New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-09
DAILY CRESCENT.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
OF THE CONSOLIDATED CITY OF NEW onbEA
OFFICIAL.
JOURNAL OF THE STATE CONVENTION.

JOURNAL OF THE STATE CONVENTION.
/ .. TUESDAY, July q, 1852.
| The Convention met pursuant to adjournment.
| The Rev. Mr Cache opened the proceedings with
| prayer.
| PresaDtHon T. Kenner, President Of the Con7en-
ton, in the Chair, and ninety -one delegates
Mr. Williams offered the following resolution, which,
being read motion, referred with articles under
the title of Schedule to the Committee on Schedule.
Resolved That immediately after the adjournment Of
this Convention the Governor shall sue wts Of
ion to the shers Of the different Parishes in the State
to open and hold election in the several Parishes in
the State. the places fixed by law The first Monday
November the purpose Of taking the sense Of
the people Of the State upon the adoption rejection Of
this amended Constitution Each voter shall write on
his ticket accepted 'rejected." and the Commits
sioners shall carefully count each ballot deposited and
shall forthwith make returns thereof to the Sheriff. who
shall in like manner make their returns according to the
existngaw. And if it shall appear from said returns
that majority of all the poled in said election are
in favor accepting the amended Constitution the Go
yerD6r shall forthwith make proclamation of the fact
sGs IS s accepted rejected, and the s4sne to
be published the State peper moving tbs number of
/ votes cat for Or against
1sha be the duty Of the Governor immediately after
is known that this amended Constitution is accepted
by the people his writs of election the Sher-
s Of the different Parishes in this State requiring them
to hold election at the places fixed by law the first
Monday in january for members to the General Assembly
GoveEpor Lieutenant Governor and all other officers
whose election is provided by this amended Congtitu
ton {excep the udges) and make due returns thereof
according TO the existing law concerning State elections
And that the General Assembly elected shall convene
at the State House fixed by this Constitution the third
Monday of the month January) and that the Co.
and Lieutenant Governor elected shall be duly
installed in office the first week of their session. and be-
fore it shall be competent for the General Assembly to
proceed in the transaction of business
Mr.. Heron behalf of the Committee appointed for
the srcting of the State into Judicial Districts sub
rnitted the following report
The Committee appointed to divide the State into Dis
rict to elect Judges of the supSme Court submit the
| following Districts:
FIRST DIsTRicrThat portion of Parish of Orleans
the left bank of the Mississippi River that part Of the
City of Neworleans, formerly known Lafayette ex-
| cepted. ..
SECOND DIsTRIcr.-The Parishes of Paluemines, st.
Bernard that portion of the Parish of Orleans
bank Of the Mississippi Jefferson including that portion
of Neworleans formerly Known Lafayette ST. John the
Baptist. St. Charles, St James Ascension Assumption
Lafourche. Terrebonne West Baton Rouge and Ibervle
| THIRD DsrRior.--Thc Parishes of St. TammaDy, Wash
ngton, Livingston St Helena East Baton Rogue East
Feciana West Felicna, Point Coupee, Avoyelles Ten
sas Concordia Lafayette Vermion St Mary ST. Martin
and ST. Landry.
| FOURTH DsrEfcrIhe Parishes of Calcasieu, Rapides
Sabine Natchitoche DeSoto Caddo, Bosser Claiborne
Benyille CALDWELL Union ouachta Morehou5e jackson
| Franklin Catahoula, Madison. Carroll and Vim.
| tSgned,I ANDREW S. HEBRON Chairman
On uotion Of MI Dufour 200 copies ordered to be
printed and the report made the special order of the
| day for TO morrow.
NiF. Simus moved to take up resolution introduced
by bin previous day to submit this Constitution to
the people for approval etc etc and which was laid on
the table subject to call, which motion granted
on molten Of the delegate the above resolution
asrsfeFred to the Committee on Schedule.
Mn WadilI moved to take up for consideration the a
'onal article offered by him on yesterday, and laid or
stgbie subject to cali Or niotion of the delegate
the last clause of the article stricken out, and
motion Of Mr. Sandidge the article was laid on the
| table.
