St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-11-09
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
ACT No. 70, r. S. OF 1878.
NUMBER ON

That the seat of government shall BE-
established at the city of Baton Rouge OF
| ut the city of New Orleans, as the ma
Jority of the voters of the State may de-
termine at the next ensuing election
those voting to locate the State Capital at
Baton Rouge shall indorse ON their tick
bets, For State Capital, Baton Rouge"
those voting to locate the Capital at New
Orleans shall indorse on their tickets,
'.For State Capital, New Orleans"
(Strike out article one hundred and
thirty-one.l
au ACT No. "a, Il. 5. OT 1878.
NUMBER TWO
Representatives shall be chosen on the
first Tuesday AFTER the first Monday in
November, every two years, and the cleo
ton shall be completed in one day. The
General Assembly shall meet on the tirstl
Monday in January. unless different
day be appointed by law, and their ses-
sions shall be held at the seat of govern
ment.
(Strike out article seventeen.)
NUMBER THREE
After the year 1878 the General Assem- |
bly, shall not have power to levy in any |
one year for all State purposes more than |
one per centum taxation, nor shall any /
collection of more than one per centum |
AVIATION be made in any one year, on the
actual cash value of all real and personal
property liable to taxation. except in case
If foreign invasion or d domestic insur-
'ection, and in that event any additional
axatlon shall only be for the immediate
purpose of repeliing invasion or sup
PRESSING instruction. The city of New
orleans shall not levy or collect in any
ne year more than one and one-haIf per I
entum on the actual cash value of all |
he real and personal property liable to |
axation within its limits. No parish or ]
municipal corporation except the city of
lew Orleans, shall levy or collect in an III l
ne year more than one per centum tax {
ton upon the actual cash value of all S
he real and personal property liable to |
Ixation within its limits. The General I
ssembly shall not have power to, issue 4
~ bond or pledge the faith of the State .
II any purpose. nor shall it authorize {
~ parish or municipal corporation to q
sue any bond or create any debt; pro- d
ded, that this shall not prohibit the $
sue of new bonds in exchange for old II
,nds, where the debt or rate of interest s.
not increased. E#G II
NUMBER FOUR. u
The members of the General Assembly 1
all be paid salary of FIVE hundred C
'llars per session, and actual travelling CT
penses by the nearest practicable route, d.
Il to exceed fifty. dollars TOR any one TO
smber: prorided, TINT If two sessions OF
: held in the same year they shall re- 81
i've for the second session of that year M
alary of only two hundred and fifty
liars and actual travelling expenses bv ty
; nearest practicable route, not to ex- Ell
ID fifty dollars for any one member al
e regular biennial session shall not ex-
d ninety days in duration, unless by
.e of two-thirds of the members elected sh
each house of the General Assembly. do
Strike ont article thirty-ninc. Ju
NUMBER FIVE re-
The General Assembly shall not pass DIR
! local or special law changing the tea
Tue in criminal cases, changing the
unsr of persons legitiniating children.
ating roads, streets or alleys remit SITS
: fines penalties and forfeitures, or rel
inding moneys legally paid into the for