The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-02
Ghe Aen Orleans Qrestert.
TUESDAY MORNING. MARCH ., 1859.
The Louisiana Legislature.
FIFTY-SEvENTH DAY.

The Senate was called to order at noon. Lieut.
Gov. Dunn presiding.
Nineteen senators present.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Turner.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
Judiclary-Favorably to substitute providing
TOT the collection Of taxes and licenses.
Favorably on the bill relative TO amounts coI
lected by sherins for taxes.
Elections The committee reported against the
contestants of the seats of Senators Anderson and
Onut, Democrats, and reported in favor Of the
latter retaining their seats.
| Ciams-FavorablY for the payment OF Miles
Taylor and Sullivan, Billings Hughes, for pro.
| fessiODal services.
lief OF the drainage system of the parish OF
| Terrebopne.
Fayorably for the examination of Bayou La.
fOurche.
Finsnce-Favoraby by substitute on the bill
making appropriations for the charitable insttu-
| tiOns of tho etato.
Favorably for the appointment of a special
| committee to investigate into the condition etc
of the public institutions of the State
Special Commttees-T The report ON the inyesti.
CATION into the affairs of the levee commissioners
was ordered to be printed
Mr.. Poindexter called up the report of the COM
mittee in the cases of Messrs Anderson and Offut
(Dems.) and moved the adoption of the same
Adopted, allowing mileage 90 the contestants.
bill relative 10 mortgages, tutors, etc.. passed.
Mr.. Pinchbsck introduced a bill to enable the
city OF New Orleans to issue bonds to pay the To-
debtedDess OF the city, and to receive all its taxes
and does in city money. Referred to the commit.
tee on finance
The bill granting ferry privileges to G. Pollard.
OF Madison parish, passed to its third reading and
was made the special order Of the day for to NOR
row.
Mr.. Campbell offered q resolution that Mr.. A.
SAmDola, eontesting the seat Of II. ]. Campbell
be allowed per diem from the commencement of
last session to this day.
Mr.. 0 Hara offered as a substitute that Mr..
CAmpDeH De declared entitled to his seat as sena
tor from the second district and that Mr.. Sambola
be allowed his per diem as stated above. Sabsti.
tute adopted.
The bill appropriating s25 900 for the building
OF Grand Levee in 1865 TO certain contractors was
postponed until tomorrow.
The bill relative to portwardels and harbor-
masters passed.
The general appropriation bill "a returned from
the finance committee with amendments passed.
The supplemental bill making appropriations to
certain charitable institutions of the State
Pending discussion the Senate adjourned until Z
0 clock this evening.
EVENING SESSION.
The supplemental appropriation bill was taken
up. section providing for Joint committee of
one from the Senate and two from the House. to
report at next session a plan for public charity
and system Of public education. was dismissed.
Mr.. Brauehn offered an amendment providing
that the committee be authorized and required to
visit the charitable institutions of the State and
the time for such visit be limited to ninety DAYS
Mr.. R y advocated that TIE time be unlimited
and left 10 the discretion of the committee.
The section was adopted.
The appropriation of $500 for the Firemenis
Charitable Association was taken up.
Mr.. Braughn stated that the Fremen's Chart
table Association had seventy widows and two
hundred and fifty orphans to support who had
suffered greatly from the depreciation n city chr.
rency, with which the city pays the association.
DE moved that the appropriation be increased to
$4,000.
Mir. Ray moved to lay the motion on the table,
f RTs @ Slf q @oiqn b AAk Wi Ni6 The under
standing that hereafter q general system of ap.
preparations would be established.
Mr.. Day said that il the appropriations to the
city and country charitable institutions were pro-
porii0ned be would vote for the appropriation |
otherwise he would not.
The melton to lay on the table was lost. Mr.. /
PiDchback offered to compromise for $4,000. Mr.. |
Ray again moved to lay the motion on the table, |
which was refused by the Senate, sndIthe motion |
as amended by Mr.. Pinchbsck was passed.
Several appropriations having been increased, |
upon the report OF toe committee Mr.. Blackman |
stated that be was opposed to the whole system Of
appropriation, and only voted in its favor because |
there was no better mode of dispensing chart les.
hr. F9uIe saId he would always be Ia favor of |
he increase OF appropriations to charitable inst-
tutions.
The bill was finally passed
Mr.. Lynch called up House bill 279. an act to |
extend the time for the collection of the one per |
cent tax, etc. The bill was finally passed.
Mr.. Anderson called up House bill 205, incor. |
poTating the Louisiana Transit Company, etc. The |
bill was finally passed.
Mr.. Ray called up act to aid In the construc. |
ton of the Louisiana Central Railroad. The bill |
was finally passed.
A bill Incorporating the Charity Hospital at |
Shreveport was finally passed with an amendment. |
Mr.. Campbell called up House bill 4s, the mill |
tia bill. The Senate refused TO take up the bill
n act relative TO the preservation of public |
records, ETC., in the parish Of Orleans was taken
up and passed.
The Senate adjourned.