The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-10-27
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. 73, R. 8. OF 1878.

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
ACT MO. T8, R. 8. OF 1878.
NUMBER ONE.
That the seat of government shall be estab-
aished at the city of Baton Rouge or ct the
Tdty OF New Orleans, as the majority OF the
voters Of the State may determine at the next
ensuing election; those voting to l9cate ,159t the
On their tickets "For State Capital, Baton
Rouge;" those voting to locate the capi-
kaI at New Orleans shall lndorse on their
tickets, "For State Capital, New Orleans"
(Strike out article one hundred and thirty
ACT MO. IA, r. s. OF 1878.
.. NUMBER TWO.
REPRESENTATIVES, shall be chosen on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday In November,
eyery two years, and the election shall be
completed In one day. The General Assembly
shall meet on the first Monday In January,
1879, and biennaly 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
tStrike 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
nm taxation, nor shall any collection OF more
than one per centllm taxation be made In any
one year, ON the actual cash value of all real
and personal property liable to taxation, ex-
Cept In case Of O foreign invasion or domes-
tic insurrection, and In that event any addi-
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-
sona1 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 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 1t authorize any parish or
municipal corporation to issue any bond or
create any debt; provided, that this shall not
prohibit the issue of new bonds In exchange
Tor old bonds, whore 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 ($5OO)
Per session, and actual travelling expenses by
the nearest practicable route, not to exceed
fifty dollars $500 for any one member; pro-
Uided, that Il two sessions are held In the
same year they shall receive for the second
session In that year salary of only two hun
dred and fifty dollars ($250) and actual travel
not to exceed fifty dollars $500 for any one
member. The regular biennial session shall
not exceed ninety days In duration, unless by
vote Of two-thtrds OF the members elected to
each house OF the General Assembly.
(Strlke out article thrty-nine.)
NUMBER FIVE.
The General Assembly shall not pass any
local OF 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 reftlnding moneys legally
paid into the treasury; affecting the estates of
minors, or persons under disability exempt
Ing property from taxation, creating any mo-
nopoly, lega1lztng 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 has
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.
lStrtke out article tifty-siX.)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive a
salary which shall be double that of q mem
ber Of the General Assembly.
(Strike out article fifty-seven.)
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed both
houses shall be presented to the Governor: If
he approve 1t, he shall sign 1t; Ii he does not,
ne shall return It, with his objections, to the
house In which 1t originated, which shall en-
ter the objections at large upon It's journal,
and proceed to reconsider 1t. 1t, after such
reconsideration, two-thirds fall the members
present In that house shall agree to pass the
other house, by which it shall likewise be re-
considered and II approved by two-thirds of
the members present In that house. 1t shall be
o law. But In such cases the vote of both
and the names of members voting for or
against the bill shall be entered upon the :
Journal of each house respectively. II any bill
shall not be, returned by the Governor within
him, 1t shall be law, In like manner as II he
had signed it, unless the General Assembly. :
by adjournment, prevent Its return; In which :
case, within thirty days, the Governor shall t
the office Of the Secretary of State and give +
public notice thereof otherwise it shall be- y
come law, as ifhe had signed It. The Secre- ?
tary OF State shall communicate said obiec
which 1t originated on the first day Of the !,
meeting of the next General Assembly, who = !
shall act upon the same as above provided. y y
The Governor shall have power to veto one or
more 1,o rel Items In any bi appEopriatng money,
PC portions of the bill and the part or parts OF
5he bill approved shall become law, and the
2 tenn ~, or items of appropriations disapproved
,nan pe VOID, unless repassed according to the ct
'uIes and limitations prescribed for the pas
age Of other bills over the Governors veto.
(Strike out article sixty-six.) :,
NUMBER NINE. IL
NO officer, whose salary Is fixed by the "a
shall be allowed any fees or per-
uisites of Office
NUMBER TEN. ST
Ihe judicial power shall Ne vested In on