New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-04

on warrant of the Chief Of the Disturbing DepRFt |
ment, approved by the Governor.
The following number of commissioned and non
commissioned officers and men will compose the
complement of
TIE STANDING MILITARY FORCE
Regiment of artillery -38 commissioned officers,
9G non-commissioned officers, G88 priyates, Ii
musicians. Total, 838.
Regiment of nfantry--commissioned officers II,
non-commissioned officers 81, privates 72o mu-
sicans l6. Total, 837.
MajorGeneral and Aids, Adjutant and Inspector
General and Assistant, Quartermaster-General and
Assistants, and Surgeons-l3. Total rank and
file, 1888.
On motion of bIr. Taylor, the ordinance was
ordered to be printed, and made the special order
for Tuesday, at II O'Clock.
encouragement to Manufacturers.
Mr.. Estlin, of Orleans, offered a resolution that
the Committee on Commerce be instructed to re-
port an ordinance to exempt all property and cap
ital employed in manufactures in the State of Lou
isiana from taxation for any purpose, for the term
of five years. The resolution was referred to the
said committee
Enrollments.
MFR. DeBlanc, from the Committee on Enrolment,
reported list of documents that had been en-
rolled.
Secret Session.
Mr. Semmes' motion to 60 into secret session,
was then brought up and carried.
AT ten minutes to o'clock the doors were again
unclosed for
Open Session.
When Mr. Miles, Of Orleans, offered the follow
ing resolutions:
Defining the Duties of Delegates.
ResoEoed That in the election Of Jno. Perkins,
Alexander, Declouet, Chas. NJ. Conrad, Duncan +.
kenner and Henry Marshall, delegates to the
Montgomery Convention, it was the object and
purpose of this Convention to invest said delegates
with authority " to aid in the formation of Pro-
Visonal Government on the basis of the Constltu-
ton of the United States, and then proceed forth
with to consider and propose Constitution and
plan for permanent Government.
ReSotoed, That said delegates are not authorized
to act as Senators or members of Congress under
the provisional or permanent Government created
by them, or to constitute themselves in any man
ner portion of the Legislative authority under SAID
Provisional Government.
Mr. Estlin, of Orleans, made motion that the
resolutions be laid on the table, but he did not
press it.
Mr.. Texada, of RapideH, moved that the resolu-
tons be made the order of the day for Il o'clock
on Wednesday. Adopted.
The Convention then adjourned until 10 O'Clock
on Monday.
proceedings III secret SesStohs
At the close o: the secret session above men
toned, the proceedings were ordered to be made
public. They were as follows:
Upon the doors being closed, Mr.. Elgee, of
Rapides, offered the following ordinance regarding
The Oath of Allegiance.
[. That all officers of this State be forthwith re-
CURED to take the oath of allegiance and to trans-
nit the same to the Governor of the State, whose
duty it shall be to cause the same to be filed and
| duly recorded in the Office Of the Secretary OF
State.
| @ That should any officer of this State neglect
| or refuse to take the oath of allegiance, and to
transmit the evidence of the same, as required by
| the preceding article, within thirty days from the
PRONUNCIATION of this ordinance, his office shall be
| declared vacant
g. That in the event of such vacancies by failure
refusal to take the oath OF allegiance as afore
| said, the Governor of this State shall have au
| thorty to fill such vacancy upon nomination to the
| Senate and with their advice and consent.
Mr.. Girard offered the following additional sec
ton, which was agreed to:
"That the Governor be requested to transmit
new commissions to each Of the officers who Bhal
ave taken the oath of office required by this or
dn'nce."
Said ordinance was then referred to the Com
mittee on Judiciary with instructions to report il
| open session.
Resources of the State.
Mf. PrOVoSIy, OF 1Olnte Coupee, OleFeu lQe IOI
| lowing resolution:
Resolved, That the Committee on Finance be in
| structed to report 10 this Convention clear an(
| comprehensive statement Of the present condition
of the Treasury Of Louisiana, and of the pecuniarJ
resources at her disposal Or within her reach, t.
repel invasion by any foreign power, or meet any
| other great event or danger.
The resolution was adopted.
Payment of Z. s, Drafts.
Mr.. Scmmes submitted the following ordinance
reported by him as chairman of the Committee OIL
Commerce, Revenue and Navigation:
AN ORDINANCE anhorhng The payment Of certain def
Orleans.
Whereas, the State of Louisiana has taken unde
its control the funds deposited in the late Sub
! Treasury of the United States at New Orleans, bu
considers it Just that certain drafts drawn agans
the same should be paid.
Therefore, be it ordained by the people of tn
State Of Louisiana, in Convention assembled, Hha
the State depository of said funds be, and he
hereby authorized to payal drafts drawn in the lie
gitimate course of disbursement by the disbursin
| officers of the United States the funds hereto
fore deposited in the Sub-Treasury of the Unite
States at New Orleans, to the credit of said officer
respectively. Provided that no draft shall be pal
except out of the balance standing to the credit
the officer drawing the same; and provided, ful
ther, that the aggregate amount of drafts hereb
authorized to be paid shall not exceed the sum c
$306 ,592 80.
|
tory aforesaid be and he is hereby authorized t
pay all outstanding drafts drawn by the Unite
States prior to the passage of the Ordinance {
Secession, against the funds heretofore depOsite
in the Sub-Treasury of the United States at NeN
Orleans to the credit of the public revenue of tn
United States. Provided that the aggregat
amount Of said drafts shall not exceed the sum
$l4G,226 "a, but no transfer draft or drafts on th
bullion fund shall be recognized or paid.
BE it further ordained, That the sum of $3I
G4 A, standing to the credit of the Post. Offic
, Department. on the books of the late b-Trea
nrer of the United States at New Orleans, is hereb
held subject to draft of the United States in pa,
ment Of postal services until otherwise ordered b
this Convention, or the General Assembly of tt
, State.
The ordinance was taken up section by seetio1
; debated and adopted without amendment, thong
amendments were proposed.
! On motion, the doors were then opened and tt
public business proceeded with.
} CoRRECTIoNs.-In our report of Fridays pr
: ceedings, we stated that the amendment to IL
: Constitution refusing the right of suffrage to sc
e ders, seamen and marines, as well as paupers al
< persons under interdiction was adopted with tn
part relative to soldiers and sailors strckt
: out. This was mistake. There was q long d
bate on the proposition to strike out; but the Sc
e ton, unchanged, was laid over subject to call.
= In the same report, we stated that an amendme
to a measure by Mr.. Walker was rejected, and o.
c by Mr.. Heron adopted in its place. Mr. W
amendment was not rejected; he accepted M
| Herr0n's amendment as a substitute.
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