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SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Forty.Nlnth Day-Evening Session.
Horsx OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
Wednesday, March l, 1871.
The House met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Speaker Carter in the chair.
The roll was called and the following
members answered to their names:
Messrs. Carter, Abel, Adolphc, Antoine,
Barker, Barrett, Bentley, Blunt, Bowen,
Brown, Buckingham, Bnrch, Butler. Carr,
Cochran, Crawford, Darby, Darinsburg. Da-
wilson, Davis, De'uas, Devices. Ellis, Faux
ner, Floyd, FOntelieu, Gardner, Garst-
kamp. p. Harper, Hampstead, kenner. Lau-
rent, H. Lott, Mahoney, Marie, Marvin, Mat
fhews, Mcfarland, MOncure, Moore, Morphy,
Morris, Murray, Oplatek, Pond, Raby, Riley,
6artain, Schumacher, Stanton, Stevens,
Ullman, Verrett, Wanda, Washington, OF
Assumption, Washington, Of Concordia,
Waters, Wheyland, +. Williams, H. VIII
Hams, Wilson, WOrrall, YOrke-6.
(Mr. Moncurc, of Caddo, in the chair.]
SPECIAL ORDER OF TIE DAY.
House bill No. 2Sl, an act to provide for
tAe payment of the Indebtedness created by
the levee commissioners of Tensas and of
Carroll and Madison contracts for levee
purposes in pursuance Of law, being the
special order for the evening, was taken up,
It being ON it's third reading and final pas
cage, wherein the yeas and nays were de-
nanded by Messrs. Stamps. of Jefferson,
and Matthews. Of Tensas, with the follow
ing result:
Yeas: Abel, Adolphe, An tome, Barrett,
Bentley, Burch, Darinsburg, Davis, Demas,
Devices, Faulkner, Gaddis, Garstkamp, Z.
Harper, w. Harper, Hampstead, Hyams,
H. Lott, Lynch, Marie, Marvin, Matthews,
Quinn, Riley, Ringgold, Sartain, Smith,
Souer, Tounoir, Ullman, Verrett. Waters,
Wheyland, H. Williams, Worrall, YOrke-4l.
NAYS: Baker, Barker, Bickkam, Blunt,
Bowen, Brewster, Broussard, Bryan, Buck
ingham, Butler, Chachere. Cochran, Craw-
ford, Darby, Davidson; Durio. Ellis, Floyd,
Foutelieu, Gardner, johnson, kearson, Ken
honey, Meadows, MOncufe, Moore, Nelson.
Oplatek, Overton, Pond. Raby, Stamps,
stevens, Tatman, Thompson, Tureaud,
Wands, Washington, of Assumption, f. Viii
iame, Wilson, YOung-45.
Mr.. j. b. Lott, of Rapides, asked permits
sion 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
70 lay that on the table.
Carried.
rThe Speaker resumed the chair
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
The Secretary Of the Senate was an
nounced with the following message:
10 the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
House Of Representatives,:
I am directed to present for your con-
sileration, and to inform you that the Sen
Ate has passed over the Governors veto by
the constitutional twothirds vote, the fol
lowing bills, viz:
y 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 IL. MERRIIT,
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 %, l87l.)
Te the Honorable President aud Members Of the
Herewith return without my approval
sean act for the relief Of James o. Nixon,
late State Printer"
BY this bill it is proposed to give to a
gentleman who was late the official printer
Of the State some fifty thousand dollars, to
reimburse him for alleged losses on State
warrants. l can see no just reason for
naking such u discrimination in favor of
0r. Nixon. He has sustained 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 asserted 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 Sill, 947 81
Tor printing and advertising during a
period Of two 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 irretrievably
bankrupt. The property of the State is
assessed ut its full value. The rate Of tax
alton is now so high that it can not be safely
increased: and yet the estimated receipts
for the ensuing year will not exceed the
amount necessary to pay the interest on
our bonds and the very. large budget of
current expenses of the government
II. c. WAEMOTH,
Governor of Louisiana.
The Speaker put the question
Will the House. upon reconsideration,
agree to pass the bill, the veto of the Gov
ernor to the contrary notwithstanding
The roll being called the following is the
result:
Yeas: Abel, Adolphe, Antoine, Baker.
Barker, Barrett. Bentley, Bickham, Blunt,
Bowen, Brewster, Broussard, Brown, Bryan,
Buckingham, Burch. Butler, Carr, Chachere,
Cochran, Crawford, Darby, Darinsburg,
Davidson, Davis Demas, Devices, DuriO,
Ellis, Faulkner, Floyd, Fontelieu. Gaddis,
Gardner, Cars tkamp. P. Harper w Harper.
Hampstead, Huston. Hyams, johnson, Kear-
son, Kenner, Kinsella, La Saliniere, Laurent.
Llambias, H. Lott, J. B. Lott, Lynch. Ma,
honey, Marie, Marvin. Matthews, McCartv.
Meadows, Moncure, Moore, Morphy, Morris
Murray, Nelson, Ong, Oplatek. Overflow
Otto, Pond, Raby. Riley, Ringgold, Sartain,
Schumacher. Smith, Souer. Stamps, Stanton,
1atman, Thompson, Tounoir. Ullman,
I verrett, Wands, Washington, of Assump-
ton, Washington, OF COncordia, Wheyland,
Waters, E. Williams, H. Williams, Wilson,
Yorke, Young-9l.