New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-12
Netu Oxleans Dailp Gtesttnt.
- II It ICIAL u o u r. N A l.
OF The
CONVENTION or THE STATE Of LOUISIANA.
FRIDAY, Feb. s, 1861.

hl[er prayer ny lle lteV. y. HlDynluRDJ Inc rOl
was called and sG delegates answered to the
I names.
j Pending the reading of the journal, Mfr. Poll
sMoved to dispense with the further reading of The
Yaau,e, which motion was lost, and the reading wa:
3 tsnished, and the journal approved.
z The President then presented communication
of the Custom-house Collector, Mr. Hatch, relative
to the lighthouses within this State, which com
munication was referred to the Committee on Com
merce and Navigation.
Mr.. Marks, of Orleans, introduced resolution in
structng the Committee on Postal Affairs to in
qure into the management Of the Postoffice al
New Orleans, and report thereon to the Conven,
ton, which resolution was, on motion of the same
delegate, referred to the Committee on Postal
Affairs.
Mr. Lawrence offered the following resolution
which was referred to the Committee on Contingent
Expenses
Resolved, That the Committee on Contingent
Expenses be instructed to report to the Convention
an ordinance providing for the payment of the Off
& GERS of this Convention.
Mr.. Davidson, of Sabine, offered a resolution re-
latiVe to the compensation of Mr. Bloomfield, Post
master to- the Convention at Baton Rouge, which
\ resolution on motion of the same gentleman, was
{ referred to the Committee on Contingent Expenses.
Mr.. Bonner offered the following resolution,
4 which was adopted:
s ResoEped, That the Secretary Of this Convention
beand he is hereby instructed to forward, forth
with, to the office of Secretary of State, copy OF
4 tho ordinance containing the oath to be taken by
all officers of this State, and copy Of the ordi-
nance altering article l26, of the State Constitu-
ton.
i Mr. Texada introduced resolution instructing
*he Committee on Finance to report what compen-
zion should be allowed to the Commissioner to
rrav as, which resolution was referred to the said
comAn'Ltee,
. Mr Michel presented q resolution authorizing
4ha payment Of certain sums of money TO Captain
1as Davis, out of the public revenues of thr Uni
tod States prior to the 3lst January, 1861, which
raso ntion was referred to the Committee on Fin
ancA
Str. Cottman offered resolution authorizing The
Committee on Postal Affairs to employ sufficient
number of clerks to enable them to report by
tuesday next, which resolution, on motion Of Mr..
Walker, was laid on the table.
Mr. Johnston introduced resolution instructing
the Committee on Commerce to report as to the
proprety of modifying certain revenue laws, which
resolution was referred to the Committee on Com.
mere.
Mr. Bonford then called up the unfinished bust.
nessof yesterday, it being the ordinance relative
to tie Circuit and District Courts of the late United
States, and moved the adoption of the End section,
when
Mr.. Semmes offered the following as o substitute
to The ordinance, which, on motion of Mr. De Blanc,
waslaid on the table:
AN ORDINANCE concerning Judicial Powers.
We, the people of the State Of Louisiana, in Con-
Venton assembled, do declare and ordain, and it
is hereby declared and ordained:
That the judicial powers heretofore delegated
by this State so as to form part of the judicial
power of the United States, having reverted to
this State, shall be exercised by such courts as the
General Assembly may direct.
2. That execution on all DEGREES and judgments
rendered in the several Courts of this State. from
which writ of error or appeal would lie to the
Supreme Court of the United States under the laws
Of the United States, in force prior to the passage
of the ordinance of secession, shall be stayed until
some provision for appeal or writ of error shall
be made by the General Assembly Of this State or
other lawful authority.
Mr. Rozier moved to postpone the further con-
sderation of the ordinance until the 5th March
next which, on motion of Mr.. DeBlanc, was laid
on the table.
On motion of Mr.. Bonford, the I'd section was
then adopted. The Sd section was read, and, on
motion, adopted. The 4th section was read and
also adopted.
The 5th section being taken up, Mr.. O'Bryan
proposed to amend it by striking out of the 18th
line the words cast therein" which amendment
was accepted by the chairman, and the section, as
amended, was adopted.
MIR. Miles offered the following as an additional
section:
That citizens of such States as have violated the
Constitution of the late United States of America,
by enacng personal liberty bills, or laws nullify-
ing or impeding the execution OF the fugitive slave
law. shall not be authorized to institute or prose-
cute suits in either of the courts named in this
ordinance.
On motion of Mr.. Lawrence, the proposed ad-
ditonal section was laid on the tabe-the result of
q call of Mr. Miles for the yeas and nays being as
follows:
3Ine yeas were Messrs. Bermudez, Bienvenu,
8onford Bonner, Brscoe, Burton, Bush, Batter,
Caldwell, Carr, Cook, Conner Of Concorda, David
son of Livingston Davidson of Sabine, DeBlanc,
Dufel, Elan, Elgee, Estlin, Fuseer, Fuqua, Gar
dere, GLADDEN., Girard, Griffin, Hernandez, Heron
Hough, Hodge, Hongsworth, Kidd Labatut
Lawrence, Lagroue, LeBourgeois, Lewis of Cla
borne, Lewis of Orleans Manning Martin of AS
sumption, Martin of Carroll, McClosky, McCollom
Mcfarland, Melaneon, Meredith, Norton, Olivier
Patterson, Perkins of Lafourche, Perkins Of
Orleans, Pemberton, Pierson Of Natchtoches
Pierson of Vim, Pike, Polk, Richardson, Roman
Roselius, Scott of Claiborne, Smith, Smart, Som
payrac, Stocker, Taliaferro, Taylor of st. Charles
Taylor of St. Landry, Texada, Thomasson, Todd
Tucker, Verret Walker, Williams of East Baton
Rouge, Wilkinson, Wilt, York-75.
The nays were Messrs. Dorsey, DuprG, Garrett
Gill, Gray, Graves Johnston, Marks of Caddo
Marks of Orleans, McNeely, Miles, Michel, Miller
O'Bryan, Peck, Scott of East Feliciana, Semmes
Stewart, swayze, Tappan, Towles and Valentine
30.
Yeas rs; nays, o.
Mr.. Semmes moved that the following be adopted
as an additional section to the ordinance which
motion was carried:
SEC G. That all suits and actions pending in The
said Circuit or District Courts, or in any Court
this State, heretofore instituted by the United
States shall be carried on and prosecuted in thu
name and for the benefit of the State of Louisiana
and all DEGREES and judgments, heretofore rendered
in said Court in favor Of the United States shall be
executed and enforced in the name and for the
benefit Of this State.
Mr.. Michel offered the following as an additional
section to the original ordinance
SEC I. Resogeed That the clerk or clerks to be
nance, shall he authorized to cause suitable sea
or seals to be made for the use of said court OF
courts full description whereof shall be recorded
in the office of the Secretary of State.
Mr.. Egee moved to lay the amendment on the