The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-10-26

in exchange for old bonds, wher
the debt or rate of interest is no
increased.
NUMBER THREE.
The members OF the General As
sembIy shall be paid a salary o
Eve hundred dollars $500 pc
session, and actual travelling ex
penses by the nearest practicable
route, not to exceed fifty dollar
$50 for any one member prov'
ded, that il two sessions are belt
in the same year they shall receive
for the second session in that yea
a salary Of only two hundred 4 fifty
dollars $3.50 and actual travel
ing expenses by the nearest practi
cable route, not to exceed fifty dol
lars ($50) for any one member
The regular biennial session sbal
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.
mittiug fines, penalties, and for
FIXTURES, or refunding moneys lie.
gally paid into the treasury /;
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 a 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
Der annum, payable quarterly, on
lis own warrant.
Strike ont article ffty .six.)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall
'eceive salary which shall he
double that of member of the
General Assembly.
(Strike ont article ffty.scven.
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have
passed both houses shall be pre-
euted to the Governor if he ap.
prove it, he shall sign it; ie he
loes not. he shall return it, with
lis objections, to the house in
which it originated, which shall
inter the objections at large upon
ts journal, and proceed to recon
ider it. If, after such reconsider.
ion, two-thirds Of all the members
present in that house shall agree
o pass the bill, it shall be sent,
With the objections, to the other
'ouse, BY which il shall likewise
'e reconsiderd. aud ifapproved by
wo-thirds of he members present
q that house, it shall be a law
But in such cases the vote Of both
'ouses shall be determined by yeas
nd nays, and the names of the
nembers voting for or against the
ill shall be entered upon the jour- |
al of each house respectively. IfI
nv bill shall not be returned bv
he Governor within FIVE days af.
er it shall have been presented to
'im, it shall be a law, in like man.
er as if he had signed it, unless
he General Assembly. by adjourn
nent, prevent its return in which :
ase, within thirty days, the Gov
rnor shall file the same, with his
Injections thereto, in the Office of
he Secretary of State, and give
'ublic notice thereof otherwise
shall become a law, as if he had
igned it. The Secretary Of State
hall communicate said objections
nd bill so deposited to the house
n which it originated on the first
ay of the meeting of the next
General Assembly, who shall act
pom the same as above provided.
he Governor shall have power to
eto one or more items in any bill /,