New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-21
TUESDAY, January %, 1851.
SECRET SESSION.


ceise and confer with Commissioners from 0tbs
States, viz: Messrs. Moore, Conner Of Concordf
aud Roman.
Nh. Heron moved that the ordinance reporte
by the Committee on Commerce, Revenue an,
Navigation be postponed until Wednesday, ant
be made the special order of that day at u CLOCK
M, and that be printed which motion was lost
On motion of Mr.. Elgee, the ordinance reported
by Mr.. SemFes, as chairman of the Committee on
Commerce, ETC., was taken up section by section.
SEcTfeS i. Be IL ordained, That all Federal Of
heers in the civil service of the United States and
laws Of the United States relating to said Federal
officers and their duties and compensation within
the State of Louisiana, in office and in force at the
time of the passage of the Ordinance of Secession
and not incompatible Herewith, are hereby adopt
ed and continued in office and in force as officers
and laws of this State.
Which section, after several amendments pro-
posed and rejected, was adopted
The second section was next taken nm. which
reads as follows and without dissent adopted.
. Bet further ordained, Thatthe revenue, collec
Hon and navigation laws of the United States so far
as they may be applicable, be, and they are hereby
adopted as laws of this State saving that no dntns
shall be collected on imports from The States form
ing the late Federal Union, known as the United
states OF America, or the territories thereof nor
upon the tonnage of vessels owned in whole or in
part BY the citizens of said States and Territories
me third section was then taken up, which reads
as follows, viz:
Be G further ordained, That the President Of
TINS convention is hereby authorized to reouire Of
al FEDERAL officers aforesaid in the parish of Or
leans, the immediate recognition by them Of the
soie ana exclusive authority of the State of Lou.
lsiana and 20 administer to them the oath of office
E and in case of refusal to demand and take nossas
SION O. all the property, money and effects parers
and documents held by them in their official ca
paclty, and the like authority is hereby conferred
8 tn oil EaEa Iyn.
sai I'D the State, and the osces of sch persons as
reuse TO hold the property, money and effects in
ihelr custody subject TO the disposal of the State
and to take the oath Of office, are hereby declared
vacant. NN0-'t o+ |
Mr. Bush moved the following amendment to the |
foregoing section, viz:
That the President of this ConFeptio, ia barAb,
authorized to designate all officers necessary to
carry the provisions of this ordinance.
And demanded the yeas and nays thereon, which
resulted as follows, viz:
Yeas: Messrs. Bush, Cottman, Hernandez. Her.
ron, Meaneon, Meredith, Provosty-7.
Nays were Messrs. Adams, Anderson. Ayepno
Barbin, Barrow, Bermudez, Bienvenn, Bonford
Bsrflseoe, Burton, Butler, Caldwell Carr, Clark
Cook, Connolly, Conner Of Concordia. Conner
Of st. Tammany, Davidson of Livingston, David
son OF Sabine, Declouet, DeBlanc Dufel. Dunr6
Elan, Elgee, Estlin, Fuselier, Fuqua, Gardere
Gaudet, Gill, Gfrard, Graves, Gray, Griffin, Hougb,
Hodge, Hodges, HolIingsworth Johnston. Ken.
nedy abatut, Lawrence, Legroue, LeBourgeos,
Lewis OF Benville, Lewis of Claiborne, Lewis of $
orleans, Manning, Marshall, Marks of Caddo c
MARKS OF orleans, Martin of Assumption Martin of
CARROLL McGee, McCloskey, McCoom, Mcfarland, f
hties, Michel, Miller, Moore Norton, OBryan. tt
olivier, Perkins Of Coneorda, Pemberton, Pierson p
i Winn, Plerson OF Natchitoches, Pike Polk. "a
Yope Pngh, Richardson, Roman, Roselius, Rozier
'cott Of Claiborne Scott Of East Feciana Semmes ~
lawson, Smith, Smart, Sompayrac Sparrow.
stewart, Tappan, Talbot, Taliaferro, TAYLOR Of n,
=. Charles, Taylor Of st. Landry Texada Todd, 81
OWES, Tucker, Valentine, Warren, Walker, Will
Jams, Williamson, Witt and York-lO3.
Yeas I; nays, 1903.
therefore Mr.. Bnsh's amendment was lost and co
Re SAID section was adopted without amendment !
me fourth section, which is as follows, was, on
ACTION by Mr.. Semmes, adopted. 70
g. Be 1t further ordained, That The STATE rs r,
ousiana doth hereby guarantee and idennifv oil -
eaeral oIhcfrs aforesaid within this State who
omply with the ordinances of this Convention de
salllss ~ claims and demands of the United BIZ
ates arising out OF such compliance I'm
The fifth section, which reads as follows heinz, Or
s1t in order, was then taken up. III
Be II further ordained, That in case an,,:E7ad
~ once mere BY adopted a State office be now
shall become vacant, the Governor he and ba,is LIE
reby authorized to fillthe same in the same man Ma
4 M me PRESIDENT Of the United States or tha ro
nment might have done MI states Gov Mil
y falnanee of Secession and that the Governor vie
all have authority to remove any ofcer ,5 WI
ding a Federal office in this State if he shall o.
nstdef the said removal conducive to the nnhiir y
erest. " 'ito pubic de
70 this section Mr. Egee proposed the following
Ia
That the Governor shall have antboritv - 10 TIA
I've any officer now holding Federal Office in Va
; state, II he shall consider the said removal Wi
ldueye to the public good.
". semmes having accepted the said amend. -.
mt the fifth section, as amended, was adontad Ie',
tnen, on motion OF Mr.. Semmes, the ordinance ain
amended, was adopted as whole.
Ar semmes, as chairman Of the Committee an oa,
mmerce, ETC., submitted the following resou. plo,
q, which was adopted: isse
ieSoteed, That the President of the Convantio tou
appoint acommttee to consist of five members "'S
slnil take an inventory of all property monev
effects delivered into the possession and con est
aof the state by Federal officers in the parish II
Orleans. - P"i an
II Walker then moved to take up the report of ploi
Committee on Postal Affairs. le g
hen MIR. ELAN moved that the doors of the sido
yention be opened, which was carried and on quel
ion, the Convention then adjourned 10 maat pu |
in at O'Clock, P. NJ. sion
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EVENING SECRET SESSION. suit
le Convention assembled at o'clock this eve. Et
= ''tiS eve tout
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