The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-10
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

Secretary OF state,
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. 10. 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 city, Of New Orleans, as 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, "For State Capital Baton
| Rouge" those voting to locate the capt.
tal at New Orleans shall indorse on their
| tickets, "For State Capital, New Orleans"
| (Strike out article one hundred and thirty
'A'' ACT NO. IA, r. 8. 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 III January,
| 1879. and biennally thereafter, on the first
Monday In January, unless different day pc
appointed by law, and their sessions shall be
| held at the seat OF government.
(Strike out article seventeen)
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
lIfn GAXabtOn, nor Snbl1 any VI tHoLN
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-
cept In case of foreign invasion or domes-
tif insurrection and In that event any addi-
tional taxation shall only be for the inmedi-
ate purpose Of repelling invasion or suppress
ing Instruction. The city Of New Orleans
shall not levy or collect In any one, year more
the actual cash value OF all the real and per
sonal property liable to taxation within its
limits. No parish Or municipal corporation,
except the city of New Orleans, shall levy or
collect in any one year more than one per
centum taxation 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
, 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 dept or rate OF inter"
est lis not increased.
| NUMBER FOUR.
: The members Of the General Assembly shall
be paid salary Of five hundred dollars (S5OO)
ger session, and actual travelling expenses by
the nearest practicable route not to exceed
fifty dollars $500 for any one member; pro
. yitted that II two sessions are held In the
same year they shall receive for the second
, session in that year O. salary Of only two hum
bred and fifty dollars $3.50 and actual travel
mo 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-thirds Of the members elected to
each house of the General Assembly.
(Strike 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 legitimating children, yacating roads,
streets, or alleys, remitting fines, penalties,
and forfeitures, or refunding moneys legally
paid into the treasury; affecting the estates OF
minors, or persons under disability, exempt
ing property from taxation, creating any mo- no!
nopoly, legalizng the unauthorlzed1 or lnvalld
acts OF any officer or agent OF the State, or Of
any parish or municipality; granting any
extra compensation to any public officer
agent, or contractor, after the service mas
been rendered or contracted for; changing
! any parish seat, or creating new parishes
l. except by the assent of the majority OF the
qualified electors Of the parish, or parishes
to be affected; in all other cases, where O. gen
eral law can be made applicable, no local Oh
special law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive salary OF sever
" thousand dollars per annun, payable quar-
- terly, on his own warrant.
Strike out article fifty-six)
HDaA6hA 2EStAIt'
Y The Lieutenant Governor shall receive {
q salary which shall be double that Of q mem
Der Of the General Assembly.
=, G5trike out article ffty-seven.D
l. NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed bOtf
J. houses shall be presented to the Governor; /
he approve it, he shall sign It; II he does not
house in which 1t originated, which shall en-
ter the objections at large upon its journal
and proceed to reconsider 1t. IL, alter sucf
reconsideration, two-thirds of all the members
70 present In that house shall agree to pass th'
Bill, it shall be sent, with the objections, to tn
70 other house, by which it shall likeTlse be re
considered, and If approved by tWo-thirdg, 0
a the members present in that house, It shall b
a law. But in such cases the vote OF botl
houses shall be determined by yeas and nays
Y and the names of members voting for o
): against the bill shall be entered upon tn
journal of each house respectively. Ii any bil
shall not be returned by the Governor Wlt w l
l. him, it shall be q law, in like manner as II h
+ had signed it, unless the General Assembly
by adjournment, prevent its return; In whic
case, within thirty days, the Governor Or sha !;
@ the office Of the Secretary Of State, and Civ
y public notice thereof; otherwise It shall be
9 come law, as ifhe had signed 1t. The secre
~ tary of State shall communicate said oble'
tons and bill SO deposited to the house Il
which it originated on the first day Of tn
meeting of the next General Assembly, VIII
shall act upon the same as above provided
The Governor shall have power to veto one 0
fe more items in any bill appropriating money
Of embracing distinct items, while approving 9th
?I OF portions of the BILL and the part or parts
~ the bill approved shall become law, and tn
item or items of appropriations disapprove
Y shall be void unless repassed according 10th
E. rules and limitations prescribed for the pas
ic sage Of other bills over the Governors veto.
3 (Strike out article sizty-six.)
NUMBER NINE.