The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-02-27
KELLOGG'S CROWD.
Antoine's Wing

control nominations and Endorsements of ap
pointlnents, az preferred by the Picnyune re
ported that 10 information sustaining the ale
cations had been obtained.
A bill to amend the act of incorporation 0
the Crescent City Gas Light Company va
introduced by Sypher, and referred.
An act amending the Metropolitan Police
law and taking from Kellogg the control Q
tue force was introduced by Ma,sicot, wa.
read twice and referred.
4 joint resolution was introduced by
TwitcheI authorizing the institution Of crimi-
nal proceedings against parties implicated III
the Coushatta affair.
Ola introduced an net relative to the official
bond of State tax collectors. Read twice and
referred
a bill fixing the boundaries Of the parish
Of ST. Bernard, and increasing them by add
ing to tha parish portion of the parish of
Orleans was called up, and finally passed.
bill for the relief of Isaac Coleman, a
tgx-colcctOr, whose accounts did not balance
and for whom forgiveness was claimed be-
cause he was disiiked by the White League
was passed.
The bill to amend the charter Of the city of
Baton Rouge was passed.
The act approprlatlng $1,000 for the relief of
the widow of the late Professor Chiffon was
called up.
After debate which lasted fully an hour,
the bill was indefinitely postponed.
The bill asking the Representatives Of the
State III Congress to secure an appropriation
of $50, 600 to clean out Bayou Terrebonne and
its tributaries, was referred on its second
reading.
The act repeating the net creating Bureau
Of Immigration and providing for new bu-
reau was called up by Brewster, and after
some discussion, considered engroSsed
and made the special order for to-day.
An adjournment was then ordered.
Hnhn's Wing
was called to order at about / 80, and at 2
d. quorum was announced present
vote taken on the motion to refer the bill
appropria:ing $40, 900 for the payment of the
mileage, per diem and expenses ofthe Return
ing Board, TO the Committee on Appropra-
iiOns.
The motion to recommit was laid on the |
table.
The bill was then finally passed on call OF |
the yeas and nays, bya vote Of thirty -four to
twenty-one.
Bills on the calendar were then taken up
The bill transferring the parishes of La
fourche and Terrebonne from the Fifteenth to
the Second Judicial District was called up
and finally passed.
An act for the relief Of the taxpayers of the
parish OF ST. John the Baptist. suspending
the collection of taxes for 1874, was called
Il
passed. |
An act authorizing the police Jury of the ..
parish of Jefferson 10 remove the courthouse |
md records was called up. |
After lively Set-to between Lowell, who I
lid not want the bill to pass, and Hubeau, {
Who did, the motion to pass it was put and L
he yeas ana nays were demanded. .
The roll cad disclosed the fact that there Il
gas no quorum present, and the members
settled down to wait. In time quorum was
obtained and the vote was announced Yeas o
9, nays 81. '
Lowell moved reconsideration, and the u
notion prevailed, and by consent the bill. L
Ient over to such time AZ the bill cutting the y
arsh Of Jefferson in two and creating from y
nc-half the parish of Summer was reached r.
b that they might be considered together u
bill approprlatng five thousand dollars 81
o pay for stationery used 10y the State Regis >
rar of Voters, was passed.
The bill abolishing the parish of GRAFT was a
allied up and finally passed. Cain Sartain to
le contrary Notwithstanding. C
The bill fixing the fees OF the Civil Sheriff
nd Clerks of Courts of tho parish of Orleans, II
hitting them ON a salary, was called up and 7.
nally passed. CT
The bill Incorporating the Louisiana Tele-
raph Company and granting right of way, III
'as finally passed.
The company arc authorized to construct II
ne between Shreveport and Now Orleans. W
The bill creating the parish of Sumner from IA
le parish of Jefferson came up in order D
ID passed, and then Lowell He'd mp the II
il authorizing the police jury of Jefferson to CT
move the courthouse, etc, and it too, went
trough. ST
The bill abolishing the office of Assistant >
istrict Attorney went through its several p'
adings and was finally passed ia
The bill suspending the collection of the I'll
lily Park tax tor five years came up in order
Hahn yielded the Chair to Murrell, took IN
lie floor and called for reading Of the bill Ia
Mr.. Hahn took the floor and said Mr. pl
peaker, the question before the House is one Ia
It'll which | am somewhat familiar having DC
zen chairman OF a committee two years ago Ia
investigate the affairs of the Park Commits
Dners. | feel satisfied that every member of II
that committee, / presented very accu- pt
to and elaborate report of the origin of the en-
.rk speculation and the management of m
rk affairs by the then Board of Commits DC
)nerS.
The creation of the Park Board and the
irchase OF the property for park purposes,
cry hody who has considered the question 9.
III admit was stupenduous fraud and =! -,
lndle. The act was passed during the add " ~
OF Gov Warmoth 1t provided nc
I the creation of the Park Board to consist ~.
hive members, and contrary to the usual ~
aehee IN such eases. the commissioners :.
ere 10 be appointed by the Governor with -
i the advice and consent of the Senate or ny
with any other department of II, ii''
c government 50 that the Governor could az
point whom he pleased and there was no PIE
wer t. revise his appointment.
Another feature of the law was. that in
81 Of vacancy III the board. even the Gov wh
aor had not the power to I'LL tao vacancy We
+ by an eNt reSs provision of the act the ha
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