New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-02

| constitutional limitation TO which can you
| attention is useless and meaningless.
| was adopted in order to check the Pu",i'
debt at a point beyond which Ii can hot ~
sustained without rulnous TAXATION Yer
| t:inly we can no: issue State boiuS U. oot
row money by other means cXcecdll" tiit
| prrscri,nd limits. but this precartIon VII
| IL. useless if the State is to continue to III
| cur liabilities by engaging to pay. Nltcrcs
and principal upon millions OF bonds
nominaily issued by others. but dclen!ln.
| for their market value entirely upon such
| State guaranty.
Past expcrieacc should satisfy you that
| such an Endorsement is i'll most instances
| equivalent to an orr ginal and unCOnditlona
| obligation to pay.
II. C. WARMOTH.
Go, ernor of Louisiana.
STATE or LOUISIANA. }
Executive Department.
New Orleans February "a, HI.
70 the IInnolab,c President ami Members o! the
Senate:
Herewith return, without my approval,
San act for the relief of James q. Nixon.
late State printer" by this bill it is pro-
posed to give to il gentleman who was late
the official printer of the State some fifty
thousand dollars to reimburse him for al
legged losses On State warrants. 1 can see
no inst reason for making such a liscrim
nation in favor of Mr.. Nixon. He has
sustained no greater loss i'll proportion than
every other creditor of the State. II ii is
proper to make this approWiation-if the
faith of the State is pledged as asserted in
this act. then i'll all Justice some two mil
hons OF dollars should be at once appro-
priated to reimburse all who have lost.
durn. 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 SIl.oE II for
printing and advertising during period OF
two years. When no contracted with the
State he knew that he would be paid i'll
warrants. and his prices were fixed accord
ingly.
Ii appropriations of this character do not
cease. the State will soon be irretrievably
bankrupt
The property Of the State is assessed at
its full value The rate Of taxation is now
SO high that it can not be safely increased
and vet the estimated receipts for the ell
SUN. year will not exceed the amount ne
ccss:irv to pay the interest on our bonds and
the very large budget of current expenses
OF the government.
Ii. C. WARMOTH.
Governor OF Louisiana.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
WI. ~ iichi thN vi
Enrolment made the following report:
COMMITTEE on ENROLMENT. /
New Orleans, February %, l51l :
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate
GE>TLEMEN-Your Committee Oh Enroll
mcnt beg leave TO report the following bills
AS duly enrolled:
Senate bill No 1872, entitled an act relative
to life assurance companies.
Senate bill No. 50. entitled an act to
amend an act entitled IAN act relative to
justices OF the peace for the parish of JET
iersoIi." approved February ., 1859, and
creating an additional court in the FIRST
Ward of the parish of Jefferson, and a con
stable for the same.
Senate bills Nos. 81 and i05, an act cstab-
fishing the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Jul
dicial Districts. and providing for the time
OF holding the courts in said districts amp
parishes. and the time for which the Judges
and district attorneys in said districts
shall hold their offices.
Very respectfully,
p i. S PINCHBACK.
Chairman Committee on Enrolment.
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES LYING OVER.
Mr. Twitchcll called up the report of the
committee to compare bills on their third
reading. and moved the report be adopted.
The report was adopted.
BILLS CALLED Ur.
BY unanimous consent Mr.. Dazzle called
up substitute for Senate bills Nos. s. and
l05. establishing the Fifteenth and Sixteenth
Judicial Districts. and providing for the
time OF holding the courts in said districts
and parishes, and terms for which the judges
and district attorneys in said districts shall
hold their Office.
On motion of Mr.Daislc the House amend
mcnt of line thirteen. to strike out st.
Mary" and nscr: " Assumption" was con-
cured i'll.
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.
Senate bill No. 2iS. general appropriation
bill, was taken up, and the item embraced
between lines 1876 and l43 was read, and its
consideration temporarily postponed.
Mr. McMillcn. for Mr.. Thompson, offered
the following AZ an additional item. to he
inserted between lines l42 and li3: ''FOr
the reimbursement Of licenses enormously
collected on suSarhouses and cotton gins
five thousand dollars (s5ooo). or so much
thereof as may be necessary.
Line l43, the next item. was read and
adopted.
amended by adding tho following words at
the cad thereof: ITO be paid out of the
current school fund
Adopted as amended.
III. ,,ayt tLron itnny >yprn ron scout iynIy
read and adopted.
Mr. Coupland offered an additional item.
to be inserted between lines one hundred
and sixty four and one hundred and sixty
five. AS follows:
For the contingent expenses of the Lieu
tenant Governor of the State, one thousand
dollars (slOoU.''
Adopted.
The next two items were consecutively
read and adopted.
The next item was read.
Mr.. Smith moved to strike out all from
line III to line l76, inclusive.
Which was tabled. on Il call Of the yeas
and nays, by the following vote:
Yeas: Anderson. Antoine, Barber, Butler.
Campbell. COPELAND, Fish. Harris. Hcrwis.
Ingrailain. kclsO, Lynch, McMillen. No
land O'Hara. Pierce, Pinchback, Raglan,
Ray, Twitchell. Wilcox-2l.
Nays: Daigle. Futch, Gallup, Hunsaker,
Smith, Todd.
The item for the contingent expenses of
the State treasury was then adopted.
Mr. Smith moved to strike out the next
item. which. on the call of the yeas and
,,..,.s. ,,... r., l,loI LIZ tia following ynte.