New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-03-02

particular or individual cases, regulating the
changing of names. If the Senator chose, how
ever to press the bill, he did not care about it.
Mr.. Brusle said if the bill was unconstitutional
everybody ought to care about it, and he should
object to it. Eventually the Senator withdrew his
opposition.
The bill was then carried through its various
stages and adopted.
Mr.. Munday presented bill providing for the
payment of the salaries of certain officers, and
making appropriations therefor, which on his mo-
ton was referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr.. Mohan called the order of the day on the
bill relative to public schools in the cities Of New
Orleans and Jefferson. Several amendments were
made to it, and it was carried through its various
stages adopted and sent to the House. 1t re-
quires the common councils to give pro rata OF
the taxation levied for free schools to all schools
in New Orleans in which notless than one hundred,
and in Jefferson in which not less than fifty, white
children are taught gratuitously. Such schools
are recognized as public schools, and declared en-
titled to a pro rata of the school fund. The prin-
cipals or directors o. them are required to make
monthly returns to the mayors of the said cities
and to the State Superintendent of Public Educa-
ton or the State Treasurer, who are to order pay
ment of the appropriations to which they are en-
titled. The said officers are prohibited from ex-
cluding schools on account Of any religion taught
therein, and from passing laws or ordinances con-
f1ieting with any religious tenets. The State and
city superintendents are required to see that the
proportional quarterly distribution of the school
fund is made to such schools.
Mr.. Gordon called up the bill to amend the char
q, n Tha
first called attention to an error in the printed BILL
which made it appear that what was only quota
ton of the Mississippi bill and part of the pre-
amble of this BILL actually part of this bill and
forming sections one and two, and part of the
third of it. The preamble including this quotation
continued to the end of the line marked five the
third section. And the first section of this bill
commenced with the following line marked six.
The Senator strongly supported the measure.
Some 81 900 shares he said, were held BY 1ndlVld-
uals, $4,000 by New Orleans, 64, 900 by the State
of Louisiana. Under the present mode ofmanage-
ment, the Governor of this State and the Mayor Of
New Orleans, being authorized to cast the votes OF
the State !and city, it was thrown into the hands Of
political partizanship. As long ago as 1861 1t was
proposed to amend this as now proposed. The
| measure, therefore, could not be regarded as in
tended to attack any particular mayor or COVER
nor or anybody else. 1t was believed that the bill
would not give any preponderatng influence tt
Mississippi. sG
| Mr., Mohan said he was most decidedly in favo
of taking everything connected with the manage
rnent of this railroad out of the scope of poitica
influence but he was opposed TO the injustice o
this act towards Louisiana. This city own
50 ,OOO. 900 worth of stock in it, and the Stat
81 900, ,O0O while Mississippi owns only $44s 00C
It was not fair to put Louisiana and New Orlean
down to a level with Mississippi, when they wer
so much the larger stockholders He suggeste
that the State of Louisiana should be entitled
six directors, the city of New Orleans to nine, an
Mississippi to three.
Mr.. Lapeyre said that this would give Louisian
the control altogether.
Mr.. scruggs urged the importance of freeing tf
management of the road from political infuenc
and contended that the city and State of Louisiar
ought not to claim more control than they wou
have if this bill were passed.
Mr.. Felowes defended the directory of the raj
road from allegations that they favored MISSISSIPPI
and refused to accommodate Louisianians on tt
line of the road.
Mr.. Foute argued in support of the bill shown
that it would still leave Louisiana eighteen dire
tors, while Mississippi would have but nine.
Mr.. Mohan moved to strike out the enactlr
clause.
On the question being put the motion was neg
tived.
. After some further discussion and motions mat
> and subsequently withdrawn, the bill was carrie
through its various stages adopted and sent to Il
other House.
On motion of Mr.. scruggs, 500 copies of t
= report of the supervisors of the State Seminary
d Alexandria were ordered to be printed.
message was received from the House OF h
e representatives., through Mr. Maxwell, chief clel
e announcing that the House had concurred in t
act providing for the election of parish and distr
J. officers throughout the State on the first Mond
e in May, 1866. ~
O. Then the Senate went into executive session.
II On resuming, the Senate adjourned to tom
row, Friday, March I'd, 1866