The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-19
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. 70, r. S. OF 1878.

4 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. rs, r. S. OF 1878.
n NUMBER ONE.
THAT the seat of government shall be estab-
4 lEshed at the city of Baton Rouge or at the
city Of New Orleans as the majority OF one
ensuing election; those voting TO locate the
State capital at Baton Rouge shall indorse
On their tickets, For State Capital, Baton i
It New oplean S Shall ndorse ' on ther
/ tickets, ssFor State Capital, New Orleans"
4 (Strike out article one hundred and thirty
ACT NO. "a, r. S. OF 1878.
NUMBER TWO.
I Representatives shall be chosen on the first
\ Tuesday after the first Monday in November,
every two years. and the election shall be
Il completed In one day. The General Assembly
D shall meet on the first Monday in January,
1870, and biennally thereafter - on the first
4 appointed by law, and their sessions shall be
4 held at the seat of government
a tStrike out article seventeen)
NUMBER THREE.
After the year 1878 the General Assembly
= shall not have power to levy in any one year
4 for all State purposes more than one per cent
nm taxation, nor shall any collection OF more
4 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 a foreign invasion or domes-
Il tic Instruction, and In that event any addl-
2 tional taxation shall only be for the immedi-
& ate purpose of repelng invasion or suppress
hing instruction. The city OF New Orleans
! shall not levy or collect in any one year more
\ than one and one-haIf per centum taxation on
q the actual cash value Of all the real and per-
sonal property liable to taxation within its
AIimits. No parish or municipal corporation,
aexcept the city of New Orleans, shall levy or
8collect In any one year more than one per
Rcenttm taxation upon the actual cash value
Sof ali the real and personal property liable to
faxation within its limits. The General
4 ASSEMBLY shall not have power to issue any
%bond or pledge the faith Of the State for any
Mpurpose, nor shall it authorize any parish or
municipal corporation to issue any bond Or
&create any debt; proUided, that this shall not
sserohibit the issue of new bonds In exchange
Raooa E old bonds where the debt Or rate Of inter-
aest is not f increased Cd.
NUMBER FOUR.
The members of the General Assembly shall
\ be paid salary of five hundred dollars (S500)
ger session. and actual travelling expenses by
fifty dollars $500 for any one member; pro-
gsded, that If two sessions are held in the
same year they shall receive for the second
session in that year a salary OF only two hum
I dred and fifty dollars (S25oj and actual travel
ling 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 in
criminal cases, changing the manner OF per-
CONS Iegitimating children, vacating roads,
streets, or alleys, remitting fines, penalties,
ftIp,fr
paid into the treasury; affecting the estates Of
minors, or persons under disability, exempt
Ing property from taxation, creating any mo-
nopoly, legalizing the unauthorized or invalid
any parish or municipality; granting any
ASSa6tra compensation to any public officer,
fagent, or contractor, after the service has
4 been rendered or contracted for; changing
Aexcept by the assent of the majority Of the
IYuualified electors of the parish, or parishes,
i TO be affected; in all other cases, where a gen
eral law can be made applicable, no local or
special law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
rs The Governor shall receive salary Of seven
aousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
Ss3rly on his own warrant.
\ tStrike out article tifty-six)
NUMBER SEVEN.
/ The Lieutenant Governor shall receive a
larry which shall be double that Of a men,
liz of the General Assembly.
lStrike out article tifty-seven)
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed both
houses shall be presented to the Governor; it
ne approve it, he shall sign it; II he does not,
he shall return it, with his objections, to the
n house in which 1t originated, which shall en-
q Ter the objections at large upon its journal,
4 and proceed to reconsider it. If, after such
4, seconstd two-thirds ofall the members
ssssresent in that house shall agree to pass the
ill, it shall be sent with the objections, to the
gIsther house, by which it shall likewise be re-
Il considered, and If approved by two-thirds Of
Hshe members present in that house, it shall be
aM law. But in such cases the vote OF both
SSssaouses shall be determined by yeas and nays,
M nd the names of members voting for or
gainst the bill shall be entered upon the
IA 5urnaI of each house respectively. Ii any bill
aall not be returned by the Governor within
i've days after it shall have been presented to
lin. it shall be law, in like manner as ii he
rs 1ad signed it, unless the General Assembly,
by adjournment, prevent its return; In which
I'M se, within thirty days, the Governor shall
lie the same, with his objections thereto. in
ne Office of the Secretary OF State, and give
0 ablic notice thereof; otherwise 1t shall be-
pme a law. as ifhe had signed it. Inc Secre-
ry Of State shall communicate said ObIec
sAns and bill so deposited to the house in
Itch it originated on the first day OF the
## seting of the next General Assembly, who
ss@ ILL act upon the same as above provided.
3 Governor shall have power TO veto one or
|a 70 items in any bill appropriating money,
Z bracing distinct items, while approving 9th
INA ,ortions of the BILL and the part or parts Of
A bin approved shall become law, and the
.$H|# n or items of appropriations disapproved
ia Eli be void, unless repassed according tothe
lies and limitations prescribed for the pas
BE of other bills over the Governors veto.
Strike out article sixty-slx)
sS NUMBER NINE.
MA "a officer. whose salary Is fixed by the