New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-01-22
EEYINa OF TIE LEGISLATURE,

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n The Legislature Of the State Of sLouisisnt
met yesterday st Baton Rouge, and organize
/. in accordance with the requirements Of th
i Constitution Before the session is closed an
The various members have returned to thei
families, very conside cradle amount Of bushes
lWin have To be transacted; all of which, W
trust, will be so considered and disposed Of as +
enure to the best interests Of the State. 5g
i Among the measures which will Be introduced
We are informed there Is one intended toremed.
some Of the few defects in the working Of oul
Cityi Charter that have hitherto hindered its be
ing in all respects what it was intended to be
As the prosperity ofthe city Is desired By oil v,
are inclined to believe that oil Twill be ready t
accede to the amendments which are calculated
70 increase that prosperity. It has been found
that the practical operat ion Of the Police Board
system has not worked well has not accom-.
plished all that was claimed for it. II is need
less to discuss wherein it has failedth fact Of
its ineffcienoy is patent to all Toits workings
we are indebted for our present police force.
Take any view Of the matter we will, We reach
the same result the ineficiency Of the system
to provide Us with proper protection. hence
the propriety Of abolishing it and return to q
system Of direct AS this is mat
ter affecting the city only, and yet is one 81
great Importance to us, We hope that it will
meet with favor from the country members.
Another measure in which the city is greatly
interested, is q registry law. The Constitution
Of the State makes it the duty Of the Legisla-
ture to pass such law. The last Legislature
passed what they termed registry law, but
which for all practicable purposes might as well
have been called anything else, as it is wholly
useless to accomplish its professed object. "A
registry law for New Orleans is not q political
measure, called for BY any one political party,
but d requirement which all good and law
abiding citizens unite in desiring.
Such q law as was intended by the trainers
Of the Constitution, would ensure the purity of
the elective franchise, and yet give the fullest
rights that can he held and exercised under the
law and the Constitution. 1t should be 50
guarded that fraud could find no entrance-so
open that the legal, honest suffragan would
meet with no hindranee in the exercise Of his
rights. All who have at heart the interests Of
the State, should endeavor to forward the pass,
age Of q measure, the operation of which would
increase those interests, and in no manner inter-
Eere with the privileges of any.
/ These Two measures-the abolition Of the Po-
lice Board and the passage Of q registry Law
are to New Orleans the most important meas
ures that will be presented to the Legislature
during the present session. They are both in
spirit and object beyond the reach of reasona-
bic objection, and are 50 fraught with what is
mmed iately, personally and directly beneficial,
both to our own city and citizens, and to all
hose whose prosperity is affected by ours, as to
induce the belief that they will be readily
passed. The one is purely and entirely mat
er Of civic interest, and the other, so far as it
las any relation whatever to those living out Of
he city, benefits them as much as any measure
hat could be passed. That they are impera-
vely demanded is known to all; and their me-
sssity should be . sufficient reason for their!
We do not apprehend that either Of the meas
res to which We have referred will meet with
" decided opposition, but we hayedeemed It'll
!r4duty to call attention to them, as we con-
Ter them Of paramount Importance and Of a
sture calculated to confer great good on those
hon they Immediately affect.