The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-11-04
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. 70, r. 8. OF 1875
NUMBER ONE.
That the seat Of government shall DO estap-
gashesi at the city OF Baton Rouge or az the
sstv NJ New Orleans, as the majority, OF the
vesars OF the State may determine o. ene h t%s
aaase capital at Baton Rouge shall indorse
~ thsiF tickets "For State Capital, Baton
sTaage:' those voting to locate the CAPT.
ia at New Orleans shall lndorse on their
HrsFass, '.For State Capital, New Orleans
GRtTike ont article one hundred end thirty
'A''7 ACT NO. IA, r. g. OF 1878.
NUMBER TWO.
REPRESENTATIVES, shall be chosen on the first
qrasasflev after the first Monday In November,
ssFsrv two years, and the election shall pc
enpleted In one dag me Geherd, As anary
pgga, and blennally thereafter. ON the first
Mpsstiay In January, unless different Day be
mppoinSed by law, and their sessions shall be
hesta at the seat Of government
EShstke out article seventeenth
NUMBER THREE.
AFTER the year 1873 the General Assembly
esa,eal mot have power to levy In any one year
gtgr All State purposes more than one per cent
vsya taxation, nor shall any collection OF more
esaRn one per centrum taxation be made 10 any
spas year. on the actual cash value OF all real
and personal property liable to taxation, OK
sent In case Of o foreign invasion or doneg-
sso gnsnrrection, and in that event any addi-
ks1snal taxation shall only be for the immedt-
gsfs purpose Of repelling Invasion or suppress
7ng lnsurrection. The city OF rev orleans
sasaal mot levy or collect In any one year more
essan one and one-half per centrum taxation on
Slao actual cash value OF all the. real and per-
enVaal property liable to taxation within. Its
EFnits. No parish or municipal corporation.
except the city OF New Orleans, shall levy or
enliegt In any one year more than one per
sgatalm taxation upon the actual each value
~ Ill the real and personal property liable to
Gmxahon within It's limits. The General
Assembly shall not have power to issue any
hpssd or pledge the faith Of the State for any
rasTpoes. nor shall Ii authorize any parish or
municipal corporation to Issue any bond or
create any debit provided, that this shall not
Tgrus,ibjt the issue OF new bonds In exchange
Apr old bonds, where the debt or rate OF inter-
aas iB not increased.
NUMBER FOUR
The members of the General Assembly shall
10 paid salary of five hundred dollars ($600)
msr session, and actual travelling expenses by
The nearest practicable route not to exceed
nifty dollars $500 for any one member; PRO
qgtelsd, that II two sessions are held In the
Same year they shall receive for the SECOND
s9as,gion In that year salary OF only two hum
earefl and fifty dollars ($25ol and actual travel
ang expenses by the nearest practicable route,
not 70 exceed fifty doas aor any ah Hhe
mot exceed ninety days In duration, unless by
yfJia of two-thirds of the members elected to
caFl, house of the General Assembly.
GStrlke out article thlrty-nine1
NUMBER FIVE.
THE General Assembly shall not pass any
Eneal or special law changing the venue In
criminal cases, changing the manner OF per-
seas legitimating children, vacattng roads,
ssreets, or alleys, remitting fines, penalties,
md forfetures, or refundng moneys legally
gNid into the treasury; affecting the estates OF
minors, or persons under disability, exempt
Rng property from taxation, creating any mo-
mFg,oly, legalizing the unauthorized or invalid
nuEs OF any officer or agent OF the state, or OF
nny parish or municipality; granting any
axfra compensate on to. any, public officer,
agent, or contractor, after the service has
Rsen rendered or contracted for; changing
any parish seat, or creating new parishes,
epospt by the assent OF the majority OF the
qualified electors of the parish, or parishes.
ia DO affected; In all other cases, where gen
aral law can be made applicable, no local OF
speclal law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive salary OF seven
Gsaousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
fseTay, on his own warrant.
sStTike out article ifty-six)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The lieutenant Governor shall receive
fsn9ary which shall be double that OF @ mem
Rgg al the General Assembly.
Gtrike out article hfty-seven.l
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed both
Rfss,ses shall be presented to the Governor: Il
ma, approve it, he shall sign it; II he does not,
hss ghall return 1t, with his objections, to the
Mo.sse In which 1t originated, which shall en-
Cor Che objections at large upon its journal,
na proceed to reconsider IL tha AMER saon
present In that house shall agree to pass the
Sdn, IL shall be sent, with the objections to the
oaher house, by which it shall likewise be re-
considered, and II approved by two,thirds OF OF
n law. But In such cases the vote OF botn
houses shall be determined by yeas and nays,
and the names of members voting for or
against the bill shall be entered upon the
SHALL not be returned by the Governor within
1--WE days after 1t shall have been presented to
him, 1t shall be a law, In like manner as Il ne
Mad signed 1t, unless the General Assembly,
by adjournment, prevent lts return ID wnicn a
case, within thirty days. the Governor shall
me- The same, with his objections thereto, In
She Office of the Secretary of State, and give
public notice thereof. otherwise It shall be-
ssn,ne q law. rs ifhe had signed 1t. The Secre-
Ssry of State shall communicate said objec
slnrs and bill SO deposited to the house In
which it originated on the first day OF the
nnaeting Of The next General Assembly, who
ahsli act upon the same as above provided.
tTba Governor shall have power to veto one or
more nor items In any bill appropriating money,
Embracing distinct items, while approving 9th;
II portions Of the bill, and the part or parts OF
Ee bill approved shall become lay, ana tnd
nhall be void. unless repassed according tothe
Slles and limitations prescribed for the pas
nage of other bills over the Governors Veto'
(Strike out article sixty-six.)
NUMBER NINE.
No officer. whose salary Is fixed by the
SUBSTITUTION, shall be allowed any fees or per-
suisitas of office.
NUMBER TEN.
Tna judicial power shall be vested La