New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-02-18
TN THE LEGISLATURE.


IN or article on tie Legislature. in
| yesterday REpU3LIc,>, an error occurred
| in the statement that Mr.. Ray. of Qua
chita, introiuc Il the act to establish an
trial home, AT Baton Rouge. The bill
Wa, not introduced by Mr. Ray, but by
| Mr.. Raglan, of East Baton Rouge. The
| practical manner il which the bill WAS
drawn Up reflects great credit on Mr..
| Ragan, and the anxiety of that gentleman
, to make the bill as perfect as possible
was evidenced by his cheerful acquiescnce
in every proper improvement that WI,
suggested
There Wa, little Of public Importance in
| the Senate during the morning session,
| except the call OF Mr.. BlaCllnau for SEN
ate bill No. %. being al act to define the
| duties and TX the compensation Of the
| Stat Printer
The Senate passed the bill increasing
the salaries of the judges of the Supreme
l.
ure, for the Supreme Court should be able
| to command the highest legal talent in
| the STATE, and it i, idle to expect that IA
| lawyer Of high rank in the profession,
| ana OF commensurate talent, will ill the
| iahori III, position Of Judge ut a compensa
ton probably not amounting to half of
what his practice viii Yield.
IA tn eTen:lg session the attention Of
the Senate was occupied principally with
the printing biz! which, after some cor
siderable debate, was post oned.
The bill di,,olying the charter Of the
Crescent Git Sla7lghterhou,e Company,
| which. a, We mentioned, had been passed
b. the House AMI sent to the Senate for
concurrence. was then taken up all
passed with meteoric speed. There Was
nothing else Of Importance transacted.
In the House there Wa, little business
done of any public Importance Al any
rate little of the business had progressed
50 far a, to make j. the subject of legiti-
mate debate. The or ut was tina. the
House when resolved into committee of
| the whole, would be occupied with House
bill No. 2)6, reported by the Committee
on Public Health and Quarantine, Of
which Mr. Norrlll, of Jefferson, is chair
man Thi, bill it seems, is a desideratum
not only in relation to public health but
in regard to habitableness of certain
neighborhoods This is matter which
has never yet received due share of leg
i,lative or municipal attention, and it is
to the credit of NJ. WorIall, that he has
taken hold of il 50 judiciouslv, and it is
to be hoped that the bill will pass.
\ bill to dissolve the corporation know
as the Ship Island Canal Company, and
taking measures for It's iluiiation was
brought up and referred.
The charter Of the Ship Island Canal
Company contemplated, We believe, an
extensive system OF drainage; and should
the corporation be dissolved there must
be something to replace it, in the interest
of the State az large. The present session
is drawing rapidly to a close, and there is
no measure looking to public utility more
important than that of drainage.
We believe that there are several
bills before the Legislature which
contemplate al improved system
Of drainage for the city of New Orleans.
These various schemes remit to the city
the collection of the drainage fund and
the location of the routes of the canals
used for this purpose. The plan OF
drainage must be we'll understood, it
seems. as all the bills before the LeGisli-
ture contemplate substantially the same
general system, and this being the case,
and all being agreed upon the end it
would facilitate the public interest if the
means could be speedily decided upon
and all the interests conjoined. The sub
iect is one of grave moment, and has, We
suppose, occupied the attention Of the
courts in various legal conflicts, more
than any other one subject, while equally
it has involved the city and nmpeded the
progress Of drainage. 1t would, I'M
doubtetlly, be best in rela ton to this sub
ject to wipe away all legal impeachment to
a perfectly matured system, 50 that the
action Of the Legislature may be untram-
meled, and whichever mode of drainage
be adopted, may be put in immediate
operation.
The last matter occupying the attention
of the House was House bill No. 30, en-
titled an act 'to prevent fraud in the sale
and shipment of cotton at the port of
New Orleans, and to provide for the regu-
lation and inspection thereof
The bill, in brief, makes official inspec-
ton obligatory, under penalty of $1,000
for infract;on of the act, collectable by
proceedings II rem 1t creates a board
of inspection, consisting of Individuals