New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-03-12
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
Louisiana Legislature.

to-day, Mr.. Goode from the Committee on Judici-
airy, reported fayorably on the bill to incorporate
SoulG's Commercial College Of New Orleans.
The bill to amend and rsenact an act to organize
a Board of Public Works, was passed.
The bill introduced in the House to repeal sec
tons &c. IS, IS, 81 %, %, a. 20, 81 g. 20 and 81
of the act relative to elections in the parish of Or
leans, approved on the 10th of March, 1857, and to
amend and reenact the Gath section of the same,
was received in the Senate, read second time by
its title, and referred to the Committee on the Ju-
dietary.
Mfr. Gardere introduced a bill granting power to
municipal and parochial authorities of the several
parishes in the Stase TO fix and regulate the fees
and costs in criminal prosecutions. The bill was
referred 10 the Committee on Judiciary.
The bill to authorize the parishes of East Felici
ana and ST. Helena, or either of them, to issue
their bonds for the construction of railroad, was
passed.
Mr.. Pearce introduced the following Joint resolu-
ton relative to tho Monthly State Journal of Edu-
cation: 5-5
BE itresotced by The Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatires IN General Assembly conuened, That the
Superintendent Of Public Education be required
and cause the publication of monthly State jour-
nal of education at the Institution of Deaf, Dumb
and Blind Prouided, That the same can be done
without any expense to the State or to said insttu-
ton, and that the entire profits shall be devoted to
clothing the orphans of said institution, and the
publication of books for the mutes and blind of
said Asylum. ......E
Mr. Patterson made a motion to have the reso-
luton referred to the Committee on Public Educa.
ton.
Mr.. Pearce rose and said: What is the necessity
Of the resolution, if the work can be done without
cost?
Mr.. Pearce said fine press has been bought;
the Superintendent of Public Education has no
control over tit is under the control of the su-
perintendent of the Asylum.
Mr.. Solomon obtained the floor, and said if the
resolution passes by the time we get here next
year, l think, that from the specimens already
shown, it will be necessary to use the press for the
publication of public documents, and by so doing,
the State will annually save from thirty to forty
thousand dollars.
Mr.. Delony moved that it be adopted. Car
ried. .5=
Mr.. Phillips, on behalf of the Special Commit
tee, to whom was referred the Substitutes and the
bill to prohibit the issuing of State bonds until au
thorized by an act Of the Legislature, made ma.
iority report favorable to the original BILL and re-
jected all amendments and substitutes.
A stormy debate then took place. in which
Messrs. Hunt and Goode were the principal partici
pants.
On notion a vote was taken to recommit the
bill to the same committee which resulted as fol
lows:
Nine ayes by Messrs. Burlington, Deloney, Hunt
T 7
mon.
Fourteen nays by Messrs, Cottrell, Flourney,
Hough, Lawrence, Loughborough, Moreand, New
ell. Pearce, Phillips Smith, Smart, Stevens TAYLOR
and Womack
The bill was on the calendar
On motion of Mr.. Smith, the Senate resolved ii.
self into executive session.
House-In the House of Representatives the fol
lowing bills were passed:
The bill TO increase the salaries of the Judges of
the District Courts of New Orleans to five tbou
sand dollars per annum.
The bill to redistrict the State of Louisiana, ont
side Of New Orleans, and to increase the salaries
of the Judges to four thousand dollars per annum.
Bill Vetoed by the Governor.
BATON RouGE, March l0-The veto of the Gov
ernor, which returned to the House, without his
signature the bill providing for the sale of certain
lands recognized as school lands, in the townships
of this State, was accompanied by the following
message:
If the lands to which this bill has reference are
already school lands, then it requires no legisla-
ton; but if they are not school lands but enure to
the State under the provisions of the laws of the
United States BY which the swamp lands are do
mated to the State, then the proceeds of these
lands after their sae cannot be diverted from the
purpose specified in the acts of donation.
Article rs of the Constitution declares that none
of the lands granted by Congress to State for
aiding in constructing necessary leYees and drains
shall be diverted from the purposes for which they
were granted.
The Legislature has the power Of directing the
manner in which the swamp lands may be Sold but
this bill recognizes the lands in effect, and appro-
PIRATES the money derived from their sales to
school purposes
Congressional.
WASHINGTON, March 10.-In the House yester-
day, the Speaker announced the names of the
gentlemen appointed on the Special Committee to
which was referred the bill providing for the con.
stfucton of railroad or roads to connect the At
lantic and Pacific States.
The Committee was announced at follows: