The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-17
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. 10, r. s. OF 1878.

ACT NO. 10, r. s. OF 1878.
NUMBER ONE.
That the seat Of government shall be estab-
lshed 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 lndorse
IN their tickets, "For State Capital Baton
Rouge those voting to locate the capt.
tai at New Orleans shall indorse on their
tickets, "For State Capital, New Orleans"
(Strlke out article one hundred and thirty
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
appointed by law, and their sessions shall be
held at the seat OF government.
lStrike 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
UNI 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
Ill,
cept In case of a foreign Invasion Or q doTnes-
tic insurrectlon, 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 and one-half per centum taxation on
the actual cash value Of all the real and per-
sonal property liable to taxation within it's
limits. No parish or municipal corporation,
except the city Of New Orleans, shall levy or
rnf1naf In fhnn
centum taxation upon the actual cash value
of all the real and personal property liable to
taxation within it's limits. The General
Assembly shall not .haye power to issue any
bond Or pledge the faith Of the State for any
purpose, nor shall 1t authorize any parish or
municipal corporation to issue any bond or
create any debt: provided, 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
Der session, and actual travelling expenses by
the nearest practicable route not to exceed
fifty dollars $3.50 for any one member; pro-
uided, that If two sessions are held In the
same year they shall receive for the second
session In that year q salary Of only two hun
dred and fifty dollars (S250) and actual travel
ing expenses by the nearest practicable route,
not to exceed fifty dollars $500 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 of the General Assembly.
Strike out article thtrty-nine)
NUMBER FIVE.
The General Assembly shall not pass any
local Or special law changing the venue In
SONS legitimatfng children, vacating roads,
streets, Or alleys, remitting fines, penalties,
and fOrfeitures or refunding moneys legally
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 service has
been rendered or contracted for; changing
any parish seat or creating new parishes,
except by the assent Of the majority Of the
qualified electors of the parish, or parishes, |
to be affected; in all other cases, where gen.
eral law can be made applicable, no local or
special law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive salary Of seven
dollars per annum, payable quar- |
teTly, on his own warrant.
totIifko out I'll ttoto fifty -ai4.it
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive
salary which shall be double that of O. men, |
Der Of the General Assembly.
Strike out article ffty-seven.)
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed both |
houses shall be presented to the Governor; II |
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 Its Journal
and proceed to reconsider It, IT, after such |
two thirds of all the members
present In that house shall agree to pass the
other house. by which it shall likewise be re-
considered, and If approved by two-thirds of
the members present In that house, 1t shall be
3 law. But In such cases the vote of both |
houses shall be determined by yeas and nays,
against the bill shall be entered upon the
Journal Of each house respectively. Ii any bill
shall not be returned by the Governor within
i've days after 1t shall have been presented to |
him, it shall be q law, In like manner as Ii he
oy adjournment, prevent It's return; in which |
case, within thirty days, the Governor shall |
lie the same, with his objections thereto, in |
the office Of the Secretary Of State, and give
come q law, as ifhe had signed it. The Secre-
AIRY Of State shall communicate said objec
ions and bill so deposited to the house in
which 1t 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 appropriating money,
distinct items, while approving 9th
,r portions of the bill, and the part or parts Of
;he bill approved shall become law, and the
TEN or items Of appropriations disapproved
shall be void unless repassed according to the
'ules and limitations prescribed for the pas
5aae Of other bills over the Governors veto.
Strike out article sixty-six.)
NUMBER NINE.