New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-08

having passed, - twe-thirds Of tho mem
beers present had voted in the affirmative.
The following veto message was then
! read ~ follows:

oovAu8 VSs0ou, - tW0-kutIuD Vi tA0 AAckn
ber present had voted in the affirmative
The following veto message was the,
read Is follows:
BfATH or LOUISIANA,
Executive Department.
New Orleans, January 3, H7o.
To the Speaker and Members of the House of Rep
I return to the House of Representative
an act entitled San act to Incorporate the
Arkansas and Red River Railroad Company
and granting aid 70 the same without my
signature for the following reasons:
have no objection to urge against grant
| ing charter to the gentlemen whose names
! appear as incorporAtors in this set, but dc
/ object to granting them the aid of bonds
drawing eight per ceut interest, with the
! promise to pay several hundred thousand
dollars interest annually on their bonds, the
! repayment of which would be secured only
by second mortgage on the railroad, 1t
having been previously mortgsged for the
/ sum of fifteen thousand dollars per mile,
with the force and effect Of 4 firss mort
gage.
1t is proposed to run this railroad from
tho mouth Of Red river, nOrthward 10 the
Arkansas State line. between the OuAchita
aud the Mississippi rivers. By reference to
the map. it will be observed that the means
of transportation for the inhabitants of tha.
section of the State are, perhaps. the best Of
any in the State. The distance from point
equi distant between the Ouachita and
Mississippi rivers is nowhere greater than
twenty miles, while the Black River, Bayou
Macon, Bayou Boeuf and Tensas river are all
traversing the country between them, and
are navigable for small steamers half the
year. 1t would be, in my opinion, worse
than folly for the State, in Ks present en-
barrassed financial situation, to extend its
deprecated credit to this enterprise. There
are manifest mistakes IN the enrolment of
the act. The language of the last part of
section seventeen, on the first page does
not make sense in connection with that ON
the following page. l find it impossible to
reconcile the language and substance of the
two pages.
(SignedD H. c. WARMOTH,
Governor of Louisiana.
A true copy from original:
Chief Clerk House of Representatives.
The President put the question: evil
the Senate, upon reconsideration, agree
to pass the bill, the objections of the
Governor to the contrary notwithstand-
ing?"
The Secretary proceeded to call the
roll, with the following result:
Yeas: Blackman, Campbell, Packard. Ray,
Smith, Thompson, Todd, Wilcox, Williams,
Wittgenstein-12.
Nays: Anderson, Antoine, Bacon, Beares,
Braughn. Coupland, Darral, Egan, Foute,
Futch, jerks. Jewell, Kelso, Lynch, Ogden,
Pinchback, Poindexter-l7.
The President announced that the veto
of the Governor was sustained, two-thirds
of the members present not voting in the
Mr.. Blackman called up the veto mes
sage of the Governor, received on the first
day of the session, vetoing an act to incor-
porate the Monroe, Homer and Flu ton
Railroad Company, and granting State aid
to the same.
The President put the question: ''Will
the Senate, upon reconsideration, agree to
pass the bill, the objections of the Gov
ernor to the contrary Notwithstanding
The Secretary proceeded to call the roll,
with the following result:
Yeas: Antoine, Blackman, Braughu, Ba-
con, Campbell, COPELAND, Darrall, Futch, |
jewell, jerks, O'Hara, Packard, Poindexter,
Ray, Smith, Thompson. Todd, Wit:gen-
stein, Whitney, Williams-20.
Nays: Anderson, Beares, Exam, Foute, |
kelso, Lynch. Monette, Pinchback-S.
The President announced the bill as
having passed, as two-thirds of the MEM
oers present had voted in the affirmative.
By unanimous consent, Senate bill No. i
II, AN act to amend and re-enact sec
ions one and two, and to repeal section
hree OF an act entitled An act to provide |
pensions for the veterans of eigh cen hun |
ired and fourteen and eighteen hundred |
md fifteen, or their widows, according to |
he requirements of article one hundred |
md twenty four of the constitution of |
eighteen hundred and sxty-eight,' ap-
proved October Is, 1868, and to create a
commission to ascertain who are the |
Widows Of deceased veterans of eighteen |
hundred and fourteen and eighteen hun
lred and fifteen, and who are veterans of |
hose years who have not heretofore been |
'warded a pension by law, and providing
for said commission and
heir Clerks
Was taken up, and the amendments of
he House were read as follows:
First amendment, end of the first section,
insert the the following proviso: PRO
lded, That no warrant shall be drawn by |
he Auditor of Public Accounts except as
gainst specific appropriation made to
AIRY out the provision Of this act, by the
feneral Assembly, at its session next pre-
eding the drawing Of said warrants, and
My to the amount of such appropriations
nd concurred in.
Second amendment. section two, fifth line,
trike out "sixty.siX " and insert sixty"
Iopcurred in.
Third amendment, section four, thirteenth
inc, strike out the words "Secretary of |
,tate," aud insert Chairman of Committee
m Pensions of the House Of Representa-
lves,' and concurrence referred.
Fourth amendment, section 4, twenty
ourth line, STR Ike out after the word "act"
o the word "ali, }" in the thirtieth line. Con-
urred in.
Fifth amendment, sixth section, line fifth,
trike out the words zone hundred" and
nsert sixty Concurred in.
Sixth amendment, sixth section, ninth |
inc. strike out all after the word paid to
be word 'Senate." in the tenth line, and
insert Seven dollars per day for the time
ctually employ not to exceed sixty days"
,Oncurred in.
MESSAGE TO THE HOUSE.
The Secretary informed the House that
be Senate had passed over the Governors
eto, by the constitutional two-thirds ma
ority, a bill to be entitled IAN act for the
plief Of the officers and members of the
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