St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05
NUMBER Two,

Representatives shall he chosen on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in November,
every two years. and the elections shal! be com,
pleted in one day Inc GGnefal G assehgS 1s4a and
biennally thereafter, on the first Monday III
January, unless different day be appointed
by law, and their sessions snail be nelo at lne
seat OF government.
(Strlke out article seyenteen.)
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 centum
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 ana
personal property liable TO taxation, except IN
case Of a foreign invasion or a domestic lnsur-
rection, and in that event any additional taxa.
ton shall only be for the immediate purpose or
repeilng invasion or suppressIng 1nsurrectlon
The city OF New Orleans shall not levy oreo!lect
in any one year more than one and one-half
per centum taxation on the actual cash value
of all the real and personal property liable to
taxation within its limits. NJ parish or 1nunl-
leans, shall levy or collect in any one year
more than one per centuln 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 purpose, nor shall 1t authorize any
parish or municipal corporation to issue any
bond or create any debt; proclded, that this
snalI not prohibit the issue Of new bonds in ex-
change for old bonds, where the DEBT or rate OF
interest is not increased.
NUMBER FOUR.
The members Of the General Assembly shall
be paid salary Of five hundred dollars $500
per session. and actual travelling expenses by
the nearest practicable route, not to exceed
fifty dollars $50 for any one member; PTor1de I,
that il two sessions are held in the same year
year salary of only two hundred and fifty
dollars $3.50 and actual travelling expenses by
the nearest practicable Route, not to exceed
fifty dollars $50 for any one member. The
regular biennial session shall not exceed ninety
days in duration, unless by vote OF tW0thlrds
of the members elected to each house OF the
General Assembly.
lStrike out article thrty-nine.l
NUMBER FIVE.
The General Assembly shall not pass any local
or special law changing the venue in criminal
cases. changing the manner OF persons leglt1-
mating children, vacating roads, streets, or
alleys remitting fines, penalties, and forfeitures,
or refunding moneys legally paid into the treas
nry affecting the estates of minors, or persons
under disability, exempting property from
taxation, creating any monopoly, legailZlng the
unauthorized or invalid acts of any officer or
agent of the State, or OF any parish or munich
pality; 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 par
ishcs except by the assent of the majority OF
the qualified electors of the parish, or parishes,
to be affected; in all other cases., where a gen
eral law can be made applicable, no local or
special law shall be passed.
NUMBER FIVE.
The General Assembly shall not pass any
local or special law changing the venue in criml-
nal cases, changing the manner of persons leglt-
imating children, vacating roads, streets, or
alleys remitting fines, penalties, and forfetures
or refunding moneys legally paid into the
treasury; affecting the estates of minors, or
persons under disability, exempting property
from taxation, creating any monopoly, Legal
izing the unauthorized or invalid acts OF any
officer or agent of the State, or of any parish
or municipality; granting any extra compensa-
ton to any public officer, agent or contractor,
after the service has been rendered or con-
tracted for changing any parish seat or Great
ing 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 general 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.
Strike out article ftfty-six.)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The lieutenant Governor shall receive salary
which shall be double that OF member 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 shall return 1t, with his objections, to the
house in which 1t originated, which shall enter
the objections ct large upon its journal, and
proceed to reconsider It, If. after such recon
federation, two-thirds OF oil the members pres
ent In that house shall agree to pass the BILL 1t
shall be sent, with the objections, to the other
house, by which ii shall likewise be Feconsidered,
and if approved by twothirds of the members
present in that house, it shall be law. But IN
such cases the vote Of both houses shall be de,
termined by yeas anu nays. AM: and the names 81
entered upon the journal Of each house res
pantiyely II any bill shall not be returned by
have been presented to him. # snail be q law.
In like manner as if he 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 OBJ
jeetions thereto, in the office OF the Secretary
of State, and give public notice thereof; other
wise 1t shall become q law, as il he had signed
1t. The Secretary OF State shall communicate