The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-25
Act NO. III OF Is72.
<sse wey the RAIDS Measured Distance to
secure Mileage.

Secure Mileage.
The subject OF mileage and per diem being
now the attractive legislative feature, we ap-
pend for the information OF our readers that
portion Of Act No. II OF 1879, which fixed the
enormous rates Of mileage which has been
repealed by the Senate and which will doubt
less be repealed by the Hbuse. The act is as
follows:
No. IL AN ACT
Defining the distances from the domiciles
Of members of the General Assembly to
the State-Holse, fixing the mode Of ascer-
taing the. per diem Of members OF the
General Assembly for the time engaged
In going to and returning from the State
House. and the mileage to be paid and the
number Of employees Of the General As
sembly, and their compensation, and de
filming their duties, and making an appro-
priation to defiay the expenses OF the
General Assembly, and to repeal act No.
50 of 1863.
House Of Representatives. Of the State Of Louis
ienn IN General Assembly conpened, That
every thirty miles, and for all fractions over,
ON the line of travel from the parish court.
house of the parish in which any member OF
the General Assembly has his'dolnicile at the
time of his election, to the State House OF this
State, as hereinafter provided. shall be com
puted as one day In going to and
in returning from the sessions Of the
General Assembly, and for which a
member shall be paid So per day, in accord
ance with article 80 Of the constitution
of the State, and that for travelling expenses,
In going to and returning from the sessions Of
the General Assembly, each member shall re-
TO and returning from the courthouse Of his
domiele to the State House. and that the fol-
lowing is hereby fixed as the distance on the
ordinary line of travel from each parish court
house to the State House, to wit:
The parish of Ascension, 80 miles.
The parish of Assumption. 100 miles.
The parish Of Avoyelles, 300 miles.
The parish of Bossier, 755 miles.
The parish of Bienville 100 miles.
The parish Of Caddo, 750 miles.
HEhs parish Of Calcasieu, GOO miles.
The parish of Carroll, 800 miles.
The parish of Caldwell, $50 miles.
The parish of Cameron, 400 miles.
The parish OF Catahoula, 400 miles
The parish Of Claiborne, 100 miles. .
The parish of Concorda 300 miles.
The parish OF De Soto, 800 miles.
Tho parish of East Baton Rouge, 100 miles.
The parish Of East Feliciana, 900 miles.
The parish Of Franklin, 400 miles.
The parish Of Grant, 400 miles.
The parish Of Iberville, ITO miles.
The parish Of IBERIA 2lo miles.
The parish of Jackson, 40 miles.
The parish Of Jefferson, 10 miles
TIE parish OF Lafayette, $50 miles.
Inc parish OF Iiaf0urch6, I'll miles,
The parish of Livingston, 80 miles.
The parish OF Madison, 400 miles
The parish of Morehouse, 47O miles:
The parish Of Natchitoches, 900 miles.
The parish OF Ouachita, 400 miles.
The parish of Paauemines, 50 miles
The parish OF Pointe Coupse, 300 miles.
The parish of Richland, $50 miles
The parish OF Rapides, 300 miles,
The parish Of Red River, $40 miles.
The parish of Sabine, 535 miles.
The parish Of st. Bernard, l6 miles.
The parish of st. Charles. 30 miles.
The parish of Sc. Helene, so miles.
Theparish OF st. James, 60 miles.
The'parish of St. Landry, 400 miles.
The parish of st. Martin, 225 miles
The parish OF st. John the Baptist. 30 miles.
The parish of st Mary, ITO miles.
The parish of St Tammany, go miles.
The parish Of Tensas 400 miles.
The parish OF Tangipahoa, SO miles.
The parish Of TerrsbUnne, 10 miles.
The parish Of Union, 500 miles.
The parish of Vermllion. $50 miles.
The'parlsh Of Washington, 96 miles
The parish of West Baton Rouge, 100 miles.
The parish of West Felieiaha, 900 miles.
The parish Of VIM, 500 miles.
The parish of Webster, 75O miles.
The parish of Vernon, 400 miles.