New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-01-05

convention in the treasury of the
state.
Mr.. Pinchback moved to suspend
the rules.
The chair decided that the resolu-
ton was already regularly before the
house.
Mr.. Cooley moved to adopt the above
resolution, and the question being put
to the convention, it was adopted.
Mr.. Underwood moved to take up the
bill of the finance committee.
Mr.. Cooley, of Pointe Coupee, offer
ed the following bill:
SECTION /. Be it ordained by the
constitutional convention of the state
of Louisiana, To pay the delegates
and officers of this convention, and to
defray all other expenses necessary
for the use of said convention, the fol-
lowing tax is hereby levied on the
property of this state, both real and
movable, viz: q tax of one mill per
cent.
DEGs Dt IL OIudlLbus 1UAL
the sheriffs of the state, except the
parish of Orleans, shall collect the
above mentioned tax; and that they
refer to the assessment rolls made by
the state of Louisiana for the year
eighteen hundred and sixty-seVen
(lS67) las the basis for assessing the tax
herein levied on real and movable
property, and in order to facilitate
them in the collection of said tax
they are hereby authorized to employ
all summary remedies now given by
law for the collection of state taxes,
and shall receive for their services the
same compensation paid them by the
state for like services.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That
the tax herein levied, and which shall
be due by the parish of Orleans, shall |
be collected by the persons now
charged with the collection of state |
taxes in said parish, and they shall |
possess the same powers and receive
the same compensation.
SEC. 4. Be it further ordained, That |
the sheriffs and other persons charged
with the collection of the tax levied by |
this ordinance shall pay to the treas
urer of the state, at the end Of every
month, except the tax collectors of the |
parishes of Orleans, jefferson, and Or |
leans, right bank, all sums collected
by them under this ordinance, and
shall settle finally with the treasurer
on the first day of April, eighteen
hundred and sixty-eight (l865). But
in no case shall the state treasurer
give receipt for either a partial or
final settlement without requiring the
sheriff or other collector to take and
subscribe an oath that he has paid all
the money collected by him to date of
settlement, less his commission.
SEC. 5. Be it further ordained, That
the tax collectors of the parish of Or
leans, right bank, and jefferson, shall
settle with the treasurer of the state
every ten days, reckoning from the
day of the notice which the auditor
shall give said collectors of the said
ordinance and the tax therein levied
SEC. 6. Be it further ordained, That
so much of the tax levied as may be
required to pay the delegates and
officers of this convention, and to de-
fray all other expenses necessary for
the use of said convention shall be
paid by the state treasurer upon war
rants signed by the warrant clerk and
countersigned by the president of this
convention. The balance of the tax
levied shall be placed by the state
treasurer to the credit of the general
fund, and reserved until the meeting
of the general assembly, elected under
the provisions of the constitution
adopted by this convention, to be used
as they may direct.
SEC. z. As soon as the treasurer of
the state shall be notified of loan
having been effected by this conven-
ton, he shall place the funds received
by him under this ordinance to the
credit of said loan. And the said funds
or as much thereof as may be necessary
to pay said loan shall remain specially
pledged to repay said loan.
SEC. 8. Be it further ordained, That
the tax levied by this ordinance shall
be paid only in the legal currency of
the United States.
Pending its consideration, General
Hartsuf being in the lobby, On motion
OF Mr.. Cooley, he was invited to a seat
on the platform, and was received by
the president and members of the con-
vention.
Mr.. Pinehback moved to adopt the
ordinance.
The previous question, after full
debate, was moved and ordered, and
the yeas and nays were called, as fol-
lows: yeas 60, nays 10:
Yeas; Antoine, Baker, Barret, Belden.
Bertonneau, Blandin, Bonseigneur Bon
nefoi, Brown, Burrel, Butler, Cooley, Crane.
Crawford, bearing, Demarest Depasseau,
Jos. Deslonde, Douglass, G. Duparte, Du-
plessis, Esnard, Gair, Gould, Guiehard.
| Harris, Hiestand, Ingraham, r. II. Isabelle.
Thomas Isabelle, Jones, Kelso, Landers,
Leroy. r. Lewis, Ludeling, Lynch, Marie,
Massicot, Meadows, McLeran, Mcmillan.
Moses, Mushaway, Myers, Oliver. Packard,
Pinchback, Pollard, Riggs, Roberts. Rod
riguez, Smith, Snider, Thibaut, Tinehant,
Underwood, Vandergrif, NAPLES, Williams,
Wilson-62 yeas.
Nays: Blackburn, Cromwell, Quincy, U.
Dupart, FRANCOIS, Harper, Lange, Martin,
Morris, Pierce, Reagan, Reese Riard.
Schwab, Scott, Twitchell, Valfroit, Vidal,
Wicklife-l9 nays.
And the ordinance was adopted.