The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-12
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. 70, r. g. OF 1878.

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO 70, r. 8. OF 1873.
| NUMBER ONE.
/ That the seat Of government shall be egtab
lished at the city Of Baton Rouge or at tn
city Of New Orleans, as the majority OF tn
voters of the State may determine at the mex
ensuing election; those voting to locate tn
State capital at Baton Rouge shall indors
Rouge" those voting to locate the CAPT
tai at New Orleans shall indorse on thei
tickets, "For State Capital, New Orleans"
Strike out article one hundred and thirty
ACT NO. IA, r.. 8. OF 1878.
NUMBER TWO.
Representatives shall be chosen on the frs
Tuesday after the first Monday In November
every two years, and the election shall b.
| completed In ono day. The General Assembly
shall meet on the first Monday In January
1879, and biennally thereafter, on the first
Monday In january, unless different day be
appointed by law, and their sessions shall be
| held at the seat Of government.
| tStr1ke out article se7enteen.)
NUMBER THREE.
after the year 1878 the General Assembly
sha n9t haye power to eyK IN any one yea
un taxation, nor shall any collection OF more
than one per centum taxation be made In any
one year, on the actual cash value OF all real
and personal property liable to taxation, ex.
cept In case Of foreign invasion or domes'
tiOnal taxation shall only be for the immedi-
ate purpose Of repelling Invasion or suppress
Ing insurrectjon. The city Of New Orleans
shall not levy or collect Ia any one year more
the actual cash value OF all the real and per-
sonal property liable to taxation within Its
limits. No parish or municipal corporation,
except the city Of New Orleans, shall 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 1t 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 la exchange
FOR old bonds, where the debt or rate of inter
est Is not increased.
NUMBER FOUR.
The members Of the General Assembly shall
be paid a salary Of five hundred dollars (S5OO)
per session, and actual travelling expenses by
the nearest practicable route, not to exceed
fifty dollars 1850 for any one member; pro-
Usded, that IL two sessions are held In the
same year they shall receive for the second
session In that year a. salary Of only two hum
dred and fifty dollars (s25Oj and actual travel
ing expenses by the nearest practicable route
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
each house Of 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 legitimahng children, vacating roads,
streets, or alleys, remitting fines, penalties,
and foraetureg, or refupadng moneys legally
minors, or persons under disability, exempt
Ing property from taxation, creating any mo-
nopoly legalizing the unauthorized or invalid
acts OF any officer or agent OF the State, or of
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.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive salary Of seven
thousand dollars per annum payable quar-
terly, on his own warrant.
GStrike out article fifty-six.)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive
salary which shall be double that Of mem
Der Of the General Assembly.
Strike out article ffty-seven.)
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed both
houses shall be presented to the Governor; II
he approve 1t, he shall sign it; Ii he does not
he shall return It, with his objections, to the
house In which 1t originated, which shall en-
tor the objections at large upon Its journal,
and proceed to reconsider 1t: II, after such
reconsideration, two-thirds of all the members
bill, it shall be sent, with the objections to the
other house, by which it shall likewise be re-
considered, and Il 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. If any bill
shall not be returned by the Governor within
five days after it shall have been presented to
him, it shall be a law, In like manner as II he
had signed 1t, 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 q law as ifhe had signedit The Secre-
tary Of State shall communicate said objec
lions 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 as above provided
The Governor shall have power to veto one or
more items In any bill appropriating money, |
distinct items, while approving oth-
or 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 to the
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