New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-01-27


Informed the House that the article il question AZ
low Cd leases to be made orally Or iii writing but
the an endment sought to be repealed BY disallow-
ing parolS eYifence of lease, virtually annuled
verbal lease when brought before q court. The
rules we're a,lsps ,uded and the bill was passed.
| Mr.. McEnery int 'oduced bill for the relief of
n. Ct Carr, for service as District Attorney pro
lem. in the ouachita distsie Referred 70 Commit
tee on Claims. 4
4 IdcEssiNG THE SALE or LOTTERY TICKETS.
| Mr.. Fenner, the rules having been suspended,
called up his bill, reported favorably with amend
ments by the Committee on Charitable Institu-
tons, to license the sale of lottery tickets.
The bill provides that every person, or each
member Of d corporation engaged in the business
Of lottery ticket dealer shall pay annual license
70 the State Of $4,000, or such proportion thereof
as may be rateably due for d fraction Of a year.
That all tickets sold must be signed or stamped
by the State Auditor. Is
That for every violation Of the law fine Of not
less than five hundred dollars nor not more than
one thousand dollars shall be imposed, or the Gull
prit subjected to imprisonment for not less than
SIX months, nor more than two years. or to both
line and Imprisonment, at the discretion of the
court
That under one license the party may have ten
places OF business in the same parish, but sepa-
rate license must be had for another parish.
That any one purchasing an unstamped ticket
shall be subject to fine Of not less than one hun
dred dellars nor than five hundred, or to i'm.
prisonment for period not less than sixty days
nor aFer six months, or to both fine and imprison-
ment. ut the discretion Of the court and,
That Of the revenues derived from this source,
$4,000 shall SO to the Charity Hospital, and what
ever may be in excess Of that sum into the State
treasury.
The bill was on its second reading. p
Mr.. .Fenner remarked that the sale of lottery
tickets was now licensed by the government of the
United States, and the Federal treasury was col
Letting revenue in this city from the business. |
Therefore. the question Of morality need not be
discussed, and under the circumstances he thought
they had better seek for revenue for the State from
the same source.
Mr.. Kent moved to amend the bill by providing
that the revenue thus derived should be divided
between the Charity Hospital the Lunatic Asylum
at jackson and the Deaf and Dumb Asylum at |
Baton Rouge.
Mr. Fenner said the amount assigned to tile |
Charity Hospital by the bill, was, nearly eould
be estimated the sum necessary for the port Of
the institution. He would suggest that whatever
might be collected in of $4,000, should go
to the other institutions, but he trusted abate
ment would be made of the sum designated for
the hospital, for, from personal inquiry, OF the
most authentic sources Of information, he learned
that the patients had been for the last three OF four
years, and were now suffering for want Of neces-
saries owing to the limited resources of the estab
lishme1it.
Mr.. stille was in favor of the bill as reported. !
The Charity Hospital was an institution that had
grown IN VIII. II the State, and was an honorable
monument Of The beneyolence and humanity Of
Louisiana and sho,,id receive a liberal support.
From the information !. had as to the probable
amount Of revenue that y ,ould be received from
this source, he thought there would be excess
over the fifty thousand dollars, which excess
would afford liberal appropriations 70 other IN
situations.
Mr.. Murray, chairman Of the committee, by
whom the bill was reported, said the measure MAD
been freely discussed by the committees OF both
Houses in joint session, and it was belle, ed these
licenses would yield to the State from s12b 900 TO
$4,000. The committees were unanimous IN the
opinion that the Charity Hospital should have the
sum specified but there would be no objection t.
! liberal share Of the surplus going to other in
'titutions
Mr.. Kent recognized the nobility of that hos
,ital charity, and its great claims but it was
he duty of the House to regard also the value of
,ther charities and their claims. Notwithstanding
he sanguine expectations Of gentlemen, it was
possible the revenue might not exceed the appro-
riation to the hospital, and it would scarcely be
light to give all to that institution. -5
d - 1
sanctioned and encouraged an immoral and in
urious practiee-that of gambling. sos =
Mr.. Mckelvey observed that it was already ,
censed by the United States.
MFR. Bensel suggested that all the laws hitherto
assed to suppress the sale of lottery tickets in
his State had proved of no avail, and he did not
ee why the State should not secure a revenue
rom the traffic. ss
Mr.. Lagroue was in favor of the bill, and to
ONE to a.conclusion moved to lay the amendment
n the table, and the motion prevailed. 4fss
Mr.. Kent then moved to amend so that all in excess
( $4,000 should go to the institutions designated
his previous amendment, provided neither should
eceiye over 100000 a year from that source, and
nat if there should be an excess over these appro-
riations, the balance should constitute chart
able fund, subject to appropriation.
Mr.. Lagroue proposed that the excess over the
to the Charity Hospital should be
ivded among all the charitable institutions of the
tate. a{.xs5
Mr. Seaman was opposed to all these amend
rents. They would provoke jealousies and bick-
rings which would leopard the passage Of the
i'll.
Mr.. Waggaman thought the objection might be
byiated by providing that all the revenue should
onstitute a charitable fund, to be distributed an
ually by appropriation according to the wants of
lie institutions and the sum to be distributed
After some further discussion, Mr.. Lagroue
tithdrew bis amendment
Mr.. Mcconnell was, upon principle, adverse to
galizing this vice, which he regarded the twin
ster Of gambling. Nor were his opinions modi- 50
ed by the fact that Northern Congress had
snctioned the practice, for he did not regard that
ongress as qualified to be exemplars to the :
outh But as the committees of both Houses re-
arded the measure as necessary for the mainte-
ince Of the Charity Hospital, he would offer no
oposition. That was as far as he could go. He
ought, however, this whole fund might properly
placed in the hands Of the Board created at the
stra session, for the distribution of an appropria
On for MANNED and crippled soldiers, and the
idows and orphans of deceased soldiers, and he