The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-02
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. 73, r. s. OF 1878.
MIfMnIFR nIE

ACT NO. 70. r. s. OF 1878.
NUMBER ONE.
That the seat Of government shall be estnb-
Eished at the city Of Baton Rouge or at the
city OF New Orleans SIS the majority Of the
voters Of the State may determine OF the next
enguing election; those voting to locate the
State capital ut Baton Rouge shall indorse
on their tickets, "FOr State Capital Baton
Rouge" those voting to locate the CAPT
taI ut New Orleans shall indOrse on theil
sickets, "Eor State Capital, New Orlenns.'
(Strike out article one hundred end thirty
~ 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 the election shall bt
completed In ono day. The General Assembly
shall meet on the first Monday In january
1879, and biennally thereafter. on the first
Monday In January, unless different day bt
appointed by law and their sessions shall bt
held at the seat Of government.
(Strike out article seventeenl
NUMBER THREE.
After the year 1878 the General Assembly
shall not have power to levy in any one yeal
for all State purposes more than ono per cent
um taxation, nor shall any collection OF more
than one per Ceutum taxation be made In any
one year, on tho actual caSh value OF oil real
and personal property liable to taxation, ex-
cept In case Of % foreign Invasion or a domes-
tic illsurrection. and In that event any addi.
tlonai taxation shall only be for the immedi-
ate purpose Of repelllng invasion or suppress
ing insurrection. 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 per
sonal property liable to taxation within Its
limits. No parish or municipal corporation,
except thd 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 IFS limits. The General
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; pr0veded, that thls shall not
prohibit the issue Of now bonds in exchange
FOR old bonds, where the debt or rate Of Inter-
est Is not increased
NUMBER FOUR.
The members OF the General Assembly shall
be paid salary of five hundred dollars ($5OO)
per session, and actual travelling expenses by
the nearest practicable route, not to exceed
fifty dollars ($50) for any one member; pro-
vSded, thnt Ii two sessions are held In the
same year they shall receive for the second
session In that year salary OF only two hun
dred and fifty dollars ($25O) 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
each house of the General Assembly.
(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 per-
sons egitimating children, vacating roads,
streets, or alleys, romitting fines, penalties,
and forfeitures, or relunding moneys legally
paid into the treasury; affecting the estates Of
Minors Or persons under disability, exempt
Ing property from taxation, creating any mo,
nopoly, legalizing the unauthorized or invalid
acts OF any officer on 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,
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
eral law can be made applicable, no local or
special law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX
The Governor shall receive salary Of seven
Thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
terly, on his own warrant.
(Strike out article tifty-six)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive q
salary which shall be double that of mem
Der of the General Assembly.
lStrike out article tifty-seven.l
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed both
houses shall be presented to the Governor; If
he shall return it, with his objections, to the
house in which 1t originated, which shall en-
ter the objections at large upon Its Journal
and proceed to reconsider it. II, after such |
reconsideration, two-thirds 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 1t shall likewise be re-
considered, and If approved by two-thirds of
the members present in that house, 1t 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. II any bill
shall not be returned by the Governor within
five days after it shall have been presented to
him, it shall be law, In like manner as If he
had signed it, unless the General Assembly,
by adjournment, prevent It's return; in which
case, within thirty days, the Governor shall
the office Of the Secretary OF State, and give
public notice thereof; otherwise 1t shall be-
come a law, as ifhe had signed it. The Secre-
tary of State shall communicate said objec
ions and bill 50 deposited to the house In
which it originated on the first day of the
meeting of the next General Assembly, who
hall act upon the same as above provided.
The Governor shall have power to veto one or
lsoEe items In any bill approopriating money,
distinct items, while approving 9TH
3r portions of the bill, and the part or parts of
he bill approved shall become law. and the
tenn Or Items OF appropriations disapproved
hall be void, unless repassed according tothe {
ules and limitations prescribed for the pas
age of other bills over the Governors veto.
lSt1ke out article sixty-six)
NUMBER NINE. /
No officer. whose salary Is fixed by the
Onstitution, shall be allowed any Toes or per-
uisites of office.
NUMBER TEN. 6
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