houses shall be determined by yeas and nays,
and the names OF members voting Tor or
against the bill shall be entered upon the
Journal of each house respectively. Ii any bill
shall not be returned by The Governor within
five days after IL shall have been presented to
him, 1t shall be a law, In like manner as II he
had signed Il, unless the General Assembly
by adjournment, prevent its return: in which
case within thirty days. the Governor shall
file the same, with his objections thereto. in
the office Of the Secretary of State, and give
public notice thereof; otherwise 1t shall be-
come q law, as 1.-The had signedit. The Secre-
tary OIL State shall communicate said oblec
tons and bill SO deposited to the house In
which 1t originated on the first day OF the
meeting of the next General Assembly, who
shall act upon the SAME as above provided.
The Governor shall have power to veto one OF
more items la any bill appropriating money,
aHsabracing distinct items, while approving 9TH
ar portions Of the bill, and the part OF parts OF
The bill approved shall become law, and the
ITEM or items of appropriations disapproved
shall naspoid, unless repassed according to the
rules aud limitations prescribed fer the pas
Sage III other bills over the Governors veto.
{Striise oalt article slSty~six.)
NUMBER NINE.
AZ officer, whose salary Is fixed By the