The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-03

!, A motion to lay it on the table was los
4-yeas ~, nays 5O-ond further consid
, Grafton was temporarily postponed.
i The House bill to annex part OF As
cension to Livingston was rejected,
At 4 o'clock a recess was taken until 6
n 1ni EVENING SESSION.
II was half past six before the roll was
called when sixty members answered
the Speaker presiding. who soon gave
the chair TO Mr.. Dupre, who occupied il
during the remainder Of the evening. j..
The Senate bill locating the Agricul
tural and Mechanical College at Batot
RaEas' 41s gsss,d ggasssd' h,u % incor,,,r,ts n.
Zion Hebrew Association OF Shreve
port passed.
| The bill TO amend the charter OF the
town Of Clinton was indefinitely post.
poned.
The bill to incorporate the Merchants
Exchange Of New Orleans, went over on
its second reading. i..t..4
The Senate bill authorizing the Gov
ernor to appoint State board OF asses
sors, consisting Of one member from
each Congressional district, to super.
wise and amend the parochial assess.
ments, was indefinitely postponed.
/ A Senate bill to Incorporate The
Home Savings Bank OF New Orleans,
was passed.
i A Senate bill regulating the manner
in which cotton press receipts and the
receipts Of other custodiaDs OF ware.
housed property may be used as col
lateTals, passed.
The Senate bill amending the charter
OF the city Of New Orleans, by returning
to the old system Of aldermen and
assistant aldermen, was referred to the
Committee On City Affairs.
The Senate bill limiting the official
income Of the Civil Sheriff OF Orleans
TO $4,000 q year, the remainder to be
paid into tho city treasury, was, on
motion Of Mr.. Lowell, indefinitely post
poned. L
The Senate bill, including Carrollton
in the Secord Judicial District, for judi
cial purposes, passed.
Messrs. Aldige, Wiltz, Gilmore,
Snaer and Guichard, were appointed
under a House resolution requiring q
committee to examine the books, pa
pers, etc. OF tho State Treasurer, and
| TO count his cash, whenever they may
think 1t necessary, from the present
time until the next general election.
| The following amendments TO the
constitution adopted by the Senate were
concurred in by the House, and are TO
be submitted to the people, viz:
/. Res ricting the expense OF o session
81 the General Assembly To $175 900, the
pay ofInembers being reduced from 50
TO S5 per day. Vote yeas "a. nays 4.
Q. Providing that the Governor, dur
| ing The session Or the Legislature, shall
slider bill, and II o bill, after adjourn
ment. be not signed by him within
twenty days. it shall become law. Vote
LIT veaS rlftVS
3. Abolishing the office OF parish
| Judge, and comforting the jurisdiction Of
That Office upon district judges and the
clerks Of district courts. Vote Yeas rs,
nays IA.
r. 4. Reducing the salary Of the Governor
from $4,000 to $GOO0. Vote Yeas, 85 !;
nays, g.
General. the Auditor or the Treasurer
An amendment from the Senate to the
House bill relative to judicial publica-
tions in the rural parishes, was con
Cured In.
The Senate bill requiring the war:
rants Of constitutional officers to be re-
ceived In payment Of State taxes, was
eoncurred In. dt5st
A resolution was adopted instructing
the Attorney General toprosecute Chas.
Clinton, late Auditor, and his bonds
men. for embezzlement OF public money.
The committee appointed to examine
the affairs Of the Funding Board was
authorized to sit during the recess to
prosecute its inquiries.
The Speaker read q protest which he
had drawn up in relation to the pro-
ceedings Of the Senate on the impeach
mefft OF Kellogg, and the paper was
ordered to be spread upon the minutes.
The thanks Of the House were unan-
imously voted to the Speaker, to which
he neatly responded, and at ten minutes
after twelve the body adjourded sine
die. .t4
[The following remarks, made by Mr..
Dupre, on the bill reported by Mr.. Hall,
from the COMMITTEES on Appropriations,
were omitted from the account OF the
proceedings Of Wednesday night j
Mr. Speaker, i am compelled for
once ia my life TO differ, from the report
OF a committee composed chiefly OF
members from my own party. refer
to the report Of the chairman Of the
Committee on Appropriations. We
have been most speciOusly accused at
the hands Of the Republicans upon this
floor Of studiously negleeting the tn
passage Of reform measures, which,
It is alleged, crowd our clerks
desk from the Senate. This even
ing, at this late hour, ~ motion is made
| by q Republican member to proceed to
| the consideration Of the appropriation
bill. am much more disposed to call
up from the clerks desk the many
wOndrOus reform measures that the
august Senate has vouehsafed us. / do
believe that the consideration Of any
and all such measures will not consume
one 1.-THE OF the time Of this nights sit
ting that this appropriation bill would,
for notwithstanding the strong asseve-
rations OF the gentleman from Tensas
(Mr. Matthew'S as to the reform meas
ures wehaye received from the Senate.
and which arg now lying upon our
clerks desk, believe they may be
counted upon the fingers OF one hand,
and these reforms, such as they are,
apply to local matters only. defy the
most active explorer to find among the
papers before this House single bill OF
reform that would cover more than q
few local matters, and in order to re-
move any doubts rs to the foolishness
Of or indispositon to reform, am in
favor OF going straight to the calendar
and taking UP the Senate measures and
passing them tonight. The gentleman
from East Feliciana, Mr.. Ray, styles
this appropriation q reform measure !;
hut I say that the bill is q stereotyped
one. which every Legislature under nor
NAL conditions would pass with scarcely
any discussion, but these normal con
ditions don t exist now. E5. I.sT
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