St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-10
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. 70, Z. s. OF 1873.
NUMBER ONE.

ACT NO. 70, r. s. OF 1873 .
NUMBER oSE.
That the scat Of government shall be estab-
Isned at the city of f;aton Roisse at the
city OF New Orleans, us the majority OF the
voters Of the state may determine at the next
ensuing clrction; those voting to locate the
State capital at Eaton Rouge shall indOrse on
their tickets. For State Capital, Baton ROuge;"
those vOtn. to locate the capital at New Or
leans shall ndorse on their tickets, For State
Capital, New Orleans
(Strike out article one hundred and thirty
One.)
ACT NO. "A, r. 8. OF 1873
NUMBER TWO.
REPRESENTATIVES shall be chosen on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in November,
every two years, and the elections shall be COM
pleted in one day. The General Assembly shall
meet OH the first Monday in January, 1872 and
benually thereafter, on the first, Monday in
January unless different day be appointed
by law, and their sessions shall he held at the
seat of government.
Strike out article seVcnteen.)
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 centum
taxation, nor shall any collection Of more than
one per ccntum taxation be made i'll any one
year. on the actual cash value OF all real anu
personal property liable to taxation, except in
case of a foreign invasion or Il domestic lnsur-
rection, and in that event any additional taxa
ton shall only be for the immediate purpose of
repelling invasion or suppressing insurrectlOn.
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
taxation within its limits. No parish or NUM-
cpal 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 nave power to
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; prt cided, that this
shall not prohibit the issue Of new bonds i'll ex::
change FOR old bonds, where the debt or rate OF
interest Is not Increased, -5
NUMBER FOUR. 80
The members of the General Assembly shall
he ,,aid d salary Of five hundred dollars $500
per session, and actual travelling expenses by
the nearest practicable route, not tox exceed
fifty dollars $500 for any ONE member; pTorfdea,
that If two sessions are held l tue same year
they shall receive for the second session in that
year a salary of only two hundred and Hffy
dollars (s250t and actual travelling expenses by
the nearest practicable route, NOT to, exceed
fifty dollars $50 for anyone 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 or tie
General Assembly. S<.-99s-s 2. zsr'S@@z-7S ~
Strike cut article thrty-nine.)
NUMBER FIVE. .0.-at Id
The General Assembly shall not pass any local
or special law chan nss tie venue in criminal
cases. changing the MANNER OF versions letiti-
mating children. vacating roads, streets, or
alleys remitting fines, penalties. and forfcitnres.
or reEunding MONEYS legally pa.id into the treas
nry affecting tbs estates OF miners, or persons
under disability. exelnptin ! property, from
taxation, creating airy monopoly. iegaiizlnS 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 iinya
public officer, agent, or contractor, after the
service has been rendered or contracted for ;
changing any parish seat, or creating new par
ishcs. except by the assent OF the majority OF
tile qualified electors of the parish, or parishes,
TO be affected; in all other cases, where gen
eral law can be made applicable, no local OF
special law shall be passed.
NUMBER FIVE.
The General Assembly shall not pass any
local or special law changing the venue in crlnll-
nal cases, changing the manner OF persons leglt-
ilnating children, yaeating roads, streets, or
alleys, renting fines penalties, and forfeitures
or refunding moneys legally paid into the
treasury; affecting the estates OF MINORS or
persons under disability, exempting property
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 compensa-
tien to any public officer, agent or contractor,
after the service has been rendered or con-
tracted 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 heInade applicable, no
loeaTofsp special law shall be passed %i|52s IS
.4ss.4ss NUMBER SIX. 3 a@Hs#5
y The Governor shall receive a salary Of seven
!, dollars per annum, payable quar-
Strike ont article tifty-six.) q
= 2ssA - NUMBER SEVEN. :
Tue Lieutenant Gov ernor shall receive salary
which shah be double that of a member OF the
General Assembly. 1853 @5 #aks &@ n 41E #aEst
strike ont article fifty-seven., s
Every bill which shall have passed both
houses shall be presented to the Governor; If
he shall return 1T, with his objections, to the
house in which 1t originated, which shall enter
the objections at large upon it's journal, and
sideration. two-thiras Of an the members nres.
enf in that house shall agree to pass the bin it
shall be sent, with tha ctioass ~ the other
and If approved by tWo-thirls of the members
present In that house, it shall he law. But in
such cases the vote of both houses shall be de
ternined by yeas and nays, and the names of
members voting for or against the bill shall be
entered upon the journal of each house res
If any bill shall not be returned by
the Governor Wishln five days after Hnshan
have been presented to him, il shall be Aa law
in like manner as IL he had signed 1T, unless
the General Assembly, by adjournment, prevent
its return; in which ease, within thirty days,
the Governor shall file the same, with his OBJ
jeetions thereto, in the office of the Secretary
of State, and give public notice thereof; other
wise itsshall become q law, as III Inc had signed
III. The Secretary OF State shall communicate