The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-28

Issue any bond or create any debt
prov:ded that this shall not pro
hibit the issue Of new bonds
in exchange for old bonds, wher'
the debt or rate Of interest is no
increased.
NUMBER THREE.
The members of the General As
3 sembly shall be paid a salary o
FIVE hundred dollars $500 PEI
session, and actual travelling ex
penses by the nearest practicable
: route, not to exceed fifty dollar'
$500 for any one member provi
, ded, that if two sessions are bell
in the same year they shall receive
for the second session in that yea1
a salary Of only two hundred & fifty
dollars ($250) and actual travel
ing expenses by the nearest practi
cable route, not to exceed fifty dol
lars $3.50 for any one 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 oI
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, vaca-
ting roads, streets, or alleys, re.
mitting fines, penalties, and for
FIXTURES, or refunding moneys lie.
gally paid into the treasury /;
affecting the estates Of minors, or
persons under disability, exempt
ing property from taxation, crea-
ting any monopoly, legalizing the
unauthorized or invalid acts of any
officer or agent of the State, or of
any parish or municipality grant
ing any extra compensation to any
public officer, agent, or contractor,
after the service has been render
ed or contracted for ); changing
any parish seat, or creating new
parishes, except by the assent of
the majority Of the qualified elec-
tors of the parish, or parishes, to
be affected ; in all other cases,
where a general law can be made
applicable, no local or special law
shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive a
salary of seven thousand dollars
per annum, payable quarterly, on
his own warrant.
(Strike out article ffty-six.)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall
receive a salary which shall be
double that of a member Of the
General Assembly.
Strike out article 6fty-seven.
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have
passed both houses shall be pre-
sented to the Governor if he ap-
prove it, he shall sign it; ic he
does not. he shall return it, with
his objections, to the house in
which it originated, which shall
enter the objections at large upon
its journal, and proceed to recon,
slider it. If, after such reconsider.
ton, 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 reconsiderd, and if approved by
two-thirds Of The members present
in that house, it shall be law
But in such cases the vote of both
houses shall be determined by yeas
and nays, and the names of the
members voting for or against the
bill shall be entered upon the jour |
nal of each house respectively. If
any bill shall not be returned by
the Governor within FIVE days al.
ter it shall have been presented to
him, it shall be law, in like man
ner as if he had signed it, unless
the General Assembly, by adjourn
ment, prevent its return in which
case, within thirty days, the Gov
ernor shall file the same, with his
thereto, in the office of
the Secretary Of State, and give
public notice thereof !; otherwise
it shall become law, as if he had
signed it. The Secretary of State
shall communicate said objections
and bill SO deposited to the house
in which it originated on the first
day of the meeting of the next
General Assembly, who shall act
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