New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-02-08
yN THE LEGISLATURE.


Chamber of Commerce. The petition
calls the attention Of the Legislature to ,
the workings o: III: act approved March !
), 1870, and p.oyi,lin. for the appoint |
men: OF a public administrator.
The petition AYERS this act has 'ie!s- ,
teriors effect on public confidence In a
certain class of business transactions, ard !
especially diminishes 1.-The facility for OBJ
tanning ad:ances to persons resident N
country parishes" 1t argues that tie
creditor has ut all times All interest III the
| administration Of his debtor estate. par
| ticu!rly in cases where there are neither
! widow no: forced heirs. The law Of 1870
| excludes creditors from the a1min,,ra
| ton of cstates however large their interest
may be. The petition Of the Chamber OF
Commerce therefore argues that the law
| is detrimental to the interests Of those
for whose benefit it Seems to have been
intended. The petition was referred to
the judiciary Committee.
Mr.. Todd, of Jefferson. introduced al
act ito preserve and improve q part OF
the public record, IN and for the parish of
| Orleans" etc.
When the title Of the bill! was read. We
anticipated this same measure was about
| to be inaugurattd TO provide safe and
| impregnable place for public records OF
every description. The act III question.
however. goes DO further than to make II
the duty Of the Clerk of TIE Second Dis
tic, Court for the parish of Orleans to
! form general index of all suits. sue
c.Ss.onS. interdrtions. emancipatIon>.
and all other matter. instituted i'll the
court. and 70 have.tAe same printed at the
expense of the State. This &c: va, also
referred to tn. Judiciary Committee.
The only other bills introduced. OF any
public interest. We're two in relation to
drainage: one of which eubodi.., report
of General NJ. JEFF Thompson. coneernin:
tn. gran, mara!s.
Anon. the bills of which notices We're
! given was one by senator Campbell. OF
som. importance. As. II passed. 1t VIII
settle question o: great inteies: to those
who propose to procure public lands by
title Of ,lndi,puted validity. Thi, i, An
act to declare illegal certain entries OF
State land. and to make the same subject
to private entry" The act provide, that
all entries and sale Of public land i'll this
State made after the .wenty-sixtL day of
January. 1861, and prior t" the twenty
fifth dav .: June. 1860. ''by those con-
trolling the land Offices Of this Stat. dur
ing tina: time" are declared Illegal. null,
and void.
The same Senator has given notice Of 4
bill concerning the State militia, and ini
proving the present organization. From
a cursorv examination Of the bill. we
notes that it provides for the exemption
from militia and jury duty all officers.
roncommissoned officers, musicians and
privates who shall have served iive years
in the State militia. and received All hon
orable discharge thcretrom.
In the Hou,, the main feature Of the
days proceedings vas the discussion OF
the bill in relation to public education
being an amendment Of the act already in
force. the BIZ! III its present shape having
been introduced by Mr.. Bentley, OF St.
Mary.
In the progress. Of the debate the bill
WAS warmly opposed. particularly by Mr..
Moncuye. of Calio. and Mr.. Thompson,
Of s.. Tammany. These gentlemen
seemed to objec: TO the provisions which
gave the con.ro. Of the public schools of
the State mea,u-ab!y to the State Board
of Eiucatiou. through the power con-
farred on i. to a; point board of directors
for each parish. The opponents OF the
bill, as it stands. were in favor of giving
the control Of the schools to TIE polio.
iurie, OF the several parishes. NJ. Burch.
of Baton Rouge. and Mr.. kenner. o: Or
leans. advocated the bill as before the
House.
The bill! received but two amendments.
one increasing the salary of the Sixth
Division Superintendent. and Il substi-
tute for section eight. whereby it is made
the duty Of the Administrator of Finance
Of the city of New Orleans to act as
, treasurer Of the New Orleans School
, Board. Thus amended the bin assed
and was sent t. the Senate for concur
renee.
The only other matter of Importance
that occurred was the re-appointment by
. the Speaker OF number of the standin.
e committees.
f The resolution passed on Monday tc
t | hold an additional session, commencing
| | at seven o'clock in the evening, was recon
: sidered and repealed. We suppose, as {
: consequence Of this. that considerable
: amount of Legislative business will, wher
! the houses adjourn, lie over to the mex
n session.
A Democratic paper, speaking Of Black
: Jeremiah on Wilson, says ''the blow