New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-16
Mr.. Bay offered the following as section

Mr.. Bay offered the following as section
twenty two:
I SEC. %. That at the expiration of the
time said company is to exist by this char
ter, or if it should expire by failure to per-
form it's obligations as provided by this
act, that all the leveeS and their appurte-
nances which may have been constructed
or repaired by said company, or which
NAV have been turned over to said COM
PAW, shall revert to and become the absO-
lutte property of the State without any
charge or remuneration to said company
therefor.
Adopted.
Mr.. Campbell offered the following to
be section twenty-three:
That whenever the States Of Mississippi,
Arkansas. Tennessee and Missouri. or either
of said States, shall confer upon the Missls.
sippi Valley Levee Company privileges ana
franchises similar to those conferred on SAID
company by the State of Louisiana, the
State or States 80 comforting privileges ana
franchises shall be entitled to directors IN
the said company as follows, to wit: The
State of Mississippi, seven directors; the
State of Arkansas, four directors; the State
of Tennessee, two directors; and the State
of Missouri, two directors.
Adopted.
Mr.. Ray moved to postpone further con-
sheraton of the bill until tomorrow,
which was laid on the table by the follow
ing vote:
/ Yeas: Anderson, Antoine, Beares,
! Braughn, Campbell, Foute, jerks, Monette,
Ofutt, Ogden, O'Hara, Packard, Pinchback,
! Poindexter, Smith, Thompson, Todd, Will
cox, Wittgenstein-19.
! Nays: Bacon. Blackman, COPELAND, Oar
rail, Egan, Futch, Jewell, Lynch, Ray,
! Williams-l0.
Mr.. Braughn moved to reconsider the
vote by which original section fourteen
was adopted.
| Adopted.
Dir. Braughn offered the following after
the word 9 villages in line fve
Except the property belonging to such
railroad company or companies whose line
of road may run parallel with the cOmpany's
| line, and within three miles from the river,
for distance of seventy miles or more, and
all such property, whether urban or rural,
shall be exempt from assessment of every
shall have 10 claim for damages against the
Levee Company in the event of crevasse.
Mr. Blackman moved to lay the amend
ment on the table.
Which the Senate refused by the fol-
lowing vote
Yeas: Bacon. Blackman, Darrall, Egan,
Foute, Futch, Jewell, Lynch, Packard, Bay,
| ThompsOn-1l.
Nays: Antoine, Beares, Braughn, Camp
bell. jerks, Lewis, Monette, Offutt, Ogden.
O'Hara, PoindeXter. Smith, Todd, Whitney,
Wilcox, Williams, Wittgenstein-l7.
The amendment was then adopted.
Mr.. Ogden offered the following:
Insert in line eight, after the words
"real estate provided. however, that
in no event shall this tax apply to the city
of New Orleans"
Which was laid on the table by the fol-
lowing vote:
Yeas Anderson, Antoine. Blackman,
Campbell, Darrall, Egan, Foute, Futch,
Packard, Poindexter, Smith, Thompson,
Todd, Whitney. Wilcox, Wittgenstein-2l.
Nays: Bacon, Braughn, COPELAND, Jewell,
Ogden, PInchback, Ray.
Mr.. Blackman moved to strike out the
words d" one-quarter of one per cent" in
lines six and seven, and insert the words
"onetenth of one per cent" which was
laid on the table by the following vote:
Yeas: Anderson, Antoine, Campbell. Mo-
nette, Offutt, O'Hara, Packard, Pinchback,
Poindexter, Smith, Todd, Whitney, Wilcox,
Wit,genstein IA.
Nays: Bacon, Beares Blackman, Braughn,
Coupand, Darrall, Egan, Putch, Jewell,
Lewis, Ogden, Ray, Thompson-l3.
The section as amended was then
adopted.
Section two, passed over this morning,
was then taken up and read.
Mr. Bacon offered the following to be
inserted after the word "of," in line
thirteen:
Five engineers to be appointed by the
government of the United States, approved
by the Governor of this State.
Which was laid on the table by the
following vote:
Yeas: Anderson. Campbell, Foute, jerks,
Lewis, Monette, Ofutt, O'Hara, Pinchback,
Poindexter, Smith, Thompson, Todd, Whit
Qey, WILCOX, WlLlSGnSIelu-lo.
Nays: Bacon. Blackman, Braughn, Coup
land, Darrall, Egsn, Futch, Jewell, Lynch,
Packard, Ray-11.
The section as amended was then
adopted.
Section six. which was passed over this
morning. was then taken up and read.
The amendment offered this morning
by Mr.. Ray was then read as follows:
From the word ''then,' in line forty-fye,
strike out all the balance of this section and
insert the following; This company shall
be apSO fdcto at an end and dissolved and
this contract void, and any tolls at that
time due, or afterwards to fall due, to said
company are remitted."
Which was laid on the table by the fol
lowing vote
Yeas: Anderson, Antoine, Beares, Camp
bell, Foute. jerks, Kelso, Lewis. Monette,
Offutt, O'Hara. Pinchback, Poindexter,
Smith, Thompson. Todd, Whitney, Wilcox,
Wittgenstein-l9.
Nays: Bacon, Blackman, Braughn. Coup
land, Darrall, Egan, Futch, Jewell, Lynch,
Ogden, Packard, Ray IL.
The section was then adopted as
amended.
Section eight, which was passed over
this morning, was then taken up and read.
MIR. Poindexter offered the following, to
be added at the end of the section;
Provided. That this bill shall not apply to
parties raising not more than five bales of
cotton per year.
Which was laid on the table by the fol-
lowing vote: