New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-02-24
scribe additional regulations for the govern

scribe additional regulations for the govern
ment of the corporation of the city of New
Orleans, approved March Is, 1871.
Referred to the special committee on New
Orleans affairs and ordered printed.
BY Mr. Gair, of East Feliciana:
House bill No. $685. entitled an act impos.
ing license taxes upon persons engaged in
buying and selling seed cotton. and Oh per-
sons vending drugs in connection with other
business, which was ordered printed in the
Journal as follows:
An act imposing license taxes upon persons
engaged in buying and selling seed cot
tor, and on persons vending drugs in
connection with other business.
SECTION I. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
That State license tax Of one thousand
dollars annually shall be imposed upon
every person engaged in the buying and
ceiling OF seed cotton. except those who
.ave furnished supplies to the person or
persons raising such cotton.
SEC. g Be it further enacted, etc, That
al, vendors of drugs, whether selling other
goods or taking out license for other bust.
ness or not, shall be required to take out
State license as a vendor of drugs, and TO
pay license fee of fifty dollars, tor the
same.
SEC. 3. Be il further enacted. etc. That
all provisions of existing license laws. and
proceedings and penalties for enforcing the
same, shall apply to the licenses required
80 be taken under this act.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted. ETC., That
this act shall have force and effect from and
after its passage. and all laws or parts OF
laws in conflict herewith be and are hereby
.epealed as far as so conflicting.
BY Mr. Ward, of Grant:
House bill No. 36i. entitled an act to pre-.
vent the incarceration Of petty offenders in
the State Penitentiary. and for other pur.
poses.
Referred TO the Judiciary Committee. and
ordered printed in the journal, as follows:
An act to prevent the incarceration of petty
offenders in the State Penitentiary. and
for other purposes.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
aud the House of Representatives OF the
State OF Louisiana in General Assembly
convened, That no person convicted of lar
ceny of property under the amount of 500,
unless the same shall have been committed
by reason of burglary, felOnious entering,
or highway robbery, shall be imprisoned IN
the State Penitentiary, nor lose his rights
as a citizen, but shall, if convicted of such
Offense, be sentenced to the parish jail OF
such parish where such otfense may have
been committed, for such term as the court
before which the alleged otfense was tried
may decide.
SEC. 9 Be it further enacted, etc, That
this act shall go into effect, and be in
full force, from and after its passage, and
that all laws in conflict herewith be and the
same are hereby repealed.
By Mr.. Devezin, of Orleans:
House bill No 1862, entitled an act for the
relief Of the officers, members and employees
of the Metropolitan Police force for the tis'
cal years commencing October ], 1863. and
ending October /. 1873.
Referred 20 the Committee on Claims.
BY Mr.. Peyton. Of De Soto:
House bill No. 1863, entitled an act to gran,
aid to the Shreveport and Southwestern
Railroad Company. and for other purposes
Referred to the Committee on Railroads
and ordered printed.
BY Mr.. Estilette. Of St. Landry:
House bill No. 364, entitled an act direct
ing the police jury of the parish Of st
Landry to divide said parish into five wards
and define their limits and boundaries: de-
termining the number Of justices OF the
peace and constables to be elected in said
parish: fixing their salaries in criminal mat
ters; and defining the powers and jurisdic
ton of the justices OF the peace. and FOR
other purposes.
Also. House bill No. 365j. entitled an act
prohibiting the police jury in any parish to
take under contract, directly or indirectly,
the construction of any public work in said
parish ordered to be done by the police jury
thereof: prohibiting any member OF the
town council OF an Incorporated town &c
take under contract the construction of any
bridge or any public work in the said incor
porated town ordered to be done by the
town council thereof, and atfiXing penalties
for any violation of this act.
Also, House bill No. 800, entitled al ac'
authorizing persons whose property has
been sold for taxes and purchased by the
State to redeem the SAME on paying the
taxes and costs, with remission OF all penal
ties.
All referred to the Judiciary Committee
Also, House bill No. 367, entitled, an act
TO repeal IAN act to establish the College OF
Franklin, in the parish OF st. Landry and
relative to the disposition of the property
belonging to the said corporation.
Referred to the Committee on Education
BY Mr.. Dejoie, Of Orleans:
House bill No 36S, entitled an act to con
fer criminal jurisdiction upon the Seventh
Justice Court of the parish OF Orleans, tt
regulate fees and compensation therefor
and defining the limits of said criminal Jur
isdction, and to establish fees of the con
stable of said court and defining his duties
under said act.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
By Mr.. Guichard. of st. Bernardo:
House bill No. 800. entitled an act to in
corporate the Lincoln Sons Of Honor Bene
VIOLENT Association.
Also. House bill No. 80. entitled an ACT
TO incorporate the Nazarrene Benevolent AS
ISOLATION.
Both bills referred to the Committee on
Corporations.
BY Mr.. Blackstone of Natchitoches:
House bill No. 81. entitled joint resolu'
ton relative to district attorneys of the
Ninth and Seventeenth judicial Districts
Referred to the Judiciary Committee.
Mr.. Devices, OF hed Nlser' moved 10 re
consider the vote by which the above bill
was referred to the Committee on Judiciary
Carried.
On motion of Mr.. Devices, Of Red River
Che bill was indefinitely postponed.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
SENATE CHAMBER, !
New Orleans. February %. 1874.
To :he Honorable Speaker and Members Of th'
House OF Representatives,:
I ami directed by the Senate to inform