The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-10-12

!, hibit the issue OF new bondS
in exchange for old bonds, wher
the debt or rate of interest is no
increased.
NUMBER THREE.
The members of the General AS
sembly shall be paid salary Q
five hundred dollars $500 pc
session. and actual travelling eS
penses by the nearest practicable
route, not to exceed fifty dollar
$50 for any one member ; prou'
ded, that if two sessions are he'll
in the same year they shall receive
for the second session in that yea
a salary only two hundred & fift.
dollars $3.50 and actual trave!
ing expenses by the nearest practi
cable route, not to exceed fifty dol
lars $50 for any one member
The regular biennial session shall
not exceed ninety days in duration
unless by vote Of thirds of th'
members elected to each house O
the General Assembly.
(Strike out article thirty -nine.)
NUMBER FIVE.
The General Assembly shall no
pass any local or special law
changing the venue in crimina
cases, changing the manner Of per
sons legitimating children, vaca
ting roads. streets, or alleys, re
mitting fines, penalties, and for
FIXTURES, Or refunding moneys lie
gally paid into the treasury
affecting the estates of minors, OF
Ipersons under disability, exempt
ing property from taxation, crea
ting any monopoly, legalizing the
unauthorized or invalid acts of az )
officer or agent of the State, or O
any parish or municipality grant
ing any extra compensation to any
public officer, agent, or contractor
after the service has been render
ed or contracted for; changing
any parish seat, or creating new
parishes, except by the assent o.
'-the majority OF the qualified elec
tors of the parish, Or parishes, to
be affected in all other cases
where a general 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 quarterly, on
his own warrant. ..-.
Strike out article ffty-six.
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall
receive a salary which shall be
double that Of q member Of the
General Assembly.
(Strike out article fifty-seven.
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have
passed both houses shalt be pre-
sentcd to the Governor F.; if he ap-
prove it, he shall sign it; il he
does not. he shall return it, with
his objections, TO the house in
which it originated, which shall
enter the objections at large upon
its Journal, and proceed to recon
slider it. If, after such reconsider.
ton, two-thirds of all the members
present in that house shall agree
to pass the bill, it shall be sent,
with the objections, to the other
house, by which ii shall likewise
be reconsiderd, and if approved by
two-thirds Of The members present
in that house, it shall be a law
But in such cases the vote Of both
houses shall be determined by yeas
and nays, and the names of the
members voting for or against the
bill shall be entered upon the jour.
nal Of each house respectively. II
any bill shall not be returned by
the Governor within FIVE days af
ter it shall have been presented to
him, it shall be law, in like man
ner as if he had signed it, unless
the General Assembly, by adjourn
ment, prevent its return : in which
case, within thirty days, the Gov
ernor shall file the same, with his
objections thereto, in the Office OF
the Secretary of State, and give
public notice thereof otherwise
it shall become a law, as if he had
signed it. The Secretary Of State
shall communicate said objections
and bill 50 deposited to the house
in which it originated on the first
day of the meeting of the next
General Assembly, who shall act
upon the same as above provided,
TIE Governor shall! have power to
veto one or more items in any bill