New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-03-02

| was ordered to De sent to the SeOate Il
concurrence.
House bill No. l49, reported by the Cor
mittee on Judiciary, WAS considered ;
being engrOssed.
The constitutional rules being suspended
the bill was placed on it's third reading an
final passage, its title was adopted, and
was ordered to be sent to the Senate fl
concurrence.
House bill No. 1852, reported by the Con
mittee on Judiciary, was considered a
being engrossed.
The constitutional rules being suspended
| the bill was placed on its third reading an
| final passage, its title was adopted, and
Was ordered to be sent to the Senate 70
| concurrence.
House bill No. l67, substitute Tor Hous
| bill No. l53, an act entitled an act to ALLOW
| the Attorney General to assume control @
and give direction to the prosecution O
| criminal cases now pending or which ma,
be brought hereafter in any of the courts 0
this State, and for other purposes, wa
placed It's second reading and made tn
special order of the day for tomorrow a
1890 ?. NJ.
The Committee on Judiciary, by permits
sion introduced House bill No. l6S, an ac
relative to the suspension of officers unde
impeachment.
Read first time.
The constitutional rules being suspended
the bill was again read and considered a;
being engrossed.
Under further suspension of the consti
tutional rules, the bill was placed on its
third reading and final passage. its title
was adopted, and it was ordered to be sent
to the Senate for concurrence.
MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR.
The following messages were received
and read:
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Executive Department,
New Orleans February 28 1878.
To the Honorable Speaker srd Members Of the
House OF Representatives,:
have approved and signed the amended
act appropriating $l5s,00O for the mileage,
per diem and contingent expenses of the
present General Assembly, including the
purchase OF furniture, etc, and the salaries
OF all clerks and employees
Two other acts originating in the House
OF Representatives, emancipating Althee
DumOntier and amending the incorporation
of st. Martinsville, have not received my
approval. but have become law by consti-
tutional limitation.
My reasons for withholding my signature
from these bills were similar to those as
signed in special message to the House on
the seventeenth of last month, that thew
belong to class of legislation which need.
lessly cumbers the statute books and in.
vOlves heavy expense to the State for print
ing, without being called tor by any COM
mensurate public necessity. At the same
time there were no features in either of
these acts to Justify executive veto.
WILLIAM Z. KELLOGG,
Governor.
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Executive Department, )
New Orleans. March !, 1875.
70 the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
House of Representatives,
l have the honor to inform the House
hat the Governor has this day approved
md signed an act originating in your hon
'rable body changing the venue in case of |
he State VS.. Alex. w. kinchen.
II. CONQUEST CLARKE,
Private Secretary.
The Committee on Ways and Means sub. |
nitted the following report, which was re.
eived and accepted:
COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MFANs,l |
New orleans, March |, 1875. !
o the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
House of Representatives:
Your Committee on WAYS and Means
eg leave to report that they have ex-
mined the contingent expense accounts of /
IA liz
nd State Treasurer, referred to them for
and find them correct.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES w. LOWELL,
Chairman.
port, which was received:
COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. l.
New Orleans February o. 1875. |
the Honorable Speaker and Members OF tie |
House of Representatives:
Your Committee on WAYS and Means
ave had under consideration the following
IL:
House bill No. l2i, an act regulating the
amer OF making assessments through
1t the State. creating State board of
ualizatiou and a parish board Of review.
timing the duties of said boards, and of
SCISSORS, collectors, district attorneys, and |
lditor and Governor under this act; the |
OF ASSESSOR s; regulating assess
ents in and for the city Of New Orleans,
ID prohibiting said city from making
sessments hereafter, limiting the applica- {
IN OF the doctrine OF prescription; repeal .
9 part of section two OF act No. AZ of .
II; allowing mortgages to redeem lands
Id for taxes; requiring collectors to dis.
butte surplus; regulating fees and costs
sheritfs and clerks of courts: fixing penal .
e on delinquent taxes; defining the duties
d powers OF collectors and sheriffs in {
,king seizures, relating to appeals in tax
Its, ana repeating acts inconsistent here 7
th. and report tavorably thereon, and ,
commend its passage with the following
lendments:
section One-1nsert except the parish of ,
leans, as hereinafter provided"
section eighth line two, strike out the
rd parish" and insert ''all State" 6
section thirteenth line four, strike out :
nd city, 7
IN line six, insert after the word assess :
mt" every two years, excepting the i
rish of Orleans"
section sixteenth line six, insert after
, word claw" provided nothing in this
shall effect the appointment of assessors
de by and with the advice and consent
the Senate subsequent to the first day of
luary. 1879, and prior to the passage Of
s act.''
n line eleven, insert after the word
ws, - land as set forth by their respective
omissions" -,
n line fifteen, strike ont the words "as !.
v required by law and inser: las re- II
red by section eight of this act a.
n Inc twenty-eight, insert after the | b.
I'd Auditor" "for their services, and in
npensation thereof each State assessor
the city of New Orleans shall receive 81
N said city $1,000 for copy of the as. re
sment roll for each of the city assess
Mt districts as at present constituted and
braced in their respective districts for Tt
ch they are appointed"