New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-03-30
J. THos. WHEAT, Secretary
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SECRET SESSION.
NEW ORLEANS, March 4, 1861.
In accordance with previous resolution, the
Convention went into secrect session.
The journal of the secret session of tie 5th inst
was read and approved.
Mr.. Hodge, Chairman of COMMITTEES On Finance
and Contingent Expenses, to whom had been re-
| ferred the communication, heretofore read from
the Louisiana delegation TO the Convention Ut Mont
gomery reported An ordinance to transfer CERTAIN
funds to the Government or the Confederate states
| of America,
On motion by Mr.. Hodge, the rules were sus
| pended, and the ordinance was taken up section
| by section. @
The first section being read, it was on motion BY
Mr.. Egee, adopted. S
The second section being read, Mr.. semmes sub
mitted the following substitute said second
| section
That the sum of ninety-one thousand, nine hnn-
dred and ninety eight dollars and seventy -four cents
! (s9l, 1898 7l) being the unsequestered balance of
the public revenue on 3lst January, 1856, be trans
ferrcd to said Government, and by said DepositaFy
upon the order Of the said Secretary Of the Trea-
| sury. #
Mr.. Elgee submitted the following as d substitute
for one offered by Mr. Semmes:
| Resolped That the moneys collected from Gus
| toms by the State Of Louisiana, from the 31st oil
January to the 2Sth OF February, be retained IN VI
the State defray her part former extraordina-
| ~ military expenses eccasioned by the act of Sc
| cession.
Mr.. Hodge moved to lay both said substitutes on
the table.
Mr.. Connolly called for division of the question,
and the President deciding that the subject
was dvisable, the question was taken FIRST on the
substitute offered by MFR, Elgee, and the motion to
lay on the table was carried.
The same motion being made, and the question
being PIT with regard to the substitute offered by
Mr.. Semmes, it was also carried.
Mr.. Thomasson then offered the following as a
| substitute for said second section: 3'
That all the moneys bullion and other funds III
: the U S. Mint and Custom House in New Orleans,
and belonging to the United States Government on
the 3lst day of January, 1861, far as they have
not been appropriated under the authority Of this
State to the payment of drafts legally drawn on
e said funds, be and the same are hereby turned
over and transferred to the Government of the
Confederated States of North America.
Provided, that said Government shall assume
all liabilities that this State may be under to pay
any outstanding drafts drawn on said funds.
Mr.. Marks, of Caddo, moved to lay the substi-
tute on the table on which motion Mr.. Thomasson
, demanded the yeas and nays, which resulted as
, follows viz:
Yeas Messrs. Anderson, Barrow, Bermudez,
Bienvenu, Bonford Bonner, Briscoe, Burton Bush,
Butler, Caldwell, Cook Conner of Concordia Con-
ner of st. Tammany DeBlanc, Dorsey, Duffel, Du-
pre-, Elan, Elgee, Estlin, Fuseier, Gardere, Gardet
GLADDEN., Grard, Groves, Gray, Griffin, Heron, +
Hodge, Hodges Kennedy, Labatut, Lagroue, Lewis
of Bienville Lewis of Claiborne, Manning Marks
of Caddo, Marks of Orleans, Martin of Carroll
Magee, McCloskey, Mcfarland, McNeely, Melan-
CON- Miles, Miller, Moore, Norton, O,Bryan, Olivier
Patterson, Perkins of Lafourche, Perkins Of Or
leans, Peck, Pope Richardson Scott of East Feliei-
ana, Slawson, Smith, Stewart, swayze, Tappan,
Talbot, Taylor of st. Charles Taylor of st. Landry,
Texada Todd, Towles, Tucker, Verret, Warren,
Williams of st. Helena, Williamson, Wilkinson
and Yorz-77.
The nays were: Messrs. Connolly, Rozier,
semmes Smart, stocker, Taaferfo, Thomasson,
Valentine and Wiltz-9.
Yeas, II; nays,9.
The substitute was consequently laid on the
table,
Mr.. Hodge then moved to adopt the second sec
ton of the ordinance, which was carried and, on
! motion of the same delegate, the ordinance as d
; whole was adopted and reads asfolloWs, viz:
/ of the Confederate States of America.
SECTION l. 1t as hereby ordained That the sum
of three hundred aud eighty-nne Thousand two
hundred and sixty-seven dollars and forty-six
cents, now in the hands Of As. ]. Guirot, State
|
transferred to the Government Of the Confederate
States of America, and that said State Depository
be and he is hereby authorized and instructed to
pay said sum mp on the order of the Secretary of
the Treasury ofsad Confederate States.
Sec. 2. u is further ordained, Thatthe sum of
one hundred and forty-seven thousand five hundred
and nineteen dollars and siXty-six cents, being the
balance received by said State Depository from
the customs since the 3lst of January last betrans
ferrod to said Government and paid by said Depos-
tory upon the order of said Secretary
i .
Mr.. Wilkinson offered the following resolution,
? which lies oYerunder the rules:
RESOLVED, That the Governor of the State be and
he is hereby requested to communicate, without
delay, to the President of the Confederate States
of America the desires othe people of Louisiana to
have the regular army Of this State Oh such por-
ton thereof as may be required for the wants OF
the General Government OF the Confederate states
: of America, transferred TO the army of the said
! Confederacy, as soon as circumstances may per.
NIT.
+ Mr.. Norton offered the following resolution, to-
wit:
= Resoloed That the Chairman Of the Finance
+ Committee be instructed to announce by telegraph
o through our delegates to the Government at Mont
y gomery that this Convention has passed an ordi-
nance placing at the command Of said Government
i the amount named in said ordinance.
On motion of Mr.. Moore, the rules were sus-
: pended and the said resolution was adopted.
) Mr.. Heron moved to reconsider the vote just
t had on the ordinance presented by the Finance
! Committee, which, on motion of Mr. Marks of Or
leans was laid on the table.
Mr.. semmes moved to remove the Injunction of
secresy from the proceedings Of today's secret
session, which was carried.
On motion, the doors of the Convention were
} opened.
7 j. THos. WHEAT, Secretary.
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