The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-01

the votes at said election shall approve and
ratify all or either OF said amendments, the
same shall become q part Of the constitution.
WILL. A. STRONG,
Secretary Of State.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. 70. R. S. OF 1873.
NUMBER ONE.
That the seat of government shall be estab-'
lished at the city Of Baton Rouge or at the
citv 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 Gapt at BTon kgn sna Bato9
Rouge" those voting to locate the capt.
tai at New Orleans shall indorse on their
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,
1879, and biennally thereafter, on the first
Monday in January, unless different DAY De
appointed by law, and their sessions snail De
(Strike out article seventeen)
NUMBER THREE.
After the year 1873 the General Assembly
shall not have power TO levy in any one year
for all State purposes more than one per cent
um taxation, nor shall any collection OF more
than one per centum taxation De mace ~ any
one year, on the actual cash value OF all real
and personal property liable to taxation, ex-
ceDt in case of a foreign invasion or q domes-
tic insurrection, and in that event any addi-
tional taxation shall only be for the lmmedl-
ate purpose of repelling invasion or suppress
ing insurrection. The city OF New orleans
than one and one-half per centum taxation on
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 is issue tn. any
purpose, nor shall it authorize any parish or
municipal corporation to issue any Dond or
create any debt; prouided, that this shall not
prohibit the issue of new bonds in exchange
for old bonds, where the deDC OF EaGe oA lhbeL"
est is not increased.
NUMBER FOUR.
The members Of the General Assembly shall
| he paid a salary of five hundred dollars (S5UO)
per session, and actual travelling expenses by
| Che nearest practicable route, not to exceed
| fifty dollars $3.50 for any one member; PRO
yided, That if two sessions are held In the
same year they shall receive. for the second
session In that year salary OF only two num-
dred and fifty dollars $3.50 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 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 ID
criminal cases, changing the manner OF per-
sons legitimating children, vacatlng 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,
nopoly legalizng 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 oi1lcer
agent, or contractor, after the service mas
been rendered or contracted for; changing
any parish seat, or creating new parishes
except by the assent Of the majority OF the
qualified electors Of the parish, or parishes
eral law can be made applicable, no local OF
special law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive a salary Of sever
thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
terly, on his own warrant.
(Strike out article tifty-siXJ
/ NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive {
salary which shall be double that of mem
, Der of the General Assembly.
(Strike out article fifty-seven)
/ NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed botl
, houses shall be presented to the Governor; |
, he approve it, he shall sign it, il he does NOT
} he shall return it, with his objections, to tn
l house in which 1t originated, which shall en-
! ter the objections at large upon It's Journa,
l reconsideration, two-thirds fall the member
present in that house shall agree to pass To
bill. it shall be sent, with the objections, to tn
!: other house, by which it shall likewise be re
considered and II approved by two, = lhaS
': a law. But In such cases the vote OF bot
+ houses shall be determined by yeas and nays
i and the names of members voting for Q
:: against the bill shall be entered upon Il
u journal OF each house respectively. II any o.
q five days after it shall have been presenteed
q him it shall be a law, in like manner as II b
had signed it, unless the General Assembl.
by adjournment, prevent its return; ID VINO
+ case, W1tnln Thirty udyo, VIC Wv o tit 49,
u the office Of the Secretary of State, and CIV
o public notice thereof; otherwise it shall b
E come law, as ifhe had signedit it. The Seer
= tary of State shall communicate said obJe.
y lions and bill so deposited to the house
Il which it originated on the first day of t
y meeting of the next General Assembly, WI
IL shall act upon the same as above provides
The Governor shall have power to veto one
is Embracing a0G distinct items While approving ot
d err portions Of the BILL and the part or parts
'e the bill approved shall become law, and Il
y item or items of appropriations disapproye
i, shall be void, unless repassed accordlng 10 u
e rules and limitations prescribed for the pa
le sage of other bills over the Governors veto.
u Strike out article sixty-six)
= NUMBER NINE.
: No officer, whose salary Is fixed BY Il