The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-08-02

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c co OF laws avs, BY general reference TO such system or code of laws, but in
enact oA"" " MJ
ART: 81: Notlessthan a majority of the members of each house oftha
ueneaa Assembly shall form a quorum to transact business but q
smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and shall have power
to compel the attendance of absent members. ~ Two
ART. 50. Neither house during the session of the General Assem-
ny shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than
sitting. - NA '~' !" WIG !" may Dc
o. AFT Art PIT 81 The yeas and nays on any question in either house shall,
journal A"1'o e'e''eo' 10 entered on the
ori ahn So IN Al the bills Hof for raising r. revenue or appropria.ng money shall
pose or concur IN amendments as in other bills
oa r = 90. NO oil. ordinance or resolution, intended to have the
nec VI d law winch shall have been rejected by either house shah
be again proposed in the same house during the same session. nn ndsr
q same me OF any other title, without the consent of a majority Of the
mousse oy winch the same was rejected.
hoA ART 81 Every bill shall be read on three different days in each
mousse and no bill shall be considered for final passage unless Il has
been read once in full, and the same has been reported on b~ q " co mms
mttee. Nor shall any bill become a law unless, on its final PASSAGE
for or against the same be entered on the Journal. and - ma;or Gt1n =
the members elected to each house be recorded thereon a. voting in
ART: 80 No amendment to bills by one house shall be concurred
IN noa 9y the other, except by a vote OF a majority of the members
elected thereto, taken by yeas and nays, and the names of those
Young Tor n against recorded upon the journal thereof And reports
6 6r committees " ma;axts OF + conference . sasanSs shall be adopted in either house only
10y yeas ana nays and the names of those voting for or against
ART 81 Whenever a bill that has been passed by both houses is
= 9Md and placed in possession of the house in which it originated
bill shall be read in full. when the Speaker of :" the 1 House me% Of Femme ane
sentahves or the President of the Senate, as the case NAV he shall
w" Lux, oSn IL III Op0u house, u d tact OF SpninO shall he
noted on the journal; thereupon the Clerk or Secretary T1s shall i immed d.
ately convey the bill to the other house, whose presiding officer shall hal
IN oPen session and without delay; as soon as bills are signed bv
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.
ART. 40 No law passed by the General Assembly, except the gen.
era appropriation act or act appropriatng money for the expenses
of the General Assembly, shall take effect until promulgated. A
journal is published the day after the publication pu ii atom Of s ~ LAW = Il o' t%s
state Journal! and IN all other parts of the State twenty days after
ART Al. The clerical officers of the two houses shall be a Secretary
o. aI the Senate lat and Clerk OF the House of Representatives, with Isuch
ployes shall not exceed sixty dollars da ilNf for 3 " the e'' Senate ana =,
seventy dollars daily for the House.
,. AIT ~ All stationery, printing, paper and fuel used'n the legis-
the printing, binding and distributing of the laws, journals and "d.
ing and furnishing the halls and rooms used for tn the meetings. n@a nY Of Pt the
General Assembly and its committees, shall be done under con-
tract, to the gwen to the lowest responsible bidder below such maxi
mum price and under such regulations as shall be prescribed by law;
ron that such contracts shall be awarded only to citizens Of the
state. NO member Or officer OF any of the departments of the gov
eminent shall be IN any way interested in such contracts; and all
President Of the Senate and Speaker of the House of R Representatives
or of any two of them.
LIMITATION ON LEGISLATIVE POWERS.
ART. 49, No money shall be drawn from the treasury except in
preparation of money be made for a longer term than Two ye az "A 4
regular statement and account of receipts and expenditures Of all
public moneys shall be published every three months, in such man
nr as shall be prescribed by law.
ART. A. The General Assembly shall have no power to contract, or
to authorize the contracting, of any debt or liability on behalf of the
State, or to issue bonds or other evidence of indebtedness thereof,
except for the purpose of repeIing invasion or for the suppression Of
ART As. The General Assembly shall have no power to grant or to
authorize any parish or municipal authority to grant any extra com
pensaton, fee OF allowance to a public officer, agent servant or con-
tractor, nor pay, nor authorize the payment, of any claim against the
State, or any parish or municipality Of the State, under any agree
ment or contract made without express authority of law; and all such
unauthorized agreements or contracts shall be null and void.
ART. 46. The General Assembly shall not pass any local or special
law on the following specified objects:
For the opening and conducting of elections or fixing or chang
ing 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 maintain
ing roads, highways, streets or alleys, or relating to ferries and
erection Of bridges crossing streams which form boundaries between
this and any other State.
Authorizing the adoption or leghimation of children or the eman-
cipation of minors.
Granting divorces.
Changing the law of descent or succession.
Affecting the estates Of minors or persons under disabilities.
Renting fines, penalties and forfetures or refunding moneys
legally paid into the treasury.
Authorizing the constructing of street passenger railroads in anv