Mr. Connely offered the following resolution which
| reads as follows, to-wit;
Resolsd, That the Committee Contingent Expenses
be instructed to report to this Convention plan for
raising money pay the members and officers their saa
| ries and per diem.
Nh Garere moved to lay the resolution on the table
which was lost. and
On motion of MIR Connely the resolution was adopted
the majority the adoption of the sixth paragraph of
the report of the Committee the Legislative Depart-
c.t moved for reconsideration Of the same which was
| granted ----
| The sixth paragraph being before the Convention,
Mr. Jourdan moved to strike out from the above para
graph all from and after the words Representative Dis
tretsi to the end of the which motion was lost
| Mr. Benjamin then moved to amend the above para
graph by inserting after the words City of Lafayette
the following words shall Senators from the Pa
| ish of Orleans, and
Mr., Cotton moved sub-amendment to insert after
the words City Of Lafayette the following words to-
wit shall vote for the fifth Senator the Parish of
| 0rleanst'
Mr.. Dufour moved to lay Mr. Cotton's amendment on
the table On said motion the yeas and nays were called
and resulted follows:
Messrs. Anderson of St Landry, Akenhead Avery An
drews Anderson of Carroll Bradford Bartlett BENJAMIN
Brother Buisson Byrne, Castelanos, Colens Connely
Conrad Declouet, Douglass, Dufour Dugue, Duel Ed
wards of Orleans Eggeston Gardere Guion Hays Har-
rs Hernandez Hodges, Jennings Jones King of St. Lam
dry Lapeyre Leefe Leeds Lobdell Lyle McIlhenny Ma
thews Of Orleans Martin Mather Nichols Olivier of St.
Mary, Palfrey Paxton Patterson, Preau1 Price Pugh
Reeves Richardson of Ouaehita Richardson of St Mary
Rixner, Risk Koselius, Roman, St. Paul Staes Shaw
Scarborough Smith OF West Felioiana, Tatmau Williams
| and Wilcoxon-63 yeas
And Messrs Besancon, Beae, Beard Benyenu Cotton,
Daeres Delony Dosson Eustis, Farmer Hatch, Hargis
Heron Tough, Jourdan, Leblanc. McMien Mathews of
P G., Marrero Moss Pearce Phillips Ronquillo Robin
son, Sandidge Smart, Shelton, Smith of Winu Simns
Taliaterro, Van Wicke Where Waddl and Wilmington
81 nays.
Consequently the motion prevailed and the amend
ment was laid onthe table
The question being then the motion of Mr. Benja-
min the adopted and motion the sixth para
graph as amended was re-adopted
Mr. Richardson. of O., having yesterday voted with
the majority the motion to adopt the fourth
Of the report of the Committee the Legislative De-
partment moved for reconsideration of tho same
| Mr.. Guon moved to lay the motion the table On
said motion Mr. Richardson Of O. called for the yeas and
| nays, which resulted as follows
Messrs. Anderson Of St. Landry Akenhead Avery An.
lT6ws, Bradford Benjamin Brother BusCn BYrne Cas-.
| telano2, Campbell Coens, Counely Conrad, Decouet
Dufour, Dugue, Dufel Edwards Of Orleans Eggleston
Eustis, Gardere, Guion Hays, Harris Hernandez Hunt
Jennings Jones' Key King of St. Landry Lapeyre Leee
Leeds, Lobdel, Lyle McIlhenny, Mathews of Orleans
Marrero Martin Mather, Nichols Olivier of ST. Mary
Palfrey Patterson Preaux Price Person Pugh Reeves
Richardson of st. Mary, Rxner, Roseus, Roman San
ciana Taliaferro Tatman Vlere, Williams and Wcoxon
| -65 yeas.
And Messrs Anderson of Carroll Addison Bartlett BE-
sancon Beale Beard Benvenu Cotton Dalferes Dosson
Douglass Edwards of Washington Farmer Hargis. Her
Hodges Jones' King of jackson, Leblanc, McMlen
Mathews of P c. Paxton Pierce Phillips Richardson Of