The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-19
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. 70, r. s. OF 1878.
NUMBER ONE.
That the seat Of government shall be estab-
| lished 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
N their tickets, "For State Capital, Baton
| Rouge" those voting to locate the capt.
| tal at New Orleans shall indorge on their
| tickets, 'tFor State Capital, New Orleans
| Strike out article one hundred and thirty
ACT NO. IA, r. 8. 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
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.
lStrike out article seventeenJ
NUMBER THREE.
After the year 1873 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
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-
tlonal taxation shall only be for the immedi-
Ing ingurrection The city Of New Orleans
shall not levy or collect In any one year more
than one and one-half per centurn taxation on
the actual cash value OF all the real and per-
sonal property liable to taxation within its
9roit Nh r1ah Sr rp11nfpinal onrrprntjnD
except the city Of New Orleans, shall levy or
collect In any one year moro 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 1t authorize any parish Or
municipal corporation to issue any bond Or
prohibit the Issue Of new bonds In exchange
| for old bonds, where the debt or rate OF inter-
| est La not increased.
NUMBER FOUR.
| The members Of the General Assembly shall
be paid salary Of five hundred dollars $4,000
per session, and actual travelling expenses by
the nearest practicable route, not to exceed
fifty dollars $500 for any one member; pro-
vjoed, that If two sessions are held In the
same year they shall receive for the second
session In that year salary Of only two hun
bred and fifty dollars $3.50 and actual travel
ing expenses by the nearest practicable route,
not to exceed fifty dollars $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 Of 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, vacating roads,
streets, or alleys, rernitting fines, penalties,
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
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-
terly, on his own warrant.
! Strike out article tfty-slx)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive a.
salary which shall be double that OF a 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; Ii
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-
and proceed to reconsider 1t. If, after such
reconsideration, tWo-thirds ofall 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-thirdg :, o.
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 th g
shall not be returned by the Governor within
| five days after it shall have been presented to
him, it shall be a law, In Like manner as Il he
had signed it, unless the General Assembly,
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 1t shall be-
come a law, as il he had signed it, The Secre-
tary Of State shall communicate said objec
lions 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 OF
more items in any bill appropriating money
embracing distinct items, while approving 9th
er portions of the bill, and the part or parts o.
the bill approved shall become law, and the
item or items Of appropriations disapprovec
shall be void, unless repassed according tothe
rules and limitations prescribed for the pas
sage Of other bills over the Governors veto.
(Strike out article sixty-six.l
| NUMBER NINE.
No officer, whose salary Is fixed by TIL