bonds, securities, claims, assets and effects belonging to the State, and which should be in the custody and possession of the Treasurer, the said accountant shall certify the same over his official signature, in writing, in triplicate, one of which certificates shall be recorded in the books of the Treasurer, and by him filed in his office, and one shall be recorded and filed by the Auditor, and one shall be furnished to the Governor in the executive office, and be recorded and filed therein; and the accountant so appointed, on performing the duties herein required, shall be paid by the Governor out of his contingent fund, for his services; such compensation, together with his necessary traveling expenses, if any there should be, as the Governor may deem just and reasonable, provided the time occupied in any such examination shall not exceed twenty days, and the traveling expenses shall be whatever he shall have actually expended, of which he shall furnish a detailed statement; and every certificate, as herein provided, shall also contain a statement of the exact amount of money so found and counted in the treasury, or deposited in the proper depository to the credit of the State Treasurer as such, and the exact amount belonging to each particular fund, together with a schedule of all the other property of the State, as above described, which certificate shall be published in the official journal of the State. Joint committee annually ap amine the se 13. [SEC. 1543.] The Legislature shall annually appoint a joint committee of the two Houses, whose duty it shall be to examine the 1855-451. securities deposited by bankers and banking companies, together of both Houses with all books and papers relating to the business of banking; also, pointed to exto count all the circulating bills which may have been returned by curities depositany banker or banking company, and after comparing them with the tankers. books, to cancel and destroy the same, giving the Auditor a sufficient certificate for the same, and generally to make such investigation, mittee. as they may deem proper, to enable them to report a true statement of the condition of the banks. 14. [SEC. 1544.] Neither House of the General Assembly shall appropriate any sum of money by way of gratuity or extra pay to any person, whether officer or employe thereof, or not, either out of the contingent fund thereof, or otherwise, unless by act of the Houses or joint resolution, to be approved by the Governor, as in other appropriations. may Duty of com. 1869-11. Extra compen ation to emGeneral Assem ployes of the bly, and gratui case of ties. 1868-119. Fees due wit 15. [SEC. 1545.] Witnesses who have been, or who be duly summoned to appear before any of the several Senate and House nesses who are committees, shall be entitled to receive the sum of two dollars per before the Sen duly subpen aed ate and House day for each and every day they may be required to appear before committees. said committees. 1855-350. Officers to 16. [SEC. 1546.] Every officer, for the benefit of whose office there is a contingent fund appropriated, shall render a detailed statement to the General Assembly, at each session thereof, showing contingent fund what disposition has been made of such contingent fund. render an account of their 1856-37. Senate and 17. [SEC. 1547.] The President of the Senate and Speaker of President of the the House of Representatives shall have the power to compel the attendance of absent members of either branch of the General attendance of Assembly over which they preside, by issuing, respectively, their warrants, directed to the Sergeant at Arms for that purpose. Speaker of the House authorized to compel members. 1855-447. Treasurer shall books, accounts 18. [SEC. 1552.] It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to submit all of his books, accounts and vouchers, and other official documents. submit all of his in his office, to a joint committee of the General Assembly, to be and documents appointed immediately after the commencement of each regular tee of the Gen- session, for examination and settlement, whenever and as often as eral Assembly. the General Assembly may think proper to order such examination and settlement. to the commit appointed by the Legislature 19. [SEC. 1553.] It shall be the duty of the General Assembly Committee to be to appoint such committee at the commencement of each regular session, who shall examine the books, accounts, vouchers, and other official documents of his office, and make a full and detailed report thereof, to both Houses of the General Assembly. annually. Favorable report of the committee. 20. [SEC. 1554.] If the report be favorable, and approved by each House, an order shall be made directing the joint committee to cause the proper entries to be made in his books showing the result of the settlement. 21. [SEC. 1555.] If the committee shall make an unfavorable Unfavorable re- report, and find that he has not performed the duties required of port of the committee. him by law; or that he has been guilty of any misdemeanor in office; and such report be approved of by both Houses of the General Assembly, an order shall be made directing the Governor to cause suit to be brought against him on his official bond, and to cause him to be prosecuted for a misdemeanor; on conviction he shall be suspended from the discharge of the functions of his office, and be incapable of being again elected to such office. 1864-14. The Speaker to dollars per day receive eight in addition to his nay as member. SALARIES OF THE OFFICERS OF THE TWO HOUSES. 22. [SEC. 1532.] The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be entitled to receive the sum of eight dollars per day, in addition to his pay, as a member, to be drawn on a warrant signed by himself, attested by the Clerk, and approved by the Chairman of the Committee on Contingent Expenses. 23. [SEC. 1548.] The Secretary of the Senate and Chief Clerk Secretary of the Chief Clerk of of the House of Representatives shall each receive the sum of two 1868-20. thousand dollars per annum, payable one-half during the session of Senate and the General Assembly, and the other half at the completion of their the House. labor, upon their own warrants on the Auditor of Public Accounts. and Minute 24. [SEC. 1549.] The Assistant Secretary of the Senate, and the Assistant Clerk of the House of Representatives, and the Minute Assistant Clerks Clerks of both Houses shall each receive the sum of eighteen hundred Clerks. dollars per annum, payable one-half during the session of the General Assembly and the other half at the completion of their labors, upon their own warrants on the Auditor of Public Accounts. 