The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-04-09
[Mr. Moncure, of Caddo. in the chair. ]



SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.
House bill No. 281. an act to provide
for the payment Of the indebtedness
created by the levee commissioners Of
Tensas and of Carroll and Madison con-
tracts for levee purposes in pursuance Of
law, being the special order for the eve
ming, was taken up, it being on its third
reading and final passage, whereon the
yeas and nays were demanded by Messrs.
Stamps, of Jefferson, and Matthews. of
Tensas, with the following result:
Yeas: Abel, Adolphe, Antoine, Barrett, Bent
ley, Burch, Darinsburg. Davis, Demas, Devices.
Faulkner, Gaddis. Garstkamp p Harper. W.
Harper. Hampstead, Hyams, Il. Lott, Lynch.
Morris, Murray, Otto, Quinn, Riley, Ringgold,
Sartain, Smith; Souer. Tounpir, Ullman, verrett,
Waters, Wheyland, H. Williams, Worrall Yorke
Al.
Nays: Baker, Barker, Bickham, Blunt, Bowen,
Brewster, Broussard, Bryan. Buckingham, But
Ter, Chachere, Cochran, Crawford, Darby,
Davidson, Durio, Ellis, Floyd, Fontelieu, Gard
ner, johnson, Kearson, Kenner, La Saliniere,
laurent J. B. Lott Mahoney, Meadows, Mon
cure, Moore, Nelson, Oplatek, Overton, Pond,
Raby, Stamps, Stevens, Tatman, Thompson,
Tureaud. Wands, Washington, of Assumption,
E. Williams, Wilson, Young-45.
Mr.. J. B. Lott. Of Rapides, asked per-
mission to record his vote on the passage
of the bill, which was granted
He voted nay.
Mr.. Tureaud, of St. James, moved for
a reconsideration of the vote just taken,
and to lay that on the table.
Carried
1.-The Speaker resumed the chair
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE
The Secretary of the Senate was an
nounced with the following message:
To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
House of Representatives:
I am directed to present for your con-
sideration, and to inform you that the
Senate has passed over the Governors
veto by the constitutional two-thirds
vote, the following bills, viz:
For the relief of James O. Nixon, late
State Printer.
Making an appropriation to pay
Simeon Belden, Attorney General, for
collection of State taxes in the parishes
of Orleans and jefferson.
Respectfully,
CHARLES II. MERRITT.
Secretary of the Senate.
The Speaker laid before the House the
following veto message of the Governor !:
STATE OF LOUISIANA, }
Executive Department,
New Orleans, February %, 1871.
To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
House of Representatives:
Herewith I return without my appro-
val IAN act for the relief of James O.
Nixon, late Sac Printer"
By this bill it is proposed to give to a
gentleman who was late the official print
er Of the State some fifty thousand dol
10 to reimburse him for alleged losses
on State warrants. I can see no lust
reason for makingssuch discrimination
in favor of Mr.. Nixon. He has sustain
ed no greater loss in proportion than
every other creditor of the State. If it
is proper to make this appropriation, if
the faith of the State is pledged, as as
serted in this act, then, in all justice,
some two millions of dollars should be at
once appropriated to reimburse all who
have lost during the past four years by
reason of the depreciation of warrants.
But Mr.. Nixon has no Just claim against
the State. He has already been paid
SIT, 947 81 for printing and advertising
during period oftwo years When he
contracted with the State he knew that
he would be paid in warrants, and his
prices were fixed accordingly.
If appropriations of this character do
not cease, the State will soon be irretriev-
ably bankrupt The property o. the State
is assessed at its full value. The rate of
is now SO high that it cannot be
safely increased and yet the estimated
receipts for the ensuing year will not ex-
coed the amount necessary to pay the in
terest on our bonds and the very large
budget of current expenses of the gov
ernment
nc. WARMOTH