The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-11-01
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

ACT NO. "a, X. s. OF 1875.
Representatives shsll be chosen ON the irst
Tuesday after the irst Monday In Novemberl
every two years, and the election shall b
completed In one day. The General Assembly
1879, and biennally thereafter, on the frat
Monday in January, unless different day be
appointed by law, and their SESSIONS shall be
CStrike out article sevcnteen.l .-
NuMBER THREE.
Amer tho year 1873 the General Assembly
ssall not have power to levy In any one year
UNI taxation. nor shali any collection Of moro
than one per ccatum taxation be made In any
one year, on the actual cash value Of aM real
tic insurrectiou, and In that event any add
tional taxation shall only be for the immedi-
Ate purpose Of repclltng invasion or suppress
shsll not levy Or collect In any one year more
than one and One-hAlf per centrum taxation ON
the actual cash value Of all the real and per
aonal property. liable TO taxation within Its
except the city Of New Orleans, shall levy or
collect In any. one year moro than one per
centum taxation upon the actual cash value
.se% one ' sen e %i,.p Tns GENE
Assembly shall not have power to issue any
bond or pledge the faith OF tho State for any
nor sns. i parish 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
The members OF the General Assembly shall
be paid o salary of five hundred dollars $500
per session, and actual travelling expenses by
dfty dollars ls5o) for any ono member pro.
Uided, that ii two sessions are held In the same
year they shall receive for tho second session
10 that year salary Of only two hundred and
penscs BY the nearest practicable route, not to
exceed dfty dollars $500 for any one member.
The regular biennial session shall not exceed
thirds of the members elected to each house of
the General Assembly.
(Strike out article thirty nine.1
NUMBER FIVE.
local or special law changing the venue Ia
criminal cases. changing the manner Of per
sons legitimating children, vacating roads,
streets, or alleys, remittlng fines, penalties
paid into the treasury affecting the estates Of
minors, or persons under disability, exempting
property from taxation, creating any monop-
acts Of any officer or agent Of the State, or ROT Of
any parish p,s or municipality; granting any
or contractor, after the service has been rem.
dered or contracted for !; changing any parish
assent of q majority of the qualified electors Of
tho parish or parishes, to be affected In all
applicable, no local or special law shall BIZ
passed.
NUMBER slx.
The Governor shall receive salary Of seven
thousand dollars per annuu, payable quarter
fy, ON his own warrant.
(Strikc out article lfty-six.l
NUMBER SEVEN.
Tho Lieutenant Governor shall receive
t>Srf> ovNnv
OF tho General Assembly.
(Strike out article lfty.seven.l
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed boil
he approve it, he shall sign it il no does not
he shall return it, with his objections, to tn,
honse In which 1t originated. which shall ente
the objections Mt large upon its journal. and
sidcrntion, two-thirds of all the members
present in that house shall agree to pass the
bill, It shall be sent, with the objections, to
re- considered, and if approved by two thirds
Of tho members present In that house, It shall
be . law. But in such cases tho vote of both
and tho names of members voting for or
against the, bill shall be entered upon the
journal Of zach house respectively. II any
bill shall not be returned by the Governor
within five days after It shall have been pres
ented to him, 1t shall be a law, In like manner
as If no had signed 1t, unless the General
Assembly, by adjournment, prevent Its return;
in which case, within thirty days, the Cover
nor .hall Ale the same, with his objections
and give public notice thereof; otherwise It
shall become law, as ifhe had signed It.
The secretary of State shall communicate
said objections and bill SO deposited to the
house in which it originated on the first day OF
the meeting Of the next General Assembly,
who shall act upon the same above pro-
vided. The Governor shall have power to
veto one or more items in any bill appropria-
ting money, embracing distinct items, while
approving other portions of the bill, and the
part or parts of the bill approved shall become
law, and the item or items Of appropriations
disopproved shall be void, unless repaAsed &C
cordiDg to the rules and limitations prescribed
for the passage Of other bills over the Cover
nor's veto.
[Strike out article sixty-six.]
NUMBER NINE.
No officer whose salary Is fixed by the con
stitution, shall be allowed any fees or per
quisites of Office.
NUMBER TEN.
The judicial power shall be vested In q
supreme court, district courts, and in justices
of the peace. The district courts shall have
original Jurisdiction in all civil cases where