New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-01-26
OFFICIAL:
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
LOUISIANA
FoRTY.FIRsr DAY.
10 u r " AL
OF THE

FORTY.FIRSr DAY.
NEW ORLEANS, Friday, Jan. II, 1868.
The convention met pursuant to ad-
journment, and was called to order by
the president at II A. NJ.
The roll was called, and the follow
ing members answered TO their
names:
JIG. Taliaferro, president; Messrs.
Baker, Barrett, Bertonneau, Blandin,
Bonseigneur, Bonnefoi, Brown, Bur
rel, Butler, Cooley, Crane, Crawford,
Cromwell, Quincy, bearing, Demarest,
Depasseau, p. G. Deslonde, Donate,
Douglass, G.. Duparte, U. Dupart, Du-
plessis, Edwards, Esnard, FRANCOIS,
Fuller, Ferguson, Gair, Gardiner, Har-
per, Harris, Hampstead, Hiestand, In
graham, R. Fl. Isabelle, Thos. Isabelle,
Jones, Kelso, Landers, LANCE, j. B.
Lewis, Richard Lewis, Lynch, Martin,
Massicot, Meadows, McLeran, McMil-
Ian, Morris, Hoses, Murrel, Musha''
way, Oliver, Packard, Pierce, Pinch
back, Poindexter, Pollard, Reagan,
Reese, Riard, Riggs, Roberts, Rod
riguez, Snaer, Scott, Snider, Steele,
Thibaut, Twitchell, Underwood, Val
froit, Vandergriff, NAPLES, Wickliffe,
Williams, WilsOn-S3 members.
The minutes were read and adopted.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
Committee on printing-NO report.
Committee on the executive-No re-
port.
Committee on enrollment-No re-
port.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Mr.. NAPLES, chairman special COM
mittee, submitted the following report;
We, the undersigned, appointed to
examine the report of the committee
on contingent expenses, respectfully
submit the following report;
The bills for stationery are, upon an
average of the prices charged, more
than fifty per cent above the usual re-
tail prices. Many of the items are
charged nearly one hundred per cent
above the usual rates. Paper, both
blue ruled cap and legal cap, can be
bought at six dollars per ream; but the
price charged in the bill Of J. w. Mad.
den is eight dollars, and that in the
bills Of B. Bloomfield e. Co is ten dol
lars per ream. For copy of Worces
tiers Dictionary, unabridged, twenty
dollars is charged by the firm above
mentioned, while the price in theil
store is twelve dollars, end in some
other bookstores it is eleven dollar
per copy. These facts have been as
certained of several stationers, obligine
your committee to report that the bill,
of b. Bloomfield & Co. are not accord
ing to the usual retail prices, the tes
timony of Mr.. Bloomfield to the con
trary Notwithstanding.
We call attention to the fact that B.
so per copy for lbs copies of the con
stitution of 1864, printed in pamphlets
in 1866, have been charged against tht
convention by Bloomfield & Co., while
Mr.. Bloomfield, in his own testimony
proves that it could have been printed
to order in the Same style for very
much less; that while SIS7 SO arr
charged for it, it could have been print
cd to order for SIP. It would be to,
tedious to enumerate all the over
charges. We report generally on tn
subject of stationery
]. That the charges are at leas
fifty per cent over the usual retail
rates.
2. That most of the articles are alto
| gether unnecessary.
1 3. That none of the stationery fur
nished has ever been ordered by th
convention.
4 4. That it is not certain whether al
the goods have ever been received b,
the convention.
In this connection we call attentio
to the testimony of the sergeant-ai
arms and B. Bloomfield.
/ The charge of 1922 25 for furnish
ing and fixing locks is reported bac
without comment, as we have not bee
able to ascertain what number of lock
have been fixed or furnished.
The bill for printing should be re
duced $434, according TO the test
mony of j. b. Roudanez, owing to til
fact that the pages are not SO wide q
required by the convention. Whethe
a further reduction should be made, o
the ground that the pages are not 5
long as required, depends upon til
meaning of the convention, in fxin
the rates. If the convention NEAR
ninety-1ye ems long, when sayin
ninety7fye lines, the pages are Of th
required length; but if the meanin
was ninety-fve printed lines, Inc
counting the loaded lines), and thirty
six ems wide, there should be a furtht
deduction Of 5000, according to til
measurement and calculation Of d
committee on printing, signed by til
: chairman, and furnished to us by the
secretary. II, however, the CONVEX
ton meant TO require ninety-fiy
printed lines per page, the deductio
suggested BY the committee on prin
ing is not enough BY nearly thirt,
|. eight per cent. We respectfullYrefi
70 the statement Of the printing con
mittee, and 70 the testimony Of Messr
Hinton, Walker, Lazier, and Stephel
upon this point.
Your committee recommend Il
E adoption Of the following resolution
Resolved, That tho bill Of ]. v
Madden. and those Of b. Bioomfie
& Co., have never been ordered |
the convention, and ought not TO
allowed; and d consideration Of Il