The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-10-05

NUMBER THREE.
The members Of the General As
! sembly shall be paid a salary o
FIVE hundred dollars $500 pc
session. and actual travelling ez
peuses BY the nearest practicable
route, not to exceed fifty dollar
$3.50 for any one member j; prov1
ded, that if two sessions are hell
in the same year they shall receive
for the second session in that yea
salary of only two hundred & fift,
dollars $3.50 and actual travel
ing expenses by the nearest praeti
cable route, not to exceed fifty dol
lars $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 O.
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 legitimating children. vaca-
ting roads, streets, or alleys, re.
mitting fines, penalties, and for
FIXTURES, or refunding moneys le-
gally paid into the treasury !;
affecting the estates of minors, or
persons under disability, exempt
ing property from taxation, crea-
ting any monopoly, legalizing the
unauthorized or invalid acts Of any
officer or agent of the State, or of
any parish or municipality :; grant
ing any extra compensation to any
public officer, agent. or contractor,
after the service has been render
ed or contracted for; changing
any parish seat, or creating new
parishes, except by the assent of
the majority Of the qualified elec-
tors of the parish, or parishes, to
be AFFECTED in all other cases,
where q general law can be made
applicable, no local or special law
shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive a
salary Of seven thousand dollars
ger annom, payable quarterly, on
us own warrant.
(strike out article fifty-six.)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall
eceive a salary which shall be
'ouble that of a member of the
General Assembly.
(Strike out article fifty-seven.
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have
'assed both houses shalt be pre-
ented to the Governor f; if he ap.
rove it, he shall sign it ; if he
|oes not. he shall return it, with
lis objections, to the house in
which it originated, which shall
nter the objections at large upon
Is journal, and proceed to recon,
ider it. If, after such reconsider
ion, two-thirds of all the members
resent in that house shall agree
pass the bill, it shall be sent,
nth the objections, to the other
ouse, BY which it shall likewise
e reconsiderd, and if approved by
To-thirds Of he members present
that house, it shall be a law
ut in such cases the vote of both
ouses shall be determined by yeas
nd nays, ard the names of the
embers voting for Or against tho
i'll shall be entered upon the jour. !
al of each house respectively. If
ny bill shall not be returned by
le Governor within FIVE days af.
r. it shall have been presented to s
i'm, it shall be law, in like man.
er as if he had signed it, unless |
le General Assembly, by adjourn I
ent, prevent its return j; in which t
'se, within thirty days, the Gov
nor shall file the same, with his |
elections thereto, in the office Of {
e Secretary of State, aud give I
lblic notice thereof otherwise c
shall become a law, as if he had c
gned it. The Secretary of State t
all communicate said objections
I'd bill SO deposited to the house j
which it originated on the first il
y Of the meeting of the next F
eneral Assembly, who shall act C
'on the same as above provided. t.
le Governor shall have power to p
to one or more items in any bill t