New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-07-26
DAILY CRESCENT.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
OF THE CONSOLIDATED CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
OFFICIAL.
JOURNAL OF THE STATE CONVENTION.
SATURDAY, July 10. II

SATURDAY, July 10, 1852.
The Convention met pursuant to adjournment. ...
Present. Hon. D. F. Kenner President of the Conven-
tion, and 96 delegates.
The Rev. Mr., Woodrige opened the proceedings with
prayer
On motion leave of absence granted to the follow
ing named delegates: Messrs. Beale, Van Wickle and
Preaux
Mr. Gardcre, behalf of the Committe on Contingent
Expenses submitted the following report accompanied by
resolution.
The Committee on Contingent Expenses respectfully
submit the following report:
That upon inquiry the Treasurers office they have
found that although there is large deposited
the credit of special funds belonging to the State af
ected by law to specific purposes, only small stands
credited to the General Fund, from which the appropria-
on made by the act calling this Convention is legally to
be drawn and that the Treasurer will therefore, for
may be made to pay the mileage aud per diem of the
members the Convention and the expenses
the same.
To get this difficulty. your committee have ap-
piled the Branch of the Louisiana State Bank in this
town, for loan of twenty-five thousand dollars $25 OO0
predcaed upon the appropriation for the amount
made by law during the last session OF the General As
semby to defray the expenses of the Convention and
although they have not yet received positive
yet they have to believe that there exists hut little
doubt that the mother bank in NewOreans will author
ze the loan at the of six per cent per annum,
bursahle by the State when in funds Your committee
accordingly ask to be authorized to effect this loan
condition that the money shall be credited in the branch
bank to the account of the Convention, and shall be
drawn for the warrant of the President made in the
usual FORM in favor Of the members of this body and its
officers and for such other purposes may be duly
thorzed by resolutions of the Convention and for that
ton comforting the necessary to close the negota
ton should their application be granted.
commte deem it their duty to state that after
careful examination of the law calling Convention they
clearly of opinion that only S25000 and have
been appropriated to defay all the expenses of the
and that this sum- which at the time the appropriation
had been considered sufficient because it
supposed that the session of the Convention would
short and inexpensive now be proved to be totally
inadequate to effect the purpose intended is fully
| shown from the following statement
Amount of appropriation. $4,000
Mileage of members, as per statement
furnished by Warrant Clerk $l0,aS0
Appropriated towards payment of
postage. ,s.s.,....,.. bOu
Purchase OF stationery by Sergeant
alarms. and other incidental
penses prior to the opening of the
Convention, estimated at.,.,,,.,,,..,. $50
Sll73o
The daily expense of the Convention exclusive OF the
of printing and other contingent expenses is fol-
lows:
| 1870 members at 81 per day.............$ $40 7
Secretary. .,...-....... IA
Assistant Secretary. ary................... 10
l Reporter. .............,............. 10
| 2 Translatng Clerks at SS each ......... 16
| Recording Clerks, at So each .......... "A
l Sergeant at-ArIns
Door-keeper ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
Postmaster-.., OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
| Daily pay of members and officers. ...... S6O8
| For ten copies of newspapers to each
| member, making 1900 copies daily,
estimated dat.,...........!.....z....l. at, 40
S64S
20 days by the above will give amount Of. 1880
Making total $A A69O-- -$24 6st
From the above 1t is clearly that the amount ap
proprated will not suffice to pay the expenses of this Con
venton for songer session than twenty (2O days