New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-03-12
Sleu ORLEANS IaiIp Crescent.
OFFICIAL IoURNA Al
CoNvfNTle'A OF THE STATE CT LOUISIANA.

FRrpAY, March s, 1851,
The Convention met pursuant to adjournment,
Hon. A. Monton in the chair,
Tho roll being CHILLED, eighty delegates answered |
to their names.
The journal Of yesterday read ar ID approved, |
Mr.. Moore presented the foowr lg resolution,
which, on Motion, was adopted:
Res6tbeTs, That the Committee on Eprolrnents
be authorized to give title to II ordinance rea-
tive to sae public lands, passed darch 7th, 1851
follows, viz:
An ordinance supplement Ary to the ordinance
Teatlye g me unapproprEIsf ed public domain in
the state Of LOUISIANA" lssed Feb. 10, 1861.
second, third, fourth, fifth sStb and seventh sec
ions OF the oIap ance and TO the first sec
Noi VI eie supptehenso ordinance,
Mf. Gardere presente' m emoyial for the relief
oil Gohnel Wmcn, OF his totiea was referred to
the Committee on Fir ance
Inc fresidehta nho' ncedt hsfsIlo&ing nansod gen.
siemen 70 compose the C orsgTlittee comprchended
in the resolution Of Mr. II h,,,,sso, adorted YES
terday, for the purpose of examining the ordi
nanees passed ny this { 3enTention, and reporting
Niiat onases we're nee essary to be msde in them,
~ US " ihahe them CO ,rEdfm to the Constitution
anu laws oL the Pft DIVISIONAL Government; and
WHAT poNef SHOULD pc fettferred in the State Legs-
iaeu us oseL saio oraH iances;
Messrs. fuqua, iht trnssson Melan2on, Taliaferro,
Wliiams OF BATON auge, LeBourgeois, Pierson OF
Natchltoehes, Gan' let and Wilkinson.
Mr. Marks, Of addo, introduced the following
resolutions and D loved that the same be referred
to special cor inittee, to be composed Of one
from each judfc' AL district Of the State:
/. -, REsoLuFtGS.
Re r. atasotf ed. mat articie sxty-three of the
Gonsntutoho the State of Louisiana be so altered
ana amelue i as to read thus !: e The Supreme
Court shal! e composed of one Chief Justice and
1onr assocs tie Justices, majority of whom shall
constitute oaorum The Chief Justice shall re-
Gelye saf ary of eight thousand dollars and each
OF me ass ocate Judgesa salary of seven Thousand
hVe hln0t ed dollars. The Court shall appoint its
own cler ks The Judges shall be appointed by
the UeSs rToT during good behavior
Bsu fspSlts7, resided That article sfxty.four of
the Gor situation be so altered and amended as to
read th - Il ma fb;ef gpstice shall be apnointed
by the Governor by end with the advice and con-
sento the Senate. The Legislature shall divide
fhe tate into districts, and the Governor shall
anpo MI nne Associate Justice from each of said
distr ;ets y
! Il testae,, yesoased That articles sixty-fve
ans sixty.six be and are hereby repealed.
Il u fatst4se1- reseloel, That article sxty.seven
be altered and amended so as to reedithus: % Any
Y icancy that may occur in the Supreme Court
resignation or otherwise shall beihlled by ap-
oiRsaaans, Of athet Governor"
The vote being taken upon question of refer
eace 10 a special committee, it was lost
Mr., Marks then fno7ed to refer the said resolu
tons to the Committee on Judiciary.
Mr. Wiltz moved tolay the Whole subject on the
table, and demanded the yeas and nays thereon,
.-whishTesulted as'foliows viz:
The yeas were, Ressrs. Anderson, Bermudez,
Bonner, Caldwell, Cannon, Clark, Conner of Con-
eerdia, Davidson Of Sabine Duffe Elam Fuselier,
Fuqua, Gardere, Graves, Gray, Grifen, Hernandez
Heron, Hodges, Kidd, Leblanc, Lewis, Martin of
Assumption. McFasleHd, Meredith, Moore, 0'Bryan,
Person of Vim, Pike, Polk Pope, Scott of East
Feiiciana, Semmes, Smart, Stecker, Thomasson,
5FT.yi,n &c
ID Riltz--4e. i
The nays were, Bgessrs. Adams Barrow Bonford,
Briscoe, Burton, Bush, Butler, Conner of St. Tam
many, Cottman, DeBlanc, Dorsey, Dupr6, Egee,
Estlin, 'Gaudet, GLADDEN., Girard, Hough, Hodge,
Kennedy, Lagroue, Lewis Of Claiborne, Lewis of
orleans Manning, Marks of Caddo, Marks of Or
leans, aiarain, Magee, McCloskey Melancon, Mil
1er Norton, olivier, Patterson, Perkins of Orleans,
Peck Pemberton, Prsvosty, Richardson, Roselius,
Rezfer, Scott Of Claiborne, Smith, I sompayrac,
Stewart gwayze, TapPan Talbot Taliaferro Tay
Tor Of st. Charles, Texada, Todd, Towles, Vaen-
b Il tine, Walker, Williamson and Terk-57.
Yeas 20, neys67
TheGnetian5e lay on the table consequently
lost and the question recurringupon the motion of
Mr.. Marks, said resoGtions were referred to the
4aCommittee en- Judiciary
Mr.. PrevoBty offered a resolution empowering
the Legislature OF 1862 with authority revise the
Judiciary SYSTEM Of the State, which, motion of
the same delegate, was referred to the Judiciary
Committee.
Mr.. Egee then offered the following resolution,
which, on molten Of Mr.. Hodge, was laid OH the
table:
Resoteed That the President of this Convention |
be instructed to notify, BY telegraph the Secretary
of the Treasury at Montgomery not to draw until |
further advice on the Bullion Fund |
gPEoIlI oRBER
na;ol o,.Ia nF 30 dor fbnno
by the President, being resolution heretofore in
trodacea by Mr. Lewis, of Claiborne, and is as
follows:
ResoEged That this Convention approve the ac- |
ion Of the Montgomery Convention in relation to
he African slave trade-and will not, under any |
y "Reminiscences, consent that the African slave trade
h reopened
The said resolution being read, Mr.. EstHn moved
~ tmend by striking out all after the words alaye
trad e,' in the third line.
ID Walker moved to further amend said resoIu- |
+o,,, W striking out all after the word Convention
i, r. second line.
II. Marks of Orleans, moved to lay the whole
unhiaot on the table, and demanded the yeas and
no..s IL reon, which resulted as follows, viz:
ma rs were, Messrs Barrow, Bonner, Briseoe, |
S,a,,aos Dupre Elan, Estlin Fusier, ,Girard |
~, h. on, Lagroue, Marks of Caddo, Martin |
~ ga.rou Mcfarland, MeNeely, Meredith, 0Bry-
i, n,,.;an Patterson, Peck, Pierson, Smith, Stew.
~ So. Talbot, Taylor of St. Landry, Todd
m 80, ~ tine Walker, Williams of st. Helena
,,y.n; !. . ~ lknson, WitR-36.
nv, IRE, Messrs. Anderson, Bermudez |
$50 p,,to Butler, Caldwell Clark, Cook, |
l,sau So orda, Conner, of st. Tammany, |
$500 ns,idso y, of Sabine DeBlanc, Dorsey
,aaal Ryee r., lua, Gard6re, Garrett, Gaudet
60 rs;n3n pe ron Hough, Hodges, Kenne
~ Ir;sa Tobatnt Lewis of Orleans, Lewis of
S1,a;torna Tawis If Renvlle, Manning, Marks of