New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-08-19
WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 49, 1858

The question being on adopting the re-
port of the committee and laying the afids-
Wit upon the table
Mr.. O'Hars called for division Of the
| question.
The report of the committee was adopted.
The motion to lay the AFFIDAVIT upon the
table was lost:
Yeas 10; nays H.
On motion of Mr.. Campbell the affidavit
was referred to the Committee On the Judi
| ciary.
MIR. Ray, from the Committee on Internal
Improvements, reported progress.
Mr.. Campbell, from the Committee on
Corporations and ParochaI Affairs, reported
faYorably upon Senate bill No. los, bill fol
the relief of the poor and INDECENT of the
State of Louisiana.
Mr.. Packard from the Special Committee
On the New Orleans Slaughterhouse Com
pany bill, Senate bill No, 121, reported favor
ably.
Mr. Todd asked that this ttll might lie
upon the table until he had time t. nak;
minority report.
The Chair; 1t lies Upon th- table until
Friday next, being q local bill.
NOTIONS.
Mr.. Braughn. have in ny haLds mes
mortal from charitable Institution. pre-
sumo that under the head Of motions it IS il
IN order.
The memorial was read By its title. being
the report of the Board of Directors of St.
| Vincent and st. Thomas for destitute Cath
Ollie boys, and memorial to the honorable
President aud Senate Of the State of Louisi'
| ana.
On motion of Mr.. Brsughn the report and
memorial were received, and referred to the
Committee on Charitable Institutions.
SPECIAL ORDER OF TIE DAY.
Senate bill No. S. an act to define and
regulate the costs of the Clerks, sherifs,
Recorders, and Notaries Public throughout
the State OF Louisiana, and provide forfeit
ures and penalties for their overcharging aud
failing to perform their duties, and the mode
of collecting their fees, was taken up.
On motion of Nj. Ray the bill was read
section by section.
Mr. Ray said this bill was reduction of
| the former fee bills of these officers. It's aim
is to give these officers fair ard just COM
pensation for their services, aud 10 more.
Upon the reading Of the ayst section Mr.,
Ray moved its adoption.
Pending this motion, HI. Jewell called
attention to line 9S, glyins bDt ten cents
for every hundred words, and thought il
would be an insufficient compensation al
the present time.
NJ. Ray: I think It is ehe sa-45 SIS in the
old fee bill.
Mr. Jewell: These officers noT charge
twenty-five cents.
Mr. Ray; The old fee ill provides tel
cents.
Mr. Jewell: In another place for issuing
certificates to witnesses it gives ten cents
The blanks alone will cost that. My atten
by several OF the Clerks Of the Courts G
New Orleans, and they tell me it would b
impossible to get this writing done for lei
: cents hundred words.
MIR, Ray: Ten cents is quite an ample
charge. In other respects the fees ar
= large.
e Mr., JEWELL Ny object is to have thes
10 ,a-.,-l 49,, - .r,i- III,
i prohibiting any further charges than
= authorizes. AS the bill now stands, thes
: officers will be constantly over charging
whereas if we should say fifteen cents, Q
= twenty cents, this would be avoided,
If we say fifteen cents or twenty cent
they will not be SO likely to charge NOR
G than the legal rates, The reduction in tn
!, value of the currency, also makes grea
= difference
!, Mr. Ray: The charge ior Issuing sui
! poenas to witnesses under the old bill wa
: fifteen cents, under this bill it is ten cents
u the fees amount to large sum where the1
are many witnesses summoned 40 nc
. think the reduction IS greater than ,exper
ence will justify. 1t will be remembers
> that in the discussion on former Dill N
: general opinion was that the fees Wel
enormous. Mr.. Bacon remarked that b
had practiced law IN different States, an
: that the fees were go much higher hel
= than in any other State, that he though
they would bear great reduction. thin
!. the reduction has been made at an averag
u of about onethird.
e Mr.. Ray moved the adoption Of the FIR
y section.
y Adopted.
:, Section TWO was read,
e Mr. Ray; IL VIII De perceived that thel
e has been very little reduction IN tne Snefiu
n fee-blil, but 1t has peen 50 graduated as
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