New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-03-05
MONDAY MORNING, MARCH S, 1860.
rTIrERANT Statesmen.

We have been favored with copy Of the pro-
ceedings on bill to License Itinerant Statesmen,
accompanied by the remarks following, made by
Mr.. Solomon, who introduced It:
SPECIAL ORDER OF rHE DAY
AN ACT entitled relative Travelling Agents md ssee
SECTION i. Be It enacted blythe Senote and House
of Representatives Of the Syafe of Louisiana, N
General Assembly corareed That hereafter y snali
not be lawful for any travelling agent or other per-
son having no permanent and established place q
business, and stock Of goods within the state, out
of which the tax may be levied, TO carry on trade
and make contracts for sales by means Of samples
or patterns, or otherwise, without first procuring
from the Tax Collector, a license to carry on such
trade; and IN case any such person shalt contrary
to the provisions Of this act SO carry on trade q
make contracts for the sale of any goods, wares or
merchandise, and delivery Of the same within tte
State, without first procuring such license he shall
bc deemed guilty of mfsdemcaHor, and upon con.
victlon thereof he shall be liable to pay fine q
not less than FIVE hundred dollars, and to be I'M
prisoned for term not less than three months.
On motion of Mr.. Salomon the same was adopted
The question being on the adoption Of the second
| section, which reads as follows:
sEc. 2. BE further enacted, ETC., That upon the
! application to the Tax Collector Of any parish o
the State, to the Tax Collector Of any distric
Of the city Of New Orleans, setting out his name
and place Of residence, the description Of his trade
and the nature of the merchandise which he propo
ses to sell, accompanied with the recommendation
OF two citizens of the parish that he is fit art
proper person to receive such license it shall BIT
the duty of the Tax Collector to grant him license
specifying the nature Of the trade which he Is per
mitted to carry on, upon his giving bond, witt
two sufficient suretes freehoiders within the State
in the penal sum of -- dollars, conditioned thai
he will make true return to the Tax Collector Of
the parish district Of New Orleans, in which the
sales may be made, showing the tax to be paid by
him for one year from the date of the license, and will
pay such amount as soon asst may become due; and
he shall pay the sum Of dollars to the Tax Col
lector for such license, which shall be good for
year only.
On motion of Mr. Solomon, the blank in said Sec
ton at linc 13 was nled with the words { five
On motion by the same Senator, in said section
at line 10 was filed with the words {. one thou
sand.''
Mr.. Phillips offered the following proviso to the
Provided, That the provisions of this act shall
have force effect outside of the limits of the
parish Of Orleans.
on motion Of Mr Salomon, Mr. Phillips, proviso
was ordered to lie on the table.
MI. Goode moved to postpone the bill indef-
nitely.
Mr.. Salomon moved to lay Mr.. Goodies motion
on the table.
Mr.. Goode called for the yeas and nays, they
were ordered, and being taken, resulted as fol
lows, to-wit:
Yeas: Mossfa. Burlington, Cottrell, Gardere,
Hough, Hunt, Laidiaw, Leefe Lott, hiaihiot,
Shadburne, Stevens and Wilson'S.
Nays Messrs. Flourney, Goode, Loughborough,
Pearce Phillips, Smith, Smart and TayIor-s.
So Mr.. Goodies proyiso was laid on the table.
Mr. Scott offered the following amendment, by
striking ont all after the word made in the 10th
line, and inserting in lieu thereof the following
words, to-wt:
Showing the amount Of Tie sales made by him
for one year from the date of the license, and that
he will pay the taxes both to the State and parish
which may be due upon the amount Of such sales,
according to existing laws; and he shall pay to
the tax collector for such license the same amount
as may be paid by residents engaged in the same
species of trade.
On melton by Mr.. Salomon Mr.. Lofts amend
ment waslaid on the table. Mr.. Gardere moved
torecensider the vote given by him on the motion
filling the blank in the nineteenth line Of the second
section with the words g one thousand
The reconsideration being granted on motion
by the same Senator, the words & one thousand
were stricken out, and the words 1.-TWO hundred
and fifty inserted in lieu thereof.
Mr.. Goode moved to amend the second section
by adding at the end thereof the following words,
towt: :. Provided that this act shall not apply to
booksellers
On motion by Mr.. salomon Mr.. Goodies proyiso
was laid on the table. The question reeurred on the
adoption of the second section, as amended.
Mr.. Moore called for the yeas and nays, they
were ordered and being taken, resulted as follows
to-wit
Yeas: Messrs. Burlington, Cottrell, Delony, Gar
dere Hongh, Hunt, Laidlaw, Leefe, Malhiot, Moore,
and Wilson--16.
Nays Messrs. Flournoy, Goode, Lott Lough-
borough, Newell, Pearce, Philips, Smith, Smart
and Taylor-10.
So the second section was adopted.
Mr.. Delony offered the following additional Sec
ton:
BE it further enacted etc., That Agricultural i'm
plements and plantation supplies, necessary to
carry on agricultural operations, are exempted
from the provisions Of this act.
MIR. Solomon moved to strike out from Mr.. De-
Longs additional section, the words plantation
supplies which motion did not prevail
Mr. Saloman moved to lay Mr.. Delony's addi-
tional section on the table, which motion did not
prevail t.
The question recurred on the adoption Of Mr..
Delony's additional section.
Mr.. Solomon called for the yeas and nays, they
were ordered and, being taken, resulted as follows,
to.wit:
Yeas: Messrs. Cottrell, Delony, Flournoy, Car
dere, Goode, Hough, Lott, Malhiot Moore, More
land Newell, Pearce, Philips Shadbnrne, Smith,
Smart, Stevens, Taylor and Wilson-I9.
Nays: Messrs. Burlington, Hunt, Laidlaw, Leefe
and Sa0mon-5.
So Mr.. Delony,s additional section was adopted
in lieu and place Of the Sd section of the original
bill.
The Sd section was read, and on motion by Mr..
Salomon it was adopted as the 4th section of said
The 4th section was read, and on motion by Mr..
Solomon, it was adopted as the 5th section of said
bill.
SeGu0U, WHICH reauS as IOIiQWS, was con-
sidered:
Sec. 5. Be il further enacted, etc., That the tax
to be paid under this act shall be, on all sales
made, one half of one per cent.
On motion by the same Senator, the 9TH section
was adopted as amended.
The 9Th section, which reads as follows, was
considered:
Sec. 6. BE it tiuater enacted etc., That this act
shall take effect from and after its passage.
On motion by Mr.. Hough, the same was stricken
out. The question being the adoption of the
bill as amended, Mr.. Goode moved the indefinite
postponement of the same.
Mr.. Solomon moved to lay Mr.. Goodies motion
on the table.
The yeas and nays were ordered and, being
| taken, resulted as follows, to-wit:
Yeas: Messrs. CottrelI Delony, Hough, Laidlaw,
Moore, Moreland, Pearce, Solomon, Shadburne,
Stevens and Wison-u
Nays: Messrs. Burlington, Flournoy, Gardree,
Goode, Hunt Leefe, Lott, Loughborough. Malhiot,
Newell, Patterson, Phillips, Smith, Smart md
Taylor-l5
So Mfr. Salomon's motion did not prevail and the
bill was indefinitely postponed.
The following are tho remarks of Mr.. Salomon ::
Nh. Presideat-I had hoped from the long time
which has elapsed since the introduction of this bill
in the Senate, that Senators at this late day would
have been prepared to act promptly without MAX
ing objections.
The Governor in his annual message to this body
informed US that il was necessary that aslaw OF
this character should be passed. He stated his