The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-08-22
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. 73, r. s. OF 1878,
~. NUMBER ONE.

That the seat Of government shall be estab-
Iished at the city of Baton Rouge or ut the
city of New Orleans, as the majority OF the
voters Of the State may determine ut the next
State capital at Baton Rouge shall indorse
IN their tickets, "For State Capital, Baton
Rouge;" those voting to locate the capi-
cal at New Orleans shall tndorsa on their
tickets, "For State Capital, New Orleans"
(Strike out article one hundred and thirty
~ ACT NO. IA, r. s. OF 1878.
NUMBER TWO.
Representatives shall be chosen on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in November,
every two years, and the election shall be
completed In one daX XII Ihe Genera Assembly
1879 and biennally thereafter, on the first
Monday In January, unless q different day be
appointed by law, and their sessions shall be
held at the seat Of government.
(Strike 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
lm taxation nor shall any collection OF more
than one per centum taxation be made in any
one year. on the actual cash value OF oil real
and personal property liable to taxation, ex-
cept In case of o foreign invasion or q domas-
tic insurrecton and in that event any addt-
ate purpose Of repelling invasion or suppress
ing inslrrection. The city Of New Orleans
shall not levy OF 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-
sonal property liable to taxation within it's
limits. No parish or municipal corporation,
except the city Of New Orleans, shnll 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 its limits. The General
Assembly shall not have power to Issue any
bond or pledge the faith Of the State for 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
Tor 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 dollars (S500)
per session, and actual travelling expenses by
The nearest pEryacctleable route, not to exceed
| fifty dollars (S5O) for any one member; pro-
Uided, that II two. sessions are held in the
same year they shall receive for the second
session In that year salary OF only two hum
dred and fifty dollars (S250) 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-thirds OF the members elected TO
/ (Strke 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, vacating roads,
streets, or alleys, remitting fines penalties,
and forfeitures, or refunding moneys legally
paid into the treasury; affecting the estates Of
| minors, or persons under disability, exempt
| Inn From fn granting
nopoly legalizing 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
i NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive salary of seven
thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
terIy, on his own warrant
(Strike out article fifty-six)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive a.
salary which shall be double that Of a MEM
ber of the General Assembly.
Strike out article tifty-sevenl
| NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed both
| houses shall be presented to the Governor; II
he approve it, he shall sign it; II he does not,
house in which 1t originated, which shall en-
| ter the objections at large upon Its Journal
and proceed to reconsider it: #, after such
reconsideration, tWo-thrds ofall the members
bill, it shall be sent with the objections, to 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
a law. But in such cases the vote OF both
houses shall be determined by yeas and nays,
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
| five days after it shall have been presented to
had signed it, unless the General Assembly,
! by adjournment, prevent its return; In which
case, within thirty days, the Governor shall
| file the same, with his objections thereto, in
| the office Of the Secretary Of State, and give
public notice thereof; otherwise It shall be-
| come law. as ifhe had signed it. The Secre-
| tary of State shall communicate, said objec
| tions and bill so deposited to the house In
meeting of the next General Assembly, who
shall act upon the same as above provided.
The Governor shall have power to veto one or
more items in any bill appropriating money,
| embracing distinct ttemS While approving OCn-
| er portions of the BILL and the part or parts OF
The bill approved shall become law, and the
item or Items of appropriations disapproved
shall be void, unless repassed according tothe
rules and limitations prescribed. for the pas
| sage OF other bills over the Governors veto.
| Strike out article sixty-siX.)
NUMBER NINE.
No officer, whose salary Is fixed by the