New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-03-15

An act to legalize contract between Mrs N. o
Boone and Elizabeth Callihan in regard to the ferry
at Simmespors;
| Which bill underwent its several readings, ii
passed and the Secretary wassdirected to request
the concurrence Of the House therein.
1 Mr.. Mohan--
Joint resolution proposing amendments to the
/ Constitution Of the State Of Louisiana;
| which underwent its first and second readings
BY its title and on motion of Mr.. Duvigneaud, the
| same was ordered to be referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary.
HOUSE BILL REFERRED.
| On motion of Mr.. Newton of Morehouse, tn,
rules were suspended and the Senate proceeded t,
the consideration of House bill entitled an act t
legitimate Georgana Dease, natural child of Georg
Marshall Gordon and Sarah Jane Dease, and t
confer on her the rights of forced heir whic
underwent its first and second readings by its title
when on motion of Mr.. Burthe, the further cor
sideration of the bill was postponed, and it wa
ordered to be referred to the Committee on tn
Judiciary.
On motion of MIR. Brownlee, the rules were sus
pended, and the Senate proceeded to the consider
alton of House bill entitled an act for the relic
| Of James NJ. Pinnegar and John Mclean" whcl
uuuOl ito Hloe auu sCSOHu W
and was ordered to be referred to the Committee
on Claims.
On motion of Mr.. Kenner, the rules were sus-
pended, and the Senate proceeded to the consider
alton Of House bill entitled an act making appro-
priatons for the general expenses of the State Tor
the year ending the 3lst day Of December, 1885,
which underwent its first and second readings ny
its title and it was ordered to be referred to the
Committee on Finance.
| Onmotion ofMr. Lott the rules were suspended
and the Senate proceeded to the consideration of
/ House bill entitled
An act supplemental to an act entitled an act to
4 regulate the sale of property seized under an
order of seizure and sale or writ of Jfe,i facias,
approved March ?, 1856;
which bill underwent its first aud second reading
BY its title, and it ordered to be referred to
| the Committee on the judiciary.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the IN.
finished business of yesterday, being Senate's
joint resolution proposing amendments to the Con
stitution Of the State Of Louisiana.
The pending question being the adoption of Mr.
Ellis substitute for title 10Th Of the original join,
resolution,
by inserting in the eighth line before the WORD
Constitution the words Constitution of this
State or the.n
And the substitute offered by Mr. Ellis was
adopted in lieu and place of the original title 18th
Mr.. Mnnday moved to reconsider the vote on the
adoption of the enacting clause of the joint reso-
luton.
The reconsideration being granted, on motion Of
the same Senator, the same was amended by in
sorting in the eighth line, after the word Const
tuition, Y the following words, to wit: And shall
be submitted to the people at the election for dis
trct and parish officers, to be held on the first Mon
day of May next, in the manner and form as pre-,
scribed by the Constitution
On motion Of the same Senator, the second arti.
Gle Of the joint resolution was stricken out.
Mr.. Ellis offered the. following as substitute fol-
article one
ARTICLE /. The judges of the Supreme Court
shall be elected for the term of ten years. in the
following manner: The chief justice shall BIZ
elected by the qualified electors of the State. The
Legislature shall divide the State into four districts
and the qualified electors of each district shall cleo
| one associate justice. The judges of the severa
inferior courts shall be elected by the duly quail
fed voters Of their respective Districts for thu
| term of eight years. It shall be the duty of til,
legislature to fix the time for holding the elections
for all judges at a time which shall be different
from that fixed for all other elections.
Mr.. DuMgneaud moved to lay Mr.. Ellis substi
tute on the table, and upon that motion Mr.. Kava-
nagh called for the yeas and nays, they were or
dered, and being taken, resulted as follows, viz:
Yeas-Messrs. Bell, Brownlee, Brusle, Burthe,
Campbell, Duyigneaud, Gordon, Hough, Kenner,
Lapeyre, Munday, Newton of jackson, Newton of
Morehouse, Palfrey, Taylor and Wilcoxon--16
Senators.
Nays Messrs. Armstrong, Barrow, Coco,
Cooley, Ellis. Fellowes, Gibson, Kavanagh, Lott,
NOLAN, Nelson, Pochs, Purcell and scruggs-l4
Senators.
So Mr.. Ellis, substitute was ordered to lie on
the table.
On motion Of Mr.. Palfrey, the further consid-
Grafton of these joint resolutions was postponed,
and the same were ordered to be recommitted to
the Committee on the Judiciary.
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY. aE W.
This being the day set apart for the considera.
ton Of Senate bill entitled an act to amend an act
entitled "an act to organize free public schools
in the State of Louisiana approved March Is
1855; the same was taken up.
SEcTIoNl. Be 1t enacted BY the Senate and
House Of Representatives. ofthe State of Louis
dana, IN General Assembly concerned That the
second section of the above entitled act, which
reads as follows, to-wit: That for this purpose
there shall be annually levied upon the az
vdlorens amount Of taxable property in each
parish, one mill on the dollar which shall be col
lected by the collectors Of State taxes, in the
same manner as other State taxes are levied and
collected,' be so amended and re enacted as to
read as follows, to-wit: The police jures of the
parishes of the State are hereby authorized
to establish free public schools in their respective
parishes, and levy and collect such taxes, and
adopt such rules and regulations not inconsistent
with the laws Of the State, as by them may be
deemed proper for the maintenance and govern
ment Of the same.n
son motion of Mr.. Palfrey, the first section was
amended BY inserting in the fifteenth line after the
| word State, the following words, to-wit: eAnd
| the common council Of the city of New Orleans
as heretofore.n
And the first section was adopted as amended.
Mr.. Poche offered the following additional sec.
ton, to-wit:
Be 1t further enacted, ETC., That all laws and
parts Of laws contrary to the provisions of this
act be and the same are hereby repealed.
On motion of Mr.. Gibson,
Mr.. Poche's additional section was adopted as
the second section of the hill