New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-02-27

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reading of the journal in detail was dis
pensed with.
On motion, the journal of the thirty -eight1
days proceedings was approved.
Mr. Gair. of East Feliciana, chairman o
the Committee ON Enrolment. submitted
the following reports:
| COMMITTEES Of ENROLMENT,
| New Orleans. February %, 1874
| To the Honorable Speaker and Members of thu
House of Representatives.
Your committee beg leave to report al
having been duly engrossed the following
| bills, viz:
House bill No. 239. an act 70 insure
equitable assessment on property, rea
and personal, in the State OF Louisiana
by admitting testimony as to its actual
market value in suits to enforce the cOllec
! ton of taxes
House bill No. 1865. an act prohibiting any
member OF the police Jury i'll 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 to
| take under contract the construction of any
bridge or any public work in the said cor
! porated town, or directed to be done by the
| town council thereof, and afhxipg penalties
for any violation of this act.
| House bill No. 1872. an act to be entitled
! an act to secure the vested rights of the
! citizens of the townships of this State
| to the money arising from the sixteenth
section thereof, and to provide for the
| in each township. and to direct the
| manner Of their organization and give
them corporate powers and prescribe
their duties, and authorize them TO estab-
llsh schools open to alt children Of such
townships, and TO repeal all laws in Con-
! tlict with this act.
House bill No. 368, an &c. directing the
police jury of the parish of st. Landry to
divide said parish into five wards and define
their limits and boundaries; determining
number Of justices of the peace and CON.
stables 60 bs elected in said parish; fang
their salaries in criminal matters, and defin-
ing tho powers and jurisdiction of the JUS
tees of the peace. and for other purposes.
House bill No. 3l2. an act to amend ar
ticle No. 2S9 Of the Code of Practice, and
authorize intervenors to bondj property
seized under writs of attachment seGuestyS-
ton and personal seizures
House bill No 4l3, an act 60 authorize tho
adoption OF the minor Elijah Burrell Hicks,
to change his name and give him the quality
of heir
House bill No. $50, m &C. for the relief of
lands lying within certain limits in the city
of New Orleans, exempting them from pay
ment Of drainage taxes when such tax
has been previously levied and collected.
House bill No. 34l, an act providing for
settlements between police juries and NUM-
cipal corporations OF taxes collected for
municipal purposes, and repeating all laws
exempting property within the limits OF
municipal corporations from parish taxes,
substitute for House bill No. Is.
House bill No. 37, an act furnishing the
unlawful interference by any person or Off
Ger with the property of another.
House bill No. 3:s2 an act to authorize the
police jury OF the parish of Avoyelies to
issue bonds.
House bill Ne. 3lS, an &C: to provide for
the floating debt of the parish Of Natchi.
tOches, and to authorize the issuing Of bonds
for the said purpose.
House bill No. BIZ an act authorizing the
parish of st. Bernard to issue consolidated
bonds, for the purpose of taking up it's in
debtedness and to create board of COM
mlssiOners to regulate the issue thereof, and
providing for the redemption of the princi
pal and interest, imposing penalties for viO-
latiOn of the provisions of said act, and also
providing for the payment of the expenses
necessary to carry this act into effect.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN GAIR. Chairman.
COMMITTEE ON EyRoLLMEyr,)
New Orleans February Do, 1874.
TO the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
House OF Representatives:
Your committee beg leave to report as
having been duly engrOssed the following
bills, viz:
House bill No. 500, an act authorizing
persons whose property has been sold for
taxes and purchased by the State, to re-
deem the same, on paying the taxes and
costs, with remission of all penalties.
House bill No. 4O6, an act to change the
name of Camille Damoulin Bonaparte
WHILE, of st. Mary parish, to Camille
Damoulin BOnaparte.
House bill No. SOL, an act to prevent the
incarceration of petty offenders in the State
Penitentiary and for other purposes.
House bill No. 372, an act declaring that
in the parishes of Iberia, VermiliOn, Lafay-
cite and st. Martin it shall not be lawful to
challenge or exclude person from sitting
as juror in a criminal or civil suit on the
ground that he does not speak or under !
stand the English language
House bill No. J40, an act relative to the
appointment and qualification OF curators
of vacant SUGGESTIONS. /
House bill No. Ais, substitute 90 House
bill No. 270, an act to provide for the
lrauSCrlDlnS anu prcstrVdtlou Ol Jno COuCU
papers and records of the Second District
Court for the parish of Orleans.
House bill No. 4l6, an act to authorize |
writs of attachment in actions arising
from otfenses or quasi Otfenses,
Also, as having been duly enrolled, viz:
House bill No. 80, an act to allow each |
parish surveyor to employ deputy sur.
vevOr.
House bill No. 225, an act 20 authorize
John Frederick Braun and Anna Maria |
Richter. his wife, to change the name of |
man, to Lisetta Margarita Braun.
House bill No. 238, an act making an ap. |
for the payment of mileage and
per diem and contingent expenses of the |
General Assembly of the State of Louisiana |
for the extra session of 1872, and regular |
session Of 1873 and 1874. describing the
in which the same shall be paid.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN GAIR. Chairman.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
SENATE CHAAB.A(
Few Orleans, February 26. 1874 5
TO The Honorable Speaker and Members Of the !
House OF Representatives,:
am directed BY the Senate 70 ask the |
of your honorable body ~ the |
passage of the following bills.
Senate bill No. 4i, an act providing for !
the conventional mortgage on mOvables. etc. !
Senate bill No. 4O4, ali act providing tor !
the greater security of the public in the
making and issuing OF pronissory notes,
etc.
Senate bill No. li2, an act authorizing the /
Governor to appoint an assistant attorney
general, etc.
Senate bill No. 235. an act authorizing the
,ale Of property by tax collectors. etc.
RasDoCtfullV.