New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-08

vide revenue, ETC., approved March
1S7l-act No. A, 1871, to authorize the lev
and collection of tax Cor the maintenanC
and support of the free public schools in til
city of New Orleans, ETC.; and presented t
the House the concurrent resolution Pre-
viding for joint committee under articl
1913 Revised Statutes; also Senate bill NJ
29l, to incorporate the town of Coushattai
the parish of Red River; and requested tn
signature of the Speaker to enrolled bill
appropriating to Mrs. Ellen B. Dunn
widow of the late Lieutenant Governor @
j. Dunn, the balance of the salary tina
would have been due him, etc.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS
STATE LOUISIANA
Attorney Generals Office.
New Orleans, February :, 1872
To the Honorable President and Members of tn
Senate:
have the honor to submit herewith my
annual report for the year 1871.
Respectfully,
S. BELDEN, Attorney General.
On motion of Mr.. Hunsaker, the repor,
was referred to the Judiciary Committee
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS
By Mr.. Ray:
A petition of 206 citizens of Richland and
adjoining parishes, praying for the crea
ton of levee district west of the Bayou
Macon and east of the Ouachita river
Laid over.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
Mr.. Hunsaker, from the Committee on
Judiciary, reported. without action. on
Senate joint resolution No. p, to be en-
titled joint resolution amending the consti-
tuition Of the State of Louisiana.
UnfavOrably on Senate bill No 3l9, to be
entitled an act for the relief of the Female
Orphan Society, to cancel and annul all
taxes and tax assessments upon all the
property thereof, and to exempt the same
from taxation Also, Senate bill No. 302,
to be entitled an act relative to continu-
ances in the trial of criminal causes in the
courts of this State.
And also submitted the following report
COMMITTEE on JUDICIARY,
February :, 1872, :
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
The Committee on Judiciary direct me to
report back Senate bill No. $50, entitled
tOrial DISTRICTS etc, and to state that, after
a careful examination of the constitution
of the State, they are of the opinion that
said bill is unconstitutional; in this that the
General Assembly. at its session in 1871.
passed, in accordance with article twenty
one of the constitution, a bill to appOrtiOn
the State into Senatorial districts, etc.
Article thirty of the constitution provides:
CATER an enumeration has been made as
directed in the twentieth article, the Gen
eral Assembly shall not pass any law till
an apportiOnment OF representatives in
both houses of the General Assembly be
made The committee are of the opinion
that the General Assembly are prohibited
by the constitution from passing any appor-
tionment bill until after the census of 1875
has been taken, in accordance with article
twenty OF the constitution. The cammittee
are of the opinion that the passage of this
bill would in effect declare that the Legis-
lature failed to pass any law on the subject.
as required by article thirty of the consti-
tuition, and thereby declare all laws passed
at the session of 1871 and Of the present
session null. They, therefore, recommend
that the bill do not pass
OSCAR +. HUNSAKER, Chairman.
Mr.. Lynch from the Committee on Fl:
nance, reported back without action Senate
bill No. 293, to be entitled an act for the
relief of the officers and members Of the
Metropolitan Police, and submitted the fol-
lowing resolution:
ResOlred, That the committees on Charita-
BILE Institutions, Public Lands and Levers
Pensions, Health and Quarantine. Election
and Registration, Printing, Public Educa-
ton, and Militig, are hereby directed to
furnish, at as early day as possible, the
Finance Committee with estimates for ap-
a ba oh
tons of the State the current year for the
different objects assigned to those commit
tees respectively.
The resolution was taken up by unani-
nous consent, and, on motion of Mr. Todd,
was adopted.
Mr. Barber, on behalf of a majority of
the Committee on Militia, reported favor
ably on Senate bill No. 26S, to be entitled
an act to provide for the expenses of the
State militia.
On request of Mr.. Dasle, further time
was granted him to submit a minority re-
port respecting said bill.
COMMITTEE on ENROLMENT
February :, 1872. J
TO the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
Your Committee on Enrolment and En-
grossment beg leave to report as duly en-
rolled and engrossed the following bills, to
wit:
Senate bill No. 30i, appropriating to Mrs.
Ellen b. Dunn, widow of the late Lieuten
ant Governor Oscar j. Dunn, the balance |
of the salary that would have been due him |
had he lived to the end Of his term of ser
vice.
Senate bill No 29l. an act to incorporate |
the town of Coushatta, in the parish OF Red |
River.
THOMAS II. holland, Chairman.
COMMITTEE ON ENROLMENT |
February 7, 1872 ) |
10 the Honorable President and Members OF the |
SENATE:
,, our Committee on Enrolment and En-
SrossnS beg leave to report as duly en-
Sena u, me ne iollo wing bills, tO-wit:
the p"ver. p,li No. 279, an act to provide for
and the n aI,ni of the city of Baton Rouge,
thereof s'raton OF the AFFAIRS
r. NoLAND, Chairman.
ON ENROLMENT, !
To the Honorable Pras;a February Z, 1872.
Senate: 'lueht and M.nbars os tho |
iour o'"n''fee on Enrolment ,., T.