New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-18

Mra. p. j. Normand, and for other purposes.
House bill No. 404, an act TO lepeaa sec
+;on seven of an act entitled an ACT TO renew
tho CORPORATION of the town OF Farmervlne,
s sn1 to provide for the government OF the
same. an L. ;oor,orata
~ MIC Sinceres Benevolent AssOclauon
of New Orleans, Louisiana. ,:o.
House bill No. 169, an act for the rene
&c tho beirs of the late j. H. Wesner.
sheriff of Ouachita parish, and for the reilei
of his deputy, Henry G. Dobson;
House bill No. -, an act pr0hlDlting nv! .
.ssessmept and collection of certain clty
taxes in the Fifth District OF the city Oh
House bill No. 800, an act to incorporate
the Comique Varistie Association u N'"
Respectfully, -.
Bv consent, Mr.. Worrall, of Jefferson, IN
troduced the following resolution:
Pesolred That a committee of five be APP
pointed, with full power to send Tor persons
and papers, to inquire intOsthe management
of the State University at Baton Rouge,
particularly with regard to the furnishing
of the institution with supplies, groceries,
meats, vegetables, books, apparatus, and
all other necessaries and requirements 10
the late expulsion of pupils; to the pay
ments demanded of the State for bene-
ficiary cadets; to the vacancies on the
academic board remaining untitled, IN one
case since January. 1871; to the payments
made BY cadets other than beneficiary; 10
the manner and channels of disbursing the
funds of the institute; to the authority and
cost of printing the official register OF the
institution; in relation to these and all
other affairs of the institution, and to all
other matters affecting the conduct and IN
terests of the University; provided no ex-
pense be incurred by the State.
Mr. Barrett, OF Orleans, moved to lay the
resolution on the table.
Mr.. Hampstead, OF Iberville, raised the
following point of order: That member
introducing a resolution has the night TO
open and close debate upon the subject,
and that the motion to lay upon the table
could not be put until the member who in
troduced the resolution had an opportunity
to close the debate, which point was de-
cided as being well taken.
Mr.. II. Lott, of Rapides, appealed from
the decision of the Chair.
Upon which appeal the yeas and nays
were called for by Messrs. Lott, of Rapides,
and Antoine, of Orleans, with the following
result:
Yeas-Adolphe, Barrett, Barrow, Bick-
| ham, Bowen. Broussard, Bryan, Coch-
rane. Crawford. Darby, Davidson, Da-
Wis, Demas, Deslonde, Ellis, Faulk-
ner, Fontelieu, Gardner, Garstkamp,
P. Harper, Hempstead, Huston ny
bias, Marie, Marvin, McCarty, Mcfarland,
Moncure, Nelson, Ong, Oplatek, Overton,
| Pond, Riley, Ringgold, Sartain, Souer,
| Stamps, Stinson, Tatman, Thompson, Yer
rett, Washington lAssumptionl, Washing
ton lConc1Tdia), Waters f. Williams H.
Nays-Abel, Antoine, Barker, Bentley.
Blunt, Butler, Carr, Darinsburg, Devices,
DuriO, Floyd, Gaddis, William Harper,
johnson, Kinsella, Laurent, H. Lott, j. b.
Lott, Meadows, MOrphy, Raby. Smith,
| Stanton, Yorke-A.
Lost, and the decision of the Chair was
sustained.
Mr. Barrett, of Orleans, withdrew the
motion to lay the resolution upon the table.
Mr.. Demas, of St. John the Baptist, moved
to amend by adding the words provided
that no expense is incurred by the State,
which amendment was accepted and en-
| ID in the resolution.
M. Moncure, of Caddo, in the Chair.
Mr.. Carr, of DeSoto, moved to lay the
| whole subject matter upon the table, upon
| which resolution a yea and nay vote was
demanded by Messrs. Thompson, OF St
Tammany, and Hampstead, of Iberville,
which resulted as follows:
Yeas-Abel, Adolphe, Antoine, Baker
| Barker, Barrett, Bentley, Blunt Bowen,
| Broussard, Bryan, Butler, Carr, COchrane,
Crawford, Darby, Darinsburg. Davidson,
Davis, Demas, Devices, Durio, Ellis, Faux
ner, Floyd, Fontelieu, Gaddis, p Harper,
| II ntt Il
Lott, Marie, Marvin, Matthews, Moncure,
| Moore, Morphy, Morris, Murray, Nelson.
| Oplatell, Overton, Pond, Quinn, Raby, Riley,
Rirggold, Sartain Smith, Stanton. Thomp-
son, Tounoir, Tureaud, Verrett, Washington
| (Assumption), Washington (ConcOrdia),
Waters, f. Williams, II. Williams, Young
| SO.
| Nays-Brown, Deslonde, Garstkamp.
Hampstead, Killen, La Saliniere McCarty.
Stinson, Tatman, Worrall-l0.
Carried.
Mr.. Devices, of De Soto, asked permission
to submit report at this time, which was
not granted.
Mr. Oplatek, of Orleans, introduced tie
following concurrent resolutions:
concurrent resolution, addressing the
federal Congress of the United States
of America, requesting the refunding OF
| the tax on raw cotton collected during
the years of 1865, 1866 and 1867, under
the internal revenue laws of the United
States, and for other purposes.
| WHEREAS, The Congress of the United
States of America, in the exercise of its
constitutional prerogatives, imposed tax
on the cotton producing interest of the
| South as an economic measure necessary to
meet the pressing financial demands of the
| federal government, produced by the ne
| cessity of the war of the rebellion which
largely increased the expenses of the adj
ministration of the government thereof:
and
Whereas, The said Congress afterward
| repealed the further continuance of the
burden of said tax, for the reason that said
tax was hardship and an unjust measure
OF governmental economy, and against all
principles of a sound public policy but in
repeating said law no provision was made
for the refunding of the said tax SO col
lected; ard
| whereas, 1t IS now earnestly hoped that
the results OF the late unfortunate war in
corpOrated into the fundamental law of the
land are fully acquiesced in by all classes of
the citizens Of the republic, so that time has
softened the war asperities. and that the
voice OF justice will be heard with patience
and magnanimity, and thai Congress will
promptly and generously yield to the needs
OF the hour by showing its true policy, to
foster and encourage, rather than burden
the agricultural and producing interests of
the South, which have been uniformly, and
should continue to be, exempt from taxa
ton therefore,
BE 1t resolved by the Senate and House Of
| REPRESENTATIVES, of tho Stafa IF or;sioua II,