The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-08
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. IS, r. S. OF 1878.
NUMBER ONE.

ACT NO. IS, r. S. OF 1878.
NUMBER ONE.
| That the seat Of government shall be eStab-
| lished at the city OF Baton Rouge or at the
city OF New Orleans, as the majority OF the
voters of the State may determine OF the next
ensuing election; those voting to locate the
State capital at Baton Rouge shall indorse
Rouge;" those voting to locate the capt.
cal at New Orleans shall indorse on their
tickets, tFor State Capital, New Orleans"
| (Strike out article one hundred and thirty
~ ACT NO. IA, r. s. OF 1873.
NUMBER TWO.
| REPRESENTATIVES, shall be chosen on the first
Tuesday alter the first II fo1itity Il November
every two years, and the election shall be
completed In one day. The General Assembly
shall meet on the first Monday In January,
! 1879, and blennally 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.
| (Strike out article seventeen)
| 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 cent
UNI 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 o domes-
tic insurrection, and In that event any addi-
| tiOnal taxation shall only be for the immedi-
ate purpose Of repeIing invasion or suppress
ing Instruction. The city of New Orleans
shall not levy or collect In any one year more
than one and one-half per centum 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 al! the real and personal properly Liable to
Assembly shall not have power to Issue any
bond or pledge the faith of the State for any
purpose, nor shall it 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 In 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 salary of five hundred dollars $4,000
per session, and actual travelling expenses by
the nearest practicable route, not to exceed
fifty dollars $500 for any one member; pro-
vided, that IL two sessions are held In the
same year they shall receive for the second
session In that year salary of only two hun
dred and fifty dollars $3.50 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-thrds Of the members elected to
each house OF the General Assembly.
Strike out article thirty-ninel
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 legitimating children, yacating roads,
streets, or alleys, rerntting fines, penalties,
and forfeitures, or refunding moneys legally
| paid into the treasury; affecting the estates Of
minors, or persons under disability, exempt
| Ing property from taxation, creating any mo-
nopoly, legalizlng the unauthorized or invalid
acts Of any officer or agent OF the State, Or Of
any parish or municipality; granting any
extra compensation to- any public officer,
| agent, or contractor, after the service has
| been rendered or contracted for; changing
any 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 oil other cases, where gen.
eral Jaw 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 tifty-six.)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive g.
salary which shall be double that Of q mem
Der of the General Assembly.
| Strike out article fifty-seven.}
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed both
! houses shall be presented to the Governor; II
he approve it, he shall sign 1t; 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 it. II, after such
reconsideration, two-thirds ofall the members
present in that house shall agree to pass the
bill, it shall be sent, with the objections, to the
other house, by which it shall likewise be re-
considered, and If approved by two-thirds of
the members present in that house, 1t shall be
/ 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. II any bill
shall not be returned by the Governor within
five days after it shall have been presented to
had signed it, unless the General Assembly,
by adjournment, prevent it's 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 law, as ifhe had signed it. The Secre-
| tary Of State shall communicate said obiec
tons 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,
embracing distinct items, while approving 9th.
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 s1ty-six)
NUMBER NINE,
| No officer, whose salary Is fixed by the