The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-02
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
ACT NO. 70, r. $. OF 1878.
NUMBER ONE.

ACT NO. IS, r. $. OF 1878.
NUMBER ONE.
That the seat of government shall be estab-
lshed at the city of Baton Rouge or at the
city Of New Orleans, as the majority OF the
voters of the State may determine at the next
State capital at Baton Rouge shall indOrse
on their tickets "For State Capital, Baton
Rouge" those voting to locate the capt.
tai at New Orleans shall 1ndorse on tneLr
tickets, "For State Capital, New Orleans
Strike out article one hundred and thirty
ACT NO. IA, r. S. OF 1878.
NUMBER TWO.
REPRESENTATIVES, shall be chosen on the first
Tuesday after 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,
1879, and biennally thereafter, on the first
Monday In January, unless different day be
appointed by law, and their sessions shall be
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 all State purposes more than one per cent
UNI taxation, nor shall any collection, OF more
than one per centum taxation be made IN any
one year, on the actual cash value OF all real
and personal property liable to taxation ex-
cent in case of a foreign invasion Or domes-
tic insurrection and In that event any addl-
tionai taxation shall only be for the immed1-
ate Of rpehRg g af y o} new
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 the 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 its limits. The General
Assembly shall not have 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; prOU5ded, that this snail not
prohibit the issue OF new 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 a salary of five hundred dollars (S50O)
per session, and actual travelling expenses by,
the nearest practicable route, not to exceed
fifty dollars $50 for any one member; pro-
vtded that If two sessions are held In the
same year they shall receive for the SECOND
session in that year salary Of only two hun
bred and fifty dollars $3.50 and ACTUAL travel
ing expenses by the nearest practicable route,
not 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 to
each house of the General Assembly.
(Strike out article thirty-nineJ
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 legitimating children, vacating roads,
streets, or alleys, remitting fines, penalties,
and forfeitures, or refunding moneys legally,
paid into the treasury; affecting the estates Of
minors or persons under disability exempt
ing property from taxation, creating any mo-
nopoly, legalzing the unauthor1zed or Invalid
acts Of any officer or agent OF the State, OF 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
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-s1x)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive a
salary which shall be double that of men,
Der of the General Assembly.
Strike out article ffty-sevenD
NUMBER EIGHT.
| Every bill which shall have passed both
houses shall be presented to the Governor; II
| he shall return it, with his objections, to the
| house in which 1t originated, which shall en-
ter the objections at large upon 1ts. Journal,
| and proceed to reconsider it. Ii, after such
reconsideration, two-thirds of all the members
| yrocnpt in that hrlGn shall agree to naSG the
bill, it shall be sent, with the objections, to the
other house, by which it shall likewise be re-
considered and il approved by two-thlrdSS, OF
the members present in that house, 1t shall be
! 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 blD
shall not be returned by the Governor Wlt VII p
| five days after it shall have been presented &c
him, it shall be a law, in like manner as Il ne
had signed it, unless the General Assembly
by adjournment, prevent its return; III winch
case, within thirty days, the Governor shall
| file the same, with his objections thereto, III
the office of the Secretary of State, and. give
public notice thereof; otherwise it shall be-
come law as ii he had signed it. The Score
tary of State shall communicate said obJec-
tons and bill so deposited to the house Ii
which it 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 OF
more items in any bill appropriating money
embracing distinct items, while approving 9th
er portions Of the bill, and the part or parts O.
the bill approved shall become law, and the
item or items of appropriations disapproved
shall be void, unless repassed according tothf
rules and limitations prescribed for the pas
sage of other bills over the Governors veto.
/ (Strike out article sixty-six.)
NUMBER NINE.
! No officer, whose salary Is fixed BY the