New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-24
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
SENATE.
Thirty-uinth Days Session.

SENATE.
Thirty-uinth Days Session.
SENATE CHAMBER
New Orleans, February II, 1876.
The Senate met pursuant to adjourn
,nsnt at twelve o'clock NJ, the Hon. C. C
Antoine, Lieutenant Governor and Presi
dent of the Senate, in the chair.
On call of the roll, the following Sena
tors answered to their names:
Present - Messrs. Alexander, Allan
Blackburn, Blunt, Breaux, Chadbourn, DE
tiege, Dumont, George, Goode, Greene
Herwig, Landry, Ogden. Pollard, Robert
son, Stamps, Steven, Sypher, Twitchell
Weber, Wharton, White, Young-2i.
Absent-Messrs Anderson, Brewster
Burch, Cage, Eustis. Ola, Grover. Harper
Kelso, Kelly, Mascot, Whitney-l2.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. Mr.
Dardis.
The journal was read. corrected and ap
proved.
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.
Senator Alexander presented the petition
of Lewis B. Kerr, resident of the parish
of Catahoula, asking for relief and an ex.
tension of time for the payment of his
taxes which was referred to the Committee
on Finance.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Senator Sypher, chairman Of the Com
nittee on Finance, submitted the following
report:
CcMNIrrHs ON FINANCR
New Orleans, February IL, 1876
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
Your Committee on Finance, having had
under consideration House bill No. $40, en-
titled act to authorize. with the consent of
a popular vote, special tax on property
in the city Of New Orleans in favor of the
New Orleans Pacific Railway Company, to
provide tor the submission of the question
at q special election, to provide for the Sc
curing and collection OF the tax, if voted,
to impose certain duties on State officers Of
election, and on the city officers, and to
punish oations of this acr, to authorize
the issue of tax stock. etc, report the
same favorable, Hon. Thomas a. Cage
dissenting.
Hon. E. D. White will make minority
report.
Also, Senate bill No. l63, entitled an act
to establish board Of audit for the parish
of CaddO, and report the same favOrably.
Also Senate bill No. III, an act to amend
and re-enact section lS4 of the Revised
Statutes; defining the manner in which
warrants shall be drawn by the Auditor of
Public Accounts, and report the same tav-
orably.
Also, Senate bill No. ITO, an act requiring
the Auditor of Public Accounts OF the
State of Louisiana to issue warrants on the
State Treasurer in favor of constitutional
officers of the State for the payments of
their salaries, etc., aud report the same un-
favorsbly.
Also, Senate bill No. l66, an act entitled
an act to appropriate certain funds for the
removal OF distractions in the channel Of
False river, IN the parish of Pointe Coupee.
and report the same back with the recon-
mendation that it be referred to the Com
Mittee on Canals, Drainage and Internal
improvements.
Respectfully submitted.
A. j. SYPHER, Chairman.
The report lies over.
Senator White submitted the following
minority report on House bill No. 327:
New ORLEANS, February l9, 1876.
To the Honorable President and Members of the |
Senate:
The undersigned member of your Com. |
mittee on Finance begs leave to report by |
minority on House bill No. 1927, known as |
the premium bond bill. The magnitude Of |
the interests involved, the gravity Of the |
financial situation Of the city of New Or
leans, for the relief of which the bill was in
tended a deep solicitude for the alienation
of the burdens resting upon the taxpayer,
to whom the bill affords present and per-
manent relief, joined with due regard for
the public creditor and the future prosperity
Of the entire people of the city OF New Or
leans, impel the minority to state fully his
reasons for dissenting from the unfavOrable
report of the majority of the committee.
The necessity of some legislative relief
for the city in her embarrassment is uni
versally conceded. The bonded debt, all
authorized by various legislative
acts, is as follows:
Consolidated bonds issued in 1882 under
authority of section thirty seven act
No. H. approved February 49, 1882,
maturing in 1892 .................... S4,4f 900
u Municipality bonds issued IN 1851, under
rahties, maturing N 1876 ........... $3.50
Railroad bonds issued in 1854, unoer
thority of act No. 1903, approved
March Is, 1854, maturing in l574.... 1855 900
'ontch artrain railroad bonds Issued in
1854, under authority of act No. no.
approved March IS, 1854 maturiDgi
1884 Observation-Disclosures. $4,000
even per cent bonds of 1869, issued in
1869, under authority of section one,
act No. 40, approved February q,
1863, maturing in 1894 ............... 2,849,5OO |
cent honda n is.upd |