The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-29
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. rs, 3. 8. OF 1878.
NUMBER ONE

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NUMBER ONE.
That the seat of government shall be estab-
llshed at tae city Of Baton Rouge or at the
CITY OF New Orleans, as the majority Of the
voters of the State may determine ct the next
ensuing election; those voting to locate the
State capital at Baton Rouge snail lndorse
q theS t6as vona 10 ocae the cap
cal at New Orleans shall indorse ON their |
tickets, s'For State Capital, New Orleans"
(StTike out article one hundred and thirty |
'10'' 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 Ia one day. The General Assembly
shah meet on the first Monday In January,
Monday in January, unless different Gay pc
appointed by law, and their sessions shall pc
held at the seat OF government.
lStrike 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 Ii any
| one year. on the actual cash value OF Oil real
| and personal property liable to taxation, ex-
cept In case Of a foreign invasion or domes-
tic insurrection, and in that event any add i
tional taxation shall only be for the immedi-
ate purpose of repelling 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 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 1nan one per
centum taxation upon the actual cash value
of ali 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 OF
municipal corporation to issue any bond or
create any debt; provided, that this shall 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 salary Of five hundred dollars (s5OO)
per session, and actual travelling expenses by
the nearest practicable route, not to exceed
fifty dollars $500 for any one member; pro-
vtGed, that II two sessions are held In the
same year they shall receive for the second
session In that year salary OF only two hum
bred and fifty dollars $3.50 and actual travel
Inc 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-nlne'l
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, RENTING fines, penalties,
and forfeitures, or refunding moneys legally
paid into the treasury; affecting the estates Of
| rSf-
Ing property from taxation, creating any mo,
NOBODY, legalizing the unauthorized or Invalid
acts Of any officer Or agent OF the State, or OF
: any parish or municipality; granting any
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
to be affected; in all other cases, where gen
eral law can be made applicable, no local OF
special law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive q salary OF sever
Thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
terly on his own warrant.
(Strike out article tifty-slzJ
NUMBER SEVEN
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive 6
salary which shall be double that OF a. mem
Der Of the General Assembly.
:
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed botl
u. houses shall be presented to the Governor; Il
he approve it, he shall sign it; Ii he does not
he shall return 1t, 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 1t. II, after such
: reconsideration, two-thirds ofall the members
+ present In that house shall agree to pass TIE
bill, it shall be sent with the objections, to the
other house, by which it shall likewise be re
considered and if approved, by tWo-thlrdg s o
d law. But in such cases the vote OF Doll
houses shall be determined by yeas and nays
t, and the names Of members voting for Of
against the bill shall be entered upon tht
shall not be returned by the Governor within
five days after it shall have been presented x
q him, it shall be a law In like manner as Il n
had signed it, unless the General Assembly
J. by adjournment, prevent ITS feturn Ia Whl a1
- file the same, with his objections thereto, II
u the Office of the Secretary Of State, and CIV
public notice thereof; otherwise It shall be
come law, as ifhe had signedi it. The secre
tary of State shall communicate said obJet
- tons and bill SO deposited to the house II
which it originated on the first day Of tn
meeting of the next General Assembly, WIZ
If shall act upon the same as above provided
L The Governor shall have power to veto one o
- embracing distinct items, while approving oGn
~ or portions Of the bill, and the part or parts
Ii the bill approved shall become Law, and tn
item or items of appropriations disapproVe'
rules and limitations prescribed for the pas
50 sage of other bills over the Governors veto.
10 (Strike out article sixty-slX)
~ NUMBER NINE.
sr No officer, whose salary Is fixed by th