New Orleans Republican., 1868-01-28
LOUISIANA A
FORTY-FIFTH DAY.

seigneur, Bonuefoi, Brown, Burre
Cooley, Crane, Cromwell, Cuney
Dearing, Demarest, ,Depasseau, p. G
aDeslonde, Douglass, G.. Duparte, [
Dupart, Duplessis, Esnard, Franeoi.
fuller, Gair, Guichard, Harris, Hemp
/ Stead, Ingraham, Thomas Isabelle
VaJones, Kelso, Lange, Leroy, j. B
Nesgis, Richard Lewis, Marie, Martin
W. ows, McLeran, Moses, Oliver
FFA I'd, Pierce, Pinchback, Poindex
len Hard, Reagan, Reese, Riard
Royar Rodriguez, Sch%ab, Snaer
Scot. ider, Twitchell, Underwood
Fshoit, NAPLES, Wiokliffe, Williams
Wilson-63 members.
Prayer by the Rev. Josiah Fiske.
The minutes were read and adopted
Mr.. NAPLES moved that an error il
the official report of proceedings O.
January II be corrected as follows:
By striking out the word "conven.
tion'' and inserting the word connec.
ton" in the report of the special COM
mittee, SO as to make the sentence il
which the error occurs read as writer
by the committee, viz:
g In this connection we call atten.
tion to the testimony of the sergeant.
alarms and B. Bloomfield"
By striking cut thirty-eight pei
cent? and inserting " thirty three pei
cent? where it occurs.
By restoring the punctuation al
made by the committee.
All the other eight or ten oficia
journals are hereby instructed to prin
as corrected.
Adopted.
ORIGINAL RESOLUTIONS.
BY Mr.. Baker:
Resolved, That no member Of thi.
convention be permitted to speak more
than ten minutes on the same question
except by leave of majority of the
members present.
Lies over.
Mr.. Cromwell called up his resolu-
tion lying over from January I3, and
it was indefinitely postponed.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Committee on printihg--No report.
Committee on enrollment-No re-
port.
Committee on contingent expenses
No report.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
The president appointed Messrs.
BertOnneau, Douglass, and Lewis a
committee to examine the bill of the
gas company.
Mr.. Cooley called up his resolution
of January 2l, amending the tax ordi-
nance as follows
Be it further ordained, etc., The
capital stock and other property,
movable or immovable, belonging TO
the banks of the city of New Orleans,
by virtue of special charters from the
state of Louisiana, and which by pres
ent state laws are exempt from taxa
ton, shall be subject to the tax of one
mill per cent, levied by ordinance of
thse 24th neeemher. 1867. and to all
the additional taxes imposed as penal
ties by subsequent ordinances of this
convention; and the tax collectors of
the place where said banks carry on
their business, as authorized under ex-
lsting state laws, to call upon two
treeholders, who, with the said tax coll
iector, shall constitute a board to as
certain the actual market value of the
capital stock of said banks, and the
value OF all property held by them;
and the tax of one mill heretofore
levied shall be calculated on the yalue
of said capital stock and other prop-
erty owned by said banks. ACCORDING
to the oppraisement thereof made bY
the aforesaid board.
Mr.. Crane moved to amend by ad-
ding:
And the state tax collectors and
sherifs, parish and city treasurers,
are hereby authorized to receive the
warrants authorized and issued in
favor of and for the payment Of The
members Of this convention, in paw
naent Of state, parish, and city taxes
and licenses.
Which wes lost--yeas ), nays 13--
as follows.
Yeas: Crane. P. G.. Deslondo.
Daparte. Lange. Tinchant-5 yeas.
Nays Antoine, Baker, Barrett, Bel
den, Bertonneau, Blandin, Bonseio-
neur, Bonnefoi, Brown, Burrel, But
Ter, Cooley, Crawford Cromwell.
Cuney, Dearing, Demarest, Depas-
seau, Donate, Douglass, Dnparte.
Duplossis, Esnard, Fsancois. Fer
guson, Gair, Gardiner, Guichard.
Harper, Harris, Hampstead, Inera-
a4ns r. III. Isabelle. Thomas Isa-
te'le Jones, kelso, Leroy, j.. b. Lewis,
ApdslinR Marie, Martin, Massicot,
AsaeQes McLeEan. Morris, Moses,
Asusl.aFay. Myers, Newsham, Oliver,
Packard, Pierce, Pinehback, Poin-
dexter. Pollard Reagan, Riard, Riggs,
sfo1eias, Rodriguez, Schwab, Smith,
as4aes scots eaides. Steele, Twitch-
2l Nel9oii, NidaA Wanlos, Wick
A.e Hlillams, Wilson 3 nnys,
aRa ihe resolution. S proposed,
VAS aaoplsd
The gaestsoF recurring upon sbe
original otanse a. d1soadsa. and /
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aa'Asa " tie aass pilensI I