The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1879-08-28

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Art. A6. The General Assembly shall
not pass any local or special law on the
following specified objects:
For the opening and conducting o.
elections, or fixing or changing The place
of voting.
Changing the names of persons.
Changing the venue in civil or criminal
cases.
Authorizing the laying out, opening,
closing, altering or maintaining roads
highways, streets or alleys, or relating
to ferries and bridges, or Incorporating
bridge or ferry companies, except for the
erection of bridges crossing streams
which form boundaries between this and
my other State.
Authorizing the adoption or legitima-
ton of children or the emancipation of
minors.
Granting divorces.
Changing the law Of descent or success
sion.
Affecting the estates of minors or per-
sons under disabilities.
Remitting fines, penalties and forfeit
ures or %refunding moneys legally paid
into the treasury.
Authorizing the constructing of street
passenger railroads in any Incorporated
town or city.
Regulating labor, trade, manufacturing
or agriculture.
Creating corporations, or amending,
renewing, extending or explaining the
charter thereof: Provided, that this shall
not apply to the corporation of the city
OF New Orleans, or to the organization of
levee districts and parishes.
Granting to any corporation, assoOis-
ton or individual, any special or exclu"
sive right, privilege or immunity.
Extending the time for the assessment
or collection of taxes, or for the relief of
any assessor or collector of taxes from
the due performance of his official duties,
or of his securities from liability nor shall
any such be passed by any political cor
poratiOn Of this State.
Regulating the practice Or jurisdiction
of any court or changing the rules of
evidence in any judicial proceeding or
inquiry before courts, or providing or
changing methods for the collection of
debts or the enforcement of judgments, or
prescribing the effects of judicial sales.
Exemption OF property from taxation.
Fixing the rate Of interest.
Concerning any civil or criminal actions.
Giving effect to informal or invalid
wills or deeds, or to any illegal DISPOSE
ton of property.
Regulating the management of public
schools, the building or repairing of
sch~ool-houses and the raising of money
for such purposes.
Legalizing the unauthorized or invalid
acts of any officer, servant, agent of the
State, or OF any parish or municipality
thereof.
Art. AZ. The General Assembly shall
not indirectly enact special or local laws,
by the partial repeal of a general law;
but laws repeating local Or special laws
may be passed.
Art. 4S No local or special law shall
be passed on any subject not enumerated
in article Of the constitution, unless
notice of the intention to apply therefor
shall have been published without cost
to the State, in the locality where the
and things to be affected may be
situated, which notice shall state the
OF the contemplated law, and
shall be published at least thirty days
prior to the introduction into the Cen
eral Ass emily of such bill and In the
manner provided by law for the ad-
vertisement Of judicial sales. The evi.
denee of such notice having been pub
Iished shall be exhibited in the General
Assembly b efore such act shall be
passed, and every such act shall contain
recital that such notice has been given,
Art. ~. No law shall be passed fixing
he price OF manual labor.
Art. SO. Any member Of the General
Assembly who has a personal or private
in n ann.tr, - E.IN 4
IT pending before the General Assembly
hall disclose the fact to the house of
which he is q member, and shall not vote
hereou.
AIT. 81, No money shall ever he
AIKEN from the public treasury directly or
Indirectly, in aid OF any church, sect or
.enomination of religion, or in aid of
ny priest, preacher, minister or teacher.
hereof, as such, and no preference shall
be given to, nor any discrimination
lade against, any church, sect OF creed
1 religion, or any form Of religious faith
worship, nor shall any appropriations
o made Tor private charitable or benes
purposes to any person or com.
unity provided, this shall not apply to
he State asylums for the insane and
9at durnb and blind, and the charity
AG Ru9AAH NlHE AIEaWAG AnHGltUa
ons conducted under State authority.
AR. o. The General Assembly shall
I'VE no power to increase the expenses
any office by appointing assistant
ieials.
Art. So. The general approximation
IL b "a embrace nothing but Rppropria-
ms ior the ordinary expenses of the
vermont, interest on the public debt,
Iplic schools and public charities, and
Dali d be 80 itemized as to show
what account each and every appro-
latlon shall be made, All other apDro.
latlohs snail be made by separate bills,
embracing but one object.
Art. 81 Each appropriation shall be
9 specific parpose, and no appro-
Latlon shall be made under the head or
le OF contingent; nor shall any officer
department OF government receive anv {
lount from the treasury for contin- !
aCles OF Tor q contingent fund.
ART. 55' No appropriation of money
III pe made by the General Assembly !
the last i've days Of the session There.
All appropriations, to be valid. shall
passed aud receive the signatures of
President of the Senate and Speaker
the House of Representative Ave
days before the adjournment sine die
General Assembly. I
srt. So. The funds, credit. p-ronortv
things of value of the State, Or of AM {
iticai corporation thereof, shall not
loaned, pledged or granted to or for J
7 person or persons association or nor.
alton, public or private. Nor shall he
te,, or any political Corporation.
chase or subscribe to The CAPITAL ar
OK OF any corporation or association
ateVer, or for any private enterprise.
shall the State,nor any Political cor.
alton thereof, assume the lisbiIties IF
'lpolitical, municipal ,parochlal .privata
JtheF corporation or association vbatS
yer. Nor shall the safe undertake. AZ
on the business of any such eorno, I
ION or association, or become q noy.
ler therein; pr0pided the State, thro1gh
Legislature, shall have power !to {
ct the, right Of way through rs public \
de to any railroad or canal.
81. Tho General Assembly shall
Q no power to release or e%xting,ish
70 authorize the releasing. or extiT.
hing In whole or In part, ths indebtaJ-
=, liability or abligafio1 nf aa~s