New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-08-20
p. JONES YORKE.
Chairman:
T. c. ANTOINE,
DENNIS BURREL,,
MORTIMER CARR,
HARRY LOTT,
JAMES McCULLEN.


The Committee on Claims submitted the
following report, which was received and
accepted:
To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
House OF Represent atiyes Of the State of Lou
isana:
Your Committee on Claims beg leave to
| submit a favorable report in relation to the
| petition of Benjamin We'll for an appropria.
| tion by the Legislature to nav fifteen certid.
Gates of the Indebtedness of the State of
| Louisiana, amounting to the sum Of one
| hundred and forty thousand eight hundred
and ninety four dollars and thirty-two cents
| (Sl4O,S S94 32), for the following reasons:
| l. That it has been shown by direct testi-
mony that the said Benjamin We'll did actu-
| ally furnish goods TO the State to a much
| larger amount than certificates were issued
| for, and that the said goods were received
| by the State, and used solely for the benefit
| and relief of the destitute and suffering
citizens of the State, and that the State has
never paid for the same in whole or in part,
and is therefore justly indebted for them.
| 2. That the Auditor of Public Accounts,
after cutting down the amount claimed by
| Benjamen We'll from one hundred and
| eighty.six thousand and odd dollars to one
hundred and forty thousand eight hundred
| and ninety.four dollars and thirty.two cents,
did on the twenty eizhth of November,
1866 settle the said claim of Ben
ldtllln UtIt anu 1SSuHu uILbGl CGIJlu-
Gates of the Indebtedness of the State
of Louisiana therefor, which were duly ap-
proved by j. Madison Wells as Governor,
and which the petitioner now prays an ap-
preparation to pay.
3. That by the laws of Louisiana now in
force (see page %, section 16 of the revised
statutes, and article 149 of the constitution)
the claim is legal one against the State of
Louisiana. Your committee therefore recon-
mend the passage of the following act:
]. I'll. MCYEAN,
Chairman of Committee;
S. E. CUNY,
JOHN GARSTKAATP,
p. JONES YORKE,s
W. POPE NOBLE.
On motion of Mr.. Morey, Of Ouachita, the
rules were suspended and the bill went
through its second reading.
On motion of Mr.. Morcy, of Ouachita,
the consideration of the bill was postponed
until Monday next in Committee of the
Whole.
The Committee on Judiciary submitted
the following report, which was received,
accepted, and the bill therein reported or
dered to be engrossed:
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE Room, 1
August l9, 1863. J
To the Honorable Speaker and House of Repre-.
Rentatives:
GENTLEMEN-Your Committee on Judicia.
ry beg leave to report favorably on House
bill No. liz, herewith returned, an act to
amend an act entitled an act to
transfer all the causes now pending before
the courts of the Slate under the Gonstitu-
tion of 1864 to the courts created by the
constitution OF 1865.
P. HARPER,
Chairman.
The Committee on Corporations submit
ted the following report, which was received
and accepted
NEW ORLEANS, August 10, 1868.
To the Honorable the Speaker and Members of
the House OF Representatives:
GENTLEMEN-YOur committee have the
honor to submit the following report on
House bill No. llS:
Your committee have visited the CITY
Hall and made diligent inquiry relative to
the necessity for the ap jointment of license
inspectors as contemplated by the bill re
ferred to, and are of the opinion that the
appointment of such inspectors would only
entail unnecessary expense upon the city,
which at this time can i'll afford to pay sala-
ries to any more officers than are absolute
ly required. s1
The City Treasurer employs four license
inspectors to see that every one pays his
license tax, and these are amply sufficient.
The City Attorney also at his own expense
employs several persons TO assist him in
finding out those who have not paid their
license taxes. AS theCity Attorney receives
a large per cent (hye per cent? on all
license taxes collected by him, it Is but