New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-27

8 Mr.. kenner's prOvlsO was ordered
| lie on the table. o.
lon motion of Mr.. Munday, the first Sc
ton was adopted.
The second section was adopted.
"On the adoption of the bill, at its secon
reading, Mr.. Kenner called for the yeas an
nays.
''They were ordered, and being taken, r.
suited as follows, tO-wit:
"Yeas-Messrs. I. C.. Anderson, of s
Landry; K. j. Barrow, of West Bato
Rouge: Bell, of Orleans; j. Brownlee, {
Orleans: Charles A. Brusle, of Iberville; 4
d. Coco, of Avoyelles: Louis Duvigneaut
of Orleans; w. i. Egan, of Claiborne; Coz
nelius Fellowes, of Orleans: A. NJ. Foute
OF. Orleans: Henry Gray, of Bienville; job
kelso, of Rapides; George w. Mhnday, q
East Feliciana: John Nelson, of Lafourcht
Judge Palfrey, of st. Mary; DR.. Scruggs. Il
Natchitoches; Henry Wilcoxon, of st
Martin-l7 Senators.
"Nays-Messrs. Victor Burthe, of Jefel
son: Tobias Gibson, of LafOurche; w. A
Gordon, of Orleans: NJ. ID. kavanagh, o
Orleans: j. Nj. Lapeyre, of Orleans; Lott
of Carroll; Daniel Newton. of jackson
Felix p. Pache, of st. Johns Senators.
$50 the bill was adopted on its secOnt
reading" [Senate journal, 1867, page l5S.
The bill was debated very thoroughly il
tIlt ScLCtC, anu liz NICtiOu Will LuUSl u
the Seniors was that the claim was meri
FERROUS, lawful and just. Some of The
minority, however, believed that the condi
ton of treasury would not Justify the ad
mission at that time of claims of that class
On Thursday, March %, 1867
MIR. Scruggs moved to suspend the rules
to take up out of its regular order House
bill entitled an act for the reliefof We'll Il
fanny, which, being objected to by Mr..
kenner, aud four-iifths of the Senators
present not voting in the affirmative, the
rules were not suspended" Senate journal,
1867, page l64.)
session, and late in the evening
Mr.. Coco moved to suspend the rules to
take up House bill entitled an act for the
relief of We'll Il fanny, with the view of
passing the bill to a third reading, which.
being objected to by Mr.. Burthe, who, call
ing for the yeas and nays, they were Or
dered, and, being taken, resulted as fol
lows, to wit:
"Yeas-Messrs. Anderson, Barrow, Bell.
Brownlee, Coco, D~uvigneaud, Eagan, Eel
lows. Foute, Gray, Kavanagh, Kelso, Nun
day, Palfrey, Scruggs and WilcOxOn-l6
Senator's.
''Nays-Messrs. Burthe, Ellis. Gibson,
Gordon, kenner, Lapeyre, NOLAN, Nelson.
Pache and Welch-10 Senator'S.
80 tour-titths OF the Senators present
not voting in the affirmative, the rules were
not suspended, and the bill was not taken
up" [Senate journal 1867. page 166.
Further efforts were made to take up the
bill by the majority, but Mr.. Kenner re
fused to yield the floor.
Thus, alter favorable reports from all
committees, III spite of the earnest apprOba-
IiOn of more than two-thirds of the mem
NV 90 IL. IT, --1
of more than twO-thirds of the Senate, the
bill was defeated by the vigorous, per-
Jealous and determined opposition
OF a single SeIatOr-an adrOIt parliamenta-
rian of long experience. who was, for some
reason, hostile to the claiments or
to their claim.
During the session of 1869, Mr.. We'll
again came before the General Assembly,
permission. by bill. to sue the State.
The bill passed IN both houses, but was
by his eXeellency Governor War
The failure of the bill asking for an ap-
preparation did not in any IL invalid
ite the certificates or change their charac-
er as evidences of an adjusted debt due by
State of Louisiana.
During the session Of 1870 was passed act
No. 90, WAS approved March 10, 1870. and
an act to provide for the payment
II funding of the floating debt Of the State
" the issue and sale or exchange of State
,onds.
The chief provisions Of this act were as
Section one authorized the issue of
5000 ,060 in State six per cent bonds, pay
bile in forty years.
Section two appointed the Governor, the
and the president of the Citizens
Sank as "A board of liquidation. who were
to sell the bonds for evenly
cents or more on the dollar, and to APP
'ly the proceeds in settlement OF the float
debt of the State.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc, That
{, at the expiration of the thirty days from
after the passage OF this act, the said
card OF liquidation shall not have sold said
in accordance with the provisions of
he second section of this act, then, and in
hat ease. they are hereby authorized and
to exchange the aforesaid bonds |
t the rate of one hundred dollars in bonds
II each and every seventy-two dollars of
IL outstanding evidences of Indebtedness
gainst the State of Louisiana, which may
ave been issued III accordance with law
rior to the passage of this act"
Act No. 90 of 1870 was amended and
by act No. 43 of 1871, so as to
lad as follows: Be it enacted. etc. That
'ction two of act No. SO, approved March
). 1870, etc, be amended and re-enacted as
blows:
That the Governor and Auditor of Pub
C Accounts and the president of the Citi-
ems Bank, who is hereby constituted the
seal agent of the State, for the purposes
this act, shall Jointly constitute Il board
liquidation OF the floating debt of the
tate, and it shall be the duty of said board
settle and redeem all the floating debt of
lie State created by authority of law, and,
all certificates of Indebtedness issued
'Ior to the passage of this act, and all past
ne bonds and past due interest coupons OF
lie State; and for that purpose said board
authorized and required to exchange said
for the aforesaid evidences of debt,
the rate Of one hundred dollars in bonds
+ every seventy dollars of Indebtedness"
Therefore, if any doubt had existed in the
inds of the board of liquidators as to the
instruction to be put upon act No. 90 of
40. there no room for doubt as to their
lty under the act above quoted. That
It did include these (Weil) certificates of
d~ebtedness beyond any reasonable doubt.
Both the act No. 60 of 1870, and the
mandatory act No. 43 of 1871 made appro-
lations in general terms for the payment
a class of debts.
Thus it is shown:
|. That the goods supplied by We'll &
my were used for charitable purposes.
d were worth more thar their claim.
,. That they were bought and used under
e authority of a de tacto Legislature.
3. That they were not paid for by Gov
nor Allen.
That the debt was assumed by Cover
r Wells as a Just debt of the State.
That the Auditor Of Public Accounts
titled to the Indebtedness.
That two-thirds Of both Houses of the
neral Assembly approved the We'll
i'm.
+. Ina the certificates of Indebtedness
re redeemed in pursuance of law.
Also, tavarably on Senate bill No. 3S7. to