New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-06
SJen OrIeans 1]alIg Grestert.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 6, 1861.
LOUISIANA STATE CONVENTION.

The roll being called, 100 members answered to
their names. The journal was read and approved.
Filing the Ordinances.
Mr.. Marks, Of Caddo, offered resolution that all
ordinances and resolutions adopted by this Con
vention be kept on file in the Secretary's office.
Adopted.
An TnvItntion.
A communication from Mr.. Rogers, Superintend- |
ent of the First District Schools, was read, inv |
ting the members of the Convention to visit the |
schools, and the Normal School, and also inviting
them to make use of the Lyceuln Library whilst in
the city. The invitation was accepted.
Resolutions Referred.
On motion of Mr.. JTexada, of Rapides, the reso-
lution to exempt manufactures from taxation for
five years, and the resolution to pay certain ar
rearages due to employees Of the U. s. Govern
msnt, were referred to the Committe on Finance.
Judiciary Committee.
Mr.. Bonford, of the Judiciary Committee, pre-
sented an ordinance which, without being read,
was ordered to be printed, and made the special
order for Thursday, at=l2 o'clock
Circuit and District Courts. ....
Mr. BoHford, on behalf of the Judiciary Com
mittee, reported ordinance for the establish
ne1it of Circut and District Courts corresponding
to those heretofore having Federal jurisdiction.
The ordinance was ordered to be printed, and
made the special order for Thursday, IL o'clock.
MI AS to tiae Ordinances.
Mr. Briscoe presented an ordinance prescribing
that all ordinances shall take effect Immediately
after their adoption unless otherwise provided and
setting forth the manner of their PRONUNCIATION and
distribution. Lies over under the rules.
Condition Of the Mint.
Mr. Norton, from the Special Committee on the
Mint, reported that the Committee found in the
Al. sI,,4sx
to the notwithstanding $380,267 46 of bullion
of Si18,311 %. The report was ordered to be
printed.
MFR. Norton, from the same Committee, reported
areaoluton directing certificate copy Of the Com
mittee's inventory to be made out, signed by the
President and Secretary of the Convention, to be
aeed as a voucher Of the Superintendent of the
aafint in his accounts with the late Federal Govern
1lent; also, resolution directing the Governor of
the State to take the bond OF the Superintendent
with the satisfactory suretea in the sum OF $780,
600 for the faithful performance of duties Adopted
Interesting to tho Pilots.
Mr.. Manning, from the Committee on Commerce,
Navigation, ETC., submitted the following ordi-
nance, which, on motion Of blr. Hodge, was or
dered to be printed
AN ORDINANCE to grlard State Invason by Sen
We, the people Of the State Of Louisiana do de-
clare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and Or
daued
l. That any pilot or branch pilot holding license
or commission under the laws of this State, or any
other resident and inhabttant of this State, who
shall conduct any armed vessel belonging to the
late United States into either Of the mouths OF the
Mississippi river, into Atchafalaya river, or into
ahy bay or bayou leading into the interior OF this
State Shall be subject to Indictment in the First
District Court in New Orleans, and upon conviction
shall he fined no more than one thousand dollars
aud be imprisoned at hard labor no less than i've
years nor more than ten years; provided, however
that the Governor Of this State shall have power tC
gBsnend the operation Of this ordinance whenever
he may deem il advisable.
q That the Governor of this State is hereby en-
DOwered to cause all buOys and bcaCons in thr
channel leading into the rivers above mentioned
and all landmarks that may serve as guides to
vessels entering said rivers, to be moved wherever
in his opinion the public service may require sucl
removal.
g. That the Governor OF this State is hereb,
authorized and empowered to remove any pilot o.
branch pilot from office whenever he may haVt
good cause to suspect his fidelity to the state 0
Louisiana.
4. That the General Assembly of this State il
hereby authorized and empowered TO repeal .
modify this ordinance.
Report of Collector Hatch.
Mr. Semmcs, from the Committee on Commerce
etc, submitted a communication from Couecto
Hatch, made in compliance with resolution of tn
Convention adopted some days since, requesting
such communication. On account of its length
was ordered, without reading, to be printed.
TTne Public Lands.
Mr. EIgee, from the Committee on Public Lands
reported an ordinance on which, for reasons mer
toned by him, he urged immediate action; but, a
those reasons did not address themselves with equs
coreucy to the minds of others, especially MI
Hodge, Of Caddo, the ordinance. on the motion {
ta In +n
and made the special order for o'clock P. NJ. tt
morrow. The following is the ordinance:
Be it Ordained BY The People Of Louisiana
Convention assembled, That the title TO all the III
appropriated public domain within the limits of til
State Of Louisiana is otright the property of the sal
State, and all control and Jurisdiction over IL
4same is hereby declared to be vested IN and Il
y Cumed by the State.
Be further orddined ETC., That the Surveyo
+ General and the Registers and Receivers of ii
several Land Offices at New orleans, Ope'ousa
Natchtoches, Monroe, and Greensburg, within th
State, be required to surrender forthwith to tt
Governor of the State, or to some person nutho
lied by him, all of the public monies in their hand
and all of the books, records, papers and archiv
Of and belonging to, their respective offices, al
in so doing shall be held harmless against all 10
or damage which might accrue to them, or to the
snreties, by reason of the Obligations Contractt
by them in respect Of the late Government of Il
United States.
Be ii further orGluined That the Surveyor.Ge
eral aud the Registers and Receivers of the Lar
Offices aforesaid, shall be continued in their I
spectiye offices, provided they forthwith take Il
oath of allegiance to this State, and execute ne
official bonds in favor of the State, to be approve
of by the Governor.
Be il further ordained, Tint until the turth
action of this Convention, AL of the powers d
ties rights and eTpoluments, which by the eXistii
laws Of the late Government Of the United stat
are held, possessed or enjoyed by the said Su
veyoT-Generai and tla said Registers and Recel
crs, and which are not Inconsistent with the lax
OF this State, or of the OrdnaHce passed by Il
Convention, commonly called the Ordinance
Secession, shall continue 10 be held, possessed G
ioycd and exercised by the said Surveyor-Gene1
and the said egisters aud Receivers.
Be further ordajned That all laws and pa,
of laws Of the late Government Of the Unit
States respecting the sales and surveys Of the pu
lie lands in this State and all rules and ordinanc
concerning the administration Of the same, whi
were in force in this State on the 26th of JauuRl
A. D. 1861 and which are not Inconsistent wi
the ordinance passed by this Convention on Il
dav commonly called the Ordinance of Secessi(
shall continue to be in full force within this Sta
until the further action of this Convention.
Be il further ordained, That all monies arisi
from the sales Of public lands, shall be paid on
by the Receivers of the General Land Offices
fore mentioned to the Treasurer of the State,
such times and in such form the said offic
pursued in paving over public monies to the Ii
Government of the United States.
Provided, however, that any warrants VIII
may have been drawn on the said Receivers as {
bursing officers by the late Government of
United States. prior to the 2Gth of January, A.
1851, shall and may be paid at once by the said