New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-30
The President announced a quorum

proceedings was dispensed with, and the
journal corrected and adopted
The President submitted the following
communications:
STATE AUDITORS OFFtCS}
New Orleans La, JANUARY 70 1874.
To the Honorable Members of the General As
sembly:
Under your recent legislation; supple
mented, as have no doubt 1t will be, by a
judcous economy in your general appro-
Driation bill, there ia no reasonable doubt
that the financial affairs of the State will.
during the ensuing fiscal year. be conducted
on cash basis. In view of this well
founded expectation as well as to further
40 desirable a result, l would respectfully
call your attention TO the following impOr-
tant matters and, ask your favorable con-
sideration and action on them at au early
day.
l. Pensions to veterans OF the war of
1Sl4-I5. heretofore paid on a basis of
duplicated warrants, will involve tins year,
if continued at the old rate $50 per month";,
a cash expenditure of more than 500 700,
which is more than the State can now
afford. A very large number OF new names
have been added to the veteran list under
your act Of last year, and the rate, to cor
respond with our means should be reduced
to So per month, payable semi ANNUALLY in
cash. this being the rate and manner of
payment adopted by the United States
government.
.. The compensation of registrars of cleo
tions and their clerks involves an expendi-
ture Of more than Sl0O,OOo per annum The
COMPENSATION of these officers should be
reduced from s. and s. per day to 50 50 per
day to registrars and 81 so per day to thelf
clerks. In many cases no clerks are neces-
sary and the whole expense should be paid
by the parishes instead of the State.
3. Parish judges are exclusively parish
officers, and should be paid by the parishes
in which they exercise their functions.
This would save the State an expense of
about $l3O,OOO. Perhaps 1t would be pro-
per, in order to make such law of equal
application throughout the State. to pro-
vide that district judges in the parish OF
Orleans shall be paid by the said parish.
a. For some time past the judges of the
Supreme Court have received extra COM
pensation on account of the depreciation of
warrants. The necessity of this extra ex
pense will no longer exist, and the law
should be changed so as to correspond with
the constitution and new state of affairs.
6. The law should also provide that no
person shall be entitled to have claims
against the State audited or paid, so long
as he owes the State for taxes, licenses, or
any other account. This will reach con
siderable class of persons who resist the law
are prompt to present and demand payment
of claims they may happen to have against
the State
7. In all snits concerning taxes, licenses.
etc, tax collectors should be allowed to
take appeal direct to the Supreme Court,
whenever in session, without giving bond.
They represent the interest of the State
only, and certainly the State should not re-
quire bond from it's own representative IN
such cases. This would Obviate delays
which are often vexatiOus, and injurious to
the public interest.
s. Some measure should be adopted
which will do away vita the enormous bills
of costs i'll fax suits, now paid to clerks.
sheritfs. etc, without any adequate results.
The costs demanded in these eases in the
parish of Orleans are greater than the whole
amount of taxes collected by the sheriff.
Very respectfully.
CHARLES CLINTON, Auditor.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.
HOUSE OF REpRRsENrATIvES}
New Orleans January %, 1874. 5
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
am directed by the House to inforrs
your honorable body that they have cope
Cured in the following Senate bill, viz:
Senate bill No. M, entitled an act ceding
jurisdiction and conveying title to all State
lands required for the construction of the
proposed Fort st. Philip canal to the United
States.
JOHN w. ROXBOROUGH,
Assistant CLERK.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Anderson, chairman of tho Commit
tee on Judiciary, submitted the following
report:
Senate bill No. go, an act fer tie
greater security of the public in the max
ing and issue of promissory notes secured
by mortgage.
Favorably, with the following amend
ments, to wit: On line fifteen strike out the
words 1.-THE same and insert the word '"a,''
and add after the word 'fee' the words "of
fifty cents" On line sixteen strike out the
words 'as for certificate of mortgage"
Mr.. Twitchell, chairman of the Commit
tee on Finance, submitted the following re-
port:
To the Honorable President and Members of tie
Senate:
Your Committee on Finance. TO whom
was referred Senate bill No. 235, introduced
by Senator Whitney. having carefully ex-
amined the same, beg leave to report IA
vorably and recommend the passage of the
same.
Hi' II. L "
Chairman.
By Mr.. Ingraham, chairman of the Com
mittee on Enrolment and Engrossment:
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
Your Committee on Enrolment and En-.
grossment beg leave to report as duly en-
rolled the following bills, viz:
Senate bill No. "a, entitled an act to
amend and Ie-enact sections two and three
OF an act entitled an act to incorporate the
Louisiana Workingmen's Homestead Asso-
citation, approved April 49, 1872.
Also, Senate bill No. 5, entitled an act for
the relief of Francis Noel, of New Orleans.
Also. concurrent resolution relative to
the establishing of United States District
Court in and for North Louisiana.
Very respectfully,
Chairman.
BY Mr.. Brewster. chairman Committee
on Education:
To the Honorable President ard Members of the
Senate:
Your Committee on Education, to whom
was referred joint resolution No 90, report
that we have had the same under consider
alton. and beg leave to recommend it's inn.
mediate passage.
o. H. BREWSTER. Chairman.
NAi' o'"hPS' 'hdHmaH oI the committee
on Contested Elections, submitted the fo.-
lowing reports:
COMMITTEE ON CONTESTED ELEcrIoys,1
New Orleans. January 30 1874 I
10 ne honorable President and Members of the
Your Compittee on Contested Elections.
10 whom was referred the case of j. +. Kel-
icy vs.. =. X. Alexander, respectfully report
adversely 10 the claims of the said j. f.
Kelley, he having failed to comply with the