The Louisianian., 1871-03-05

the relief prOpoSet III the plii III sec-
tion 1873 of the revised laws OF the State
for 1870, it is declared that 'the Attorney
General shall receive Ave per cent. on all
amounts collected by him. ut appears
in the c,se ior which Mr.. Bel,len asks
rehei. that there was large and power
full associ 1t; on organized and incorpora-
ted under the laws Of this State, which
resiste,l the collection of one per cent
tax imposed by the Legislature OF 1868;
that, under the inlinence of that CORPORA
ton, the real estate owners of tie parish |
of Orleans resisted the collection of said |
tax; and hat thereupon suntlry suits were
instituted by the Attorney General to en-
force the collection of sail tax, all of
which were resisted by said association as
representing the body of real estate
owners in sal parish; that for the pur
pose OF saving costs to taxpayers, ii
Judgment should be adverse to it, tho At
tonioy General and the said association
agreed to make the ease of Henry Frellsen
ct ais w. F. G. Nlahnn, State Tax Collec-
tor, n test case, and that by the ruling
and Judgment of the court in that case
should or fan RI! opposition to the collcc-
ton of said tax The Senate is familiar
with the decision of the courts in that
case. The constitut;onality of the tax
was sustained and all opposition to its
collection was abandoned and large
revenue was realized. If the Attorney
General had insisted upon his right to
multiply the suits for the collection of
that tax, as he had both the right and
power to do, he would have received the
full compensation allowed him by law,
without tn. necessity of any act for his
relief The course Of action adopted by
the Attorney General saved to the real
estate owners Of the parish the payment
of several hundred thousand dollars in
costs. 1t was the policy of cancellation
economical alike to the people and the
State, and had it not been adopted the
claimant would have received the frl.l
compensation he now asks without ap-
pea.ing to the Legislature for relief.
For these reasons we report favorably
ON said bill, and recommend that it be
adopted, with the following amendment;
In the section strike out the words
''sixty-two thousand," and instead there
Of insert the words ''ffty two thousand" I"
L. B. JENKS,
JAMES II. INGRAHAM.
Committee on PUpIlC PRINTING,
New Orleans, February I, 1871.
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate .ul.
Your committee, to whom was de'ega-
tod the duty Of investigating the action
Of the State Printer, and inquire into
the reasons why the printing bill, or "Bill
to define the duties and fixing the COM
pensation of the State Printer" was not
returned to tho Senate within the time
,,rocribed by law, beg leave to report that
sfter investigating the matter we find
that tire bin in question was received al
the Office of the State Printer on tho
fourth day of February, as appears from
the receipt book of the Secretary OF the
Srnate; and that the said bill is now
February 7, returned to the Senate, on'
day less than the time prescribed by law
leaving out one day for Sunday, Feb
r,ary S; and we also find, upon investiga
ton that all bills forwarded to the Stat
Printer have been returned within til
time required by law. For the committee
Es LIB. JENKS, Chairman.
Mr.. Blackman, from the Committee o.
Banks and Banking, reported favorabl
upon Sonat. bill No. 50, to be entitled a
net relative to the liabilities Of deposit
aries.
Lies over. --7' '"'of
Mr. Syphor, from tho committee o1
Drainage, Canal and Inland Navigation
reported an origigal BILL to be entitled a
act to provide for the cleaning out {
bayous Portage, Mayors and Yonkely an
.canre sting the same by canal, for I'll
purpose Of draining large portions of tn
parish of st. Jary, and protecting til
same from overflow, ask State aid there
for.
Reported by order of the Committe
on Canals, Drainage and Inland Navig'