Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-01-21
PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.

4 NAM ~
branches, were present, but the Democrats
heving a caucus at 10 o'clock, to decide npen
the nominations for the several offices. there
was no quorum in tie House of Representa-
tives when the Clerk called the roll at u,
the hour fixed for meeting, nor again at /
o'clock, but twenty-three members answered
10 their names.
The Senate organized by calling Hon. MIR
elected menbees were sworn 10. Her B ".
Pearce, Of B.enville, was elected President
pro, TEN. Of that body.
On Tuesday, both houses having agreed
upon their nominations, organized, the Senate
e%lectiag all taeir old officers; Arist,de Bar
| bin, Of Avoyelles, Secretary; Oscar Arroyo.
of P!aquemines. Assistant Secretary; Berlin
Childress, Of AvoyetIes, Sergeant-at Arms
ahd Chas. Blouiu, of Calcasieu, Doorkeaper
In the House Of Representatives, Charles
II Morrison, of OuacLita, was elected Speak
er, Judge Welsh, of East Feiiciana, Chief
| C!eik, and Il. ID, Shepherd, of st Mary, Nj
mute Clerk. j. H Peralta, SerseaEt-at-A rms,
Capt. Searles, Door Keeper, aud Plnckney
Smith. Warrant Clerk. RESOLUTIONS were
passed in both branches leaving the appoint
ment OF the TransIating and enrolling Clerks
to the Committee os Enrolment.
The General Assembly being organized, the
usual committee was appointed to wait on
the Governor, who. scut ia a yerj brief and
sensible message Of which we shall attempt
a synopsis.
The report Of The Auditor exhibits a bal
ance in the Treasury, on the lst of January
1870, to the credit Of the general fund, of
sls3,696. Receipts. 81 pos goo, making a to-
tai of 81 1886
Expenditures 5l.I7i y553, showing balance
to credit general fund. lst of March, 1861,
Sl64. l42, a more prosperous financial exhibit
than has been made for eight years past. No
necessity for increase of taxation. The sew
eral trust funds and bonds issued are stated.
Bonds issued in s59..........- $4,000
Previously s.. l~,'S5,Goo
4 s0@# 81 l9Iat,- = -. i,ltS, WV
Estimate By Aaaiicr efssands tar the
ensuing rear sr me several Rail
Roads ss:sasr s-sSssii
As no prosikipn has been made FOR payment
of said Bosdg1 eibat,.s,ty hs rec~onmsndsthe
creation Eeserped Fiepa. The tax Of
twenty nts on $1,000 meets the inter-
est on 3 Sued 10 Rail Road Companies,
and caves 6tplus.
But little progress has been made during
the last year in the extension Of rrincipal
| Rail Roads. o. Jackson, & G. N. r. R. is
completed as "a: as Canton, Miss. and ready
for iron twenty-ofe miles beyond This
road, under the greatest difficulties has press
ed forward with energy and success, and will
soon be in active connection with all the
principal roads Of the Union,
The franchises Of the Company ia Mfssis-
sippi determine in 1862. before a possible
completion can BE- made, and attempts have
been made in the Lee Stature Of that State to
| cripple and subvert The credit and future ex-
istence OF the corporation. This opposition
| originates with rival companies. The Gov
ernor feels confident. however, that Missis-
sippi will do no u,iinst act in this matter, and
recommends that the State Of Mississippi be
officially requested to graft sufficient addi-
tional time TO complete their read.
The ~. O., Opelousas & G. W. Road is
pushing forward its operations west Of Ber-
wicks Bay, where a line Of steamships con-
meet three times a week with Galveston, and
will terminate at Thomrsons Bluffs, on the
Sabine. where it viii continue through Texas.
Twenty-Five miles of the VicksbuFg and
Shreveport Road are In daily use, and the
construction OF the entire line to IFS junction
with the Pacific Rail Road, is under contract
The Baton Rouge and Gross Tete Rail
road, when regarded in connection with the
proposed Baton Roage and New Orleans
Railroad, and its present contemplated sex-
tension towards Alexa ndria and Opelonsas
rises to a high position in our railroad system
The road has been we'll Anased from the
beginning, and all its available resources will
be faithfully applied to its extension beyond
the Bayou Gross T'ete. 1t is a source of
qualification to inform you, that within my
knowledge, the State has not in a single in.
stance granted its aid to an unworthy enter
prise, or to one which is not entirely SOL
vent, and which will not realize ali the beue-
fits anticipated by the most sanguine pro-
l%ectors.
et~ ESD a&f A
The Banks are in a satisfactory condi-
zion. A
State Engineers and Board of Public
Works as well as the sYamp Land Com