The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-09-12
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
ACT NO. 7s, r. S. OF 1878.
NUMBER ONE.

ACT NO. 7s, r. s. OF 1873.
| NUMBER ONE.
That the seat Of government shall be estab
| tished 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
| Rouge" those voting to locate the capi
sal at New Orleans shall indorse on their
| tickets, "For State Capital, New Orleans"
| (Strike out article one hundred and thirty.
ACT NO. "a, 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 different day be
appointed by law, and their sessions shall be
held at the seat Of government.
(Strike out article seventeenl
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
W.
cept In case Of a foreign invasion or a domes-
tic insurrection, and in that event any addi-
tional taxation shall only be for the immedi-
ate purpose OF repellIng invasion or suppress
ing insurrection. 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-
sonai property liable to taxation within its
limits. NO parish or municipal corporation,
except the city of New Orleans, shall levy or
nv fhor,
centum taxation upon the actual cash value
OF all the real and personal property liable to
taxation within it's limits. The General
ond op gedee ps e ah AK q RoHEs Ee s%a %
purpose, nor shall it authorize any parish or
municipal corporation to issue any bond or
create any debt, pTouaded, 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 (S5O0l
per session. and actual travelling expenses BY
the nearest practicable route, not to exceed
fifty dollars $3.50 for any one member; pro-
U5ded, that 1t two sessions are held in the
same year they shall receive for the second
session In that year salary of only two hum
dred and fifty dollars $3.50 and actual travel
ing expenses by the nearest practicable route,
not to exceed fifty dollars (S5O) 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 thirty y-nine.)
NUMBER FIVE.
The General Assembly shall not pass any
local or special law changing the venue In
sons leg1tmating children, vacating roads,
streets, or alleys, remitting fines, penalties,
and forfeitures, or Tefunding 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
thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
teriy, on his own warrant
(Strike out article fftysix)
NUMBER SEVEN.
salary which shall be double that of MEM
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: if |
he approve it, he shall sign it: if 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 1t. IT, after such |
reconsideration, two-thirds of all the mem bers |
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 1t approved by twO-thirds of |
the members present in that house, it shall be
d 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
ournal OF each house respectively. If any bill
shall not be returned by the Governor within
i've days after it shall have been presented to
l1m, 1t shall be a law, in Like manner as If he
lad signed it, unless the General Assembly,
~ adjournment prevent its return; in which
;ase.. within thirty days, the Governor shall
lie the same, with his objections thereto, in
'he office Of the Secretary of State, and give
public notice thereof otherwise it shall be-
come 8. law, as it he had signed it. The Secre-
AIRY OF State shall communicate said ohlec
ions and bill so deposited to the house In
which it originated on the first day of the
Meeting OF the next General Assembly, who
hall act upon the same as above provided.
Ihe Governor shall have power to veto one or
more items in any bill appropriating money,
m mbracing distinct items while approving 9TH
II portions OF the bill, and the part or parts Of
he bill approved shall become law, and the
TEN or items Of appropriations disapproved
hall be void, unless repassed according to the
ules and limitations prescribed for the pas
age OF other bills over the Governors veto.
(Strike out article sixty-si1.l
NUMBER NINE.