The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-26

That the seat OF gOVefntnelI Siltll 10 couh'~
! lished at the city Of Baton Rouge or at the
q city of New Orleans, as the majority, OF the
Il voters of the State may determine at the next
ensuing election; those voting to locate The
!. State capital at Baton Rouge shall indorse
4 on their tickets, For State Capital, Baton
Rouge;" those voting to locate the capt
bal at New Orleans shall indorse on tneIr
tickets t'For State Capital, New Orleans
(Strike out article one hundred ana thllty-
~ ACT NO. ID, r. $. OF 1873.
NUMBER TWO.
& REPRESENTATIVES, shall be chosen on the first
& Tuesday after the first Monday ID November,
u every two years, and the elecCloh siall pc
i shall meet on the first Monday In january,
/ 1879, and biennalIy thereafter, on the ilrst
\ Monday In January, unless different day be
|. appointed by law, and their sessions STILL oe
Il held mt the seat Of government.
II tStrike out article seventeenJ
NUMBER THREE.
After the year 1878 the General Assembly
shall not have power to levy in any one year
n for all State purposes more than one per cent
II nm taxation, nor shall any collection OF more
shan one per centum taxation be made IN any
one veal on the acsa fb g va ta9 o ' eS
cept In case OF O foreign invasion or domes-
tic insurrecton, and In that event any add
\ tional taxation shall only be for the lmnedi-
l ate purpose of repelIlng invasion or suppress
iup insilrrection. The city Of New Orleans
"a shall not levy or collect In any one year more
than one and one-haf 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,
H. except the city of New Orleans, shall levy or
III collect In any one year more than one per
centum taxation upon the actual caSn , Valu "
\ of all the real and personal property liable to
taxation within its limits. The Genera
Assembly shall not have power to issue any
Il 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
ss,raPte. any debt; provided, that this shall not
irohbi iUl 1ae issue CT nesE s9a,afdain exchange
| Tor old bonds where the debt or rate OF inter-
est Is not Increased.
NUMBER FOUR.
The members of the General Assembly shall
be paid q salary OF five hundred dollars lS5oO3
rser session, and actual travelling expenses by
The nearest practicable route, not to exceed
fifty dollars $3.50 for any one member; pro
vSded, that IL two sessions are held In the
same year they shall receive LOT Iie seGo COW,
I bred and fifty dollars (S25o) and actual travel
I ing expenses by the nearest practcasle route,
not to exceed fifty dollars $500 for any one e
I 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.
s. (Strike out article thirty-nlne)
"a NUMBER FIVE.
IN The General Assembly shall not pass any
fFocal or special law changing the venue II
| criminal cases, changing the manner OF per
sons legitimating children, vacatng ROADS
~ streets, or alleys, remitting fines, penalties
a and forfeitrlres or refunding moneys legally
paid into the treasury; affecting the estates
~ minors, or persons under disability, exempt
e ing property from taxation, creating any mo
q nopoly, legaizing the unauthorized or invalid
y acts OF any officer or agent OF the State or 0
any parish or municipality; granting any
extra compensation to. any pubic olileel
agent, or contractor, after the service has
been rendered or contracted for; changing
any parish seat, or creating new parishes
except by the assent OF the majority OF tn
10 be affected; in all other cases, where gen
eral law can be made applicable, no local 0
special law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
III. The Governor shall receive salary OF seVel
thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
&erly, on his own warrant
(Strike out article tifty-slX)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive
salary which shall be double that OF mem
G3er OF the General Assembly.
(Strike out article tifty-seven)
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed bot
houses shall be presented to the Governor;
Il he approve it, he Shall sign it; If he does moi
T1e shall return 1t, with his objections, 10 In
8 house In which 1t originated, which snail Ell
81 Ter the objections at large upon its Journa
l and proceed to reconsider 1t. Ii, after sue
ii Reconsideration, two-thirds of all the member
VI present In that house shall agree to pass tn
8 flil It shall be sent, with the objections to tn
81 rther house. by which it shall Likewise be re
"a Considered and if approved by two-thirds {
ID Che members present in that house, IL snall ?
hi d law. But in such cases the vote OF bot
n houses shall be determined by yeas and nays
81 and the names of members voting for G
81 against the bill shall be entered upon tn
"a journal of each house respectively. Ii any 81
% shall not be returned by the Governor within
A 1--we days after it shall have been presenteSd
~ rim II shall be a law, in like manner as if
% had signed it, unless the General Assembl,
81 nv adjournment, prevent its return; in Whlc
III ease within thirty days, the Governor sha
ID file the same with his objections thereto,
@ 4fhe office of the Secretary OF state, anu CIV
z#A n,Iblic notice thereof; otherwise 1t shall b.
|z come q law, as II he had signedit. The Seer
20 fary of State shall communicate said obJe
~ .Sions and bill so deposited to the house ]
2 which it originated on the first day OF q
Z meeting of the next General Assembly, WL
s shall act upon the same as above provides
sz The Governor shall have power to veto one
50 more items in any bill appropriating None
81 embracing distinct items, while approving OIL
Z ar nnrtions of the bill, and the part or parts
IN fhe hin approved shall become law, and Il
~ i4em or items of appropriations disapprovee
zs shall be void unless repassed according 10 I'll
80 niles and limitations prescribed Tor the pa
s rage of other bills over the Governors veto.
fStrike out article sixty-slX)
NUMBER NINE.
~ No officer, whose salary is fixed by Ct