New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-02-08
EIHA-'ES OF TIL: SENATE.


.'s:UA1. February >. :>,!.
IL. r.L We EE.'t.'nt' .i.".! 4. n"HI",>
III. n!l. for III" ...e: ri Rev y. 4. !'"is-
mus. Chaplain o: ne Lcl.i>ian.. >ia;" Penn
Tertiary. having been .aitd i.:'--
NJ k.can said: | VII! rNl't..in :" Vie
>euatr III. uatIlr" oi ::l!- :.... though /
deem Il unnecessary 70 say n.Hcii on 'E.
-uhicc,. The gentleman whom 4 = !nIcNd""
t" relieve was appointed by :he Governor III
l>.i1 a. u incmhcr -. the h"!r: ~ control
If 'he pcni.cn:iarv. BY th... u"ard he was
chosen c.la,,lan o. that Institution. AMI he
served the. eatter IN bo'h capacities. In adj
Lition ~ this he performed !. very valuable
service ~ .h,. institution i'v drafting rules
for the government ot the pen!I"ntlarv.
hay. upcn my desk q Is. oi the creditors
of the rr.lI'tu,iary. over :hc Signature of
tn. present clerk. VIII" has served
III that capacity for scvera. years.
Tn that list appears the n.:'nc "f y: T..
Durcinils as a creditor for the amount which
il il proposed to give him in the bill. He
has also Il certificate from the president Of The
board of control. which was given 10 him
hv virtue OF an act passed. ON the fourth OF
JANUARY last. making an appropriation I"
nav the indebtedness OF that institution.
The reason that Mr.. Dorcmus has not been
paid is that the impor!an. connection Which
he sustained toward the Southwestern Bible
Society in New Orleans prevented HIM from
yoin. t" Baton Rouge to presen: MS claim
until the appropriation made by the General
Assembly was exhausted. Under these cir
curnstancesA think this is I. lust claim. and
| hope IL" On, kcton will be mad" I" rs pay
lueut now move that the bill De CVns.-
cred as cngrosscd.
Mr.. Lynch: would su.ges: ~ 'hc
honorable Senator from Baton Rouge that
the printing and publication q: this bill! III
all the newspapers of the State would cost
more than the claim amounts -.
Mr.. Raglan: 1t matters no. villa. he cost
20 the State vii! he. The ciaiUdn. Is "n-
'tled 70 three hundred and Ilrrc dollars.
yhich TIN. State owes him. ard the state
should bear the expense OF he printing.
Mr. Pinch back suggested that Ihc bill
should IL, referred to the Committee on APP
preparations. IN order tina. i: might DC III
cluded in the general appropriation hi!l.
lie was i'll favor OF paying the amount
claimed. but he agree! with II: Senator
trom Carroll, that the cost y. printing aud
publication would anI".:n. 20 n!1ie than the
claim was worth.
Mr.. Raglan accepted the suggestion OF
Senator Finchback, and tie bill WAS re-
terred to the Committee ON Appropriations.
TERMS o;' PARISH COURTS.
The bill fixing the terms of the Parish
been called ap-
Mr.. Raw remarked that the bill had been
introduced i'll order to correct an ambiguity
which existed i'll the original act. but il
was not intended to change the law as il
stood at present.
Mr.. Bllckmar: move :ilat the bill be
amended so as t. except from its operation
the parishes of Claiborne, Rienville. Jack
son and Union. l know that this is the
- ~. 10. 4 l.
a great Inconvenience, as the law now stands,
to the people and the legal fraternity to at
tend court.
sIr. Raw: If the law is good for one dis.
tlict it is good for the whole OF the State
Ii should be general IN Its character. From
the first organization OF the State up to
1916. the arrangement proposed to be estab
lishcd by this bill was in force. The probate
business was attended to monthly and the
ordinary business every other month. That
system was found to work remarkably well
during that time. 1t is = grea: object tC
have tie probate business attended to. ! dc
not think we can adopt a better system than
that which the experience OF thirty years
has proven to be the best. ! move. there
fore, sthat the amendment Of The Senator
from Claiborne he laid on the table.
Mr. Blackman: This is a matter OF: very
great Importance to the people OF the sec.
ton of country which L represent. Ahev
complain most bitterly Of being brought e
the court every month. Instead OF the
courts being looked up to with that degree
of respect which courts of justice should
always command, the people become more
and more disguised with them every month.
If the gentleman thinks it is necessary to
have term of the court every month fox
the transaction of probate business, am
willing that it should be so; but ! think the
court should be in session for the trial OF
ordinary cases but once every three months
think it would be no more than an act OF
courtesy on the part Of the Senate to me to
make the change which the members Of the
bar and the people Of my district desire to
be made. do not see the necessity for a
term of the parish court every month.
will, therefore, modify my amendment sc
J as to provide that the parish judge shall