New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-02-18
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esrIr,a, ,ollorl OF THE UNITED STATES
ufflcls, JOURNAL Of NEW ORLEANS
IFICIAL JOURNAL
OF THE
SECOND SESSION
or THE
THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
SENATE.
ThirfSsYOurth Days SessiOk.

On call of the roll the following Senator
answered to their names:
Messrs. Alexander, Anderson. Barber, Be
den, Blackburn, Blunt, BOvee, Brewste
Burch, Butler, Cage, ChadbOurn, Daigl'
Detlege, Greene, Glaudin, Harris, Harper
Ingraham, Kelso, MasicOt, Pollard. Rey
Stamps. Swaizie. Thomas. Twitchell. Webe1
Whitney-9.
The President announced q quorum pres
ent.
Prayer by Professor Adams. Of Strsigh
University.
The reading Of The journal Of Saturday
proceedings was dispensed with. and tn
journal corrected and adopted.
xlssAcE FROM THE HOUSE.
1ioUsE OF REPRESENTATIVE,
New Orleans, February TO- 1874
70 the HsAorstle President and Members of tn
lhave The honor 70 ask the cofcurrenc,
OF your honorable body in the following
House bills, viz
House bill No. &55, entitled an act &
amend an act entitled an act TO create the
parish of Cameron, and providing for the
1870
Heuse bill 40. III. entitled an &C. e
amend and re enact seetion fourteen Of ac,
30 80 Of 1873.
House bill 10. f63, entitled All act @
change the northwestern boundary line OF
che parish of Vernon.
House bill No 1853, entitled an act incor-
psrating the LafOurche Bridge Company,
in the parishes of Morehouse and Richland,
and prescribing the parish subscriptions 20
Che stock thereof, and tor penalties for viO-
iation Of the privileges of this company.
House bill No. I67, entitled an act author
Ting the police jury Of the parish of DE
Soto to levy and collect special tax.
House bill No. 1873, an act to prohibit the
Seizure of certain property for rent.
Substitute for House joint resolution No.
..37, entitled House joint resolution No. 268,
velative to che honorable Judge 4. II.
Durell, of The District Court. State of
Louisiana
House bill No 800 entitled an act incor.
pOrating the EuphOnie RenevOlens Associs
tiOn of New Orleans.
amend an act entitled an act to establish
an insane asylum and regulate the same.
approved March Is, 1855.
House bill No. 500, an act TO provide for
che election of recorder for the city of
Baton Rouge, and for other purposes.
House bill No. I23. entitled an act for the
better organization and government of the
80 set apart the school funds for each year;
80 recOnstitute the hoard of school direct
ors for the city of New Orleans, and pro-
vide additional regulations for the same; to
increase and secure the standard of qualifi-
cations for teachers, and regulate their APP
pointnent; to enforce the local school tax,
and the duties Of the City Council in refer
snce thereto; to provide for an assistant
division superintendent; to require the di
rectOrs 10 visit the schools: and to estab-
lish normal school
Very respectfully,
JOHN W. EoXBORouGR.
Assistant Clerk.
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.
Mr.. Burch submitted the following ex.
tract from the annual report Of the State !
University. calling the same memorial of
ID. +. Boyd, in reference TO the Louisiana
State University.
Mr.. Harris moved that the documents be
referred to the Committee on Education. |
and DO printed in the Journal.
Adopted.
Extract from annual report Of Louisiana
State University. December 81. 1873.
NEW ORLEANS, February 10. 1871.
TO The Honorable Senate and House OF Representa-
tives:
In all probability the official report Of the
Louisiana State University can not be
printed in time for the use of the General !
would therefore respectfully !
ask that the following extracts from that
report be printed and laid before the two
houses OF the Legislature at as early as prac.
licable:
MATTERS REQUIRING LEGISLATION.
1. Relief Of the State University from in.
iebtedness.
(al The institution now january J., owes
e90.647.
,b) 1t has lost in discount on it's warrants.
rom 1867 to 1872 inclusive, $l29OOS so.
(c). 1t educated and maintained the bene-
iciary cadets one-fOurth of the academic
,ear of 1873 without one dollar of appro-
,riation.
(dl. 1t has been compelled, in order to
make it's temporary quarters suitable for
Is necessary purposes, to repair and i'm
,rove this Asylum deaf and Dumb build
ng at considerable cost.
(e). 1t has had to incur an expense from
500 and 1873 for rent of professors houses
nd outhouses.
IT, So that it makes what it believes to
q just claims against the State of $lSl5O
n account of the beneficiary cadets, of $l5,-
90 on account of repairs and improvements
D Asylum building, and of $1,000 on account ,
( rent of professors houses and Outhouses;
lso, of $50 as balance due on interest &C.
cunt. Total claim of $1,000.
(gl. 1t reasonably expects, therefore, to
o reimbursed on account OF expense in
urred for the State to the amount of $39, =
30. for which no appropriation was ever
lade.
M. 1t also reasonably expects relief on I
ccount Of it's heavy discount ($l29, 00S 50) q
q warrants, issued to cover minimum !
,timate of expense, to the extent at least !
$50,7l7, thus clearing it Of debt, after its !
lst claims ts39,93o) shall have been al
wed.
The appropriation for the support of the f
sneficiary students was always insufficient, | O
zen if it had been paid in currency but as g
le payment was made in greatly depre- /
ated warrants, that was the great leak
hich continually drained and impover- l
he'd the University. t
Altogether, then, the State University t,
ks relief to the extent of $90,6i7. o
For the items of these claims please see a
summary of liabilities (A); G
,1uitv interest account tB); discount on '
nd for general information will be found c
Account currant Of 1873, lD). n
Summary of property, icy. a
Our debt is heavy and our sut1erlngs are G
eat; but how in reason could 1t De other Il
40 when we consider the past !; the large
mber of State cadets, the small amount Il
propriated for their support. even hao II G
an Maid in currency and not in State war d
nts at a ruinOus discount! In the fall OF "
N after carving all the warrants OF that Ia
az and some of those of 1870, without sale, b
,en we found that to sell them was to lose p
ayily, We begged the State autnoritles' q
4 aierward, in the winter, the Aeglla n
a. to take the practically useless war "
IT. of our hands and give ~ svaliacie @
ia in their stead. But NO; that could q
!, he done IL seemed, and to tho great ioes fg
hat vear. we're added the still greater III