New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-02-18

Board of metropolitan Ponce n eases con
,cernla persons engaged II the business o.
preparing meat Ior 1naciic..
WILLIAM. vIGERS,
CAiet Clerk.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
NJ. Lynch, from the Committee On
Finance. reported back Senate bill No. loh
with the recommendation that it De referred
to the Committee on Appropriations.
On motion OF Mr.. Lunch tle bill was 50
referred.
Also, reported favortbly Upon House bill
No. II, to be entitled an act TO reimburse
certain taxes illegally imposed and col
lecte,' under act No. s., approved April
4, 1865.
Lies over.
M. Futel. from the Committee on Manu-
features reported tavorably upon Senate
bill No 1871. to be entitled an act % encour-
age the establishment OF manufactures Of
raw materials in the State, ana 10 provide
TO: the settlement OF al taxes thereon.
Lies over.
lIr Lewis. from lie Committee on Coz
porations, reported back Senate bill NJ. 81
to he entitled an act 10 incorporate the Pro
s.essive Library Society, o. New Orleans.
and recommended It's Incorporation under
The general laws .: tti5 >ta-e.
Les over.
Mr.. B.ac!.maa. from tne Committee OF
Judiciary reported l..voIao.y upon Senate
bill No. I73. 20 be entitled an act % fix the
terms Of the Fifth Judicial District Court
for the parishes of East Baton Roura, West
Baton Rouge, East Feliciana and ibervilie.
Also favorably. with amendments,
Senate bill No. l35. to be entitled an act
fixing the number of copies Of laws, jour
uals. documents and debates of the Gen
eual Assembly. and tue number OF copies OF
the annual reports of the decisions OF the
Supreme Court, to be Published, and pro
viding for the binding OF the same.
Also tayorablv upon Senate BIZ No. Ill,
10 be entitled an act to authorize the
Deputy Recorder OF Claiborne parish to do
and perss-u ali acts that the Recorder can.
Lies over.
Also, tavocably upon Senate Joint resoiu-
ton No. ), recommending constitutional
amendment OF article No 80.
. Mr.. Harris, from tI9 Committee on En-
~grossment, reported The following Senatc
bills as having been daily engrossed: Nos.
145, la. 80, 80, S. li3, 49, liz, 1853, l97.
Mr.. Swords, from the Committee on
Park. and Buildings, made the following
To tie Honorable President and Members Of the
Senate:
The committee On Pub,ic Buildings, ap-
preciating the object of the Senate resoiu-
ton directing the Committee to proceed to
Baton Rouge and examine the Deaf. Dumb
and Bind Asylum, with reference TO its
capaciry to ACCOMMODATE with sufficient
room the deaf. dumb and blind, and also
the Louisiana State University, now tenn
porarily located in said building, have dis
charged their duty as required by SAID reso
luton, ami beg leave to report as follows:
The entire building is now occupied by
the University and the mI!tes, the blind
having been removed for lack Of room.
The mutes about tlirty-six in number,
under the care of Professor j. A. Nc
Whorter. who seems devoted 10 his charge
of benevoirnce. appear to hare, perhaps
sufficient room for their present number,
though Their apartments are wotuliy II need
of furniture.
The cadets of the university, under the
lDie anu cLuEitIt tt4out4
y. K. Boyd, are about one hundred ana fifty
in number, crowded in rooms. with six and
seven together.
It is clear to Your committee that .b0th Of
these institutions cGij not prosper in the one
building. They are not only too much
cvamped now. but they have abso. dtelT 10
room for further expansion. And when we
consider that both institutions arc compara-
TIyelv IA their infancy. the hope Is cherished
that MAN. more Of those III o;Ic Stat Who
have been providentiai.y afflicted with loss
OF sight or hearing VIII tnI soon a comfort
able home in the asylum, and tllt III" UNI
vegsitv. so susceptible o. becoming not Only
the brightest ornament OF on state, Dit 1hr
most useful OF its institutions. WI continue
to increase IL prosperity. =.
In the opinion of vou- committee. the
Legislature should not hesitate a moment
i'll making provision for these institutions
to have ample room to continue II the'r
course Of usefulness ana ncnrvoielce. One
Or the other should have the entire bUidinc
and the other removed to -lch place i, may
be procured where its accommodations VII
be ample.
The only question IS, which shal, be re-
moved and there is no difficulty IN il So
luton.
The building is elnincntly fitted for al
the requirements OF the university. II :
wholly TOO large for either the deaf and
utilo OF the piili't ana justice anu itiiil.'h-
ity require that the temporary separation
of the mutes and blind should De made per
manent. The asylum for the blind should
be entirely separate and independent Of
that for the mutes.
The blind already removed, building
suitable for the mutes can be provided and
fitted up so as TO meet al the demands OF
comfort for the mutes, and they removed
to t. with less than onc-touItii the cost that
would De required to establish the Univer-
sity in another place.
Your committee are assured that there
are buildings in the city o: Baton Rouge, in
suitable localities, that would answer well
the purposes of asyluns for the two classes
of our unfortunate fellow citizens.
II. L. SWORDS.
Chairman;