The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-01-07
TnEREcoSsTHUCTIos CONVENTION.
THIRTY SECOND DAY.

ferro presiding; seventy three deleg ASS present
Prayer was offered by Mr.. Josiah tiske.
Blackburn, of Claiborne, offered the following,
AN ORDINANCE Relative to Warrants issued ~ this Con-
vention TO Defray the Expenses thereof, etc.
SECTION /. BE ordained, That all warrants
issued for defrsyng the expenses OF this conven.
ton shall bear eight per cent interest per AMMAN
from date of the cOnveniDg of this convention
until paid or received By the State treasurer for
State dues; and said warrants shall be received
by ell sheriffs and State tax collectors 10 payment
for all dues TO the State for taxes aud licenses;
and the State treasurer shall receive them from
said sherfs and tax collectors as well as for the
sales of public lands.
treasurer be, and he is hereby prohibited from re
ceviDg for State dues, taxes or licenses, others
than those issued by this convention.
FEC. g. BE further ordained, That the state
auditor be- and he is hereby directed to notify all
sheriff. and tax collectors Of the passage OF this
ordinance, and direct their compliance Herewith.
The rules having been suspended, the ordinance
came up for discussion.
Cooley, Of Point Coup6e, opposed its adoption,
Oh the ground that it opened the way to swind-
ling and rsseality." He used the words adyisedly,
he said.
Crane favored the ordinance with a slight
amendment, inserting the words municipal and
parish " also, the insertion OF the word may"
for "sLall."
Judge Cooley offered a substitute providing for
the payment by tax collectors and sherifs to the
State treasurer of all sums collected by them in
the actual currency collected.
Blackburn, Of Claiborne, spoke and advocated
the adoption OF his ordinance.
Jcpes. or Orleans, favored the ordinance, call.
ing TO account those who hsd failed to negotiate
a loan based upon the mill tax, and arguing that
money would originally have been obtained by
Mr. BlackburD's bond ordinance, but for the no
tce given by delegate of his intention to move
repeal.
Upon motion Of NAPLES, OF Orleans, the whole
matter was referred to a committee, consisting of
Messrs. Blackburn and Cooley, with instructions
TO report 10 morrow morning. Judge Taliaferro
was subsequently added TO the committee.
petition calling upon Congress for relief to
loyal sufferers for losses sustained by reason OF
the war offered by Reagan, of Baton Rouge
and was lald upon the table.
Ordinances providing for appointment of
boards OF health in the parishes of Orleans aud
jefferson, and forbiddipg discrimination in taxa
ton or license between residents aud non-resi-
dents were offered by Wieklife, of Orleans, aud
laid over under the rules.
Tinchsnt (colored), of Orleans, moved that the
article which had been adopted as the nth of the
Constitution be reconsdered.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
The following were adopted as articles of the
Constitution. viz:
ART. 10. Elections for members of the General
stmbly sball be held at the several eli ion pre-.
cIncts established by law.
ART. 20. Representation in the House Of Repre-
seDtaiives shall be equal and uniform, and after
the first legislature elected under this COnstitn-
ton shall be ascertained and regulated by the
whole number Of population, each parish in the
State being entitled 10 at least one representa-
tive. census of the State by State authorities
shall be taken n 1870, and every ten years there
after. In case Of nfoTmality. omission or error
IN the census returns from any district, the Gen.
eral Assembly ay order a new census taken in
such parish or election district.
ART. 81. The General Assembly, after the max
ing Of each enumeration, shall appOrtion the re.
presentation amongst the several parishes and re-
preventative districts, on the basis Of total popu.
lation as aforesaid. A representative number |
shall be fixed, and each parish and representative
district shall have as many representatives as the /
number Of its total population will entitie il to |
have, and an additional representative for any |
fraction exceeding One-half OF the representative |
number. The number Of representatives shall !
never exceed one hundred and twenty, nor be less |
than ninety.
ART. %. Until an apportionlnent shall be made,
and elections held under the same, in accordance
with the inst enumeration TO be made as directed |
in article No. 49, the representation in the Senate
and House of Representatives shall be as follows
For the parish Of Orleans, and to be elected as
follows: First representative district 2, second
district 3, third representative dis.
rict 4, fourth representative district 2 fifth re-
preventative district 2, sixth representative dis
trict /, seventh representative district 2, eighth
district l. ninth representative dis
irict 2, tenth representative district 3, eleventh
representative district l, Ascension ., AssumD.
ton 2, Avoyees 2 Baton Rouge, East, 8, Baton
Rouge, West, /, Benyille l, Bossier 2, Caddo 3,
Cslcasieu /, Caldwell l, Carroll 2, Catahouls l,
Claiborne 2, COncordia 2, De Soto 2, Feiciana,
East, 2 Feiciana West, l, Franklin l, Ibervile 2,
Jackson /, Jefferson 4, Lafayette ], Lsfourche 2,
Livingston !, Madison /, Horehouse l, Natchito-
ches 2, Ouachita 2, Paquemnes l, Point COupee
2, Rapides3, Sabine l, ST. Bernard l, st. Charles
|, St. Helena l. b. James 2, st. John Baptist /,
Sc. Landry 4, st. Martins 2, st. Mary's 2, st.
Tammany /, Tensas ?, Terrebonne 2, Union l,
VermilliOn i, Washington l, Vim |. Total l0l.
And the State shalllbs divided into the following
senatorial districts, viz:
The First, Second and Third Representative
Districts Of New Orleans shall form one senatorial
districts and elect three senators.
The Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Representative
Districts Of New Orleans shall form one district
and elect two senators.
The Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Representative
Districts of New Orleans and the parish OF st.
Bernard shall form one district and elect two
senator's.
The Tenth Representative District Of New Or.
leacs shall form a distrctand elect one senator.
The Fifth District OF New Orleans and the parish
Of Plsqu' mines shall form one district and elect
one senator.
The parishes of Jefferson, st. Charles and st.
John the Baptist shall form one district and elect
two senators.
The parishes Of Ascension and St. James shall
form one district and elect one senator.
The parishes of Assumption, LafOurche and
Terre benne shah form one district and elect two
euatoTs.
The parishes Of Vermllon and st. Mary's shall
oTm one district and elect one senator.
The parishes Of Oalcssieu, Lafayette and 81.
landry shall form one district and elect two
enatolF.
The parishes Of Livingston. st. Helena, Wash
ngton and ST. Tammany shall form one district,
md shall elect one senator.
The parishes Of Point COupee, 'Elst Feliciana
md West Feliciana shall form one district and
slect two senator's.
The parish Of East Baton Rouge shall form one
district and elect one senator.
The parishes of West Baton Rouge, Ibervills
Ind ST. Martins shall form one district and elect
wo majors.
The parishes Of Concordia and Avoyelles shall
form one district and elect one senator.
The parishes of Tensss and Franklin shall form
lne district and elect one senator.
The parishes OF Carroll, Madison and Morehouse
hall form one district and elect two senators.
The parishes Of 0uachita and Caldwell shall
orm one district and elect one senator.
The parishes Of Jackson and Union shall form
lne district and elect one senator.
The parishes Of Bossier, Bienyile and Claiborne
shall form. one district and elect two senator's.
The parish of Caddo shall form one district and
slect one senator.