The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-08-10

or either of said amendments the same shall
beeOme o part OF the constitution.
@''1' WILL. A. STRONG.
E tagIs5lH a5 Secretary of State.
Constitutional Amendments.
a.ss ACT NO. 70, r. s. OF 1873.
Number One. 4t.g
That the seat Of government shall be es-
tsGblished at the city of Baton Rouge or at
tue city of New Orleans. ms the majority of
the gOters of the State may determine at the
5Isxt ensuing election those voting to 10
cate the State capital at Baton Rouge shall
indorse on their tickets, - For State Capital,
Eaton Rouge" those voting to locate the
capital at New Orleans shall indprse on
their tickets, a For State Capital, New Or
Jeans" zs-A ~s-. J.-.-rr5T
(Strike out article one hundred and thirty
ACT NO. n, r. S. OF 1873.
Number Ttc0 Mss tE
Representatives shall be chosen on the
fsrst Tuesday after the first Monday in No
Vembcr, every two years, and the election
shall Ice completed in one day. The General
Assembly shall meet on the first Monday i'll
january, 1879, and biennally thereafter. on
the first Monday in January, unless aldiffer-
cut day be appointed by law, and their SEES
sions shall he held at the seat of government.
fStrike out article seYenteen.i
ffts = - Nt8t6er Three
After the year 1873 the General Assembly
shall not have power TO levy in any one
yea for all State purposes more than one
per centum taxation, nor shall any c0llec-
ton Of more than one per centuni taxation
be made in any one year, on the actual cash
value IF all real aud personal property liable
10 taxation, except in case of foreign in
vasiOn or a domestic Instruction, and in
that event any additional taxation shall only
be for the immediate purpose of repelling
invasion or suppressing insurrection. The
city of New Orleans shall not levy or col
feet in any Que year more than one and one
half per ecnttim taxation on the actual cash
value of all the real and personal property
liable totaxatieHwithin its limits. No par
ish or municipal corporation, except the
city Of sNeNg Qrleans, shall leyy or collect M
Ilglg enc year more than one per centum tax
alton upon the actual cash value of all tie
real and personal spruperty 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 aily PURPOSE.
nor shall it authorize any parish or muni-
cipsl corporation to issue any bond or create
any debt; propidcd, that this shall not pro-
hibt tho issue of new bonds in exchange for
Did bonds whore the debt or rate of interest
ish not Increased t"'t
Number Four.
The members of the General Assembly
shall be paid salary of five hundred dol
lars tS5OOl per session, and actual travelling
expenses by the nearest prIcticahlc route.
not % exceed fifty dollars 500 for any one
Hfefnter prorided that if two sessions are
held In the same year they shall receive for
the seeDnl session in that year n salary ot
only tive hundred and fifty dollars f$s50l
aud actual travelling expenses by the near.
est praeticabie route, not to exceed fifty dol
tsaa.a Aakas-u .la.s..
biennial session shall not excefd ninety DAYS
in duration, unless bylvote of two-tbirtls nf
members elected to each lluusc of the Gen
ppal Assembly.
lStrike out article tlIirty-nine. \ YNs
fAah Abaiber Fire 8
The General Assembly shall not pass any
Ioeal or special law changing thesyenuc in
erInlirai cases, 1ehanging the, manner of per.
sons legitimating children, vacating roads.
streets nr alleys. remitting fines penalties,
and fnrfeitnres or refunding moneys
legally paid into he treasury effecting the
estates OF minors, or persons under disabiIi-
tysexeHidiHg property from taxation, ere
ating any monopoly. legalizing the, unauth-
.Orized or invalid acts OF any officer or agent
Ot the State, or OF any parish or munich
patty granting any extra cOInpen sation TO
any public officer, agent or contractor, after
The seryiee ltHE been rendered or contracted
tor; changing aay parish seat, or creating
new parishes, except By the assent of the
minority of the tlHalified electors of the par-
isb or parishes. to be affected in all other
cases whal9f . genefal law can be lnille .,,,-
p'ldelIla ne local OF special law shall be
passed, a.B .sEstTsz - szsessH
'A' Naa,ber Sir.
The Governor shall receive n salary of
scyhI thousand dollars per annum, payable
AuYrteriy ON his own Warrant -
tStfike out article fiTty-six.l
Wander ScreM.
Tic Lieutenant Governor shall receive n
salary which shall be double that of a mem,
bar VI the General Assembly.
tktnke, out article City ,sevem.l
S'' " - EuDsber Eight. -
Every bill which shall have passed both
b0lises shall be- presented To the Governor !:
il he approve &C.. he shall sign IL if he does
not. he shall return it, with his objections
To- the house in which it originated, which
shall enter the objections, at large upon its
journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If
after such reconsideration, two-thirds of ali
the meHhcrs present in that house shall
agree Ia pass the bill, it shall be sent. with
tho Olieetions. to the other house. By which
u SHALL likewise be reconsidered and if ;p-
pr0sed BIS two-thirds of the tnein bers pres
.lsRt in that house it shall be n law. But in
such cases the vote of both houses shall he
determined by yeas and nays, and the
nai'S W uiehio''rs NnIlnS l0r or against the
lsu shall be entered upon the Journal of
e:aGtt hduse respectively II ANY bill shall
aot he returnest By the GoveTnsr within i've
days after il shall have been presented TO
AilA, L sitsll be "a i.~. in like manner as if
llR had signed it. unless the General Assem-
bly,, by adjournment, prevent its return in
which ease, within thirty days, the Governor
sll'lii fife tho same. with his objections there.
10, in the office of the Secretary of State.
slth give public notice thereof otherwise it
shall become law, as if he had signed it.
The Secretary OF State shalt communi-
cate said objections and bill SO deposited to
the house. b. whisll il originated ON the first
day aEahA Aleeting sof the nex Gcnerui As
Neinbly. who shall act upon the same as
above provided, The Governor shall have
power 10 veto one ar more items ia any bill
appnIprintiug Hl0ney, embracing distinct
items, while approving atAer portions of the
hill. and the part or parts OF the bill APP
proved shall 6econac lay and the item or
Items of appropriations Aisapproved shall
he void, unless FeImssed according to the
rules nlasl Inltstfiops .srescriLed tor the pas.
sage OF other bills over the It0SeyR0fs Yeto.
tStrike 0ut article sixty-six.l
s5-s - 4Nanaber Nille.
Ne officer, whose salary is fixed by the
shall be allowed any fees or
,SlrulB ilittAs of office