New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-11
JouRNar Or THE sTATE CONVENTION.


WEDNESDAY,, July %, 1852.
The Convention met pursuant to adjournment.
Present Hon, d. f. Kenner, President of the ConVen-
ton in the Chair, and eghty-nne Delegates.
On motion leave of absence granted to Messrs Dos
son and Guion
Mr. Eggleston on behalf Of the minority Of the Com
mttee appointed District the State judciay submit
ted the following report:
We the undersigned members of the Committee to Dis
trct the State the election of Judges of the Supreme
Court dissent from the report made by the Hon Chair
said Committee they believe that the apportion-
Judges made by the Committee is unjust por
tons of the people of the State and is contrary sound
policy the undersigned therefore concur in the
distribution made by said report and ask that their dis
may be entered the Journal of the Convention
[sgnedl II, b. EGcLEsroN
Il. A. BRApFoEp
JaHH W. Price.
CHS. BENvENU
Mr. Waddil offered the following additional article to
be inserted under the head of General Provisions to-
wit:
Art No money shall be appropriated by special act
or resolution the payment of any claim copensa
ton unless sanctioned by majority vote of all the
ers elected to each House of the General Assembly
On motion to adopt the above article MI Phillips called
for the yeas and nays which resulted as follows:
Messrs. Addison, lBesancon, Beae, Beard Bienyenu.
Boyer Carter Dalferes, Deony Farmer, Hatch Heron,
Hough Isaacks Jourdan, King Of Jackson Leblanc, Nc
Men Matthews of Point Coupee Moss Patterson Phil
lips Pugh Reeves Richardson of 0uachita, Roquo Rob.
inson, Smart Scarborough, Shelton, Smith Of West Fell
cana Smith of Winn sibey Simms Stewart Taliaferro
Todd, Van Wickle, Wadd and Whittngton-4o yeas.
And Messrs Anderson of st Landry, Akenhead, Avery,
Andrews Anderson of Carroll Armant. Bartlett, Benja-
min Erother Boudousquie Bullard Buisson Byrne Cas-
telanos Collens, Cotton, Connely, Douglass Dufour,
Dugue, Dufcl Edwards of Orleans, Edwards of Wash
inson Eggleston Eusts Gardere Hays Harris Hargis
Hernandez Hodges, Jennings Jones, Key King of St.
Landry Lapeyre Leefe, Leeds Lobde Lyle, McIhenny,
Matthews of Orleans, Marrero Martin Monge, Nichols,
Olivier of ST. Martin, Olivier of ST. Mary Palfrey Pax
ton Preaux, Price Pierce, Pierson Richardson of St.
Mary, Rixner Risk Roseus Roman, Roysden, sanddge,
st. Paul Shaw, Tatman, Vere and Wiams-66 nays
Consequently the motion lost and the additional
ticle not adopted.
Mr.. Benjamin, behalf of the Committee on Style,
submitted the following report which on motion was
adopted.
The Committee on Style respectfully report to the Con-
venton the result their revision of the first and second
titles of the Constitution passed by the Convention
They have no change recommend in the articles from
one to five inclusively
They propose the following change in article six In
stead of the proyso adopted by the Convention the
Committee propose
Provided that person shall be Representative
Senator unless he be. at the time of his election duly
qualified voter of the Representative Senatorial Dis
trct from which he is elected'
Tile articles eight and nine foreman unchanged
The article ten to be amended as follows
Art 10 Every free white male who has attained the
age twentyone years and who has resident of
the State twelve months next preceding the election and
the last six months thereof in the Parish in which he
offers vote and who shall be citizen of the United
States shall have the right of voting but voter
moving from Parish to another within the State shall
the right of voting in the former until he shall
acquired it in the latter Electors shall in all cases. ex-
cep felony breach of the peace, be privileged
from arrest during their attendance going to- OF re-
turning from elections.
The article eleven to read as follows
Art H. The Legislature shall provide by law that the
and residences of all qualified electors of the City
of New0rleans shall be registered in order to ene them
to vote but the registry shall be free of cost to the
elertor.
No further change proposed until the article twenty
is reached The Committee propose strike out
the words surety in that article The rest of the
second title to remain unchanged.
Respectfully submitted,
Signed] j. P BENJAMIN. Chairman
ORDER OF THE DAY--uNFrNIsHED BUSINESS
The Convention resumed the consideration of article
l13. reported by the majority of the Committee on
General Provisions.
The subjects before the Convention at the moment of
adjournment yesterday, We're the amendment of Mr.
Eustis the substitute Of Mr. St Paul and call for the
previous question by Mr.. Lapeyre.
Mr. Lapeyre withdrew his motion for the previous des
tion.
The first question then being the proposition of Mr.
St Paul the was, motion of Mr.. Richardson of
O., laid on the table
The amendment of Mr. Eustis being before the Conyen-
ton,
Mr. Phillips offered the following subamendmen to the
same, which acceptedfby Mr.. Eustis to-wit:
To secure the amount loaned them by the State''
Mr. Dclony offered the following provso a ub-amend-
nent to Mr.. Eustis amendment to-wit:
Provided that all the liabilities for which the State is
now bound for works of Internal improvements shall be
first dschargedn
Mr. Roman moved to lay the provso the table which
motion prevailed
Mr. Richardson of Ouachita then offered the following
substitute Mr. Eustis' amendment, which was accepted
by him, to-wit
Provided thatin eases when the credit the State
shall be loaned given in aid of any individual assoca
corporation for the above purposes the State shall
be secured by special mortgages all the works and
terials of said associations corporations
Mr.. Benjamin offered the following substitute to the
Provisions to-wit:
The State shall neither become subscriber to the
stock of any individual association corporation nor
shall it make loan to pledge its faith for the benefit
of any such association corporation but when COM
panes formed for the exclusive purpose of making works
of public improvement, wholly partially within the
State shall apply for aid the Legislature shall have
power to grant aid to the extent only of one-th of
capital of such companies by subscription stock or
loan money public bonds but any aid thus granted
shall be paid to the company only in the proportion
the remainder of the capital shall be actually paid in
by the stockholders of the company and in case of loan
such adequate security shall be required the ecis
laturc may proper"
Mr. Harris offered the following amendment to the above
substitute, to-wit:
And this Convention recognizes works justly enti-
tied to- and that shall equally receive the fostering aid of
the State. The NewOrleans Jackson and Great Northern
ai!road The NewOrleans 0pelousas and Great Western
Railroad and the proposed railroad from Red River
through the Parishes of this State contiguous to the line
of the State of Arkansas to the Mississippi River"
Mr. Bullard offered the following subamendment to be
inserted after the words Opeousas and Great Western
Railroad in the amendment offered by Mr.. Harris:
Through the valley of Red River to the Texas line at
or near the 32d of north latitude'
Mr. Hernandez called for the previous question which
carried.
Mr. Dutour moved for reconsideration of the vote
Just given the previous question: which motion pre-
vailed
The same delegate then moved to lay on the table the
amendment offered by Mr. Harris and the subamendmen
lard bicJ, ,of;o