New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-03-19

An act to provide for the payment Of the lnieF-
est due on the bonds of the State OF LOUISIANA;
To the Committee on Finance.
By Mr.. williamson
Joint resolution in regard to deepening the
Passes of the Mississippi River, and of preserving
a depth of eighteen feet therein;
To the Committee on Commerce and Manufac-
lures. |
STATE OF LOUISIANA. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, |
New Orleans, March II, 1856. |
To the Speaker of the Houseof Representatives:
am instructed by His Excellency the Governor
to inform the House of Representatives that he has
approved and signed
An act to extend the limits of the corporation OF
Donaldsonye;
Joint resolution relative to the tax on gross sales
and receipts;
An act granting to NJ. McDavitt Of Saint Landry,
and L. NJ Coreil of Point Coupee, the right OF
keeping ferry across the Atchafalaya River, at
Centre Point, near the mouth Of Bayou Rouge, on
the road leading from Morganza in Point Coupee
to Opelousas in Saint Landry.
N. G. SNETHEN,
Private Secretary.
The following invitation was read:
NEW ORLEANS, March a. 1865.
To the Hon Sneaker and State of Louis
lana:
| The Faculty of the New Orleans School of Medi-
cine most respectfully invite your honorable body
to attend their graduation exercises at the ODD
Fellows Hall, on Friday, the 10th inst, at Il
o'clock n.
Very respectfully, your obeaient servant,
E. D. FENNER, N. D.
Dean of the Faculty.
The invitation was accepted, and the thanks OF
the House were rendered for the same.
The communication received yesterday from
Messrs. Kendall, Holbrook Co. was referred to
the Committee on Contingent Expenses.
Mr.. DeLabarre, chairman of the Committee on
Enrolment reported correctly enrolled, Prev
ously reported as concurred in by the Senate,
An act to authorize the recorder of mortgages
of the parish of Orleans to erase mortgages re-
sulting from the recording of bonds of notarles
public in said parish, and the enrolled bill was
signed by the Speaker and reported from the
Senate as signed by the President OF the Senate.
SENATE MESSAGES.
Messages from the Senate, borne by its As
sistant Secretary, O. Arroyo ESQ, were received
asking the concurrence of the House in fou
Senate bills entitled
l. An act to amend the second paragraph of tn
first section of "an act fixing the terms 0
s the district courts" approved March ., 1865
: .. An act limiting the power of taxation OF mt
nicipal corporations.
:. 8. Joint resolution proposing amendments
the Constitution of the State of Louisiana.
a. An act to authorize the Auditor and Treasure
l. to employ each an additional clerk.
Also requesting the signature OF the Speaker
J., Senate enrolled bill entitled
e An act to amend the second section OF an act
amend the act entitled " an act for the oTganlz
ton and government of the State Seminary
X, Learning established near Alexandria, approve
March IS, 1858, etc.
Also announcing that the Senate had concur
= in House bills entitled:
Vi An act to provide for the protection of INN
grants to the State of Louisiana, with amen
r rnents;
OF An act making appropriations for the gene
's expenses of the State for the year ending 3lst
December, 1SG6-with amendments;
An act for the relief of J. D. Lott;
ze An act founding a soldiers house for disab
hu soldiers of Louisiana;
re, And an act for the relief of the heirs and lie
u.s. representatives of BENJAMIN Ray, deceased.
me On motion of Mr.. Walker, the order OF the
being called for, House bill No. 70.
m An act to raise a revenue to the State by me-
a. of stamps and stamped paper, etc.
the The House resolved itself into the committee
the whole, for the consideration of the BILL
One Fenner in the Chair.
Upon rising, the committee reported to
'ia House, through the chairman, that they mad
the the bill under consideration, and recommended
The massage of the bill with amendments of the CT
nittee.
In the eleventh line of the first section inS
yor "one, )" in lieu of " hve' and after the word "
ap- posited,n in the thirteenth line, the followi
IN " With the Auditor of the State, who is hereby
1ey thorized and directed, under the control OF
de- Governor, to have the necessary dies and stat
by manufactured, engraved or printed, Tor the
the pose of carrying out the provisions OF this
lied that he shall stamp, number and register the
an stamps, keeping an accurate record thereof;
ier the Auditor shall be the depository of said stan
rim and shall, from time to time, whenever requl
has pay out to the Treasurer taking his receipt tn
S6o' for, such amounts of the stamps issued unoer
'ble act as may be required by the said Treasurer
shall sell said stamps for current funds OF
that United States;' and the words after the v
r as deposited" in the thirteenth line, stricken
em ''That no deed, instrument, document, "rliln
lana papers required by law to be stamped, which
). Z. been signed or issued without being duly stan
able or with deficient stamp, nor any copy thel
and shall be recorded or admitted or used as eyld
dred in any court until legal stamp or stamps, dc
}rin- ing the amount of duty, shall have been all
and thereto and the date when the same is so use
g of affixed with his initials, shall have been pi
the thereon by the person using or a1iXlng the sa
S OF and the person desiring to use or record any
rent deed, instrument document, writing or pap
evidence his agent attorney is authorlz
the presence of the court Auditor or rect
&C. respectively, to affix the stamp Or stamps the
be required"
Strike out all of the sixth section and inse
ed a lieu thereof the following:
"SEC G. Be ii enacted, ETC, That the Trea
shall, each and every day. Sundays excepted
read fore O'Clock P. NJ, pay over TO the fiscal i
,e on of the State the money received during the
for the sale of the stamps issued under this
and shall also, before o'clock A. d., each
lnder every day, Sundays excepted, furnish It
time Auditor detailed statement Of the amou
stamps sold and supplied under this act; a
the manner of which the proceeds of the
e not have been disposed and upon ftiiure OF m
q the saiJ payment or return, the said Treasurer
and be liable to a penalty Of not less that fifty d
and not over two hundred dollars for eact
hers every time he shall fail neglect to make
tinted navment or returns, or neither of them.
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