New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-02-19

WAS taken up out Oh order under suspension 0
> the rules, and referred to the Committee on til
II Judiciary.
1 BILLS INTRODUCED.
III The following bills were introduced, and on i
suspension Of the rules were read twice, and re
v ferred as follows
N By Mr.. Montgomery
An act for the relief Of J. D. Lott;
To the Committee on Claims.
p By Mr.. Harrison s \. St
= An act for the protection Of the alluyial land
on Bayou Macon and Bouf river;
~ the Committee On Public Works, Lands ami
Levees.
BY MI. a. Phillips
An act to amend articles two thousand two hun
dred and sixty and two thousand two hundred ant
of the civil code, to repeal parts Of those
articles, and enlarge the admissibility Of evidence
Il in civil causes
To the Committee On the Judiciary.
By Mr.. Mcconnell
An act concerning the master and iwardens u,
u New Orleans; ls'sg
y the Committee On Commerce and Manufac
I lures.
II BY Mr.. Freret-
An act to define the duties and fix the oompen.
a sation Of State tax collectors; as
4 10 the Committee on Finance.
\ BILLS INTRODUCED AND PASSED.
Mr. Walker introduced bill entitled @ 2
Joint resolution to receive papers from the late
/ Surveyor General 5S
\ And, On D suspension Of the rules the bill un-
derwent its several readings and was passed.
On motion Of Mr.. Walker, Senate bill entitled
An act 70 abrogate the Offices of Surveyor Gen
eral and Receiver and Register Of the Branch Land
IOfice at Winnsborough;
Was taken up out of order, read d second and
third time, and concurred in.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE. 8
IA message was received from the Senate
through 2. Arroyo, Esq, its Assistant Secretary,
asking the concurrence Of the House in Senate
bills entitled @3st IN 8
~ An act relative to the publication Of legal and
Judicial advertisements in the parish of Orleans;
An act relative to the publication Of judicial ad-
vertisements in the French language
And announcing that the Senate had concurred |
in House amendments to Senate bill entitled
An act to ratlfy and confirm the appointment Of
levee commissioners. Professionally made BY the
Governor Of the State, and to continue their func-
tons. % ss5 gs's;
And asking the signature Of the Speaker to SEN
BITE enrolled bills ent tied
An act to amend and enact the fifth section
of an act relative to suretes, approved March Is,
1855. # MIL.
And an act to ratify and confirm the appoint
nent of levee commissioners, professionally made
1y the Governor, and to continue their functions.
Mr.. Solomon asked and obtained leave to present
,ut Of order, the memorial of Charles Pendleton
Bringier, praying for compensation for recording
papers and preserving records of the Surveyor
Generals office.
The memorial was referred to the special COM
nittee appointed to receive the papers of the late
Surveyor General, Messrs. Walker, solomon and
Labranche being appointed on said committee o.,
HE part of the House. @
1 on motion Of Mr.. Elan, House bill No. las,
An act for the relief Of the taxpayers of the
State
Was taken up; and
On motion Of Mr.. Elan, was amended as follows;
Strike out in the third and fourth lines of the
irst section the words 4 and all municipal taxesD
The bill as amended was engrossed, read a third
lime, passed, and ordered to be sent to the Senate.
a message was received from the Senate,
through Oscar Arroyo, Esq, its Assistant Secre-
ary, asking the concurrence Of the House in Sen
lite bill, entitled
An act for the election of parish and district OIL
GERS throughout the State;
i Which bill had passed in both Houses of the
General Assembly, had been submitted to his Ex-
cellency the Governor, had been returned to the
Senate without his approval with message con
tanning His objections to the BILL had been passed
by the Senate by constitutional majority of two.
thirds Of all the members elected to that body not
the disapproval of the Governor, and
was now submitted to the House for concurrence,
accompanied with the Governors veto message.
The bill was taken up, read by its title, and the
message Of the Governor was read I
BY order of the Speaker and ordered to be spread T
upon the journal of the House, as follows:
STATE OF LOUISIANA, ExEoUTIvE DEPT, |
New Orleans, Feb. l3, 1866. I
10 the Senate 3, IS s5s "a M
return without my signature an act originating |
in your honorable body s to provide for the cleo
ton Of parish and district officers throughout the
State y and which has been presented to me for
my approval. Independent Of the constitutional /
objections. may have. and might urge against the
same, cannot give it my sanction for one cause
alone, and that is, the time allowed for giving
notice Of the election is not sufficient under the
aw. Ks ~; IA ~ 80 Y 5sg
Section twenty nine, Of the act Of 1855 provides,
that il shall be the daty of the Governor, at least
Xix weeks before every general election, to issue
bis proclamation, giving notice thereof ETC." In |
the next section Of the same law, it is stipulated
that notices Of every general election shall be given
at least thirty days before the election BY notices
posted up ateach precinct, etc. 4
y the time herein specified was fixed at period
when postal facilities extended throughout the
STATE and the remotest parishes Of the State could
% than ten days from the seat of gov
ernment. how much more forcibIy the requirements,
of the law applies TO the present condition of af.
fairs when we are almost destitute of mail facili.
ties. 80 far from curtaing the time, think there
are reasons Why II should be Increased in order to
give ample time for the proclamation 10 reach
every part Of the State, and TO give the people an
opportunity to discuss the merits Of candidates
and to act deliberately in the matter.
lSgnedj j. MADISON WELLS.
,s.s Governor Of Louisiana. i