New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-02-03
THE LEGISLATURE YESTERDAY.
Senate.


the several parishes
| Mr.. Thomas called up Senate bill No. 275
| an act to encourage ship and steamboat
| building in the State of Louisiana. The bill
| having been read the necessary times, Mr.
| Thomas moved that it be considered en-
crossed.
Mr.. Barber asked to have it read for the
information OF himself. 1t was accordingly
read, and he said he would be compelled tc
oppose the bill in its present shape. He was
not in favor of excluding vessels built here
from wharfage dues. He contended that
such exemption confic!ed with the
chartered rights OF the city, and desired to
have the bill so amended as not to conflict
with existing rights.
Mr. Thomas said it should be considered
wise to encourage the industries OF the
State; it was the economy OF time that
should be rendered profitable not only to
individuals but to the State. lie would like
to have all the privileges conferred upon
labor. for with out that Louisiana could
never be made to fl i,urish.
Mr.. Sypher thought the State ought to en-
courage home industries in every way pos
sible.
After some further discussion the bill. on
motion of Mr.. Thomas. was recommitted to
the Committee on Commerce and Manufac-
lures.
Mr.. Whitney called up Senate bill No.
l2i, an act regulating tax sales. He said it
was an important bill, and would, there
fore, ask that it bs read in detail for the in
formation of members. 1t was ordered to
be read, at the conclusion of which, on mo
ton Of Mr.. Harris, it was ordered to be
printed, and made the special order of the
day for Friday next, at one, o'clock.
Mr.. Bovee called up Senate bill No. ISL,
an act authorizing the parish jury OF the
parish of st. James to sell the property
known as the old Vacherie road.
The bill finally passed the Senate, and
goes to the House for concurrence.
MIR. Brewster called up Senate bill No.
279, an act appropriatlng to Mrs. Alice A.
Crawford widow of the late Judge T. S.
Crawford, and to Mrs. S. +. Harris, widow
VI ldtC AlStilCU 1httoihSy n AAs AA"A 40,
the balance of the salary that would have
been due each of them had they lived TO the
end of their term of service. On motion of
Mr.. Brewster the bill wa sesd tvic, and
considered engrossede
Mr.. Burch called up an acs granting TX.
elusive ferry privileges for five years 70 T..
Do Triplett. who is to establish a ferry
across the Mississippi at the Mount Pleasant
plantation, situated in the parish of East
Baton Rouge The bill finally passed the
Senate and goes 50 "a. House Gov concur.
renceo
Mr. CnsiSou.r called ~ Senate bill No.
30S, an acc for the relief OF Benjamin Camp.
bell and his minor child. !. was read twice
and refcrredo
Senate bill 40. i'S wa r.fie: ~.
M.e Harris said as this bill! created a new
Judge aud other officers IN portion Of the
State where they we've not needed :ls would
move 30 lay it upon the table.
.Ir. Twitchei called for the yeas snd
nays on the motion to table, and it was lost
by a rote of nine yeas 20 seventeen nays
Nf. Harris called for the pecial order of
tn. day. Senate bill No. ..15i. an act % pro.
vide for the paymsn: of the militia or police
force called out to suppress riots or public
or TO enforca the laws, by the
the mode and manner of !evying and col.
ecting the taxes therefor. and tcr suit
against the parshe
Mr. Eas5es askej 70: :.adin: o! the
biIi.
The .irse section was sead.
Mro Dagle moyeI t. stri,s. OFT the sirst
'ectione
Mr.. Barber thought the gentleman making
his motion should. in common with all
rood ctizsns. vote for it, Something has
yot to be done TO put q stop to the spirit Of
awlessuess that pervades many of the par
shes IN the State, and lie knew no better
way than to make the people of the parishes
where disturbances occur pay the expenses
If the State militia, when its presence is
necessary to suppress riots and restore |
rider. This. he thought, would prove most |
fectual mode to prevent the recurrence of |
and bloodshed in the future |
nd inspire better feeling among the prop
rty holders OF the parishes in question, |
vho have heretofore given their counten-
nee to desperadoes instead of assisting the |
fficers of the law in arresting and bringing
hem them to justice. Mr.. Barber dwelt |
nth much force upon the terrorism that
revailed in some Of the parishes, and told
f threats of vengeance that had been made
gainst individuals for attempting to sus-
ain the laws. He concluded by moving to
able the motion to strike out the first Sec
on of the bill, and his motion was sus-
aimed.
Mr.. Blunt was opposed to making the
tizens of the parish IN which disturbances
,cur pay all the expenses. He was op-
osed to this because he knew that disturb
nces were often brought about in certain
arish by the citizens of a dozen parishes,
ho had combined and gone into parish
II that purpose. These men, he said, are
'ganized, and move with the regularity
Id celebrity of regular troops whenever
ey are called into service, and the par
hes to which they belong should be made
pay their quota of the expense that is in
Irred by sending the militia to suppress
olence and restore order. If the bill could
SO amended, Mr.. Blunt would support it.
Mr.. Thomas was of the opinion that if the
t became a law it would be unconsttu-
NAL as the constitution said taxation
ould be equal. He was in favor of pass :
2 the most stringent laws to suppress
olence and maintain order, but he be- ,
we'd that if parishes having Democratic =,
ijorities we're permitted to elect their