New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-27

! and to provide for the disbursement of fhA
money appropriated; also, to grant certain
powers to the police jrry of the parish Of
| VIM.
Which was ordered to be referred ~
the Committee on Appropriations
Mr.. Matthews, of Tensas:
An act fixing the salaries of the Mayor
| and each Administrator of the city of New
Orle ans, and to repeal oil laws or parts Of
Ia We in conflict Herewith.
Which was ordered to be referred to .he
select committee on city affairs.
BILLS INTRODUCED ACCORDING TO NOTICE
AND REFERRED.
Mr.. Byme:
An act to amend and re-enact sectiops
eleven and twelve of act No. %, Of
1872, approved April 26, 1872.
Which was orderedto be referred to the
select Committee on City Affairs
Mr.. Witt:
An act relative to the public printing and
the publication OF the ordinances, adver-
tieemente, ETC., of the corporation of tho
city Of New Orleans.
WHICH WAS OIUcIcO u Uc IcIcTIcu W mo
Committee on Printing.
Mr.. Booth:
An act to provide an annual pension for
the surviving veterans of the war Of
1872 els, who participated in the siege or
battles Of New Orleans in December, 1914,
and January, 1915, as well as for the sur
viving widows of such veterans; to fix ard
de termine the mode and cost Of ascertain
ing who shall receive such pension, and to
repeal all other laws hitherto enacted on
the same subject matter.
Which was ordered to be referred to the
Committee on Pensions.
Mr.. Byrne:
An act authorizing parties in injunction
proceedings to bond movable effects aud
vessels seized under writs Of feri facise, or
meene process in the parish Of Orleans,
pending injunctions.
Mr.. Seeman:
An &C: TO amend and re-enact article 1891.
of the Revised Civil Code of Louisiana.
Mr.. Wilt:
An act to amend act No. AZ of the statutes
of 1873, entitled an act to enforce the pay
ment of taxes due the State. providing for
the seizure and GALE of the property Of
delinquent taxpayers, and regulating the
against them and against their
property and tenante, approved March IA,
1873.
AL of which bills were ordered to be re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
BILLS INTRODUCED AND PASSED.
Mr.. Grant, without previous notice, and
with a suspension of the rules trst granted,
asked and obtained leave to introduce q
bill entitled an act to amend and re-enact
section thirteen Of act No. 9, approved Feb
ruary q, 1871, styled an act to provide for
the supplying the loss of public records
and other papers consumed by the burning
Of the courthouse IN the parish of More
house, On the sixteenth Of March, 1870.
Which underwent its several readings.
and j. passed.
BILLS PRINTED.
On motion of Mr.. Walker ordered that
80 copies of House bill entitled an act to
prov ide for raising a revenue fer the State,
me parishes, the city Of New Orleans and
other incorporated towns and cities, ard
or poll tax and the mode of collecting
he same; making the payment Of poll
ak prerequisite for voting, and for the,
means necessary to carry this law
MO effect, and for the repeal CT
ii laws on the same subject matter
md House bill No. %, entitleu an act to
,rovide a revenue for the State, the several
parishes and municipal corporations; defn-
ng what property ehall be subject to taxa
ion; to provide fund for the support of
ne public schools. and the mode Of collect
ng and disbureing the same: to grant and
ollect licenses, and prescribing a poll tax;
0 provide for the election and qualification
f officers to assess the taxable property of
he State; to equalize the came, and to col
ect the taxes, and providing for the COM
sensation Of said officers; to define the du.
les and obligations of the collectors and
ow they shall account for the funds col
ected by them; to create lien on real
state in favor of the taxes due thereon, ard
be mode Of securing said lien; 70 provide
or the collection of past due taxes to pre-
cribe penalties in certain cases for the non-
observance Of this act. and 20 abolish all
AVS inconsistent herewith, be printed for
he use OF the House.
REPORT OF SELECT COMMITTEE.
Mr.. Witt, chairman of the select Com
aittee on City Affairs, to whom was re-
erred the following House bills. to wit:
No, 50, entitled an act to relieve the city
f New Orleans, and State of Louisiana,
rom any charge for the registry Of births,
marriages and deaths occurring in said
ity.
No. l0l, an act to provide for the uniform
ssessment of property in the city of New
orleans, defining the duty Of the Admins.
rasor Of Assessments Of SAID city, fixing
he limit Of expense to be paid for said
ssessment, abolishing the office of State
assessor for the parish of Orleans, pro-
iding that no separate State assessment
hall be made within the parish, and repeal
ng all laws, or parts Of laws, in conflict or
Inconsistent with this act
No. 1CS, an act to repeal an act entitled
n act to give the justices Of the peace for
be parish Of Orleans exclusive criminal
Jurisdiction az committing magistrates in
hat portion of the city of New Orleans on
he right bank of the Mississippi river, and
egulating the fees thereof
No 1874 an act fO susrep6 @,,o oo,,ao.;o,