The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-27
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. 70, r. s. OF 1873.

ACT NO. 70, r. s. OF 1873.
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 at the next
ensuing election; those voting to locate the
State capital at Baton Rouge shall indorse
| N their tickets, "For State Capital, Baton
| Rouge" those voting to locate the CAPT
| cal at New Orleans shall indorse on their
| tickets, "For State Capital, New Orleans
| (Strike out article one hundred and thirty
O'' ACT NO. "A, r.. s. OF 1873.
NUMBER TWO.
| Representatives shall be chosen on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in November,
every two years, and the election shall be
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.
{Strike out article seventeenJ
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
urn taxation, nor shall any collection OF more
than one per centuIn taxation be made In any
one year, on the actual cash value Of all real
and personal property liable to taxation, ez-
cept In case Of foreign invasion or q doIne5-
tional taxation shall only be for the immedi-
ate purpose Of repelling invasion or suppress
Ing Instruction. The city Of New Orleans
shall not levy or collect in any one year more
the actual cash value Of all the real and per-
sonal property liable to taxation within, it's
| limits. No parish or municipal corporation,
except the city Of New Orleans, shall levysor
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
purpose, nor shall it authorize any parish or
municipal corporation to issue any bond OF
create any debt; pr0vided, 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 $500
per session, and actual travelling expenses by
the nearest practicable route, not to exceed
fifty dollars $500 for any one member; pro-
Uided, that II two sessions are held In the
same year they shall receive for the second
session in that year salary Of only Two hun
ing 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 two-thrds of the members elected &c
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 legitimating children, vacating roads
streets, or alleys, remitting fines, penalties
and forfeitures, or refundng 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
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 parish seat, Or creating new parishes
except by the assent Of the majority OF the
4 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 OF
special law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive salary Of sever
thousand dollars per annuIn, payable quar-
terly, on his own warrant.
(Strike out article tifty-s1XJ
NUMBER SEVEN
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salary which shall be double that OF mem
Der Of the General Assembly.
Strike out article fifty-seven)
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed botl
houses shall be presented to the Governor; Il
he approveit 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-
ter the objections at large upon its journal
and proceed to reconsider It,. II, after such
reconsideration, two-thirds ofall the mem bers
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 it approved by two-thlrds O
the members present in that house, 1t shall be
a. law. But in such cases the vote OF bott
houses shall be determined by yeas and nays
and the names Of members voting for o.
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 K
| him, it shall be a law, in like manner as II ht
had had signed it, unless the General Assembly
by adjournment, prevent its return; an which
case, within thirty days, the Governor shall
i file the same, with his objections thereto. II
the Office Of the Secretary of State, and give
public notice thereof; otherwise It shall be
] come a law, as ifhe had signed it. The Secre
tary of State shall communicate said objeC
l tons and bill so deposited to the house II
I which it originated on the first day OF thu
meeting OF the next General Assembly, WIG
shall act upon the same as above provided
The Governor shall have power to veto one O
more items in any bill appropriating money
embracing distinct items, while approving 9th
er portions of the bill, and the part or parts 0
the bill approved shall become law, and tn
item or items Of appropriations disapprovec
shall be void. unless repassed according to tn
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 tn