True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-03-06
SLAVES.
HOUSE or REPRE- sEsENrATlv YES
Tuesday March 5, 1885,

MIR Patten presented the petition of Elizabeth Tho
mas praying for divorcc-referred to a special com
miitee.
Mr. Laverene presented resolution directing the
chairman OF the commt'e on pnbic educntnl, duing
The recess Of the Legislature, examine into the con
dilon OF the colleges and academies throughout The
slate, and at the next session to report Ii general
system Of public education. This resolution was
adopted.
Mr. Kenucr on the par of the committee to which had
BEEN referred the petition Of Marn ard NJ Conway
his wife, reported bill for the relief If said PERSONS
read for the first time.
On motion Of Mr. Estavan. the rules were dispensed
promiating 32500 10 the improvement If tina cut n
road in the parish of lherville. The House into
committee Of the whole.
MIR Rntlif opposed the appropriation the ground
that the improvement should be made by the pqri h.
that the state Mu 'nke under its especial patronage
ss's woa fa f Gs r o "1 s" the Of the
Mr.. Thomas mnintanc that the improycu'c was
more tor the general good and benefit tie travellers gcn-
orally more than the people of the par, WIN all live
on the circuit made by the rvrrte river goes round
10 or ~ miles and there is only distance across of
or miles Mt the place where the road is propo:ed The
section was adopted.
Mr. Freeman, on behalf of Mr. Davidson, proposed an
additional section aprroprnting 5000 for making m-
provements on the road leading from Spring field in he
parish ct Livingston to the parish ns of the parish
This was opposed by Messrs B,ashcur and Rn,itf ou
the ground that this was improvement itlin the
proper sphere of the pulice jury Of the pnrs-at these
ing the condition Of the public treasury, was doubt
ful whether the treasury could meet such appropriations
the member from v ingston had already obtained i'm
mense appropriations directly indirectly for his pa
rlsh-somc general uniform rule of public improvement
and expenditure should be adopted, and this irregular
m"ae OF making appropriations should be abandoned.
MIR. Davidson maintained the justice and necessity
of the approprIann-he was in favor of general sys
TEN, and would vote for one. but until system is
adopted just Claims for necessary and use full improve
should be rejected he showed the utility of
the Improvement of the rOEd il wnud
INTO the State, which are Invested to another chan.
| ne''-as 70 the 'mnence appropriations which it was
asserted lis parish had received. he denied the fc it
the intended appropriations to the Nashville Rail Road
and Canal Bank were alluded to, hc denicd that his
paItsh was more ntere stcd thereon than the of the
state; The section was adopted, aud Mr. Carter pro-
posed another section npprorating S2U0 to the
pi'ton OF the bridge aud road passing over Thonpsons
Creek, and lending from Jackson t." Bayou Sarah.
mr.. Katlf explained the proprirtv Of the dcmnnd-
the Improvement had already cost 81 1000 to the State,
required only ssooo more tie make it completely
Mr.. Brushear objected that the additional sum was
appropriated, the parish interested, sl,nul! least
finish the work. 1t seemed that the gentlemen expect
ed not only that the State should give them rca, but,
that it should he put in their m,uths and even thai
| their jaws si,enl ID he orked for them.
Mr.. Ratlif afterwards suited, ;hut he would vote
against The whole bill, for though this appropriation
rather than sacrifice important i,cipIc of legisa-
'i"n, which was never to make appropriations without
means to meet them. The section was adopted, and
Mr.. Kenner then proposed an additional section prn-
vding that $4,000 should be pnid for deepening the
| mouth Of Bayou Lafouschs-the State Iud caused
works to be done to improve the mouth of said BAYOU
but the works far from being benefit, had proved a
great injury, it was expected that the State would
| give somethieg 10 repair the damage th. State had
done. The consideration of this section was inter-
| rupted by motion for the COMMITTEE to rise which
Carried and then after some further lengthy de-
bates the consideration Ct the whole bill was nterrrpt
ed by the arrival Of the hour for the orders of the dav
resolution from the Senate, providing that cucb
house should give the preference 10 the bills which hud
already passed the other branch, was
| ID Ao1ion Of Mr.. l.hvergne, adopted
| Several bills underwent their second rpadinr
The bill to amend the charter of the Citizsns Bank
now up in the special order of the day and after
various debates different sections and amendments
| the bill was passed.
The bill provides for the location of six branches in
the country, two in each Congressional dis-c, will,
capital of $5l0OO0 rnch the hank to have the location
of the branches. The section authorizing The transfer
of certain proportion of the stock from city to country
property and vice versa, rejected. proposition
Of Mr. Morse to obtain branches with capita Of
$ia5, O'o each, lost The majority Of tho directors
| N the branches are 10 be planters. The cashiers
of the branches to he selected from the parishes
| where the branches located. The branches
aye 10 be Withdrawn or their location changed
It they do not yield six per cent during two ensuing
years. The bank is authorized to charge eight per cent
| on long paper, having than months to run.
The House then took up the bill expedite tho con-
| struclon of the Nashville Rail Road, and then ud-
| journed