New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-18

byft? sOan yousay Ibis company will NJ
have the power of sending the price {
State securities up or down on the marke
: as it pleases: And would mot this con-
pany be induced to use every effort t.
bring the bonds of the State down as low a
possible, so long - said comany is require
to keep one million of State bonds on de
posit in the hands of the Auditor an,
Treasurer of the State all the time? Cal
not Senators see through the meshes o
this snare, and see wherein the State vii
bind itself for twenty -one years to ALLOW
this COMPANY to make itself independent,
). rich with its countless millions by tn
operations of this bill, without any Ger
tainty of any improvement in the levee
J. over the present system, and with doubl,
the taxation that is now required? VIVA
new theory is it that Senator'S are arguing
. that it's unjust to tax the whole property
of the State, ad valoren, to support thu
; levees, while they wipe up their ,specta
4 Giles, and, with eyes strained open, can no
see any injustice in allowing the repre-
sentatives from the hill parishes to vote K
} bind the State for twenty.oue years, t.
compel the tax collectors to sell the lands
the cotton, the sugar and m0lasses belong
ing to the alluvial lands of the State to
pay these enormous tolls, unless the same
is paid promptly by the alluvial land
owners?
What have Senators who do not represent
the districts affected by the operations OF
this bill to do in the matter any way. &C.
cordipg to their own theory How lorg
has it been since the Senators from the
|'piue tree districts have been allowed to
enter into contract with this levee COM
pany and bind the people of the almvial
lands TO pay this, enormous tax to this
company? Who says these Senators are
going to. put their hands into our pockets
and take our money and pay it over to this
Senators .contendipg that the Senators
vote to tax the hill parishes for levee pur-
poses, while the same Senators from the
hill parishes claim that they are doing
Gods service in voting for this bill to bind
the people of the alluvial lands alone for
twenty-one years to pay this tax?
Let the Senators from the hills
come and say we have no interest in
the levees and we will not vote
on this bill when it comes up for action.
By SO doing, they will show themselves
consistent. The people of the alluvial
lands are ready to support the levees:
but when q contract is to be made for
twenty-one!y years, to which they are the en'y
parties upon one part, they claim, and
justly, too, that they should have the only
voice in the matter upon the one side.
Now, sir, draw your lines of demarcation,
enclosing the alluyial lands of the State,
and then let taxation be equal and accord
ing to. value of the property, and I will
guarantee, sir, that those people will sup
port their own levees. Place the matter
in the bands OF the people of the alluvial
lands, and they will take care of them
selves. Let those Senators who are 50
free to say that their constituents have no
interest in levees, step back when this ques-
ton comes up, and allow the Senators from
the alluvial lands to settle this ques-
ton themselves. This will be consistent
WEDNESDAY, March 16, 1870
Mr. Braughn: am requested to call up
bill for the relief OF Mr.. Hawksworth,
who was chief clerk in the Land Office
some time, and faied to receive bis salary.
The bill was taken up Senate bill No.
261) and read.
Mr.. Smith: would like to know if there
are any vouchers accompanying this.
Mr.. Bfaughn: can only state. on the
authority of the gentleman himself that |
he was employed there for over year at |
fixed salary. During his employment |
the general agent was arrested, and tried !
for some ralfeasance, and during that |
time he did not receive the balance of the
salary due him. He brought suit in the |
Fifth District Court, but the court decided |
that he could not sue unless authorized |
by the General Assembly. The object of |
this bill, as he states, is to pay him the ]
salary absolutely due him.
Mr.. Thompson: move 1t be referred to |
the Committee on Claims.
Mr.. Todd: l know something about |
this myself He was clerk in the Land |
Office that was burned up on Camp street, |
and, of course, his services were no longer |
necessary after that. l do not propose to |
pay clerk for walking around after the |
Office was burned and his services no |
longer necessary.
Is Mr.. Wilcox: This was acknowledged by |
the Receiver of the Land Office to be due.
l move the'adoption of the bill.
The bill was referred.
Mr.. Blackman called up House bill No. |
234, to provide for the payment or fund
ing OF the floating debt.
Mr.. Blackman said: hope the bill will |
be taken up. I have not read the bill. |
The general features Of the bill, as un-
derstand it, are certainly good. So long
as we have in the market million and q |
half of floating debt, some OF which is
correct and some not correct; 80 long as
you permit. the reception of warrants in
payment of taxes, just SO long will the
credit of the State 60 down. 1t, therefore,
becomes us as legislators, in order to pro-
tect the credit of the State of Louisiana.
to pass some such act by which the float
ing debt of the State can be disposed Of
1t is q measure necessary for the financial
prosperity Of the State.
Mr.. Bacon:lI desire to say to the Senate
that while / have made up my miad to
oppose the provision for the sale of the
bonds at less than par, that l believe it is
best to take up this bill and put it in the
shape in which it ought to pass, and it is
better for us to fund these warrants and
floating Indebtedness in some solid shape
Wat they may be put out of the way.
inGoduced a bill soEle time ago author.
ling the Governor to repudiate fraudu-
lent vouchers. That bill has not been re-
ported back, or if reported has not been
taken up. But We must take some stems
to prevent thereceipt of these fraudulent
vouchers. thhk the best way we can do
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