The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-06
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. Is, r.. S. OF 1878.
NUMBER ONE.

ACT NO. 70, r. S. OF 1878.
NUMBER ONE.
z That the seat Of government shall pc esCaD-
Eished at the city OF Baton Rouge or az tne
s,itv of New Orleans, as the majority OF the
vofers Of the State may determine at the next
ensuing election; those voting to locate the
state capital at Baton Rouge shall lndorse
on their tickets, For State Capital Baton
Rouge" those voting to locate the capl-
finl,ets. aFor State Capital, New Orleans
(Strike out article one hundred anu tnlrty-
o'' ACT NO. IA, r. S. OF 1873.
NUMBER TWO.
Representatives shall be chosen on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday IN November,
every two years, and IT. the election snall Ge
shall meet on the first Monday in January,
1870 and bennalIy thereafter, on the hrst
Monday in January. unless different day be
appointed by law, and their sessions shall pe
held at the seat of government.
(Strike out article seventeen)
NUMBER THREE.
After the year 1878 the General Assembly
shall not have power to levy In any one year
for oil State purposes more than one per cent
TIm taxation, nor shall any collection OF more
than one per centum taXatiOn be MADE III any
one wear, on the actual cash value OF all real
and personal property liable to taxation, ex-
cept in case of a foreign invasion or a doneS-
tic insurrection, and in that event any addi-
fional taxation shall only be for the immedi-
ate purpose of repeling invasion or suppress
ing Instruction. The city Of New Orleans
shall not levy or collect In any one year more
than one and one-half per G g Mt taxation on
sonal property liable to taxation within it's
limits. No parish Or municipal corporation,
except the city of New Orleans, shall levy or
collect in any one year more tnan one per
or Gh
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
nl1rpose, nor shall it authorize any parish or
municipal corporation TO issue any bond or
create any debt; provided, that this shall not
4~nIohibib the issue OF new bonds IN exchange
Tof5id bonds, where the debt or rate OF inter
est is not increased
NUMBER FOUR.
Y tTha members OF the General Assembly shall
me paid q salary Of five hundred dollars $500
xser session, and actual travelling expenses by,
The nearest practicable route, not to exceed
fifty dollars $500 for any one mcmber; pro
z,i6ed that il two sessions are held III Lne
same year they shall receive, for the second
sspssioT in that year q salary OF only two hun
elred and fifty dollars (S250) and ACTUAL travel
al1g expenses by the nearest practlcable route
ga0t to exceed fifty dollars $3.50 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 tc
each house of the General Assembly.
(Strike out article thirty-nineD
NUMBER FIVE.
The General Assembly shall not pass any
local or special law changing the venue IL
criminal cases, changing the manner OF per
sons legitimating children, Vacating ROADS
streets, or alleys, remitting fines, penalties
and forfeitures, OF refunding moneys legally
paid into the treasury; affecting the estates Q
ri a
ing property from taxation creating any mo
a1opoly, IegaIizng the unauthorized or invalid
acts OF any officer or agent OF the State, or
any parish or municipality; granting any
extra compensation to any public officer
agent, or contractor, after the service ha'
been rendered or contracted for; changing
any parish seat, or creating new parishes s
except by the assent OF the majority OF TIT
qualified electors Of the parish. or parishes
10 be affected; in all other cases, where gen
eral law can be made applicable, no local O.
special law shall be passed
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive a salary OF sever
thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
fery, on his own warrant.
(Strike out article tifty-sixJ
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive
salary which shall be double that OF q mem
Der Of the General Assembly.
tStrike out article tifty-seven)
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed bot
houses shall be presented to the Governor; |
he approveit he shall sign it; II ne does not
he shall return it, with his objections, to tn
house in which It originated which snail en-
ter the objections at large upon it's journal
and proceed to reconsider it. IL, after Suc]
reconsideration, two-thirds ofall the member
present In that house shall agree to pass tn
bill it shall be sent, with the objections, to tn
other house, by which it shall likewise be re
considered, and II approved by two-thlrds c
the members present III that house, IL sRall
q law. But in such cases, the vote OF bot
houses shall be determined by yeas and nays
and the names of members voting for O
against the bill shall be entered upon tn
journal OF each house respectively. Ii any oil
shall not be returned by the, Governor With
him, it Shall be law, in like manner as II n
had signed it, unless the General Assembl,
by adjournment, prevent its return; in whic
case within thirty days, the Governor sha
file the same, with his objections thereto. l
the office of the Secretary of State, and CIV
public notice thereof; otherwise it shall be
come law, as ifhe had signed it. The Secrt
s tary OF State shall communicate said ob]e
tions and bill so deposited to the house
which it originated on the first day OF u
meeting of the next General Assembly, VIII
shall act upon the same as above provided
The Governor shall have power to veto one {
more items in any bill appropriating none.
embracing distinct items, while approving OIL
en- portions Of the bill, and the part OF parts
the bill approved shall become law, and I'll
item or items of appropriations disapprove
shall be void, unless repaSsed according tott
rules and limitations prescribed Tor the pa
sage of other bills over the Governors veto.
(Strike out article sixty-six.)
NUMBER NINE.
No officer, whose salary Is fixed by Il