The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-27

No. AL AN ACT ~. 4. i..l.
Fixing the per diem and mileage OF the Nom
bels Of the General Assembly; providing
for the election Of officers by the General
Assembly and their compensation; provid-
ing for the manner OF paying members
and the officers and employees of tie
General Assembly. VII. ."
House Of Representatives. Of the State of Lou
isiand. is General Assembly Commenced That
the members Of the General Assembly shall
receive for their services sic dollars per day,
during each day Of the session, and no more.
Sec. 2. BE 1t further enacted, etc, That this
per diem Of six dollars shall be allowed each
member Of the General Assembly for the
time actually and necessarily consumed in
travelling from his residence, in the parish
which he represents, to attend the session Of
the General Assembly and returning there
from; the amount to which the member may
be entitled hereafter to be shown by an ac-
count to be furnished as hereinafter stated J;
provided, that no greater period than five
SEC. 3. BE 1t further enncted, etc.. That the
actual and necessary travelling expenses Of a
member going to and returning from the ses-
sion of the Legislature, shall be allowed him
in addition to the per diem; said incurred and
necessary travelling expenses to be stated in
an account to be presented and certified to, rs
correct, by the member; Prorided, thnt such
expenses shall In no case be allowed for more
than forty dollars $40 going to and the same
amount returning from the session.
SEC 4. BE ii further enacted, ETC., That the
per diem and travelling expenses, above al
lowed shall be paid upon the voucher OF the
member approved by the chairman Of the
Committee on Auditing and Supervising the
Expenses Of the Senate in the Senate; and of
the Committee on Contingent Expenses in the
House. and by the presiding officer OF the
House In which such person shall be q mem
Der.
SEC. 5. Be IL further enacted, etc, That for
each house of the General Assembly there
session, one Secretary or Chief Clerk, whose
duty it shall be to discharge or superintend
the discharge Of all clerical duties which
their respective houses shall direct, whose
shall be elected and enter upon the discharge
Of the duties Of their Offices who shall receive
an annual salary OF one thousand dollars
each, payable one-half at the end Of the first
thirty days and the balance at the end Of the
session; and If an extra session is called, they
shall receive during the same compensation
at the rate of ten dollars per day. Ten days
after the adjournment of each session they
shall deliver over to the Secretary Of State all
the archives of his office all the stationery
possession, who Shall receipt therefor, and
safely keep the same. until the next
session of the General Assembly and
then deliver the same on the first day OF the
session to the Secretary or Chief Clerk, as the
case may be, for the use OF their respective
houses; that each house of the General As
sembly shall elect at each session one Minute
Clerk for the Senate and one for the House,
and one Journal Clerk for the Senate and one
journal Clerk for the House. who shall each
receive salary OF five hundred dollars, paya-
BILE the same as the Chief Clerk and Secre-
tary; and If an extra session is called they
shall receive eight dollars per diem during
the same; and one Chief Enrolling Clerk for
each house, who shall receive salary of fire
dollars per day from the date of his election,