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

a revenue" ETC., approved March ., lo|i
TACT No. AZ, 1871, to authorize the levy ana
collection Of tax for the maintenance ana
support of the free public schools in the city
of New Orleans, and to limit the amount o1
the tax so to be levied and collected.
Also. as being engrossed, the following,
House bills Nos. 442, 446, 457, 462, 453, 43i,
439. 461. $50, 43S, 435, Asa, 444.
Respectfully,
p. HARPER, Chairman.
COMMITTEE on ENROLMENT,
February 20, 1877.
To the Honorable Sneaker and Members of the
House OF representatives:
Your Committee on Enrolment beg leave
toreport as being duly enrolled the follow
ing bill, viz:
House bill No. 4O5 an act to change and
retix the time Of holding the sessions OF the
District Court of the Sixteenth Judicial
District, and for other purposes.
Also, as being duly engrOssed, viz:
House bills Nos. 4j9, 472, AS and 400.
Also, Joint resolution No. 440.
=. HARPER. Chairman.
The seventh section was read. :
Mr.. Garstkamp, of Jefferson, moved to
amend by striking out ''three per cent
and inserting "two and one-half per cent"
Mr. Carr, of De Soto, offered an amend
ment to the amendment by inserting ''two
and three-quarters per cent" in place OF
"two and one-half per cent" which was
accepted.
Mr.. Moncure, of Caddo moved to amend
by Inserting after the word taxation" the
words "except the city of New Orleans,
which may levy tax of two and three
quarters per cent"
Carried.
The amendments we're adopted, and the
section as amended was adopted.
The forty ninth section was read.
Mr. Matthews, of Tensas, moved to
amend by striking out in the twelfth line
the words 1.-TWO" and inserting the words
lone and one half per cent"
Lost.
The section was adopted.
The ffty-sixth section was read and
adopted.
The sixty-first section was read.
Mr.. Gartskamp, of Jefferson, moved to
amend by striking out ''ten per cent and
inserting " five per cent:
Mr.. Carr, of De Soto, moved to lay the
amendment on the table, upon which the
yeas and nays were demanded by Messrs
H, Lott, of Rapides, and Tuloaud, of st.
James, with the following result:
Yeas-Barrett, Bentley, Blunt Bowen,
| Brown Carr, Crawford, Davidson, Demas,
Deslonde, Faulkner, Gaddis. P: Harper,
Mere Mahoney, Marie, Marvin, Matthews,
! Mcfarland, Moore, Morphy, Morris, Ong,
| Overton, Pond, Quinn, Raby, Riley, Ring
| gold Sartain, Smith, Souer, Stanton, Tatman,
| Verrett, Washington (Assumptionl, Wash
| ington (Concordia), Waters, E. Williams,
| II. Williams, Yorke-H.
Nays-Adolphe, Antoine, Baker, Barker,
Barrow, Belot,, Bickham, Broussard, Bryan
Butler Chachere, Darby, Darinsburg,
| Durio, Ellis, Floyd. Fontelieu, Gardner,
Garstkamp, Hyams, Kenner, kinsella, Lau-
rent. H. Lott, Meadows, MOncure, Murray
| Nelson, Oplatek, Stamps, Stinson, Thomp-
son, Tureaud, W orrall-3i.
| Carried.
| The section as amended was adopted.
! The sixty-sixth section was read and
adopted.
| The seventy-ffth section was read.
Mr. Matthews, of Tensas, offered the fol
lowing amendment:
Strike out sin all parishes, except the city
| of New Orleans" and insert the following
to wit: That in all the parishes outside the
| parish of Orleans the tax collectors shall
receive, on all the moneys collected by
them and paid into the treasury, commits
sons as follows:
The parish of Ascension, seven and one
half per cent.
The parish of Assumption, five per cent
The parish of Avoyelles, five per cent.
The parish of Bossier, seven and One-hal
per cent.
The parish Of Bienville, ten per cent.
The parish of CaddO, four per cent.
The parish of Calcaseu, ten per cent.
The parish of Carroll, five per cent.
The parish of Caldwell, ten per cent.
The parish of Cameron, ten per cent.
The parish of Catahoula, ten per cent.
| The parish of Claiborne, seven and one
half per cent.
The parish of Concordia, five per cent.
The parish of De Soto. ten per cent
The parish of East Baton Rouge, four pc
cent.
The parish of East Feliciana, seven an
one-half per cent.
The parish of Franklin, ten per cent.
The parish of Grant, ten per cent.
The parish of Iberville, four per cent.
The parish Of Iberia, ten per cent.
The parish of Jackson, ten per cent.
The parish of Jefferson, four per cent.
The parish of Lafayette, ten per cent.
The parish of Lafourehe, five per cent.
The parish OF Livingston, ten per cent.
The parish of Madison, five per cent.
The parish of MOrehOuse, seven and on
: half per cent.
. The parish OF Natchltoches, seven an
f one-halt per cent.
The parish of Ouachita five per cent.
The parish of Plaquemines, five per cen
: The parish of Pointe Coupee, seven an
one-half per cent.
-, TIE parish of Richland ten per cent.
> The parish of Rapides, five percent.
;, The parish of Red River, ten per cent.
;, The parish of Sabine, ten per cent.
/, The parish of St. Bernard, ten per cent.
, The parish of st. Charles, seven and on
= half per cent.
;, The parish of st. Helena. tep per cent.
/ The parish of st. James, five per cent.
} The parish of st. John the Baptlst' II
/ per cent.
$ The parish of ST. Martin, ten per cent.
a The parish of st. Mary, five per cent
y The parish of st. Tammany, ten per ceI
7, The parish OF Tensas, five per cent.
The parish of TangipahOa, ten per cent.
The parish Of TerrebOnne, seven per Gel
- The parish of Union, ten per cent.
- The parish of Nermilion, ten per cent.
~ The parish OF Washington, ten per Gel
N The parish of West Baton Rouge, ten I
cent.
The parish of West Feliciana, seven a
one-half per cent.
The parish of VIM, ten per cent.
rs The parish of Webster, ten per cent.
Of The parish of Vernon, ten per cent.
lIr. Huston, of East Feliciana, moved
j. Law the amendment on the table.
al Upon which the yeas and nays were