New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-16

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! Laid on the table.
| Mr.. Blackman moved, in line seventy, in
the twelfth section, to strike out fifty''
and insert " twenty"
Adopted.
| Mr.. Futch moved to strike out, in origin
al section twenty-five, line thirty 'one, "to
be designated by said company"
Adopted, and the section, as amended,
adopted.
The hour having arrived, the preceding
special order was taken up.
Section fifteen to be section seventeen,
was read and adopted.
Section sixteen to be section eighteen,
was read.
Mr.. Campbell moved to strike out
"thirty" in line five, and insert "twenty-
one"
| Adopted, and the section as amended
adopted.
| Section seventeen to be section nine
teen, was read.
/
one, the words, "One Commissioner shall
be elected by the Police Jury Of each par
ish, who shall be land owner and resident
in said parish, who, with one engineer,
shall determine"
At the end of the section, ''In case
this commission disagree, they shall call
in a third party, and said commission shall
then decide.
Laid on the table.
Mr.. Lewis moved to insert the following
at the end of the section: THAT Red river
and its tributaries above the mouth of
Black river, unless it is affected by the
| overhows from the Mississippi, shall be
exempt from the provisions of this act. 1"
Mr.. Ray moved to amend Mr.. Lewis
| amendment by adding the words "and the
lands on the Ouachita and its tributaries
above the mouth OF Bayou Louis"
Adopted.
And the amendment, as amended,
adopted.
u, Us
Section eighteen, to be section twenty,
was read.
Mr.. Campbell moved to strike out the
word "June" and insert the word Sep
TENDER" wherever it occurs in the section.
Adopted.
Mr.. Ray offered the following, to be
inserted after the words assumed by it,
in line thirty-seven ito be first proviso):
Provided that none of the tolls, stipulated
by this act to be paid said company, shall
be due or collectable until the entire work
of protection required by the second section
of this act is completed, and the completion
thereof made known to the Governor by the
commission OF engineers, to be appointed
according to the second section of this act,
under the oath of said commissioners or
majority of them, and the liability to such
tolls shall not commence until such work is
completed: and that said company shall be
under no liability for damage, as stipulated
by the fifth and other sections of this act,
on account OF injury from overflow,
until one year shall have elapsed from
the time this act shall go into effect, and
that if such work be not completed within
one year from the time this act goes into
operation, that this act and the contract re-
sultng from it shall be subject to be re-
pealed, amended or changed, at the discre.
ton of the General Assembly.
The amendment was laid on the table by
the following vote;
Yeas: Anderson. Beares. Blackman,
Braughn, Campbell, jerks, Offutt, Ogden,
O'Hara, Pinchback, Poindexter, Smith,
Todd, Wilcox. Wittgenstein-l5
Nays: Bacon. COPELAND. Darrall, Esan,
Futch, Uewell, kelso, Monette, Packard,
Bay, Thompson, Whitney-l2.
Mr.. Ray offered the following:
This to be inserted after the words "as-
suned by it," in section eighteen, line
thiry-seven, and as the frs. proviso;
Provided, that none of the tolls stipulated
by this act to be paid said company shall be
due or collectable until the entire work OF
protection required by the second section
of this act, is completed, and the completion
thereof is made known to the Governor by
the commission of engineers, to be appoint
ed according to the second section Of this
act, under the oath Of said commissioners,
or a majority of them, and the liability to
such toll shall not commence until such
work is completed; and that said company
shall be under no liability for damage, as
stipulated by the fifth and ether sections Of
this act, on account of injury from overflow,
until one year shall have elapsed from the
time this act shall go into effect; and that if
such work be not completed within one year
from the time this act goes into operation,
that this act, and the contract resulting from
it, shall be null and void.
Which was laid on the table by the fol-
lowing vote:
Yeas: eAnderson, Antoine, Beares,
Braughn, Campbell, Foute, jerks, Monette,
Otfutt, O'Hara, Pinchback, Poindexter,
Smith, Todd, Wilcox, Wittgenstein-16.
Nays: Bacon. Coupland, Darrall, Egan,
Futch, Jewell, Lynch, Packard, hay,
Thompson, Whitney, WIliiams-l2.
Mr.. Futch offered the following substi-
tute for section eighteen:
That it shall be the duty of the Governor
to submit this act to thevoters of this State
at the next general election, for their ap
prevail or rejection, and if a maj GRITTY of the
voters as aforesaid approve the same, 1t
shall be the duty of the Governor to make
proclamation thereof Immediately upon the
returns of said election being made to the
proper officers, and result declared, and
this act shall go into effect ten days
thereafter, provided the said COM
pany, en- or before the vote of said pro.
camation, shall have deposited with
the Auditor and Treasurer thu amount OF
bonds specified in the sixth section OF this
act; and in case it should fail to make such
deposit on or before the date of said prOcla.
nation, this act shall go into effect on the
first day of June, 1871; provided said de-
post of bonds be made on or before said
first day of June, 1871, and in case said
company shall fail to make said deposit of
bonds on or before the first day of June,
1871 this act shall be considered and deemed
null and void, and have no effect whatever.
Which was laid on the table by the fol-