The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-15
.-s,r.rANA LEC1sLATION.
...,,ors Five Hundred Thousand
~ 80 AuproprIMted by FRAUD.

Ii
..,,.s from the Report sr Of the House Commit
COMMITTEES call especial atten-
io ~ the testimony OF M. A. y. Boyle.
agn. a y i published IN the appendix to
selcn renort This evidence indicates
ihls. Vs. :. cloarly that the "raiiroad Dill
rssMs TO. which Is published IN the
isiel.se ~ the Acts Of the General As
rolpal,Ive ~ louisiana for 1870, as Act No.
p,,ynroyed February 81. 1870, was
| y, AWAITED and received additions In
mani prrorllment Committee room to what
ibe bnnntained i'm IL when said bill
w. " vIoth Houses OF the General
Asss,, u l. the act which granted sub
4 lns $4,000. 900 to the Chattanooga
aaSy La. I'd Company. and an examination
Bsu os promulgated. will enable any
NV MI what the interpretations made
a. w. Enrolment Committee room, as
w. r;tness states, were. The act orig
in e,' n's contained but eight sections. and
Hs' ss;uht are numbered In the act rs
Mt,,u6ed but five sections were added,
ps ~ u section 3, and four to section 4.
.interpolated sections could not be
lnpsnibered In the Enrolment COMMITTEES.
la Dn without increasing the number oif
Ws,ons to thirteen, and changing al
' section 3, which, II Is thought,
MI have falsiiled the journals
s'a w. House and Senate. And yet,
W, VII be seen at,ba glance on in
E., W. tho interpoiated sections
really separate and distinct In
" .sthina but numbering. Each
nrefaced in tho usual manner,
@..abe II further enacted" etc.. except
'm ~ prefix r. Of the word land" and
w o,a contains and treats OF subject
wv s.,or distinct and separate from what
pss ssdsa them in the original sections.
g0es.aes,slv. the bill could not have passed
v vv,hiS for,n. Had tho sections referred
s sv inserted before the passage OF
pM vt in either branch OF the Legisla-
w she numbering would have been
WY Nr,,ont from what II is II would have
s susu made to conform to usuage. No
rN sh niher example Of the n-number-
w. W. - ;mportant sections con be found,
w w Vn,robnbly. examination of the jour
s ssIs viii show that these sections, with
a MT numbers, are not mentioned In either
"a House or Senate journals.
Nh first interpolated section relates
n 'dIstinction on account OF race, color,
y y, and this was added to section 3.
w w next refers to draw -bridges'--t the
, lJr RI respecting u ferry landing in
Ssx Orleans" conveyed very important
sshts without the consent Of the mu-
.Isinal authorities. as did the fourth, in
Ss matter Of passenger depot
N aw Orleans" The fifth relates to n
I% nb road" and see lines "a to 81
,,%Sluaiye-extended the State g guaran-
~ N second mortgage bonds, at the
MIA Of $4,000 per mile Of road, grant
Il under act No. 26, OF 1869, to
IA main line towards Houston,
Tstas. to q branch railroad to Shrepe-
sri and elsewhere. And on this
~ based the $2.5O0.0O0 stock subscrip-
I'm NJ n substitute for and releaSe -
scs,lled-from the obligation Of guar.
.ntpe. made by OF under Act No. 30, Of
M, And in such action, so accom-
sihhed, two and half millions OF bonds
NM Issued to said company.
Judging by recent Supreme Court de-
4 ATOMS in other cases, the Funding
| iard will soon be commanded to fund
| M A. 5OO, 900 80 procured.
q. W. II. BAYLEY, chairman.
J. ALD1aE,
WIN. J. HAMMOND,
W. b. KooNTz,
Gro. GRACIEN.