The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-08-25
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. 70, Il. s. or 1873.
Ht1hFBER ONE.

ACT NO. 10, II. s. or 1878.
nUMBER ONE.
That the seat OF government shall be estab-
Iished 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
State capital at Baton Rouge shall indorse
IN their tickets, "For State Capital Baton
Rotlge;" those voting TO locate the capi-
Eal at New Orleans shall nlorse on their
tickets, "For stats Capital, New Orleans"
(Btrike out article one hundred and thirty
~ ACT NO. IA, II. 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
1870, and biennally thereafter, on the first
Monday In January. unless a different day be
appointed by law, and their sessions shall be
held at the seat Of government
tSt1ike out article seventeen)
NUMBER TuREE.
After tho year 1878 the General Assembly
shall not have power TO levy in any one year
for all State purposes more than one per cent
,lrn taxation, nor shall any collection Of more
than one per centum tnxation be made IN any
one year, on the actual cash value Of alI real
and personal property llabIe to taxation ex-
cept In case Of O foreign Invasion or dornes-
tic insurreCtion, and in That event any addi-
tional taxation shall only be for the inmedi-
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 md one-haIf per centum taxation on
the actual cash value Of oil the real and per
gonal property liable to taxation within it's
limits. No parish or municipal corporation,
exeept 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
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: prouidcd, 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
bs paid q snlary Of five hundred dollars f$500)
per session, and actual travelling expenses by
the nearest practicable route, not to exceed
fifty dollars $3.50 for any ono member; pro-
pided. that II 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 t$25O( and actual travel
ing expenses by the nearest practicable route,
not to exceed fifty dollars $500 for any one
member. Tho regular biennial session shall
not exceed ninety days In duration, unless by
vote of o-thirls Of tho members elected to
each house OF tho General Assembly.
(Strike out article thirty-nine)
NUMBER FIVE.
Tho General Assembly shall not pass any
local or special low changing the venue in
criminal cases, changing the manner OF per-
SONS legitimnting children, vacating roads,
streets, or alleys remlttng fines, penalties,
nd P,rfn or rpfnDGiuH
paid into the treasury; affecting the estates OF
minors, or persons under disability, exempt
| Ing property from taxation, creating any mo
nopoly, legalizing 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, or contractor, after the seryice has
| been rendered or contracted for; changing
anv parish seat or creating new parishes,
except by tho assent of the majority of the
qualified electors of the parish, or parishes
| to be affected; In all other cases, where gem
| eral law can be made applicable, no local or
| special law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
| The Governor shall receive salary OF seven
thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
| terly on his own warrant.
| (Strike out article fifty-six)
NUMBER SEVEN.
| The Lieutenant Governor shall receive a
| Salary WntCl Sntbll De uOuDlc tlltLL A b Luci1-
| ber of the General Assembly.
| {Strike out article fifty-seven)
NUMBER EIGHT.
| Every bill which shall have passed both
| houses shall be presented to the Governor; If
he approve it, he shall sign it; II he does not,
| he shall return 1t, 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. II, after such
reconsideration, two-thirds of all the members
present In that house shall agree to pass the
BILL 1t shall be sent, with the objections, to the
| other house, by which it shall likewise be re-
considered, and If approved by tWozthrdg di OF OF
law. But in such cases the vote Of both
! houses shall be determined by yeas and nays,
and the names Of members voting for or
against the bill shall be entered upon the
Shall not be returned by the Governor within
| five days after it shall have been presented to
| him, it shall be law, IN like manner as It he
had signed it, unless the General Assembly,
! by adjournment, prevent IT'S return; III Whlch
case, within thirty days, the Governor shall
| file the same, with his objections thereto, in
| the office of the Secretary of State, and give
public notice thereof; otherwise it shall be-
come law, as ifhe had signed 1t. The Secre-
| tary OF State shall communicate said objec
| tions 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 upon the same as above provided.
The Governor shall have power to veto one or
more items in any bill approprating money,
| embracing distinct items, while approving 9th
or PORTIONS of the bill, and the part or parts of
| the bill approved shall become law, and the
| item or items of appropriations disapproved
| shall be void, unless repassed according to the
| rules and limitations prescribed for the pas
| sage of other bills over the Governors veto.
| (Strike out article sixty-sixl
NUMBER NINE. -.5.-.
! No officer, whose salary is fixed by the