New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-03

the town of Carrollton to the city of New
Orleans.
Referred to the Committee on CORPORA
lions and PsrOchial Affairs.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
Mr.. Harris, chairman of the Committee
on Railroads. submitted the following:
| CoMhITrRR ON INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS, +,
| New Orleans, February %, 1874.
TO the Honorable President and Members of the
| Senate:
Your Committee on Railroads and In.
ternal Improvements respectfully beg leave
to report favOrably with amendments
House bill No. l76 an act to enable the
New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad
Company the successors of the corporation
OF that name existing under acts of the
Legislature of Alabama, with powers from
| other States to construct railroads, to con.
vey to the New Orleans and Texas Railroad
| Company portion of their railroads, cor.
porate property, rights. privileges and
franchises. and to define the powers OF
| said corporation.
Respectfully submitted.
A. B. HARRIS, Chairman.
Provided. that nothing contained in this
| act shall be constructed either directly or
by Inference as grant or revival of any
rights. franchises or privileges which have
been forfeited by said New Orleans, Mobile
and Texas Railroad Company, nor as a
waiver in any respect OF the right of this
State, to recover by law any bonds that
may have been issued by the State to the
said New Orleans. Mobile and Texas Rail.
road Company, and be it further provided,
that the said New Orleans and
Texas Railroad Company, shall complete
their said road to Grand river, within four
months after the first day of March, 1874,
add to the town of Vermilionville, within
| twelve months after the said above men
stoned date, and to the Sabine river or
Shreveport, within two years from and
after the first day of March, 1874, and
should the said company fail or neglect to
carry out and strictly comply with all the
provisions herein contained then this act
| shall be nun and void and of no effect.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted. ETC., That
this act shall take effect from and after its
| passage.
| Mr.. Burch, chairman of the Committee on
Penitentiary, submitted the following re
port:
| COMMITTEE ON PRSIrRNrIARY3
New Orleans. February %. 1874 s
| To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
Your Committee on Penitentiary who
have had before them Senate bill No. ALI,
entitled q code of reform and prison disci-
beg leave to report as follows, and recon-
mend its passage with the following amend.
ment to wit:
In section one, line five, strike out all af-
ter the word following" and insert "code
of reform and prison discipline shall be the
code of reform and prison discipline for the
government of the Louisiana State Penitan-
tiary at Baton Rouge, louisiana"
j. HENRI BURCH, Chairman.
WILLIAM HARPER,
+. L. WEBER,
ISAAC II. CRAWFORD,
j. G. KELSO.
Mr.. kels0, chairman of the Committee
on Corporations and Parochial Affairs, sub
mitted the following:
COMMITTEE ON CORPORATIONS AND PARoCHIAL)
Affairs New Orleans. February %. 1874. !
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
Your committee to whom was recommit.
ted Senate bill No. 2lS, entitled an act to
amend an act to incorporate the town OF St,
Francisville, in the parish of West Felc.
ana, report favorably. with amendments,
as follows:
After the enacting clause in section six
insert in lieu of such section:
That the powers of the police jury shall
hereafter cease within the corporate limits, |
but the town of st. Francisvile shall paw |
oii ApoAcCS Do Incurred |
arrest, confinement, maintenance and prose. |
cution of persons accused or convicted of |
crime, their removal to or from prison, the |
pay OF witnesses, jurors, and all expenses |
whatever attending criminal proceedings,
where the crime was committed, or alleged /
to have been committed, within the limits
OF the corporation, after the same shall
have been certified to be correct by the
proper officers. That whenever there shall
be any proper parish expense, such as the
erection or repairs of courthouses. the pay.
ment OF grand jurors, coroners Jurors, core.
ner's fees, salary of parish Judge, or any
other expense which should bear equally
upon all the inhabitants of the parish, the
police jury OF the parish and city council
shall adjust the matter by fixing the amount
to be paid for such purposes by the town of
st. FrancsviIle; and should the police Jury
and city council tail to agree and fix the
to be paid in time for the same to !
be collected with the other town taxes, it
shall be the duty of the president of the |
police jury, the mayor of the town and the
parish judge to meet and fix the amount to
be paid, and the amount so fixed shall be
collected by the tax collector and paid
over to the parish treasurer ut such times !
IS he shall be required to make his settle.
ments with the town treasurer. i
GEORGE Y. KELSO,
Chairman. ,
COMMITTEE ON ENROLMENT AND ENDORSEMENT.
New Orleans. February %. 1874. : !
% the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate: {
Your Committee on Enrolment and En-.
.rOssment beg leave to report as duly an. | .
rossed the following bills:
Senate bill No. 277, entitled an act TO re. |
zeal sections ll7S, ll79, 2760 and 276l of a
lays Revised Statutes, and for other pur. ! !
Oses.
Also, Senate bill No. 339, entitled an act
D incorporate the St. Louis Ro and st. An
ella Mutual and Benevolent Association, of t
lew Orleans, Louisiana. U
Respectfully,
JAMES ii. INGRAHAM, Chairman. n
COMMITTEE on ENROLMENT AND ENGRossxRSr
New Orleans. February 20. 1874. |
D the Honorable President and Member. Of the q
Senate:
Your Committee on ENDORSEMENT and
nrollment beg leave to report as duly en-. G
tossed, Senate bill No. 1871. to incorporate
10 Bayou Lafourche Railway Company. r,
A''p'': JAMES II. ,SGRAHAm. d
Chairman. a
Mr.. Anderson. chairman Of the Commit.
C on Judiciary, submitted the following IT
port: .,
COMMITTEE on JrDiciARY) j.
New Orleans. February %. 1874. { /
the Honorable President and Members of the / Il
Senate: II
Senate bill No. 456, an act to enable pl
anters farmers, merchants, traders and "
hers to pledge and pawn cotton. sugar
ID other agricultural products to mer. %,
ants, factors and others, and to confer a o'
edge by the transmission Of bill of
ding or carriers receipt by mail or by the
rrier. Favorably.
Senate bill No. asa, an act to amend arti.
lie 32l1 OF the Civil Code. and i've livery N