New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-02-09

constitute quorum to do business; provided
however, that in those parishes partly allavis
land. no person shall have The right to vote, or b
a commissioner unless he is owner of ailuvial Ian
in the parish where he offers to vote. II 7.s
And was thereapon amended by striking ont th
proviso beginning on the thirteenth line, and til
4 section thus amended was On motion adopted.
4 The third section which reads as follows, wa
taken up:
That the commissioners mentioned IN tile secon
section Of this act shall be elected every two
at the time and places at which representatives
the Genera Assembly are elected. and by tt
voters within each parish Of each respective di
trict entitled to vote for said representatives 1
the General Assembly. And said election shall b
presided over by the judges Of State elections
And the said commissioners shall continue in offic
until their successors are duly elected and quail
fed; provided, however, that the first electio
| under this act shall be held on the second Monda
Of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-six by th
judges reflections authorized to hold the genert
elections and that not less than fifteen days nj
/ tice of said election be given in the manner II
CURED by law for other elections, by the sheriff
of the different parishes.
a And on motion of Mr.. Palfrey, the said sectio
was amended BY striking ont thefeffonn, after TIL
/ word voters, = in the. seventh line, the word
within each parish Of each respective distric
entitled to vote for said representatives to thy
General Assembly, y and inserting in lieu Thereof
the words residing within the alinyial portion Of
each parish 81 tile district entitled to vote for rep
resentatiyes totle, General assembly from such
parish and the section thus amended was
| adopted. 3se .5, 81 l
The fourth, 9th. sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth,
tenth and eleventh sections, were read seriatim,
and adopted without arnendn ent.
on motion Of Mr.. Palfreys the twelfth section,
which reads as follows, to- wit :ss7s
That to deffay the expenses to be incurred uni
der tile provisions of this vet including the pay Of
said commissioners and other officers of said inter
nal Improvement district, and Vie works ordered
70 be made and contracted for as aforesaid to pro-
vide the means Of paying for the making and re-
pairing of the levees under the contracts made by
them, the said Board Of Commissioners shall be
authorized to layon the alluvial lands, subject to
taxation id said district, annual tax not to ex-
iceed fifteen cents on every superficial acre, and
~ Al other property, real Or personal, an ad va
loren tax not to exceed fifth Of one per cent.
and to levy = poll tax Of one dollar annually on
each male ihhabitant Of the alluvial land in said
district, over The age Of tyentyrone years; "
4 Was amended BY inserting il the sixteenth line.
after The word Z personal 4 the words upon which
The State collects d tax, and the section thus
amended was. on motion, adopted.
The 18th, 18th, 18th, 10th. 18th, 18th, 18th, Goth
list 22d and Esd sections we're read seriatim, and
ldopted without amendment.
On the motion of Mr.. Palfrey for the adoption
If the bill as amended Mr.. Newton, Of Morehouse,
called for the yeas and nays, which resulted as fol-
ows: w ssyssS.s; 5 9, J, ~ NJ NJ v,
Yeas -Messrs. Barrow, Brusle, Cooley, Duvig-
neaud, Egan, Fellowes, Gibson. Kayanaugh,
Kenner, Lott, Mohan, Nelson, Palfrey. Poche,
Purcell, Scruggs, Taylor, WEIGH and Wilcoxon-
% Senators. l@ea aels3
y Nays Messrs. 4 Anderson, sBurthe, Campbell
Coco, Hongh and Newton Of Warehouses; sena.
sorsssaf s5 9gI sys 81 58f5a ssisfss sr ~
The said bill was consequently adopted as
lmended. 4s III assa 4aa s6s tssys s4s EF4 s4t4
Mr.. Foute moved reconsideration of the vote
adopting the said bill as amended, and his motion
having prevailed,
MFR. WEIGH moved to amend the 2lst section Of
said bill, which reads as follows, towit:
That the members Of said Board Of Commission
ers shall themselves fix the compensation for their
services, to be paid out Of the funds Of their
Treasury,
BY striking out after the word commissioners, E
II the third line, the words, shall themselves fix
he compensation for their services, and insert
ng ia lieu thereof the words t.shall receive for
Compensation for their services SIX dollars per day
or each day Of actual attendance On said Board, |
nd mileage at fifteen cents mile II
Which amendment was adopted, and, on motion
I Nh. Palfrey, the section was adopted as
mended. " y Y = "a ~ y s-s4 iss
On motion Of Mr.. Palfrey, the first section of the
i'll was amended by striking out therefrom the \
.ords " and other lands subject to innndation, !,
hich had been previously inserted as an amend
ent by Mr.. Duvigneaud. +
And, on motion of the same Senator, the bill |,
as adopted Az amended. 4s3 ~ @a1eFEg gsf il
On motion of Mr.. Mohan, the Senate adjourned
ntil tomorrow at II o'clock N.
8ss HENRY B. KELLY,
Secretary of the Senate.
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