New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-03


Orleans and Northeastern Railroad Com
pany.
TO ask the concurrence of the Senate in
House bill No. 30. an act for the reilet Ut
Bramsten Il Bender.
To ask the signature of the President OF
the Senate to enrolled bill. an act to reiiil-
burse certain taxes Illegally imposed and
collected under act NO u, approved Apiil
4. 1865.
WILLIAM viGERS,
Chief Clerk.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Mr. Futcl, from the COMMITTEES on Manu-
features, reported l;tvorably. with amend
mcnts. upon Senate bill No. 2}a, to be emit
tied an act to encourage immigration from
foreign countries.
Mr. Lewis, from the special committee to
examine the affairs OF the Board OF Public
Works, submitted the following report:
Coan.vrnn Room.
New Orleans, February "a. 1871.
To the Honorable President and Members OF TIE
Senate:
GENTLEMEN Your committee appointed
to investigate the affairs OF tn" Board o1
Public Works, after "A careful examination
OF the books. papers and V"'iciers "i 'he
said board and closely comparing t,lc ac-
counts thereof witt, those of the stat. Au-
ditor. we respectfully direct your ;tten
ton to the abstract herewith.
Your committee also refer y"ll to tn" com
paratiye statement of the measurement OF
certain lvvrts, a, per Annual H'p"It OF
the Board of Public Works for 1870 AMI
that OF the engineer appointed ior the pun
post. OF rcIncaSl;lng the same.
Respectfully Submitted.
j. b. LEWIS.
Chairman.
Nh Bowman. from tue Committee on
Leyccs submitted thGcio!ow;ng roper:
To the Honorable President aui Members OF the
Senate
Your committee was charged with t;lc
consideration of all questions pertaining t"
| the lcvees of this State. aut from variety
| OF sources there has come into our posses
| sion IA large amount OF information clearly
est; blishinr the great Inefticlcnry ot the
| lcvcc system that has been i'll uS. during
| the past few wears. While it has done much
good. still il has failed to give to the people
| an absolute guarantee against t.Ic disasters,
| of overflow. In truth. the system. however
| valuable. has been Intellectually executed.
and. for want of thorouy hne>s. has proved
| unrcasonably expensive.
! In the course of our Investigations. we
| have had occasion 10 examine INTO the ileiliS
| of the measure adopted at the present SEES
sion relative to the Louisiana Lever Com
pany. and the act supplemental thereto.
| The gentlemen who have thus been clothed
| with corporate powers and privileges by the
State can not fail 70 receive the confidence
| of the public, as possessing the capacity and
| proper spirit to carry out the laUdablc III
| tcntiuns of the Legislature as expressed i'll
the acts referred TO. But the acts them
selves will bear scrutiny: indeed. theT de.
! vclop "A plan OF action tor building anu
maintaining the lcvccS ol tins state every
| WAY SUPERIOR to that hitherto i'll USE, and
which. if executed i'll the m,nucr We have
| reason to believe it will he done. viii. IN
time. prove an uItailing guarantee against
foundations, besides bcin. lleTrenS,'F" 20
the State. as compared with >ucii expenses
i'll the past.
The act OF contract. expressed at lenoth
in the original bill. required the compa:, ~
construct not less than three iIIliiril> oi
cubic wards Vi !cvecS per year. The amount
of lpTrcS thus required 10 be constructed
wa, !na,itestlv Inadequate. Fortunately
Tor the State. this important point was l''
ovrr!uokcd bI The Governor. vino. with
great wisdom and foresight. required an't
obtained from tnr company an act dlllN
authenticated. whereby the company has
bound Itself 20 construct each year moi less
than five millions o.; cubic yards OF irver>.
Ii there was any other failure ot duty on
the part of the Legislature respecting tl-
| i,u,oitaut measure. It Is 10 be fou:ia IL
the fact that il has failed 20 pruy.'i.'
on its own behalf for Il suitable ln>pcc; on
of tn" wor,, 10 be done. and OF the condition
of the lcvcc> generally. There should illNt
been provided ii way by whcn the Leg:Sla-
latu.c could obtain tull and satisfactory III
formation directly through its own com
mittce. without beng compciied /" rc4y
upon the reports OF outside and perhaps III
tcre>ted parties. We commend 10 youl
consideration whether the interests ot The
| State would nrt nr >lin>crvcd by cilar"!n.
| the Senate Committee on LcTecS With mat
important duty. inasmuch as the levct>
are ii ali times d subject matter TO" ,heii
special inquiry and investigations.
There is a large district OF COUNT IL
North Louisiana along Bayou Mason. Ten
| sas Black and Bu-ut rivers. which hay;
been subject TT overflow every year slhct
the war. The section referred TO is vastly
| fertile. an! comprises large portions " the
parishes of TenSas. Carroll, Concordla
Madison, Catahoua. Franklin and Ric!lland
| The annual foundations which have atfiir tee
the people of these parishes. are. III cons@
| uuence of the fact that no levecs have beer
constructed, since the war. at Ashton an'
Diamond Island Bend; and we respectfully
recommend to the new lcvce company tina
their first services. under their charter. can
not be more appropriately given than "A
| tnt points ildIitu. ,
Respectfully submitted. by advice OF tn
| Committee on Lcv"r>.
SAMUEL 5. BOWMAN,
| Chairman
Mr.. P;nclbach. from the Committee OF
Federal Relations. reported tavorably upoi
Senate Joint resolution No. 10, memorial
izing Congress % urge the repeal OF tn
oath OF office known as the ''iro1, clai
oath.
Mr. Harris, frcm the Committee on En-
crossed Bills. reported the following bii
as having been duly cngrosscd:
Senate bill No. 23S, to extend tie con,
mission appointed by an act relative t
veterans, appointed October Il. 1868. ant
March Is. 1869.
Also Senate bill No. %. TO Incorporate
the Lake Shore Building Association.
| NOTICES OF BILLS.
by Mr. Campbell:
OF IA bill to be entitled an act tctinin. tn
obligations of the city Of New Orleans t
be redeemed as part of the floating debE
under the provisions OF section forty. ac