The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-08
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. 70. r.. q. OF 1873.
NUMBER ONE.

WaNSIlEUAlVNAA AmENpMEI7ACs
ACT NO. 7B. r.. &. OF 1875
NUMBER ONE.
T,hat tho anat III government shall be estab~
yEshed az The city Of Baton Rouge or at the
sitv nj New Orleans. as the majority of the
yr,fars oil the State may determine at the next
ensuing election; those voting to locate the
Dn their tickets "For State Capital, Baton
Rouae:' those voting TO locate the capt.
fal at New Orleans shall indorse on their
Hckets, 'For State Capital, New Orleans.
tstrike out article one hundred anu thirty
'''' ACT NO. "a, r.. 8. OF 1878.
NUMBER TWO.
REPRESENTATIVES. shall be chosen on che first
Tuesday after the first Monday La November,
every two years, and the election small Pc
shall meet on the first Monday In January,
1879. and biennally thereafter ON the first
Monday La January, unless different day pc
appointed by law, and their sessions shs-ia Dc
held at the seat Of government.
(Strike out article seventeenl
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
ann taxation, nor shall any collection or more
than one per centum taxation be made II any
one year. the actual cash y 70 OF al real
cent In case Of O. foreign Invasion or domes~
fic Instruction, and In that event any addi-
aiounl taxation shall only be for the immedi-
Ct repehhg y me N Hr s Ep,eans
shall not levy or collect In any one, year more
than one and one-haH per centrum taxation on
fhe actual cash value OF oil the real and per-
sona property aoe 60 6a1apn w,1h It's
except Che city OF New Orleans, shall levy or
collect In any one year more than one per
aetitvm taxation upon the actual cash value
taxation within It's limits. The General
Assembly shall not have power to Issue any
FcI1ti Of pledge the faith OF the State for any
purpose, nor shall 1t authorize any parish OF
municipal corporation to issue any bond or
create any debt; provided, that this shall not
T,rohihit the issue of new bonds In exchange
Tor old bonds where the debt or rate OF Inter
est is not increased.
NUMBER FOUR.
The members OF the General Assembly shall
he paid a salary Of five hundred dollars tS500)
per session, and actual travelling expenses by
the nearest practicable route, not to exceed
fifty dollars iS5o) for any one member; pro
vtded. that II two sessions are held In the
same year they shall receive for the second
session In that year salary OF only Two nun
dred and fifty dollars (s25ol and actual travel
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-thirds of the members elected to
each house OF the General Assembly.
(Strike out article thirty-ninel
NUMBER FIVE.
The General Assembly shall not pass any
local or special law changing the venue In
criminal cases, changing the manner Of per-
CONS legitimating children, vacadng roads,
= streets, or alleys, remitting fines penalties
and forfeitures, or refunding moneys legally
1r,tp tho frna affecting the estates OF
minors, or persons under disability, exempt
Ing property from taxation, creating any mo-
nopoly. legalizing the unauthorized or invalid
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,
nxcept by the assent Of the majority OF the
qualified electors of the parish, or parishes,
to be affected; In all other cases. where gem
eral law can be made applicable, no local or
special law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive a salary of seven
thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
teriy, on his own warrant.
tStrlke out article tifty-sixl
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive a
salary which shall be double that Of mem
Der of the General Assembly.
(Strike out article tifty-seven)
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed both
houses shall be presented to the Governor; II
he approve 1t, he shall sign 1t; II he does not,
he shall return it, with his objections, to the
house In which 1t originated, which shall en-
Ger the objections at large upon its journal,
and proceed to reconsider 1t: II, after such
reconsideration, two-thirds Of all the members
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-
considered, and If approved by two-thirds OF
the members present in that house, 1t shall be
"a law. But In such cases the vote Of both
houses shall be determined by yeas and nays,
and the names of members voting for OF
against the bill shall be entered upon the
Journal Of each house respectively. Ii any bill
1--WE days after it shall have been presented tx
him. it shall be a law, In like manner as Ii he
had signed it, unless the General Assembly
by adjournment, prevent It's return; In which
case, within thirty days, the Governor shal
file the same, with his objections thereto, ii
the office of the Secretary of State, and give
public notice thereof; otherwise II shall be-
come q law, as tthe had signedit. The Score
tary of State shall communicate SAID oblec
lions and bill SO deposited to the house II
which 1t originated on the first day OF The
meeting of the next General Assembly, WIG
shall act upon the same as above provided
The Governor shall have power to veto one o.
more items In any blu appropriating money
embracing distinct items while approving 9th
or portions of the bill, and the part or parts O.
the bill approved shall become law, and The
hem or items of appropriations disapproveC
ahsII be void, unless repassed according to The
rules and limitations prescribed for the pas
aape az other bills over the Governors veto.
(Strike out article sixty-six) II.
NUMBER NINE.
no officer. whose salary Is fixed by the