25. [SEC. 1551.] The Chief Enrolling Clerks and Warrant Clerk shall each receive the sum of eight dollars per diem during the Enrolling Clerks session. The Assistant Sergeants at Arms shall each receive the sum of eight dollars per diem during the session; the Enrolling Clerks, as well as other Clerks employed by the Senate, House or committees, not enumerated in any of the foregoing sections, shall each receive the sum of seven dollars per diem during the session; the Postmaster and Doorkeeper shall each receive the sum of six Postmaster, dollars per diem during the session; the Messengers shall each Messengers and receive the sum of four dollars per diem during the session; the Porters shall each receive the sum of three dollars per diem, and the Pages two dollars per diem during the session, payable upon the warrant of the Warrant Clerk. Doorkeeper, Porters. 1870-42. 26. [SEC. 1.] The Sergeant at Arms of the Senate shall receive. the sum of two thousand dollars per annum, and the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives shall receive the sum of two Sergeant at thousand dollars per annum, payable monthly upon their own warrants on the Auditor of Public Accounts. Arms. 1864-14. No per diem or 27. [SEC. 1533.] No per diem or extra pay shall be allowed to either the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives or Senate, but their salaries shall be in full compensation for the ser- ed them. vices required of them annually. DEFAULTERS WHEN MEMBERS. extra pay allow Auditor to re port to the Sen ate and House 28. [SEC. 1138.] It shall be the duty of the Auditor, the first 155-125. day of the session of each Legislature, to inclose to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House, a list of all persons who defaulters to the State on account of any public moneys; and if, in are an annual list of defaulters. Senate or House may take action certain defaulters. such list, the name of any member of the General Assembly should in the case of appear, the House to which he may have been returned, shall take such action as may be deemed necessary. Revision. Defaulters not to hold any office of profit or trust. 29. [SEC. 1136.] No person who at any time may have been a 1870-Statute of Collector of Taxes, whether State, parish or municipal, or who may have been otherwise intrusted with public money, shall be eligible to the General Assembly; or to any office of profit or trust under the State Government, until he shall have obtained a discharge for the amount of such collections, and for all public moneys with which he may have been trusted. 1855-87. Manner in REPORTS OF CORPORATIONS. 30. [SEC. 1610.] Whenever the General Assembly shall, by a special law, authorize the loan of public bonds to any railroad or which the State plankroad company, the bonds shall be issued in the same manner may loan its bonds. Companies in which the State to report annually to the Legislature. and on the same terms and conditions, as is provided for in the issuing of bonds for subscription to the stock of railroad or plankroad companies, and the current interest on said bonds shall be raised and paid in a like manner. 31. [SEC. 1611.] The President and Directors of any railroad or plankroad company in which the State is stockholder, shall, is a stockholder within one week after the annual meeting of the Legislature each year, report to the same the general condition of the company, the amount of capital expended, money borrowed, length of road finished and under contract, and a particular statement of its receipts and expenditures. tra session. ORGANIZATIONS. 32. [SEC. 1.] For the the purpose of facilitating the organiza1870-111-Ex- tion of their respective bodies, the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives, shall hold over and continue in office from one term of the General Assembly to another, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Secretary of Assistants. 1870-44. Precedence of certain bills. 33. [SEC. 2.] In case of the absence of either of the above named officers, the provisions of the first section of this act shall apply to the Assistant Secretary of the Senate and the Assistant Clerk of the House of Representatives. RELATIVE TO EXTRA SESSIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND DEFINING THE DUTIES OF THE GOVERNOR IN REFERENCE THERETO. 34. [SEC. 1.] Whenever an extraordinary occasion occurs, which, in the opinion of the Governor of the State, makes it his duty to convene the General Assembly at the seat of Government, [or] at a different place, in accordance with the authority vested in him by article sixty-four of the Constitution, he shall specify, in his proclamation convening the General Assembly in extra session, the particular object or objects, for which the General Assembly is convened, and such business shall take precedence of all other that may be brought before the General Assembly at such extra session. 35. [SEC. 2.] The proclamation, containing the call for said extra session, shall indicate the length of time for which the session shall Proclamation to indicate length continue, and said time shall not be extended save by a joint resolu- of session. tion, passed by the Senate and House of Representatives, approved by the Governor, and in no event shall the session continue longer than sixty days. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS PRO TEMPORE. Auditor pro settled. 36. [SEC. 199.] Immediately after the election and qualification of the Auditor, or the resumption of his duties, if in the meantime 1855—125. an Auditor pro tempore shall have been appointed, the General Accounts of Assembly, if in session, if not, the Governor shall cause a settlement tempore to be of the accounts of the Auditor pro tempore remaining unsettled, and cause a certificate of such settlement to be made out and delivered to the person entitled thereto, showing the balance of money, securities and effects for which he is accountable, and what has been delivered to his successor. APPROVAL OF TREASURER'S BOND. Bond to be ap 37. [SEC. 3767.] The Governor shall indorse on the bond his approval of it, and the President of the Senate shall also indorse 1855–447. thereon that it is approved of by the Senate; the bond so indorsed proved by the shall be delivered by the Governor to the Secretary of State, who shall record and keep the same in his office. Governor and |