New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-10-13

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June, 1868 for the expenses of members and
employees of the General Assembly shall be
| receivable for all taxes and licenses.
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the State Collectors, In settling their ac-
counts with the State Treasurer, shall be re.
quired to file with him at the time. of their
| settlement an affidavit setting forth the
facts that they have paid into the treasury
the identical warrants received by them,
and that they have not purchased or specu
| lated in any manner, directly or indirectly,
in such warrants, and that they received
said warrants at their face valuation.
| SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
| the State Tax Collectors are hereby author
| lied and directed to pay to the members
and employees of the General Assembly on
| presentation in person their warrants at
| their face value out of any funds IN their
| possession, and that the State Treasurer Is
hereby authorized and directed to receive
said warrants in settlement of accounts OF
| state Tax Collectors, upon said warrants
being duly Endorsed by the payer aud atfida'
Wit being made that they received said war
rants from members ana employees OF the
| General Assembly.
| SEC s. Be it further enacted, etc., That
| the time for paying State taxes be and is
hereby extended for thirty days beyond the
time now allowed by law, during which
time State Tax Collectors are hereby author
lied and directed so receive and collect
taxes due the State without any additional
| cost to tax payers.
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this
act be and the same are hereby repealed and
that this act shall take effect from and after
its passage.
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.
Senate bill No. "A, an act to amend an act
entitled an act relative to public printing,
approved July a. 1865, was taken up section
by section.
Section first read
The Committee recommended to strike
out in line eighteen the word election
and insert the words "being contracted
with
Amendment adopted.
The first section as amended was adopted.
Section second was read and adopted.
Section third was read.
The Committee recommended to strike
out in the seventh line the word Fifteen"
and insert "sixteen."
Laid on the table, and section third
adopted without amendment.
Section fourth; first item read.
Mr.. McMillen, of Carroll, moved to amend
by inserting after the words "Supreme
Court" "or for the corporation of New Or
leans
Mr.. Hcidenhain, Of Orleans, moved to
postpone further consideration of the bill
indefinitely.
Messrs. Pratt and Belot called for the yeas
and nays, resulting as follows
Yeas: Alexander, Adolphe, Buckingham.
Brewster, Burrel, Carr, Cuny, Demarest,
Evans, Gair, Honore, Holland, Hpidenhain,
Leroy, L'Heste, V. NJ. LANCE. r. LANCE.
McMiIlen, Mathews, Pearce, frejean. Ray
mond, Rey, Sterrett, Simms, Umphreys,
Walsh Wren, H. Williamson.
Nays Abbott, Belot, Bergeron, Collins,
Curell, Crawford, DeGrange, Dupart
Eager, Faulkner, Garstkamp Hill, Hanlon,
Hutchinson, Hall, Isabelle, Kent, L'Hoste,
Morris, McCullen, Melvin, May, Magee,
Noble, Pratt, Reese, Slatua, Taylor, Wash
ington, Wilson, William G. Williams, Waters
80.
Motion to postpone indefinitely was lost.
On motion of Mr.. Heidenhain, of Orleans.
the House adjourned until tomorrow, at
twelve O'Clock NJ.
VIM. vIGERS,
Chief Clerk House of Representatives.
In the Senate, Friday, October 8, Mr.. Ba.
con introduced an act to provide for the ar
rest of Migrants and suspicious characters.
Mr.. Bacon: This bill has been introduced at
the instance of the Recorders and the Chief
of Police of the city. There is now no ex-
listing law for the arrest and confinement of
a very dangerous class of persons who flock
to the city in the fall and stay here during
the winter-professiona thieves, burglars,
pickpockets, gamblers and other Migrants
who come here to prey upon the city. There
Was a law formerly in existenee-the law of
1855. In 1865, the Legislature desiring to
make this apply to refugees from plantation
labor, took up the law and altered it SO as
to bear severely upon those who absconded
from labor upon the plantations. In conse.
quence of this, the Convention which
framed the Constitution of 1868, in their
enumeration of the laws of former Legisla
lures which they would adopt and continue
in force, excluded this act of 1865 or 1866
from the list, and in doing so forgot to re-
wise the old act of 1855 for the punishment
of Migrants and suspicious persons.
The object of the Convention was to re-
move the provision which bore especially
upon the freedmen, but they doubtless had
no intention Of allowing Migrants, sus-
picious persons and professional thieves to
roam about the city. The Chief of Police
and other officers desire that the old law
shall be resurreeted and re-enacted. 1t is
such alaw as prevails everywhere, and
trust it will be referred to the Committee
on judiciary, and anything Objectionable in
it can be eliminated. ask SUSPENSION of
the rules to have it referred. "A
Several Senators): 81 object"
Mr.. Pollard: Mr.. President, would ask
for some information. What is the object
of this bill? daughter.
Mr. Bacon; The object is, wherever man
is loafng about the city who Is unwilling to
work, and makes his living by stealing and
living off Of those who do work, to make
him either give security that he will go to
work, or 20 away; and If he Is an honest
man and tries to earn his living Of course
the Recorder or the Mayor will tell him to
go about his business, but il he is a bad
man, and can not give an account of him
eelf, that he may be required to give bonds
for good behavior. 4l..i ~
way understood the bill 10 locks lust like
law to put whole lot Of darkies In jsil.
L.aughter,) That isthe way l feel about
II. A great many of our people are living
about from one place to another they work
a little on plantations, some get little pay,
and some get nothing. Some get on steam
boats TO work, and when they get
again. Then, If they are caught around
here, under that bill they must be
taken up and put in jail or In the
WOFkhouse. (Laughter.) Nov, great
deal 81 that has been done already; don't
wedge II down tighter. lLaughtsr.1 Il is
hard enough as Il Is. And where arc We to
got Wewander around from one place TO
another, and we can't helpit. II they don't
know all about lack and he don't DO Just as
they want him 10, he is pointed out directly,
he e marked, and he may be as honest q