The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-09-06

same shall become a part Of the constitution.
WILL. A. STRONG,
Secretary of State.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. 70, R. q. OF 1875.
| NUMBER ONE. .t
| 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 at the next
State capital at Baton Rouge shall indorse
DO their tickets. "For State Capital, Baton
| Rouge those voting TO locate the capt.
! tal at New Orleans shall indorse on their
tickets, "For State Capital, New Orleans"
(strike out article one hundred and thirty
'NN'' ACT NO. "A. r.. 3. OF 1879.
NUMBER TWO.
Representatives shall be chosen on the first
| Tuesday after the first Monday In November,
every two years, and the election shall be
completed In one day The General Assembly
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.
(Stgike 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
um taxation, nor shall any collection OF more
| 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-
tic insurreetion, and in that event any addi-
ate purpose Of repelling 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
sonal property liable to taxation within It's
limits No parish or municipal corporation,
except the city Of New Orleans, shall levy OF
collect in any one year more than one per
eentum taxation upon the actual cash value
Of all the real and personal property liable to
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 t9 issue Rat .Iy any bond or
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 ($500)
per session, and actual travelling expenses by
the nearest practicable route, not to exceed
fifty dollars $500 for any one member; PRO
same year they shall receive for the second
session In that year a salary of only two hum
dred and fifty dollars $3.50 and actual travel
| ing expenses by the nearest practicable route,
not q exceed fifty dollars ls5o for any eng s3
not exceed ninety days In duration, unless by
vote of two-thirdso of the members elected to
each house of the General Assembly.
| (Strike out article thirty-ninel
| HUMBER 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, vacating roads,
streets, or alleys, renittlng fines, penalties,
and forfefJrres, 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, legalizing the unauthorized or invalid
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 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. ...4ts.s
| The Governor shall receive salary Of seven
thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
| terIy, ON his own warrant.
(StBke out article fifty-six)
NUMBER SEVEN.
| The Lieutenant Governor shall receive q
| salary which shall be double that OF O men,
ber of the General Assembly.
| Strike out article fifty-seven.)
NUMBER EIGHT.
| Every bill which shall have passed both
houses shall be presented e to the ?, aovernor +
he shall return 1t, with his objections, to the
house In which 1t originated, which shall en-
| ter the objections at large upon its journal,
and proceed to reconsider It; L after such ,l1
| present In that house shall. agree to pass the
BILL, 1t 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
q law. But La 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 1t shall have been presented to
him. It shall be- a. Law, in like manner as il he
had signed It, unless the General Assembly,
| by adjournment, prevent Its return; in which
ease within thirty days the GoyeEnor sha II
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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 oblec
tions and bill SO deposited to the house In
which 1t 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 blu appro2prlating money, aey
or portions of the bill, and the part or parts Of
the bill approved shall become law, and the
| item or items of appropriations disapproyed
shall be void, unless repassed according tothe
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