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

| aAu Hudi passage, lCs LlLle was adopted al
notice of concurrence was ordered to
sent to the Senate.
Mr.. Guichard moved to reconsider IL
vote BY which the bill was finally passe
and also moved to lay the motion to reco
slider on the table.
| Carried.
Senate bill No. liz, joint resolution ,
| create committee of three member
| OF the Senate and four memb of I'll
House of Representatives, to be appointe
respectively by the President of the SenaI
and the Speaker of the House, to inquir
into the pay, emoluments, fees, etc, OF tn
various public officers of the State, wit
power to send for persons, books an
papers and to administer oaths, said con
mittee to report the result Of their labor
at the meeting of the next session of tn
General Assembly, and such recommends
tons for the necessary legislation to equaliz
Of the various public offices of the State
with the view of saving the State and it
citizens from the payment of exorbitan
and expensive charges and expenses. wa!
read, and it's further consideration was in
definitely postponed,
Senate bill No. Ill, an act directing the
clerks of the parish courts throughout the
State, the parish of Orleans excepted, tt
record the process verbal of the proceedings
of coroners' inquests, and of post mortem
examinations; providing penalties for ne
glect or noncompliance thereto. and fixing
the fee of recording said proceedings, the
duties of parish coroners pro tempore, or OF
any person acting in that capacity, the
penalty for noncompliance thereto. and the
mode of collecting said penalties, and how
read.
The constitutional rules being suspended
the bill was placed on its second seading.
Under a further suspension of the con
stitutional rules, the bill was placed on its
third reading and final passage its title was
adopted and notice of concurrence was
ordered to be sent to the Senate.
Senate bill No. l45. an act relating to all
licensed public places Of resort within the
State, and comforting on the police courts Of
the parish of Orleans, and on parish
judges outside of the parish of Orleans the
power to enforce the same and providing
penalties for the violation of this act, was
read.
the bill was again read.
Under further suspension of the con-
stitutional rules, the bill was placed on its
third reading and final passage, it's title was
adopted and notice of concurrence was
ordered to be sent to the Senate.
VETO MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR.
The following veto message was received:
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Executive Department. :
New Orleans, March 2, 1875.
70 the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
House of Represent atives
return to the House of Representatives,
n which it originated, IAN act prescribing
he manner of ascertainng the amount due
he Louisiana Levee Company from the
state on the first day of October 1873, and
o provide for funding the said debt
feel it my duty to veto this bill for the
ollow ing reasons
Section one provides that the standing
Committees on Lands and Levees of the |
enate and House of Representatives are
ereby constituted joint committee for |
he purpose Of this act, and are hereby |
irected and required, within ten days from |
he passage thereof, to ascertain the entire
mount due the Louisiana Levee Company
rom the, State of Louisiana for work done
p to the first day Of October, 1873, after
all payments made by the State
n account of said work up to date, and the
lid joint committee shall, within ten days,
lake detailed reports in duplcate-one to
le Governor of the State and one to the
resident of the said company; said report
be accompanied by their certificates
ating the exact amount due said Levee
Ompany from the State on the first day of
ctOber, 1873 and the SAID joint committee
hereby continued and authorized to re-
ain in session for sufficient time after
e adjournment of the General Assembly
enable it to make the examination and
port herein required"
Section two provides THAT should the
int committee as constituted by the pre-
ding section of this act fail to perform the
tiles imposed upon it by this act within
Q time rescribed therein, the said duties
all be performed Immediately thereafter
the commission Of persons appointed
der act No. y of the session of 1871, rati
ing and confirming contract between the |
ate and Louisiana Levee Company, ap- |
owed February q, 1871, and the reports |
d certificates made by said commission |
persons shall have the same force and
ect as though made by the joint committee
rein provided for
section three provides "that it shall be
. duty Of the board of liquidation ere I
"a by act No. 3 of the session of 1874.
Jopuorv 81 1874 rpoD |
.sentation to them Of report and
'tifcate made as prescribed in the pre- &
ling sections OF this act and of demand ! {
de in person or in writing by the Dresi |
Mt of the Louisiana Levee Company, to (
ne and deliver a sufficient number Of the |
lsolidated bonds of the State of Louisiana I
the denomination and descriptions pre- r
ibed in the act creating said board of I
to cover the Indebtedness of the q
tie to said company, as ascertained 10 the !
nner herein described" ,
he sections above quoted assume that | \
Louisiana Levee Company is a creditor. j
he State, and that its claims against the s
te can be legally met by the issue of =
solidated bonds under the funding law. !
N advised that the Supreme Court has
,ressly decided that the Levee Company
lot and can not be a creditor of the State,
t the State has created no debt in favor
that company, and has assumed no D
on its account am further :.
Used that the terms of act No. ,, APP .
wed January 81, 1874, known as the 5
ding ball. aud of the constitutional
endments adopted in connection there r
h, expressly prohibit the issue of consol- -
ted bonds for any such purpose as that :
forth in this act. II
ection three Of the funding bill provides fl
t the bonds authorized by this act shall
by the board Of liquidation c
all valid outstanding bonds of the State :,
all valid warrants drawn previous to i
passage of this act warrants of con- a
utional officers alone excepted). Section d
Of the same act provides ''that the con s
dated bonds herein authorized shall be n