The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-02
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. IS, II. s. OF 1878.
NUMBER ONE.
khat the seat of government shall be estab-
i. shead at the city OF Baton Rouge or at the
Wy ATTY sof 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 lndorse
on their tickets, "For State Capital, Baton
Rouge those voting to locate the capt.
lal at New Orleans shall indorse on their
tickets, "For State Capital, New Orleans.
{Strike out article one hundred and thirty
#'n0' ACT NO. IA, R. s. OF 1878.
NUMBER TWO.
Representatives shall be chosen on the first
@s. #es6ay after the first Monday In November,
y cry two years, and the election shall pc
#npleted In one day. The General Assembly
snall meet on the, first Monday In January! I ay,
1870, and biennally thereafter, on the first
Tonday in January, unless different day be
pponted by law, and their sessions shall be
I'D at the seat OF government.
Strike out article seventeenD
NUMBER THREE.
.fter the year 1878 the General Assembly
,#lall not have power to levy IN any one year
Or all State purposes more than one per cent
1tn taxation, nor shall any collection Of more
han one per centum taxation be made IN any
#me year, on the actual cash value OF all real
md personal property liable to taxation, ex-
,ept in case Of a foreign Invasion or @ domes-
lie snsurrection, and In that event any addi-
ional taxation shall only be for the imnedi-
@ta purpose OF repeling invasion or suppress
#np insurrection. The city Of New Orleans
shali not levy or collect In any one year more
ghan one and one-half per centum taxation on
The actual cash value Of all the real and per-
eonaI property liable to taxation within its
llimits. No parish or municipal corporation
except the city Of New Orleans, shall levy or
S,ollect In any one year more than one per
Aentum taxation upon the actual cash value
Of all the real and personal property liable to
taxation within IFS. limits. The. General
Assembly shall not have power :, to issue any
Y,rrpose, nor shall IT authorize any parish or
municipal corporation to issue any bond or
aacrseate any debt; proutded, that this shall not
,prbhibit the issue OF new bonds LII excnange
sfor old bonds, where the debt or rate OF Inter-
est il not increased.
NUMBER FOUR.
# The members Of the General Assembly shall
ne maid d salary of five hundred dollars (S500)
YER session, and actual travelling expenses by
ne nearest practicable route, not to exceed
ty dollars (S50) for any one member; pro-
led, that II two sessions are held In the
Q year they shall receive for the second
ON In that year a salary OF only two hun
and fifty dollars ($250) and actual travel
expenses by the nearest practicable route,
4, exceed fifty dollars $500 for any one
Der. The regular biennial session shall
: xceed ninety days in duration, unless by
of two-thirds of the members elected to
house of the General Assembly
grike out article thirty-nine)
NUMBER FIVE.
4, General Assembly shall not pass any
or special law changing the venue in
nal cases, changing the manner OF per-
alegitimating children yacatlng roads,
.I1 oil
5forfetures, or refunding moneys legally
II into the treasury; affecting the estates OF
y Drs, or persons under disability, exempt
property from taxation, creating any mo- no,
loly, legalizing the unauthorized Or invalid
y Of any officer Or agent OF the State OF OF
ss parish or municipality; granting any
? ~ compensation to any public officer
y, or contractor, after the service mas
Y rendered or contracted for; changing
parish seat, or creating new parishes
st by the assent Of the majority OF the
,iified electors Of the parish, or parishes
u affected; in all other cases, where gen.
Il law can be made applicable, no local OF
pecial law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive a salary OF seven
thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
arly, on his own warrant.
oc6Strike out article tifty-six)
d1 sss. NUMBER SEVEN. :, ,.....
fIeaary which shall be double that OF q mem
of the General Assembly.
TMStrike out article flfty-seVen.l
NUMBER EIGHT.
\. NEvery bill which shall have passed Doll
spetuses shall be presented to the Governor; \
s11r approve it. he shall sign tt; It he does not
fN,Ie shall return it, with his objections to tht
Accuse in which 1t originated, which shall en-
Wrtar the objections at large upon it's journal
ss1e I'D proceed to reconsider it. L, after sucf
Reconsideration, two-thirdS OF all the members
olnd l, 1t shall be sent, with the objections, to the
o,,par1er house, by which it shall likewise be re
Il lzzyensidered, and If approved by two-thlrds,
dIMY members present in that house, 1t snall o
s old uses shall be determined by yeas and nays
laid bill the names of members voting for o.
ae diefinst the bill shall be entered upon tht
ree rna q each house Zee II any b
i've DAYS after it shall have been presented tx
aim, it shall be O. law, in like manner as II h
= had signed it, unless the General Assembly
by adjournment prevent rs rs retnrn IN w shsI
s Tile the same, with his objeetions thereto, Il
lei Che office of the Secretary OF State, ana Civ
aostpublic notice thereof; otherwise Il shall De
fa5me a law, as 1.-The had signed IL. me oecte
,ordssry OF State shall communicate said objeet
Y. K IONS and bill SO deposited to the mouse !; Il
uriechich it originated on the first day OF tn
Or. aeeting of the next General Assembly, Wn
1T aIhau act upon the same as above PROVIDED
d hThe Governor shall have power to veto one Q
st more items In any bill appropriating money ey
bracing distinct items, while approving otn
spaf portions Of the bill, and the part or parts
lattEhe bill approved shall become law, and TIL
item or items of appropriations disapprove'
shall be void unless repassed according 10th
rules and limitations prescribed for the pas
sage OF other bills over the Governors veto.
Strike out article sixty-s1xo
NUMBER NINE.
No officer. whose salary Is fixed by th