The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-08-17
NUMBER THREE.

um taxation, nor shall any collec
tion of more than one per centnrr
taxation he made in any one year
on the actual cash value Of all rea
and personal property liable tc
taxation, except in case of a for
eign invasion or a domestic instr
rection, and in that event any ad
Iditional taxation shall only be for
tile immediate purpose Of repelling
Invasion or suppressing Insured
ton. The city of New Orleans
shall not levy Or collect in any one
year more than one and one-hall
per cehtlm taxation on 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 it's limits. The
General Assembly shall not have
power to issue any bond or pledge
The faith of the state for any pur,
pose, nor shall it authorize any
parish or municipal corporation to
issue any bond or create any debt;
provided that this shall not pro.
hibit the issue of new bonds,
in exchahge for Old bonds, Where
the debt or rate Of interest is not
increased.
NUMBER THREE.
The members OF the General AS
sembIy Shall be paid salary of
five hundred dollars $500 per
session. and actual travelling ex-
penSes by tie nearest practicable
route, not to exceed Fifty dollars
$50 for any one member provi
det. that if two sessions are held
in lhe same year they shall receive
for lie second session in that year
a salary Of only two hundred & fifty
dollars $3.50 and actual travel
Ing expenses by the nearest practi-
cable ronte, not to exceed fifty dol
lars $50 f6r 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 Ge2cral Assc;iihly.
(Strike out article thirty-nine.)
NUMBER FIVE.
The General A ssembly shall not
pass any local Or special law
changing the venue in criminal
cases. changing tile manner of per-
sons legitimating children. vaca-
ting roads, streets, or alleys, re-
mitting fines, penalties, and for
FIXTURES, or refunding moneys lie.
gally paid into the treasury );
affecting the estates of minors, or
persons under disability, excerpt
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
per annum, payable quarterly, 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 member Of the
General Assembly.
(Strike out article fifty-scven.
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have
passed both houses shall be pre-
sented to the Governor if he ap-
prove it, he shall sign it !; if he
docs 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 recon
slider it. If, after such reconsider
tiop, two-thirds Of all the members