New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-03-18
SECRETARY BKCHTEL'S STATE
0lRNT.
An Omen Letter @ the Editor Of the New
OrloaaO Tlme0s
0gUArs CHAMDRR,

for the respect that owe to myself and the
community in which was born and reared,
I ahould have paid no attention to 1t.
shall now take mp each, and refute it in de-
tail. The Times says:
.'There was bill mp to reduce the annual
contribution of the insurance companies 20
the fire department. The bill reduced the
contribution 90 much Is to leave nothing,
or ito equivalent, for the department, and
the bows went down to the State House to
nrotest against it. The delegation was
large and influential, and they were 3D.
mitted to the floor 30 a. to be on hand when
the moment came. They stayed there-it
was tho closing day of the sess'on-unnl
the Legislature adjourned, oot nessd n a.nh
other and went away rejoicing. The de.
partment Was not to be impoverished. And
about three weeks after that, when Bechtel
and Vigers got through with their lab0rs,
there appeared in the official journal, as
having been passed, signed, ana duly pro-
mulgated, q beautiful now bill relieving the
insurance companies of nearly all thelr as
sessments, and knocking the nnances OF inc
fire department into q cooked hat"
Now tor the answer: On January 30, 1874.
by unanimous consent, was introduced
Senate bill No. 3l2, an act explanatory OF
the fifteenth paragraph of the first section
of act No. IA, approved March 5. 1877.
This bill relieved the insurance companies
from the pay ment of city license, which u
was understood was levied for the benefit
of the firemen's fund 1t passed its frst
and aacond readings and was ref FRED to tie
Committee on judiciary. February ;. the
committee reported favorably. February
%. the bill was considered engrossed-the
constitutional rules we're suspended, the
bill was read the third time and finally
passed, and ordered cent to the House 1or
concurrence. March 2, the Committee ON
Enrolment reported as duly eDgrossed
Senate bill No. 81. (See Senate louInel,
! 1874, page 237. Same day delivered bill to
the House of Representatives. (See Honse
journal, page 234.) On March 5, morning
sessiop. the Chief Clerk delivered mess
age to the Senate announcing the concur
renee of the House in the passage OF Sem
ate bill No. 3l2. (See Senate journal. page
254.) In due time the bill was enrolled
and presented to the Governor, and there
my connection ended.
| As to the firemen, have always been
their friend and supporter, and will 10,
the influence that possessed with SENATORS
to procure the concurrence OF the Senate 10
the passage of the following:
blouse bill No. 43, an act ratifying and
confirming the contract between the city Of
New Orleans and the Firemen's Charitable
Association, dated December 6, 1871; pro
viding q revenue for the payment Of The
price stipulated to be paid under said con
In the above assertion Major E. A. Burke
Messrs. Maurice Hart and Charles Lyman
will bear me out.
have never held the position of clerk II
the CustOmhOuse during the SESSION OF I'M
lIeyislature. The records of the Custom
house will prove that: o
The Journal of the Senate, page $50, Msrol
3, shows the following: .
Mr.. Herwig obtained unan,mous consen'
to take no Senate bill No. 423. an act moor
noratine the New Orleans Sanitary and
Excavating Company in he city OF New
Orleans, and granting privileges thereto
on third reading.
ton on the pending motion was ordered.
On q cali of the yeas and the nays tn
Senate voted to pass the bill by the follow
ing vote.
Yeas-Barber, Belden. Blunt, Bovee
Butler, Cage, Chadbourp, Greene, Harris
+. F. Herwig, lngraham, Pollard, ICY
Stamps, Sypher, Swaizie. Twitcheil, Weber
Nays = Alexander. Brewster, Burch
!. Crawford, GlaudiD, KelsO-6.
. Title to stand. .. 49,,
The Journal of the morning session Of tn.
House of Representatives, page No. 70;
March 5, shows the following:
, Senate bill No. 423, entitled an act incol
, porating the New Orleans Sanitary and FL
cavatiDg Company in the city OF New Vi
leans, and granting rights and privilege
. thereto.
+ Passed first and second readings unde
suspension of the constitutional rules
, Under a further suspension of the const
!. tutonal rules the bill passed it's third reat
l ing, and on it's final passage the yeas an
q nays were demanded by Messrs: Montaldt
of Orleans, aud Page, Of Iberville, result
ing as follows:
t Yeas-Allain, Armstead, Antoine. Bow
4 man, Bryant, Baker, Boyd, Blackstone
' Boatner, Butler, Barrow, Carey, Carr. Coz
naughton. Cousin, D. c. Davis, X. r. Dsvi
4 Dessrzant, Eliot, Fernandez, Forstal
Greene, GAir, Guichard, Hubeau, Hill,
y Jones, Heating, Kenyon, D. King, Levi
i Langles, Landry, Lawes, Murrell I
Iefourche, Mahonev. Mayo, Marie, Ma
thevs. Montaldo, Nichols, Peyton, Pag
= Provost, Paris. Raby, Souer, Sawyer, Ste1
n art. Sartain, Snaer, Simms. Southland, Su
ton. Sewell. Thomas, Tureaud, Thomps0
n Williams, j. B. Wilson, d. Wilson, Worth
# Washington. Ward, Wands-70.
10 NayseBickhsm, Cockerham, Humbl
., Hahn, Heath, P. Jones, kirkhsm, Ksrn.
o. King, Moreland, Murren OF Madiso
. Martinez, Norris, Price, kochon, Traha
l. VickerseH.
/. Tho bill finally passed, title adopted, u
notice of same ordered sent to the Senst
70 AZ to my position of secretary OF :
Sanitary Company, my answer 10 that
% have the right - citizen to invest q