New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1878-11-03

Baton Rouge; those voting to locate tht
capital at New Orleans shall indorse on
their tickets, 'tFOr State Capital, New Or
leans" tH- $50 r. tIr'9.fUf
(Strike out article one hundred and
thirty-one.) .H ..-s1 tr .
ACT NO. "a, R. s. OF 1873 2.
NUMBER TWO. F.
Representatives shall be chosen on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday in
November, every two yours, and the cleo
ton 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 Janu-
airy, unless different day be appointed
by law, and their sessions shall be held at
the seat of government.
(Strike out article seventeen.)
NUMBER THREE.
After the year 1878 the General Assem-
bly, shall not have power to levy in any
one year for all State purposes more than
one per centum taxation, nor shall any col
lection of more than one per centum taxa
ton be made in any one year, on the actual
cash value of all real and personal proper
ty liable to taxation, except in case of a
foreign invasion or q domestic insurrec-
ton, and in that event any additional tax
alton shall only be for the Immediate pur-
pose of repelling invasion or suppressing
instruction. The city Of New Orleans
shall not levy or collect in any one year
more than one and one-half per centum
taxation on the actual cash value of all the
real and personal property liable to taxa
ton within its limits. No parish or mu-
nicfpal 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 issue any bond or
pledge the faith of the State for any pur-
pose, nor shall it authorize any parish OF
municipal corporation to issue any bond
or create any, debt; provided, that this
shall not prohibit the issue of new bonds
in exchange for old bonds, where the debt
or rate of interest is not increased.
NUMBER FoUR. ~
The members of the General Assembly
shall be paid salary of five hundred dol
lars ($500) per session, and actual travel
ing expenses by the nearest practicable
route, not to exceed fifty dollars tS50) for
any one member; provided, that If two ses-
sions are held in the same year they shall
receive for the second session in that year
Q salary of only two hundred and fifty dol
lars (S250) and actual travelling expenses
by the nearest practicable route, not to ex-
coed fifty dollars (S50) for any one mem
Der. 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 AS
sembly.
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 persons legitimating children,
vacating roads, streets, or alleys, RENTING
fines, penalties, and forfeitures, or refund
ing moneys legally paid into the treasury;
Affecting the estates of minors, or persons
uAder disability, exempting property from
taxation, creating any monopoly, legaliz.
ing 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 has been
rendered or contracted for; changing any
parish seat, or creating new parishes, ex-
cept by assent of the majority of the quail
fed electors of the parish or parishes, to
be affected; in all other cases, where q
general law can be made applicable, no
local or special law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX. ..,f f..
The Governor shall receive q salary of
seven thousand dollars per annum, pay
able quarterly on his own warrant .o.-
(Strike ont article ffty-six.)
NUMBEH sEvRN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive
member of the General Assembly.
(Strike out article ffty-seven.)
NUMBER EIGHT
Every bin which shall have PASSED both
house shall be presented to the Governor; I
II he approves it, he shall sign it; If he
does NOT be shall return it With his OBJ
jentions, to the house in which il origin
ated, which shall enter the objections ct
large upon It's journal, and proceed TO. re-
consider ii. II. after such reconsid eration,
of all the Members present Id
that house shall agree to pass the BILL liz
shall be cent wiEh the objections, to the
other honse, by which II shall likewise be &
and If approved by twog
thirds Of the members present in that
house, il shall ba q law Bat in such
cases the vote Of both houses shall be ds4g
termined by yeas and nays, and the
names of the members voting for or
against tha bill shall be entered upon the
journal of each house Qrespecti Vely. If
any bili shall not be returned BY The Gov
ernof within Ave days Aftsr IL SHAH have
been presented to him, It shall be Law,
in like manner as if he had signed 1t, I'M
less the General Assembly, by adjourn
ment, prevent its retuEn; in which case,
within thirty days, the Governor shall Gle
the same, with his objections thereto, In
the oface Of the Secretary Of State, and
give public notice thefeof; ctbefRise Il shall
become q Law, Is II ne had agasd 70. The
Secretary Of Stats shall com nunicaEe said
pbjections and bill 90 deposited TO the
house ia which Il originated on the ffst
day 81 the meeting Of the next GenefaF
Assembly, who snail act ubon The same
Is ab0ve provided The G6venn0r shall
have power to veto one or nose items in
any bill hppebpriating money, embracing
distinct itema, while approving othsF por1
tions Of the bill, and the part OF parts Of
the bill approved shall Become law, and
the item 0r items Of appRopFiat die
approved shall be void, u1leAs rsbassed
according TO the rules ana Iimitations pre-
seEibsa Tor the passage u otEier bills over
tie Governors veto. Nv ifpief .iel ed5l
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