The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-09
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. rs, r. s. OF 1878.
NUMBER ONE.
That the seat OF government shall be estap-
Iished ct The city Of Baton Rouge or at the
city Of FeW Qeans as the a y ei
ensuing election; those voting TO locate the
state capital at Baton Rouge shall lndorse
N their tickets, "For State Capital, Baton
Rouge" those. voting TO locate inc espi:
tickets, "For State Capital, New Orleans"
(Strlke out article one hundred and thirty
~ ACT NO. IA, r. s. OF 1875
NUMBER TWO.
Rapresentatives shall be- chosen on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday Ia november,
every two years, and the election shall pc
completed In one day The General Assembly
shall meet on the first Monday In january,
1879, and biennally thereafter, ON the tlrst
Monday In January, unless dlnerent Gay Pc
aDDOinted by law, and their sessions shall be
held ct 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
um taxation, nor shall any collection OF more
| than one per centum taxation be made In any
one year. on the actual cash value OF oil real
and personal property liable to taxation. ex-
cent In case of s. foreign invasion or domes~
| tic instruction, and In that event any addl-
tional taxation shall only be for the immedl-
ate purpose of repellng Invasion or suppress
Ing tnsurrectlon. Inc city OF new oo Ur, ronrs
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 corp0ratoh
except the city of New Orleans, shall levy or
collect In any one year more than one per
cent1m taxation upon the actual cash value
of all the real and personal property liable TO
taxation within It's 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; proUtded, that this snail not
prohibit the Issue OF new ponds Id exccniallge
! FOR old bonds, where the debt or rate Oh inter-
| est Is not increased
NUMBER FOUR.
The members Of the General Assembly shall
be paid salary Of five hundred dollars (S5oo)
ner session. and actual travelling expenses by
Che nearest practicable route, not to exceed
fifty dollars $500 for any one member; pro-
vided, that Ii two sessions are held In the
same year they shall receive for the SECOND
session in that year salary OF only Two nun
dred and fifty dollars (S250) 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-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 legitinntfng children, vacatng roads,
streets, or alleys, remitting fines, penalties,
and forfeitures, or refundtng moneys legally
paid into the treasury; affecting ne estates o.
minors or persons under disability, exempt
ing property from taxation creating any mo,
nopoly, legalizing the unauthorized or Invalid
acts Of any officer or agent OF the State, or Of
any parish or municipality; granting any
extra compensation to any public officer
agent, or contractor, after the service mas
been rendered Or contracted for; changing
any parish seat, or creating new parishes
except by the assent OF the majority OF tht
; qualified electors Of the parish, or parishes
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 salary OF sever
4 thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
terlv on his own warrant.
Strike out article fifty-six)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive {
| salary which shall be double that Of mem
| Der Of the General Assembly.
(Strike out article fifty-seven.)
| NUMBER EIGHT.
| Every bill which shall have passed boil
houses shall be presented to the Governor; |
he approve it, he shall sign it; If he does not
he shall return it, with his objections, to tn
house in which 1t originated (Which shall en-
ter the objections at large upon lts Journal
o and proceed to reconsider 1t; L, after sucl
t reconsideration. two-thirds fall the member
r present In that house shall agree to pass tn
BILL it shall be sent with the objections, to tn
other house, by which it shall likewise De re
I che members present in that house, it shall b
- a. law But In such cases the vote OF bot
!. houses shall be determined by yeas and nays
and the names of members voting Tor 0
against the bill shall be entered upon tn
Journal of each house respectively. If any bill
shall not be returned by the Governor With
five days after it shall have been presented
him, it shall be a law, In like manner as Il b
had signed it, unless the General Assembly
by adjournment, prevent Its return; In Wnic
case, within thirty days, the Governor sha
file the same, with his objections thereto, i
the office of the Secretary of State, and civ
, public notice thereof; otherwise it shall be
come law as ifhe had signed 1t. The Secrt
tary Of State shall communicate said obje9
lions and bill so deposited to the house |
which it originated on the first day OF th
meeting of the next General Assembly, VII
So shall act upon the same as above provided
The Governor shall have power to veto one {
more items In any bill appropriating money
g embracing distinct items, while approving Oft
" or portions of the bill, and the part or parts {
the bill approved shall become law, and th
y item or items of appropriations disapproye
u shall be void, unless repassed according toll
rules and limitations prescribed for the pax
o sage of other bills over the Governors veto.
8 (Strike out article sixty-six.)
NUMBER NINE.
! No officer, whose salary Is fixed by tn