The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-02-16
State legislature.
senate.

~ sacto Lieut.. Gov. antoine calIe
De eo nate to order at 10 O'Clock, quo
run, P; II'e1 was introduced by Mr.. Detieg
A. ~; section 2717 OF the Revise'
Statna;,g, 70 incorporate the Loan ant
a pm' Association of Louisiana wa
lrnltsrTosdaced by Mr.. Harper. Both wa
reier r Whitney introduced a bill Akin,
w. a.alaries Of the Mayor and Admins
tns Of New Orleans.
fTa"h;I XII fixing the compensation OF Ia,
aiactors in the State introduced o!
CO.. Alexander was ordered TO De print
NJ Roth referred to the Committee OF
eal,.rsnchmcnt and Reform.
~ Alexander also introduced o bill
MING warrants issued in 1879 As fo
ms ss;ces rendered to the State collectiblt
s KIN The general fund OF those years
beeibbill authorizing the issuance o
,dnds by the police jury OF Caddo wa
snally passed; ~ 10 900
.,.1sd an act to provide for carrying into
l lsDct article 132 OF the constitution q
s .hs state, etc, was indefinitely post
poned;; !. ,rov,ae for tho transferring
:, snits In the Parish or District Courts
. o,the State was finally passed.
pending action on Dill 70 ameno
.,t;cle al OF the Code OF Practice, which
s ss,ue up next, the Senate adjourned.
House.
The sitting commenced at IL :15 p. m.
.,aaty-two members present, Speaker
rraaette presiding.
Mr. III Jefries' bill to reform the assess
mt and tax collecting system OF the
Stste came up on its third reading, and
nrassed finally.
pi Tbe chair announced the following
mecial comlnittees:.
On the charge OF bribery against Mr.
ns,nas. as member OF the Board o.
iudif. Messrs. Booth, Gilmore anc
Mlon. ;. uhorho
parish Judge OF the parish OF Terre
bonne-Messrs. Collum, Billieu and Hill
Il Ouachita.
Mr. Billieu presented resolution
charging malfeasance, bribery, corrup
I'm and incompetency against +. u
Wentz. Parish Judge OF the parish OF st
Mary, and providing for committee tt
syaraine the accusations. Adopted.
mn Walker presented his resolution
n which he gave notice yesterday, en-
covering the Sergeant-at-Arms to ap
poInt one hundred assistants, without
rat 10 the State. M
Mr. Mathews OF Tensas, objected .tt
the consideration or the resolution al
present; a.
rules
nays ooa 20 ro.s 40 n.vs .nd
Ior want Of two-third majority, the
rules we're not suspended. So the reso
luton lies over.
MI. Dupre, from the committee ap-
pointed to investigate the administers
ton Of the Metropolitan Police, sub
mitted report, which Is published II
ertenso In another part OF the DEMO
GRAFT
M. Dupre, having read the report
through, Mr.. Murrill inquired II the
committee had discovered anything
about the street reports that newspaper
men we're on the dead head rolls q
the police?
MI. Dupre replied that, as stated In
the report, the committee had not beer
able to get the dead head" roll, anc
could not, therefore, say who was on it
Mr.. Mathews objected to any verba
report by the committee, when writer
report had already been delivered.
Mr.. Dupre replied that he was not
making report; he was answering z
you want to hear no more, keep YOU
party quiet"
On motion Of Mr.. Dupre, two hundred
copies OF the report were ordered TO Dt
printed in pamphlet form.
Mr.. Lowell, a member Of the commit
tee, announced his intention to make 9
report. He did not dispute the facts Sc,
iorth IN the paper before the House
nor did he intend to make a minority
report. His would be in the nature OF 9
supplementary report.
Mr.. Souer said the committee con
sisted OF five members, and the report
Presented by Mr.. Dupre was signed by
but two. 1t was not a majority report
therefore,.
Mr.. Dupre said that il he had chosen
pdo SO. he might have attached the
Mme Of Mr.. Hall to the report. That
gentleman had been suddenly called
away before the report was complete
but he had signified his approval o.
what had been already written when he
left, and that sufflced to commit him &c
all the facts and inferences.
Mr.. Souer still insisted that the report
vas not a majority report with but two
signatures out Of five.
Mr.. Aldige, from the committee tc
examine the books and accounts OF the
State Auditor and the State Treasurer
submitted report in relation to affairs
IN the Treasurers Office, which report
spblished in full in another part O
this edition Of the DEMOCRAT. 1t wa.
ordered to be printed, together with q
minority report, made by Mr.. Snaer
which also appears elsewhere in this
issue.
Mr.. Bayley's bill to amend the nota
raj charter of the New Orleans Pacific
Railroad Company, by extending the
term OF the charter and making Shreve'
port the northwestern terminus OF the
road, passed.
Mr.. Wiltz's bill passed to limit tar
lens TO the property assessed.
MI. Booth offered a joint resolution
which lies over, for a committee OF three
nom the Senate and five from the House
Dcount the votes cast at the election Of
1872
Aresolution offered by Mr.. Keys, ask.
mg the Federal Government to rebuild
ne jail and other parish buildings, in
ierrebonne, destroyed by the Fedora
amy during the war, was adopted.