New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-03-04
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN, THURSDAY, MARCH i, 1875

! the legal profession, and has been acted
upon for more than thirty years; it has
enabled thousands of widows with limited
means to support and educate their chill.
dren: it has prevented major heirs from
dividing the estate and thus depriving the
surviving spouse of the means Of support
ing the minor children.
There are extreme Eases, as in very large
estates, where this law might be possibly
abused by the usufructuary in not making
| sufficient provision for those OF the children
who have attained the age OF majority.
| But those extreme cases are very few when
| compared to the large number of cases
where the law acts benefcially.
There is no reason why the article Ut the
Code should be amended. On the contrary,
the amendment would open the food gates
of litigation, and would deprive thousands
OF the means Of supporting their families.
Mr.. Mascot chairman Of the Committee
on Engrossment, submitted the following:
COMMITTEE ESRoLLAENr,l
New Orleans, March 2, 1878. 5
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
Your Committee on Enrolment and En-
grossment beg leave to report the following
bills as duly engroseed, to wit:
Senate bill No. 10, an act to amend an act
to establish an insane asylum, and to regu-
late the same. approved March Is, 1855
(l7Gl Revised Statutes), and also to amend
an act in reference thereto, etc.
Senate bill No. l47, an act to cede to the
United States government the right to build
levees in the State of Louisiana.
Senate bill No. l49, an act to make vouch-
ers issued to supervisors of registration and
their clerks throughout the State during the
year 1874, and hereafter, receivable in pay
ment OF current parish taxes and parish
licenses.
Senate bill No. 80, an act to amend an act
entitled an act TO carry into effect the pur.
poses of the donation by the United States
of public lands for the benefit of agricul-
ture and mechanical arts, etc.
j. "A. MASCOT, Chairman.
COMMITTEE ON ENROLMENT AND ENGKossnKNr
New Orleans, March 2. 1875. 5
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Your Committee on Enrolment and En-.
grossnent beg leave to report the following
bill as duly enrolled, to wit:
Senate joint resolution No. -, to provide
for the payment of special sergeants- at arms
and extra pOrters OF the General Assembly
appointed under the provisions of resoll-
tions adopted in the respective branches Of
~ j. A. MAsICor, Chairman.
MIR. Cage, chairman of the Committee on
Parks and Public Buildings, submitted the
COMMITTEE ON PARKS AND PUBLIC BULDryGs,l
New Orleans, February n, 1875. (
To the Honorable President aud Members of the
Your Committee on Parks and Public
Buildings again call the attention of your
honorable body to the condition OF the pub
lie buildings at Jackson and Baton Rouge,
and respectfully represent that they have |
visited the Insane Asylum Of the State, |
located at jackson, in the parish of East |
Feliciana, and submit the following report |
of the condition of the buildings:
The roofs of the main building are still |
leaking in many places. rotting the wood |
work beneath and causing the plastering !
to crumble and fall. The copper cave gut
ters need repairing in many places; the ex-
posed woodwork of all the buildings is rot
ling from the want Of paint to protect it.
Hardly any Of the windows in the second |
and third story are secured by iron guards,
and there is no security or protection for
patients occupying rooms in those stories,
and the large galleries of the same are
without any protection, save light ban
MISTER and railing Of ordinary height. The
over gallery floors of all the buildings,
which are of brick and cement, REQUIRE
moro or less repairs. The fence inclosing
he front premises is tar advanced in decay,
Ind needs replacing by new one. The
tinngroOm and kitchen are old frame
buildings, in lamentab'e state Of decay
There are no facilities for warming the
main buildings. The inmates evidently
utfer from cold, and suitable warming
apparatus should be introduced A good
eal OF plumbing and copper work is re-
ulred: 10 provide suitable diningroom
nd kitchen, etc, we recommend the ex-
ension OF the centre building back, and two |
tories high, to be tireproot, to correspond
nth the presen. building for the compile
ION OF which. as stated In our last report,
81, coo would be required. Your committee |
re OF the same opinion still. but less
mount, say $4,000 would greatly improve
le building. For other repairs, as enumer-
ted III our last report, we recommended
!o,Oe0. We still recommend, believing that
lm To be absolutely necessary, $4,000.
he above estimations are made uDon a | j
lrrency basis. c
The building occupied by the Deaf and q
umb Asylum at Baton Rouge is in a
'lerably fair condition, but rather small
r occupation both by said asylum and the 4
ouisiana State University.
The Penitentiary building might need r
me repairs, but your committee decided
make no recommendation to that effect. =
our committee calls the attention Of Your
'norable body to the fact that the conyicts
Q now constantly farmed out and sent
omiscuously to different portions Of the
ate to work in competition with free
Dor, SO that there would seem scarcely
y use for any Penitentiary building at all | s.
Your committee can see no use or excuse
: keeper of the State House at an annual
larry, as there are but the walls of the old | h.
lidlng left, which are not apt to be taken | E,
'ay by any one. There is also pubic
rdener at a salary of $500, which is un-
led for, the walls of the State House and
rden being well secured with good
ice. One of these parties might perform
til duties
All OF wbic! is respectful submitted, H.
THOMAS a. CAGE,
Chairman; Q.
THOMAS. G.. ANDERSON, -
THEOPHILE T. ALLAN, ~
WILLIAM HARPER, ~
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