St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-24

general election tc be held on the fifth day of
November, meyU 1875 i'll such manner and
form that the people may vote for or against
each amendment. separately, and if a majority
OF the votes ut said election shall approve anu
ratify all or either OF said amendments, the
same shall become part OF the cons constit1tI"h.
WILL a. STRONG,
Secretary Of State.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. 49, r. S. OF 1878.
NUMBER ONE.
That the seat of government shall be estab-
Ished at the city of Baton Rouge or at the
voters of the State may determine at the next
ensuing election; those voting to locate the
State capital at Baton Rouge shall imdorse on
their tickets, For State Capital, Baton Rouge
those voting to locate the capital ut New Or
leans shall indorse on their tickets, For state
Capital, New Orleans"
Strike out article one hundred and thirty
ACT NO. IA, r. s. OF 1873.
NUMBER TWO.
Representatives shall be chosen on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in NQvember,
every two years, and the elections shall be com,
pleted in one day The General Assembly shall
meet on the first Monday in January, 1879, and
biennally thereafter on the first Monday i'll
January, unless different day be appointed
DY law, ana CnclT SESSIONS be ucii dL tHt
seat Of government
iStrike out article seyenteen.I
NUMBER THREE.
After the year 1878 the General Assembly
shall not have power to levy i'll any one year
for all State purposes more than one per centum
taxation, nor shall any collection of more than
one per centum taxation be made in any one
year, Oh the actual cash val ue or all real ana
personal property liable to taxation, except in
case of a foreign invasion or d domestic insltr-
rection and in that event any additional taxa.
tion shall only be for the immediate purpose of
repelling invasion or suppresslng lnsurrectlon.
Tie city of New Orleans shall not levy collect
in any one year more than one and one-half
per eeltuui taxation Oh the actual cash value
Of all the real and personal property liable 70
taxation within its limits No parish or NUM-
cipal corporation, except the city of New Or
leans, 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 haze power t.
issue any bond or pledge the faith OF the state
for any purpose, nor shall it authorize any
parish or municipal corporation to issue any
bond or create any debt; proDfded, that this
shall not prohibit the issue of new bonds in eX-
change for Old bonds, where the aept or rnte or
Iii III tt6tr66sstt is not increased.
NUMBER FOUR.
The members of the General Assembly shall
be paid salary Of five hundred dollars (s500)
per session, aud actual travelling expenses ny
the nearest practicable route, not to exceed
fifty dollars $500 for any one member; TF0ctdc1,
that if two sessions are held in the same year
they shall receive for the second sesson In that
year a salary Of only two hundred and ttty
dollars $3.50 and actual travelling expenses by
the nearest practicable route, not to exceed
fifty dollars (S50) for any one member. The
regular biennial session shall not exceed ninety
days in duration, unless by vote of tWo-thlrdS
of the members elected to each house of the
General Assembly.
(Strke 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 persons legiti-
mating children, vacating roads, streets, or
alleys, remitting fines, penalties and forfeitures
or refunding moneys legally paid into the treas
nry affecting the estates of minors, or persons
under disability, exempting property from
taxation, creating any monopoly, legallZing the
unauthorized or invalid acts of any officer or
agent of the State, or of any parish Or munich
pality, granting any extra compensation to any
public officer, agent, or contractor, after the
service has been rendered or contracted for ;
changing any parish seat, or creating new par
ishes except by the assent OF the majority of
the qualified electors Of the parish, or parishes
to be affected; in all other cases where gen
eral law can be made applicable, no local or
special law shall be passed. e..
NUMBER FIVE.
The General Assembly shall not pass any
local or special law changing the venue in crimi-
nal cases, changing the manner of persons leglt-
imating children, vacating roads, streets, or
alleys, ,remitting fines penal ties and forfeitures
or refunding moneys legally paid into the
persons s under disability. % eSemptipg e propertV M
from taxation, creating any monopoly, legal
izing the unauthorized or invalid acts of any
officer or agent of the State, or of any parish
or municipality granting any extra cQmpensa-
ti0n to any public officer, agent or contractor,
otter the service has been rendered or con-
traeted for; changing any parish seat, or Great
majority of the qualified electors of the parish,
or parishes to be affected; in all other cases.
where general 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 annnm, payable quar-
terly, on his own warrant
(Strike out article hfty-six.)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive q salary
which shall be double that of a member of the
General Assembly.
tStrike out article fifty-seven.}
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed both
houses shall be presented to the Governor; if
he approve it, he shall sign it; it he does not,
ne shall return It, with his objections, to the
the objections at large upon it's Journal and
prOceed to reconsider it. II, after such recon
sideration, twothirds of all the members pres
ent in that house shall agree to pass the bill if
shall be sent, with the objections, to the other
house, by which itshall likewise be reconsidered.
and it approved by two-thirds of the members
present in that house, it shall be a law. But in
such cases the vote OF both houses shall be de-
termined by yeas and nays and. the names OF
members voting for or against the bill shall he
entered upon the journal of each house res
pectively. IT any bill shall not be returned by
the Governor within five days after it shall
in like manner as ii he had signed it, uniesss
the General Assembly, by adjournment, prevent
its return; in which case, within thirty days,
the Governor snan a NJ ne the same with his OBJ
of State, and give public notice thereof; other-
wise it shall become a law. as if he had signed
1T. The Secretary OF State shall communicate