The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-08-24
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. 70, r. s. OF 1878.

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. 70, r. s. OF 1878.
NUMBER ONE.
That the seat Of government shall be estab-
llshed 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
IN their tickets, "Fur State Capital Baton
Rouge those voting TO locate the capii-
cal at New Orleans shall indorse on their
tickets. "For State Capital, New Orleans
(Strike out article one hundred and thirty
'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 shall be
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 q different day be
appointed by law, and their sessions shall be
held at the seat of government
lStrilSe 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
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 O. foreign invasion Or domes-
tic insurrection and In that event any addi-
tionaI taxation shall only be for the immedi-
ate purpose of repelling invasion or suppress
ing insllrrection. 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 all 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 O salary of five hundred dollars (S5OOl
per session, and actual travelling expenses by
the nearest practicable route, not to exceed
fifty dollars $3.50 for any one member; pro
uided, that il two sessions are held IN the
same year they shall receive for the second
session in that year salary OF only two hun
dred and fifty dollars (S250) and actual travel
Ing expenses by the nearest practicable route,
member. The regular biennial session shall
not exceed ninety days in duration, unless by
vote of two-thirds Of the members elected to
each house of the General Assembly.
(Stri1e out article thirty-nineD
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 legitmnting 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 legaIizing 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, OF contractor, after the service has
been rendered or contracted for; changing
any parish seat, or creating new parishes
exc except by the assent Of the majority of the
qualified electors of the parish, or parishes
to be affected; in all other cases, where q gen
eral law can be made applicable no local OF
! special law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
| The Governor shall receive q salary Of seven
thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
| terly on his own warrant.
| tStrike out article tifty-sixJ
NUMBER SEVEN.
| The Lieutenant Governor shall receive 8
| salary which shall be double that Of @ mem
| Der of the General Assembly.
| (Strike out article tifty-seven.)
NUMBER EIGHT.
| Every bill which shall have passed both
houses shall be presented to the Governor; II
he approved it, 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 it's journal
and proceed to reconsider it. L. after such
reconsideration, two-thirds Of all the members
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 If approved by tWo-thirds o.
the members present in that house, it shall bt
a law. But in such cases the vote OF botf
houses shall be determined by yeas and nays
and the names of members voting fer OF
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 it shall have been presented tx
| him, it shall be a law, in like manner as If ht
had signed it, unless the General Assembly
by adjournment, prevent its return; in which
case, within thirty days, the Governor shall
file the same, with his objections thereto. il
the office Of the Secretary Of State, and ,givt
public notice thereof; otherwise it shall be
come law as ifhe had signed it, The Secre
tary of State shall communicate said objec
tions and bill so deposited to the house II
which it originated on the first day Of th'
meeting of the next General Assembly, .wht
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 Q
the bill approved shall become law, and th'
item or items Of appropriations disapproyec
| shall be void, unless repassed according to the
sage Of other bills over the Governors veto.
| (Strike out article siXty-six.)
| NUMBER NINE,
No officer, whose salary Is fixed by th'