Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-08-16

dent of tho Senate, as the case may be,
shall act at once, sign it in open house,
and the fact of signing shall be nsted on
the journal thereupon the Clerk or Sec
retary shall Immediately convey the bill
to the other house, whose presiding om-
Ger shall cause a suspension OF all other
business to read and sign the bill in open
session and without delay; as soon as
bills are signed by the Speaker OF the
House and President of the Senate, they
shall be taken at once, and on the same
day, to the Governor by the Clerk OF the
House or Secretary OF the Senate.
40. No law passed by the General AS
sembly, except the general appropriation
act. or act appropriating money for the
expenses of the General Assembly, shall
take effect until promulgated. A law
shall be considered promulgated at the
place where the State journal is publish
ed the day after the publication of such
law in the State Journal, and in all other
parts of the State twenty days after such
publication.
| Al. The clerical officers Of the two
houses shall be Secretaoy of the Senate
and Clerk Of tho House of Representa-
tives, with such assistance as may be
necessary; but the expenses of the clerks
and employees shall not exceed sixty dol
lars daily for the Sepat nor seventy dol
lars daily for the House.
AZ. All stationery, printing and fuel u.s.
. ed in the legislative and other depart
ments of government shall be furnished,
and the printing, binding and distribut-
ing of the laws. journals and department
r reports, and all other printing and bind
ing, and the repairing and furnishing the
= halls and rooms used for the meetings OF
n the General Assembly and it's commit
r tees, shall be done under contract, to be
: given to the lowest responsible bidder
G below such miximum prices and under
e such regulations as shall be prescribed
v by law; prorided. that such contracts
shall be ava ded only to ctizen' OF the
# State No member or. officer of any de-
,c partmtnts of the government shall lie III
Of any way interested in such contracts; and
u. all such contracts shall be subject to the
ID approval of the Governor, the Presiden
N of the Senate and Speaker of the House
al of Representatives, or of any TIVE OF them
:, LIMITATION uN LEGISLATIVE POWERS.
Mt AZ. No money shall be drawn from tn
rd treasury except in pursuance OF speclh
appropriation made by law; -ior sha
ra any appropriations of money be made to
ct Il longer term than two years. A regula
statement and account of receipts an
nd expenditures of all public moneys sha
,cb be published every three months, in sue
nd manner as shall be prescribed by law.
at A. The General Assembly shall hay
no power to contract, or authorize I'll
contracting, of any debt or liability, G
behalf of the State, or to issue bonds
other evidence of indebtedness therco
except for the purpose of repelling IL
vassion or for the suppression of insurre
tion.
As. The General Assembly shall have 1
power to grant or to authorize any Pa
M ish or municipal authority to grant ar
~, extra compensation, fee or allowance
wv a public officer, agent, servant or co
tractor, nor pay, nor authorize the oa
ment, of anJ claim against the State,
r. any Parish or municipality of the Stat
~, under any agreement or contract MAJ
wa without express authority of law; al
all such unauthorized agreements or co
tracts shall be null and void.
46. The General Assembly shall n
49,. pass any local or practical law on t
,toa following specified objects:
TOBE CONTINUED.