The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-04-14
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CHAABEk
OF COMMERCE.

SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE.
A special meeting Of the Chamber OF COM
MERGE was held last night, President Bowling
in the chair and quorum present.
After the reading and adoption OF the MIN
utes. Mr.. Wash Marks offered set OF fesoiu'
tons, introducing them with expressions OF
regret that there was not full Chamber
present to consider them.
The resolutions were as follows:
Whereas. the charter of the Chamber OF
having expired, ana
organized through the medium OF the Mer-
chants Exchange; be it
RESOLVED, That the Chamber approves and
.co-onerates with the Merchants Exchange in
the creation of Board of Trade, and when
the Chamber adjourns it does SO with the OBJ
iect of merging into the new organization, the
Board of Trade.
Mr.. J. G., Putnam said, while favoring q
consolidation, he thought there should be q
majority of the members Of the Chamber
voting when the measure was passed upon.
There was now committee engaged on the
question of consolidation. This committee
was appointed some time ago, and, as it
was not able to report at the last meeting, a
committee was appointed to revive the charter
of the Chamber, which, it had been discovered,
had xpired. There was no antagonism between
the two committees. If the charter was re-
vived it would not prevent consolidation. He
thought that the report of the committee on
consol; dation should be received or rejected
by q majority OF the members Of the Cham
Der.
Mr.. Marks said there was to be introduced
1T the extra session of the Legislature bill
incorporating Board of Trade, and he un-
derstcod tDat there was also to be presented
q bill reviving the charter of the Chamber.
He feared a conflict over the two bills, and .
loss of both, and as the Board of Trade would
be much more powerful for good on account
Of tho privileges and its greater number OF
members, he thought that it would be
better for the Chamber to merge into the
Board of Trade than to run the risk of losing
both the Chamber and the Board in conse-
quence Of q conflict over the acts Of incorpo-
ration.
Mr.. Joseph took the same grounds in re-
ference to the resolutions as Mr.. Putnam
He thought majority Of the members of tine
Chamber should pass upon them.
The question was called and put and the
resolutions were adopted on call Of the yeas
and nays by a vote Of Is to 4.
Mr.. Marks moved to reconsider the vote
whereby the resolutions were adopted, and
motion was made to tatls the reconsideration.
1t prevailed.
Mr.. Marks moved that the committee APP
pointed to revive the charter of the Chamber
be discharged. Carried.
He then moved to adjourn.
Mr. Putnam desired to know whether the
body adjourned to meet again as Chamber
or not.
Mr.. Marks said that if he consulted his own
wish he would move to adjourn sine die The
Chamber had long lost its usefulness.
There was lack of interest manifested by
the members in its meetings and its proceed
ings, and he thought that about the best thing
that could be done would be to ad journ sine
die. But yielding to the wishes of other gen
tlemen who desired large attendance when
the dissolution of the Chamber was passed
upon. he made his motion as simple motion
OF adjournment.
Mr.. Joseph said that the resolutions were
in effect nothing more than an Endorsement
of the previous action in reference to con-
solidatioe, and did not bear upon the exist
ence OF the body as Chamber.
Mr.. H. Dudley Coleman asked and received
permission before the motion to adjourn was
put to offer a letter from, Messrs. HOrter. Peter
son a Fenner, which read a. follows:
New ORLEANS, April 3, 1875.
To the Chamber of Commerce:
We most respectfully submit the following
bill for your consideration, hoping the same
will meet with your approval;
A bill to be entitled an act to exempt from
taxation all property and capital employed
in manufacturing throughout the State of
Louisiana.
Respectfully,
HoRTER, PETERSON & FENNER.
The communication was referred to the
Committee on Legislative Enactments, and
the meeting adjourned.