The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-12
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. 70, r, S. OF 1878.
NUMBER ONE
THAT the seat OF government shall be estab-
Eshed at the city of Baton Rouge or at the
city Of New Orleans, as the majority OF the
VOTERS Of The State may determine at the next
ensuing election; those voting to locate {, at the
State capital at Baton Rouge shall indorse
On their tickets, For State Capital Baton
Rouge" those voting to locate the capt.
tal at New Orleans shall indorse on their
tickets "For State Capital, New Orleans"
{Strike out article one hundred and thirty
OA9' ACT NO. ii, 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 ii one day. The General Assembly
shah meet on the first Monday in January,
1879, and biennally thereafter, on the first
Monday In January, unless different day be
appointed by law, and their sessions shall be
held at the seat Of government
(Strike out article seventeen.l
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
nm taxation, nor shall any collection OF more
than one per Gentum taxation pe mace IL any
and personal property liable to taxation ex-
cept In case OF foreign invasion or a dolne5-
Tic instruction, and In that event any addi-
tlonal taxation shall only be for the lmmedl-
ate purpose of repelling invasion or suppress
Ing insurrection. The city of New Orleans
shall not levy or collect In any one year more
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
Iii fbnr
eentum taxation upon the actual cash value
OF all the real and personal property liable to
taxation within its, limits. The. General
bond or pledge the faith Of the State for any
purpose, nor shall it authorize any parish or
municipal corporation to issue any bono or
create any debt; lnoutfed, that THIS shall not
skin. I'D ibUridB where the debt or rate OF inter
sn M dsas not increased
TlruagIaE NUMBER FOUR.
ie2s erfs members of the General Assembly shall
go lid salary Of five hundred dollars ($5o0)
MSehssion, and actual travelling expenses by
p nearest practicable route, not to exceed
10 dollars (S5O) for any one member pro
led, that II two sessions are held IN the
Hhyitne year they shall receive 1or me SECOND
b wed and fifty dollars (S250) and actual travel
Mig expenses by the nearest practicable route,
not to exceed fifty dollars t$5o( for any one
Il not exceed ninety days in duration, unless by
n vote Of two-thirds of the members elected to
81 each house Of the General Assembly.
ii (Sttike out article thirty-nine.l
NUMBER FIVE.
The General Assembly shall not pass any
local or special law changing the venue In
criminal cases, changing the manner OF per-
sons Iagitmating children, vacating roads,
streets, or alleys, remitting fines. penalties
and forfeitlres, 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-
TlopoIy, legalizng the unauthorized or invalid
acts OF any officer or agent Of the stfte, or OF
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 parishes
eyrnnt by the assent of the majority OF the
qualified electors of the parish, or parishes
to be affected; in all other cases, where gen
pral law can be made applicable, no local or
special law shall be passed
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive salary of seven
Thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
terly, on his own warrant.
tStfike out article tifty-siXQ
NUMBER SEVEN,
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive g
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 both
houses shall be presented to the Governor; It
he approve it. he shall sign it; II he does not,
he shall return it, with his objections, to the
house In which 1t originated, which shall en-
ter the objections at large upon its Journal.
and proceed to reconsider 1t. II, after such
reconsideration, two-thirels ofall the Members
present In that house shall agree to pass the
BILL, 1t 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
O. law. But in such cases the vote OF both
houses shall be determined by yeas and nays,
and The names of members voting for or
against the bill shall be entered upon the
ionrnal IF each house respectively. Ii any bill
shall not be returned by the Governor within
i've DAYS after it shall have been presented to
him, it shall be a law, in like manner as II ne
had signed it. unless the General Assembly,
hv adjournment prevent its return: in which
case, within thirty days, the Governor shall
file the same, with his objections thereto, in
The office of the Secretary of State, and give
public notice thereof; otherwise It shall be-
come o law, as ifhe had signedit The Secre-
tary of State shall communicate said obJec
lions and bill SO deposited to the house In
which 1t originated on the first day OF the
meeting of the next General Assembly, who
shall act upon the same as above provided.
The Governor shall have power to veto one or
more items in any bill apprroprating money,
embracing distinct items. while approving 9TH
nr portions of the bill, and the part or parts OF
HE bill approved shall become law, and the
item or items of appropriations disapproved
shall be void unless repassed according to the
rules and limitations prescribed for the pas
sage Of other bills over the Governors veto.
iStrike out article sixty-six.)
NUMBER NINE.
No officer, whose salary Is fixed by the