The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-22
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. 70, r. s. OF 1878,

ACT NO. 70, e. 3, OF 1878,
NUMBER ONE.
That the seat of government shall be estab-
llshed at the city of Baton Rouge or ct 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 ct Baton Rouge shall indorse
N their tickets, "For State Capital, Baton
Rouge;" those voting TO locate the capt.
tickets, "For State Capital New Orleans
(Strike out article one hundred and thirty
ACT NO. Il, r, s. OF 1873
! NUMBER TWO.
Representatives shall be chosen en- the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in 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 biennally thereafters on the tlrst
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
tl1n 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 q foreign Invasion or 81 domes-
tic insurreCtion, and In that event any addi-
tiOnaI taxation shall only be for the immedi-
ing instruction. The city OF New Orleans
shall not levy or collect In any one year more
than one and one-talf 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 tbo arG nrnnprtV liable
taxation within its 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
m11nicinal corporation to issue any bond or
create any debit prouided 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 q salary OF i've 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
vided that if two sessions are held IN the
same year they shall receive for the second
session In that year a salary Of only two hun
bred and fifty dollars (S25O) and actual travel
Ing expenses by the nearest practicable route
not to exceed fifty dollars $3.50 for any one
member The regular biennial session shall
not exceed ninety days In duration, unless by
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 II
! criminal cases, changing the manner Of per
+ sons legitimating children, vacating roads
streets, or alleys, remitting fines, penaltles
/ and forfeitures, or refnnding moneys legally
paid into the treasury; affecting the estates o
/ min or under Disability,
Ing property from taxation, creating any mo
nopoly, legalizng the unauthorized or invalid
> acts Of any officer or agent OF the State, Or O
! 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
r 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 o.
special law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive salary Of sever
thousand dollars per annum, payable guar
terly on his own warrant.
(Strike out article ffty-six)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive /
r. salary which shall be double that Of q mem
Der of the General Assembly.
r Strike out article ffty-seven.)
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed botf
t houses shall be presented to the Governor; i
he approve it, he shall sign 1t; II he does not
3 he shall return it, with his objections. TO thu
house In which 1t originated, which shall en-
and proceed to reconsider it, Ii, after sucf
- reconsideration, two-thirds Of all the members
present in that house shall agree to pass th'
bill, it shall be sent with the objections, to thu
other house, by which it shall likeTiSe be re
: considered, and If approved by two-thirdg 0
the members present in that house, 1t shall p
q law. But in such cases the vote OF botl
. houses shall be determined by yeas and nays
and the names of members voting for O
: against the bill shall be entered upon tn
Journal of each house respectively. II any bill
: shall not be returned by the Governor within
five days after it shall have been presented t.
: him, it shall be a law, IN like manner as If b
had signed it, unless the General Assembly
by adjournment, prevent its return; In whic
: case, within thirty days, the Governor shall
file The same, with his objections thereto, il
r the office of the Secretary of State, and Civ
public notice thereof; otherwise It shall be
+ come law, as ifhe had signed it. The Secre
p tary Of State shall communieate said obje
l. lions and bill SO deposited to the house |
r which it originated on the first day OF tt
meeting of the next General Assembly, wa
r shall act upon the same as above provided
The Governor shall have power to veto on9 {
embracing distinct items, while approving otf
II or portions Of the bill, and the part or parts
w. the bill approved shall become law, and tt
= item or items Of appropriations dlsaDprOve
@ shall be void, unless repassed accortilhg TO u
o. rules and limitations prescribed Tor the pa
n sage of other bills over the Governors veto.
(Strike out article siXty-siXD
NUMBER EIEEs
No officer, whose salary La fixed by Il