New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-20

NJ. H. TWITCHELL Chairman.
The report lies over
! Senator Harper. from the Committee on
| Canals and Drainage, made the following
report:
COMMITTEE ON CANALS, DRAINAGE AND
| Inland H4yIgatlon I
New Orleans, February ID, 1876 }
| To the Honorable President and Memlers OF the
Senate:
Your committee. having had under con
| sideration the petition OF IL. Y. Money,
| William Cassie and others. asking an ap-
| nronriation of $4,000 for the purpose OF
| making navigable the POnchatouls river,
and being unable TO elicit sufficient evidence
| to warrant them to recommend the same,
renort the same back for further cOnsidera
| toa of the Senate.
| Your committee report favorably House
! bill No. 277, entitled an act to authorize the
| CITY of New Orleans to assume exclusive
| control OF all drainage works in the drain
age districts; to authorize the purchase of
certain rights and property Of the Missis
sippi and Me xican Gulf Ship Canal Com
pany and its transferee, and to provide tor
| the manner Of making said purchase and
| for paying therefor in drainage warrants.
WILLIAM HARPER, Chairman.
The report lies over.
| Senator Anderson, from the Committee
| on Judiciary, made the following report:
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY.
New Orleans. February IL, 1916.
! To the Honorable President and Members OF the
Senate:
| your Committee on judiciary respectfully
report Senate bill No =, laVGraoiy, az act
| to change the name OF Benjamin Cohen
| (,orrillon to Benz amin Cohen Da Silva
| Ahenator.
Ca House bill No 2OS favcrably. an act
| n change the name of Caroline ale to
| Caroline Mott.
| On Senate bill No 81, fayorably, with the
following amendment: Ga page two, third,
| fourth and fifth lines, strike out the words III
parenthesis, "ls xceptiu the parish OF defer
soa, where parish court shall be held daily,
| legal holidays exceptedl," an act to amend
| an / re enact article 1885 OF the Col OF
! Practice, and tx the terms Of the narish
| courts.
On Senate bill No. 1903, favorably, az
| act to increase the revenues OF the State.
| encourage the cultivation OF the soil,
F.! and to provide for the Tsmissions OF AL pen-
alties that may have accrued upon taxes
| due on property sold for taxes and adlad-
! Gated TO the State when the property so adj
| Indicated shall have been the property OF
| the State for mere than ore year, with
the following amendments: In section one.
| line seven. after the word person" add
|
| NAV have been sold for taxes Ia same
section. l,ns eight, strike out the words
",ract Of land and insert the words ANY
of said property" IN same section, llEe
ten, strike out the words and which has.
la same section. lines eleven and twelve,
strike out the words been in possession OF
the state for twelve months or upward. In
same section, line fifteen, after tue wcrd
"situata" and before the word 'the.' add
| ba f.lt,T w0rIs- Cor Auditor OF Fab
lie Accounts
I On Senate bill No. 3d. favorably, with the
following amendment: In section one, lines
twenty three and twsntyfour, strike out
the words "ifty cents" and substitute the
words zone dollar" in came section, lines
twenty-seven and twenty-eight, strike out
the words atty cents" and substitute the
words lone dollar" an act to amend and
-e-enact section 1923 of the Revised Statutes
OF this State.
THOMAS G. ANDERSON.
Chairman,
+. D. WHITE.
E. l.. WHITNEY.
NOTICES OF BILLS
BIZ Senator Gla:
An act for the relief Of j. L. Burton
supervisor of registration of Carroll parish
and his clerks, J. W. Cooke and NJ <
Larche.
By Senator Pollard
A bill entitled an act 20 repeal an act rel
ative 10 the exemption from taxation of tn
North Louisiana railroad.
BY Senator Blunt:
A bill making an appropriation for tn
navigation Of Cane river.
f INTRODUCTION OF BILLS 81 UNANIMOUS CON
SENT.
3 By Senator Burch:
Senate bill No I6.. entitled al act toz thu
relief of f. c. Mahan, late State tax col
| | lector for the First collection District, cit.
Of New Orleans.
o.. The constitutional rules being suspende,
| by a tour-ffths affirmative vote of the Sen
ate. the bill was placed on its secon'
reading, and referred to the Committee OF
| Finance.
| By Senator George:
Senate bill No. lG5, entitled an act {
,, | amend and re enact the first clause Of a-ticl
2 30 of the Code Of Practice.
The constitutional rules being eI7pende
. BY four. tfths affirmative vote of the Ser
: ate, the bill was placed On its second reat
ing. and referred to tho Committee on il
dietary.
Be- Senator Breau&:
Senate bill No. l66, entitled al act 10 a!
Q proprate certain funds to the removal {
distractions in the channel Of False river
:, the parish of Pointe Coupee, ard to D-Cvid
for the disbursement Of same.
e The constitutional rules being srspenda
s by four.ffths affirm alive vote Of the Sci
ate, The bill WAS placed On its secon
e reading. and referred TO the Committee O
4 Finance.
a By Senator Twitchell:
Senate bill No. l67 entitled an act re;
/ ulatirg the liability of the several parish'
= of the State of Louisiana to their respectiN
sheriffs for costs in criminal cases, parish
Orleans excepted.
The constitutional rules being suspende
BY four tfths affirmative vote of the Sc
g ate, the bill was placed on it's second rea'
ing, and referred to the Committee {
J. Finance.
:: INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTIONS.
o BY Senator Sypher:
. WHEREAS, 1t has been publicly charge
in the courts and by the press of the city
New Orleans that the Mayor and Admin
traitors of New Orleans have unlaw full
diverted, mlsused and misapplied the Co
n ! solidated interest tax funds, in violation
| the provisions of section fifty Of the cit
| charter fact No. 7, extra session of 1916
which law fixes penalty of fine, impriso