The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-11
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. IS, r. S. OF 1878.
NUMBER ONE.
That the seat of government shall bo estab" |
! lished at the city of Baton Rouge or at the
city of 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 indorse
m their tickets, "For State Capital, Baton
| Rouge;'' those voting to locate the CAPT
| eal at New Orleans shall fndorse on their
| tickets, "For State Capital New Orleans
| (Strike out article one hundred and thirty"
' ACT NO. "a, r. S. OF 1875
| NUMBER TWO.
! Rauresantatives shall be chosen on the first
Tuesday after the first MONDAY 10 NoVeIInlee1L,
every two years, and the election shall pc
| completed in one day. The General Assembly
| shah meet on the first Monday in January,
! 1879, and biennally thereafter, on the hrst
! Monday In January unless a different day pe
appointed by law, aud their sessions shall be
| held at the seat OF government
| (Strike out article seventeen')
| NUMBER THREE.
After the wear 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 mace Ia any
one wear, on the actual cash value OF ALI real
and personal property liable to taxation eS-
cent in case Of a foreign invasion or domes"
tic Instruction and in that event any addi-
tional taxation shall only be for the 1mmedl-
ate purpose of repelIing 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 ana per-
sonaI property liable to taxation Within It's
| n n
except the city Of New Orleans, shall levy or
collect In any one year more than one per
cent11m taxation upon the actual cash value
Of ali the real and personal property liable to
Assembly shall not have power to issue any
bond OF pledge the faith OF the State Tor any
purpose, nor shall it 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
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 collars (S5Oo)
per session, and actual travelling expenses by,
r the nearest practicable route, not to exceed
j: ffftv dollars $500 for any one member; pro
/; vstled, that if two sessions are held IN the
t same year they shall receive for the second
session In that year a salary OF only Two nun
dred and fifty dollars $3.50 and actual travel
AoSAS>
: not to exceed fifty dollars $50 for any one
= member. The regular biennial session shall
: not exceed ninety days In duration unless oy
vota,of two-thirds OF the members elected &c
. each house of the General Assembly.
: Strike out article thirty-nlneJ
+ NUMBER FIVE.
The General Assembly shall not pass any
l. local or special law changing the venue IL
d criminal cases. changing the manner OF per
+: sons legitimating children, vacatlng ROADS
S streets, or alleys, RENTING fines, penalties
}. and forfeitures, or refunding moneys leeall!
- paid into the treasury; affecting the estates O
, minors or persons under disability, exempt
ing property from taxation, creating any mo
~ noDoly, legaliZing the unauthorized or lnVallc
acts OF any officer or agent OF the State, or O
any parish or municipality; granting an!
extra compensation to any public officer
agent, or contractor, after the service ha:
been rendered or contracted for; changing
any parish seat, or creating new parishes
except by the assent OF the majority OF tn
qualified electors Of the parish, or parishes
8 70 be affected in all other cases, where gen
eral law can be made applicable, no local
special law shall be passed.
- NUMBER SIX.
:. The Governor shall receive salary OF seve1
thousand dollars per annun, payable quar-
T. tarly on his own warrant.
(Strike out article tlfty-six.)
= NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive
salary which shall be double that OF mem
her of the General Assembly.
Strike out article tifty-seven.)
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed bot
houses shall be presented to the Governor;
he approve it, he shall sign it: II he does MOI
he shall return it, with his objections, to til
house in which 1t originated, which shall eI
= ter the objections at large upon its louTna
/ 70 after
reconsideration, two-thirds Of all the member
present In that house shall agree 10 pass %
bill, it shall be sent, with the oblectlons TO IN
other house. by which it shall Likewise be IT
considered, and II approved py tvo-Gnl toS {
the members present in that house, it shall {
law. But in such cases the vote OF Dol
houses shall be determined by yeas and nay:
I and the names of members voting Tor {
against the bill shall be entered upon If
Fl journal of each house respectively, Ii any 0l
Il. 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
had signed it, unless the General AsseInoL
| by adjournment, prevent its return; ID VINO
case, within thirty days, the Governor sha
!. file the same with his objections thereto,
the Office Of the Secretary Of State, and gI7
lie public notice thereof; otherwise Il small Q
of come a law. as il he had signed 1t. Inc seer
or ta1rv of State shall communicate said ob1e
70 tons and bill SO deposited to the mouse
which it originated on the first DAY OF q
~ meeting Of the next General Assembly, VI
IL shall act upon the same as above provide
lic The Governor shall have power to veto one
q more items in any bill appropria5ng none
embracing distinct items, while approving OF
ar portions of the bin, and the part OF parts
The bill approved shall become law, and t
ITEM or items of appropriations disapproV'
shall be void, unless repassed according 20 g
rules and limitations prescribed Tor the pa
sage of other bills over the Governor veto
{Strike out article sixty-six.)
NUMBER NINE.
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