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HTloN Or THE STATE OF LOUISIANA,
TaunspAg, Feb. 4 1861.
The Convention met pursuant to adjournment,
Hon. Ii. Mouton presiding.
Aftsr prayer BIZ the Rev. Mr, Howard, the roll
was called and eightysix members answered to
their names.
DuciasE rollscalI Mr, Martin, Of Lafourche, ex-
y,laiaea III tho reason of the detention from the
Convention cf afr. Collom. that his brother was
then severely nj in the city.
The Journal of she proceedings was then read
and approved
Fhe President having ruled that the order Of the
day was an ordinance, heretofore reported by Mr..
Briseee, on behalf of the Committee on Judiciary,
for the promnlg Of all ordinances and resola.
tons adopted BY the Convention, on motion Of
Mr. Rriscoe, said ordinance was then taken up.
Mr. Briscoe moved to amend the Subsection by
Z filling the blank therein By inserting the words
oile8 thousand y and the 4thseetion by inserting
she Wortss one copy to eaeh oil the Recorders Of
Parishes and substituting the word (" four for
The word z one as applied TO each of the Dele
gates 81 the Convention and in the 5th section by
days, which amendments being agreed to, and
flia question occurring on the ordinance as amend
d Oh, II was adopted. and reads as follows
atid Journal of The Convention. J~5
4 The people Of the State Of Louisiana do ordafn:
SECTION /. All ordinances are to have full effect
5rorn their adoption, except when otherwise or
aered hut, III order that due publicity be thereto
given the ordinances shall be published as herein
! after dirested uilless otherwise ordered BY the
u Convention.
Sso q The Secretary shall deliver to the Printer
of the Convention. vi thin three days after adoption
sTY certified copies OF all ordinances enacted and
n tae Ftsnser shall within two days thereafter
publish fhe same in the official paper separate
from The Journal, during ten days, in the same
maufersas the acts Of the General Assembly are
published.
SEe 81 Within4thirty days after the final at3iouru
znent ns tlle Convention, the Printer shall finish
y and seliser To The Secretary of State 1000 copies
0f the Ordinances and Journal of the Convention
printed n book form, on good strong book printing
4 paper tse ordinances in long primer type, solid,
cacsl page fifty seven lines long, including running
line under it and foot line, and thirty
Width, and the jonrnal, made up from the
/ 5oaTnal as published in the newspaper in ninion
ype. solid, the pages to be eghfy-one lines in
@ leng thu nnlUdn running title, white line under it,
and fa0f line the book to be covered and stitched
It'd tle sssae manner as the statutes of the State
Fec. Il Immediately after receiving such books
the Secretary of State shall forward one COPY to
each of tle clerks of the District Courts in the
State he preserved in their offices for the use of
te GaslSfss one copy to each of the Recorders Of
Parishes. one copy 10 each of the Police Jnries 81
&he State, four copies to each of the members of
the Gons senton, and the remainder, if any he shall
siepOslti Ia the Office Of the State Librarian
SEc- s. Within thirty days after the adjournment
ot tls convention, die the Secretary shall de-
YeT t9 Secretary of State ali the enrolled Or
ainaneas Of the ConE enion, as well as the manu-.
script Journal, and all the papers and documents
in his possession, which the latter officer shall care
anlly Keep and preserve, and upon which he shall |
endorse alie day- month and year Of fling in his
grant certified copies in the same rnanfaer he is
authorized to do relative to the State Statutes
and other iiicial papers in his office.
@ lr. iltins0n called np d resolution offered by
him vinns day. relative TO tile admission Of
States iata the Confederacy to be formed of the
seeding States, which resolution was made the
special psaer " tile day for Saturday next.
Mrs Dorsey then called up resolution reyfousIy
offered 81 relative to mileage Of the delegates
from Baton Rouge to NeW Orleans, which reads
As fellows:
aaesosgsa, hat no add tional mileage be allowed
~ members of this Cony ention in coming from
Baton Rouge " the city Of New Orleans.
siis Davidson, Of Sabine. moved to amend the
above resolution by striking out the word stno. Z,
and the result Of n call for the yeas and nays bg
MI. Dorsey, on this motion, was az follows:
The yeas were Measrs Bonner, Briscoe. Cald-
well, Cannon, Carr, Cook, Conne1ly, Connor of ST
sealnttlang Davidson Of Livingston, Davidson Of
abine clam, Fuaua, GLADDEN., si i'll, Graves. Grif-
fin, Heron Hough, ollingswortf Kennedy, Kidd,
Lagroue Le Bourgeois, Lewis of Claiborne, Marks
of Gaddo, McG ollom, McNeely, Meredith, Patter-.
son, Perkins pf Laf6Hrehe, pierson=of Winn Pope /
Scott of Claiborne, Scott Of East Feliciana, Sem.
mes, SlaWson, Smart, Stocker, Swayze, Tappan, !
Talbot TaafeTro Thoinasson, Todd, To wIes, VAL
antine, Warren, Williams Of East Baton Ronge y
and Wi sd. 4
The nays we're Massrs. Anderson, Barrow Ber 7
nudez, Bonford, Bntler, Conner Of Coneordia. Da +
Blame dorsey, Dufsl, Dupre, Elgee, Estlin, Fu. o
elier, Iardage, Girard, Gray, Hernandez, HODGES 8
Labatat, Manning, Marks Oh Orleans, Martin of !
Aasunp Martin Of Carroll, Magee, Mseloskeg.
ailler, Moore. Olivier PeIaberton, PIKE. tt
Richardson, Romarl. Roselius Rozier; Smith. som 8
'ayFac aylor of ST. Charles, Taylor of
I. Landry Iexada, Tucker, Verret, Walker ana d
z Filiiafns ofs ST Helena 46. b
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n eas 80 81
46 ts
The amendment was consequently adopted. = =
sir DeB Blanc offered the following as an amend D,
nent to III. Dorsey resolution Of
Uhless bs That diournTient the members claim g
ag aslaonal mileage had to travel greater ais Il,
snce thanthey would have had to do had the Sos ~
ion Of the Convention been held at Ration Roape ~ ~
Heron offered the following, as substitute ke
" t6e original resolution and the amendment,
liich was adopted sii
l1esoltea. That mileage be allowed and paid to wi
leinbeFs @ oI this Convention for the additional 4
es nave 40 travel In consequence of the ad. e
s from Baton Rouge to New Orleans. II
then called sup tie following ordinance u !.
rcyiousiy offered BY him: Il,
ss y tofddiaed, That this Convention is unalter S
oiy Oppressed to any further amendments of the tb1
ostitutlon ~ te State of Louisiana Nv tlis Con III
ofnmittee ON Consultation. - - #=.'1e
Mr.: Olivier F,o.ad 4, sia, tto for
biz. wieI, IN carrie, tha rast g u 'he ce
u s' - 'AA5 0sl'ss ~ Ioi9Ws: ne
y ss sas saslsssrs. ANDERSON barrow, Bermudez, ad