The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-08-23
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. 73, r. s. OF 1878.


ACT NO. 73, 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 at the next
ensuing election; those voting to locate the
| IN their tickets, "For State Capital, Baton
Rouge;" those voting to locate the capi-
| cal at New Orleans shall! lndorse on their
tickets, "For State Capital, New Orleans
(Strike out article one hundred ana thlrsy"
''A ACT NO. IA, R. S. OF 1878.
| NUMBER TWO.
REPRESENTATIVES, shall be chosen on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday In November
every two years. and the election snail pc
completed in one day. the General Assembly
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
um 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 a foreign invasion or domes-
tic insurrection, and IN 1;,at event any d aodi-
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
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 ali the real and personal property liable to
| 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
municipal corporation to issue any bond or
create any debt; 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 salary of five hundred dollars $500
per session. and actual travelling expenses by,
the nearest practicable route not to exceed
fifty dollars (S5O) for any one member; pro-
yided, that If 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 TO
each house of the General Assembly.
(Strike out article thirty-nlne)
NUMBER FIVE.
The General Assembly shall not pass any
} local or special law changing the venue IL
criminal cases, changing the manner OF per-
, sons legtimating children, vacatlng roads
, streets, or alleys, remitting fines, penalties
and forfeitures, or refundng moneys legally
paid into the treasury; affecting the estates o1
, ing property from taxation, creating any mo; mo
nopoly, legalizing the unauthorlzed or lnVallC
t acts of any officer or agent OF the State, or o
:, any parish or municipality; granting any
extra compensation to- any, public o1hcer
; agent, or contractor, after the service has
been rendered or contracted for; changing
any parish seat, or creating new parishes
f except by the assent OF the majority OF bnf
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 annum, payable quar-
terly, on his own warrant.
(Strike out article tifty-slX)
- NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive
= salary which shall be double that OF mem
ber of the General Assembly.
(Strike out article fifty-seven)
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed boil
houses shall be presented to the Governor;
II he shall return it, with his objections, to tn
9 house in which 1t originated, which snail en-
i ter the objections at large upon its journal
y and proceed to reconsider It. II, after sucl
/ reconsideration, two-thrds; OF all the member
present In that house shall agree to pass tn
" BILL 1t shall be sent, with the objections, to Tn
l. other house, by which it shall Likewise be re
= considered, and if approved by two-thlrds, G
= the members present in that house. 1t shall .
X law. But in such cases the vote OF Dot
houses shall be determined by yeas and nays
, and the names of members voting for o
,, against the bill shall be entered upon tn
y journal OF each house respectively. Ii any, p!
l. shall not be returned by the Governor With
: five days after it shall have been presented t
q him, it shall be a law, in like manner as il b
&C had signed it, unless the General Assembly
= by adjournment, prevent its return; III Whlc
' case, within thirty days, the Governor sha
% file the same, with his objections thereto. i
ID the Office of the Secretary OF State, and CIV
5 public notice thereof; otherwise it shall bt
le come law, as if he had signed it. The SecrF
tary Of State shall communicate SAD ooJe
tions and bill so deposited to the house
IL which it originated on the first day OF II
s, meeting of the next General Assembly, Wn
Of shall act upon the same as above provldet
ID The Governor shall have power. to veto one
irotG Embracing distinct items, While approving oti
er portions of the bill, and the part or parts
The bill approved shall become law, and tt
item or items of appropriations dlsapproye
shall be void, unless repaSSed accOTulng 20 u
rules and limitations prescribed for the pa
sage of other bills over the Governors veto.
(Strike out article sixty-sixD u
NUMBER NINE.
No officer, whose salary Is fixed by Il