The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-02-09

prosecuted with great vigor. Nine ma
chimes are now employed in excavating.
The canal viii be opened for business up
to the river bank in the course Of Of thir-
ty days The lock win be completed and
the canal connected with the river about
the first Of July Of the present year.
recommend as of great importance q
the necessity Of amending the law no
lative to public printing - 40. siloi 81
When the act in relation 10 the matter
was passed. the State was in no condition
to disburse money, but was obliged to !
issue warrants worth at that time only
forty or fifty cents on the dollar in pay
ment of the work. Since Their the credit
of the State has improved, and warrants
are now selling at seventy-three cents on
the dollar, with fair prospect Of soon
reaching par value. We are now in
condition to greatly reduce the price OF
public printing, and should limit tho
number Of papers in which the laws are
to be publiaAed. era ea.i oi oi.a
REGISTRATION AND ELECTION.
The disregard of the rights Of franchise
evinced in many localities in the State 4
in 1868, induced the last Legislature to
resort to the most stringent measures for
the protection of the people. The violent
rancor of that period having now given
place to more liberal end just acknow-
ledgment of the true relations of all our
citizens, I commend to your consideration
the modification of the registration and
election laws to an extent, that, while Sc
curing the inalienable rights of al, will
make the usage under them less irksome
and exacting to the few.
will transmit to you in few days
the report of the State Registrar, embody-
ing his views as to the notifications that
are deemed desirable. 9 ~aa,
As reports have not been received from
the Administrators of the Charity Hos
pital at New Orleans, Of the Deaf, Dumb
and Blind Asylum, Insane Asylum, Mill
tary Academy, and State Penitentiary,
am unable to submit them with my mes
sage, or to make any recommendations
in their behalf On their receipt at this
Office, will lny them, with such sugges-
tons as may have to offer, before you
for your consideration. 4. .t ..-.
nc. WARMOTH, si
| .eH SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.
The consideration of the apportion-
ment bill having been made the first spe-
cial order of the day, it was taken up and
read. s.. t..-.., ...,......o .......
Mr.. Gartskamp, of Jefferson. moved to
amend the first section by striking out
all after the word Orleans" in the twenty
second line, to the word ''the," IN tho
twenty-tlird line, and insert in lieu there
of the word, known as the Sixth NUM-
cipal District, comprising the Twsft
Thirteenth and Fourteenth Wards. -a,
Mr.. Worran, OF Jefferson, moved that
the bill be referred to o special commit
tee of rhree, which was laid on the table
upon motion of Mr.. Devices, of De Soto,
by rising vote of AZ yeas to 35 nays.
Mr.. Devices, of De Soto, then moved to
Law the amendment Of Mr.. Gartskamp
upon the table, which was carried by q
rising vote of 43 yeas to 20 nays.
The question recurring upon the adop-
ton of the first session, Messrs. Cart :
kamp and Gardner, of Jefferson, do
manded the yeas and nays, which result
ed as follows: ui
Yeas: Abell Adolphe, Bickham, Bowen,
Broussard, Brown, Bryan, Buchanan,
Cochran, Devices, Durio, Faulkner, FOn-
telieu, P. H.rper, Kenner, La Saliniere,
Matthews, Mcfarland, Morphy, Morris.
Otto, Pond, Ringgold, Tatman. Whey
land, Yorke-26. .o1 al,t .
Nays: Antoine, Baker, Barker, Barnet,
Barrow, Bentley, Blunt, Brewster, Burct.
Butler, Carter, Chachere, Crawford, OAR
insburg, Davis, Dcmss, Ellis Floyd
Gaddis, Gardner, Garstkamp, w. Harper,
johnson, Jordan, Kearson, Killen, Kin
sella, Laurent, Llambias H. Lott, J. Lott,