The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-23
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. 70, r. s. OF 1873,
NTTMuEp ONE

| NUMBER ONE.
That the seat Of government shall be estab
t1shed at the city Of Baton Rouge or at the
city Of New Orleans, rs the majority of the
voters Of the State may determine at the next
ensuing election; those voting to locate The
State capital at Baton Rouge shall indorse
n their tickets, "Tor State Capital, Bator
| Rouge" those voting to locate the CAPT
al at New Orleans shall indorse on theil
tickets "For State Capital, New Orleans
lStrike out 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 General Assembly
shall meet on the first Monday In january
1870, and biennally thereafter, on the first
Monday In january, llnleSS n different day be
| appointed by law, and their sessions shall be
| held ut the sent Of government.
| (Strlke out article 9eventeenJ
NUMBER THREE.
After the year 1878 the General Assembly
shall not have power to levy In any ono year
FOR all State purposes more than one per cent
| um taxation, nor shall any collection OF more
than one per centum taXation be made In any
ono year, on tho actual cash value Of all real
and personal property liable to taxation, ex-
cept In case of a foreign invasion or q dornes-
tic insurreCttOn, and in that event any fttld-
tional taxation shall only be for the i1nrned-
ate purpose OF repelllng invasion or suppress
Ing insurrection. The city Of New Orleans
shall not levy or collect In any one year more
than one and one-half per centum taxation on
the actual cash value OF all the real and per-
gonal property liable to taxation within It's
limits No parish or municipal corporation,
except the city Of New Orleans, shall levy or
centum taxation upon the actual cash value
OF oil the real and personal property liable to
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 it authorize any parish or
municipal corporation to Issue any bond or
create any debt; proDided, 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.
The members Of the General Assembly shall
be paid g. salary Of five hundred dollars $4,000
Per session, and actual travelling exunnga8 bv
the nearest practicable route, not to exceed
fifty dollars $3.50 for any one member; pro-
u1ded, 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
dred and fifty dollars (S25O) and actual travel
ing expenses by the nearest practicable route
not to exceed fifty dollars $3.50 for any one
member. The regular biennial session shnll
not exceed ninety days IN duration, unless by
each house Of the General Assembly.
(otrike out article thirty-nine.)
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 legtifnating children, vacatiug roads,
streets, or alleys, relnitting fines penalties,
and forfeitureS, or refunding moneys legally
paid into the treasury; affecting the estates Of
Ing property from taxation, creating any mo-
nopoly, legaIizing the unauthorized or invalid
acts Of any officer or agent OF the State, or Of
any parish or municipality; granting any
extra compensation to amy public officer, |
agent, 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 Ct the parish, or parishes, !
to be 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 salary Of seven
thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
terly, on ais own warrant.
(Strike out article fifty-SlX)
NUMBER SEVEN
The lieutenant Governor shall receive q
salary which shall be double that OF mem
Der Of che General Assembly.
C5trike out article ffty-seven.)
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed both
houses shall be- presented 70 the. Governor; II
he approve 1t, he shall sign it; If he does not,
he shall return 1t, with his objections, to the
house In which 1t originated, which shall en-
teT the objections at large upon its journal,
and proceed to reconsider it, II, after such
present IN that house shall agree to pass the
bill, it shall be sent, with the objections, to the
other house, by which it shall Likewise be re-
and If approved by tWo-thirds 81
the members present Ia that house, 1t shall be
2 law. But in such cases the vote Of beth
houses shall be determined by yeas and nays,
and the names Of members voting fOT or
against the bill shall be entered upon the
journal Of each house respectively. If any bill
shall not be returned by the Governor within
i've days after 1t shall have been presented to
him, it shall be q law, In like manner as II he
had signed it, unless the General Assembly,
BY adjournment, prevent It's return; La which
:ase, within thirty days, the Governor shall
The office Of the Secretary Of State, and give
public notice thereof; otherwise it shall b.
come law, as the had signedit. The Secre-
Jary OF State shall communicate said Obiec
lions 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 or
I'm bracing distinct items, while approving 9TH
3r portions Of the bill, and the part or parts Of
5he bill approved shall become law, and the
TEN or items of appropriations disapproved
shall be VOID, unless repaSsed according to the
rules and limitations prescribed for the pas
sage Of other bills over the Governors veto,
(Str1ke out article giXty-six)
NUMBER NINE,
No officer, whose salary is fixed BY the