The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-14
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

Secretary Of State.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. 70. r. s. OF 1878.
NUMBER ONE.
That the scot OF government shall be estab-
IIshed at the city Of Baton Rouge or ct the
f,itv Of New Orleans as the majority Of the
voters OF the State may determine at the NEXT
ensuing election, those voting to locate the
State capital at Baton Rouge shall indorse
Eouge;'' those voting. to locate the CAPT
fal at New Orleans shall indorse on their
tickets, "For State Capital, New Orleans"
(Btrike out article one hundred and thirty
80 ACT NO. IA, r. s. OF 1878,
NUMBER Two.
REPRESENTATIVES, shall be chosen on the first
Tuesday utter the first Monday in November,
every two years, and the election shall be
completed in one day. The General Assembly
shall meet on the first Monday In January.
1B79 and biennally thereafter, on the first
Monday In January, unless different day be
appointed by law, and their sessions shall be
held ut the seat Of government
fStrike out article seventeen.)
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
utn taxation: nor shall any collection OF more
than one per centrum taxation be made in any
enc year on the actual cash value OF all real
and personal property liable to taxation. ex-
cept In case OF o foreign invasion or q domes-
9ie frlsurrecton and III that event any addi-
ate purpose OF repelllng invasion or suppress
ing insurreetion. The city Of New Orleans
shall not levy on collect In any one year more
than one and one-half 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,
except the city of New Orleans, shall levy or
collect In any one year. more than one per
rentt1m taxation upon the actual cash value
Il ~ The b and Ps e9Dp9 ap property pert aans to
Assembly shall not have power to issue any
bond or pledge the faith of the State for any
purpose, nor shall IL authorize any parish or
municipal corporation to Issue any bond or
create any debt; pr0pided, that this shall not
prohibit the issue of new bonds In exchange
Tor old bonds, where the debt or rate of inter-
est III not increased.
NUMBER -FOUR.
The members of the General Assembly shall
be paid a salary of five hundred dollars ($500)
per session. and actual travelling expenses by
the nearest @ route mot to exceed
yided, that II two sessions are held In the
same year they shall receive for the second
session In that year a salary of only two hun
dred and fifty dollars (S250l and actual travel
Ing expenses by the nearest practicable route,
not to exceed fifty dollars $500 for any one
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.
(Strike out article thirty-nine0
NUMBER FIVE.
The General Assembly shall not pass any
criminal cases, changing The manner Of per-
sons legitimating children, vacating roads,
Streets or alleys remitting fines, penalties,
and forfeitures, or refundtng moneys legally
paid into tho treasury; affecting the estates OF
minors, OF persons under disability, exempt
Ing property from taxation, creating any mo-
nopoly, legalizng 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.
been rendered or contracted for; changing
any parish seat, or creating new parishes,
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.
sral law can be made applicable, no local or
special law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive q salary of seven
Thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-.
terly, on his own warrant
tStrike out article tifty-six)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive a
salary which shall be double that Of men,
Der of the General Assembly.
fStrike out article tifty-seven)
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed both
houses shall be presented to the Governor; If
ne approve it, he shall sign u; Ii he does not,
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, twothirds 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 Ii approved by two-thirds Of
the members present in that house, it SHALL be
q 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
Journal Of each house respectively. If any bill
shall not be returned by the Governor within
five days after it shall have been presented to
had signed 1t, unless the General Assembly,
by 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 law, as ifhe had signed 1t. 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 appropriating money,
embracing distinct items, while approving 9th
ar portions OF the bill, and the part or parts OF
she 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.
(Strike out article sixty-siy.)
NUMBER NINE.
No officer, whose salary Is liked BY the