The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-08-16
REVIEW OF THE WEEK.

works, with five commissioners. each 70
have salary of two hundred dollars ner
month, and fifteen cents per mile. Thew
are to give bonds to the extent of ten thou.
sand dollars for the performance of their
duties. Provision is made for a chief en-.
gineer, at salary of five thousand, and
four assistants, at three thousand dollars
each.
The bill granting Superintendent CONWAY
house, an assistant, and a secretary. in
addition to his lawful salary, was referred
back to the Committee on Education,
In the House, on the 10th, the bill direct
ing the collection of taxes in greenbacks
and prohibiting the issuance of city notes,
was ordered to be cngrossed.
President Dunn, Of the Senate, on tho
18th, before signing the lottery bill, entered
his protest against it, as being, in his opin-
ion, detrimental to the financial interests of
the State and city, The House having
refused to concur in the amendments to the
militia bill, committee of conference
was appointed by the Senate. In the
House, on the same day, Speaker Lowell
stated that he had objections to sipnipr
the lottery bill, which had been passed, on
moral grounds. A memorial from Sister
Angelica, Directress of st. Elizabcth's Fe
male Asylum, was received, setting forth
! the destitute condition of that institution,
and was referred to the Committee ON
Charitable Institutions.
In the Senate, ON the 18th, the minority,
report of the Committee on Elections was
| l6OnfpG.
Ogden, Senators of the First District.
whose seats had been contested, were ad-
mitted.
On the 18th, the House, after a favorable
report from the Committee on Elections.
admitted James R. Curell to his seat in
that body. On the same day, bills were
passed granting $500 each to the widows of
two men killed in the July riot; after
which, the House adjourned, in respect to
the memory of Thad. Stevens.
On the l4tl, the House received n report
and bill from the Committee on Education,
having for their object the regulation of
education in Louisiana. The report claims
that the new project, if adopted, would be
more beneficial to all classes than the plan
which it is intended to supersede. This
bill provides for the indiscriminatc mixture
of whites and blacks-a scheme utterly
repugnant to our people. The came body
took UP the Senate bill providing for the
establishment of q board of registration in
this State. One Of the clauses of this bill
is given as specimen:
That taking and subscribing the affidavits
required by the preceding part of this sec
81, not,
supervisors from receiving other evidence
showing that the party applying for regis
tration is not entitled to register, and that
they shall have Il right to examine under
oath, to be administered by themselves OF
other competent authority, any witness to
prove any fact pertinent to the right of
any one to register, and shall decide from
the evidence wlie Their the party SO applying
is entitled to register.
Even the Radicals could not swallow this. |
so tho following modification was adopted
Subject to appeal to the State Board OF
! Registration, who shall nave the power 10 /
near and determine such appeals
CITY CouNCL.-Thc Mayor sent a mes
sage to both Boards, vctoing the resolution 4
authorizing the selling of the revenues of
the Dryades Market notwithstanding this, I
the Board Of Aldermen persisted in adhcr- 4
ing " Iheii sCliou III VIC iuallei' Am
same action was taken in relation to the Z
Mayors veto of the resolution authorizing
the sale of the revenues of the Claiborne
Market. The Finance Committee re{s
ported two resolutions, which VERY
unanimously adopted; the first directing
tho Controller to render statement
the liabilities of the city, and its assets
to the Council, at it's next meeting; tht
second repeating the ordinance by which
city money is made receivable for note
in payment of batturo property. a CON.
liunication from the Treasurer was IcaJ
ra1otiyo to eStenlinu tho tin,a f,,,, tho nay.k