New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-03-03
NEW ORLEANS, FRIDAY. MARCH 3, 1876.


proposal to amend the constitution.
tSpeaker Estilette in the chair.
Mr.. Billiu declared that the titling Of Mr..
W0ods' bill was defective, and moved . re-
and the House concurred in
his motion.
Mr.. Bi!liu then moved the indefinite post
ponement Of the bill, and stated that it
contained provision authorizing Justice
Of the peace to deprive Q man of his liberty
The bill was then killed by being indef.
nitely postponed.
The Chair announced the following COM
mittee Of investigation On the accounts Of
The Auditor and Treasurer: Mesers. Aldige,
Wiltz, Gilmore, Snaer and Guichard, to cit
during the period between the adjournment
and the assembling of the next Legislature,
in acc ordance with the resolution previ-
Outly adopted.
The Senate bill proposing four amend
ments to the constitution then came up, and
the yeas and nays were called on each.
The first amendment provides that ap-
for the expenses of the General
Assembly shall be limited to $175,OOO, per
diem of IS, and twenty cents per mile COM
ing to the Legislature, and was adopted by
"a to 4. Speaker Estilette's vote just saw
ing ESs it; ..oo,a ,,o,;as. tha. vhanaver
after q bill remains in the hands of the
Governor twenty days after the the ad-
journment of the Legislature, without being
vetoed by him, it shall be law, and was
adopted by " to3.
Mr. Wilt here moved to save valuable
time, it then being . quarter past ten
o'clock, that members be restricted to three
minutes, and, notwithstanding Mr.. Sartain
desired to speak on privileged question,
it was adopted.
The third amendment deprives the parish
iudges of certain jurisdiction, giving it to
the district courts when the amount is ever
500, an appeal when it is over $50; limit
ing the jurisdiction of justices of the peace
and leaving almost intact the probate and
criminal Jurisdiction, and also authorizing G
the clerks of district courts to issue writs
of attachment, seizure and sale, eto.
To this latter provision Mr.. Billiu object
ed. This was comforting power on clerks
of judicial nature that they should not
have.
Mr.. Stafford said the bill simply gave the
clerks the same power they had before the
war. 1t would save $780, year to the
State, ana he hoped it would pass.
Mr.. Young also supported the amend
ment, but it was Lost, only 54 voting in
favor to 80 against.
A message was received from the Senate
announcing the concurrence in the bill
regulating judicial advertisements in the
parish of Orleans; that for improving tht
streets of New Orleane, and the joint reso
luton improving Mack's bayou.
The fourth amendment reduces the salary
of the Governor to $1,000. and was adopted
by IS to2.
The fifth amendment prohibits the recep
ton OF anv tees by the Auditor, Treasurer
Attorney General or any district attorney
hv Q0 70
The committee appointed to investigat,
the conduct Of Hon. William Murrell re
ported that all the testimony showed tina
he had used NO improper influence on th'
iury in the case of Clinton and Clarenc
Travis, in the Thirteenth Judicial District
| in the parish of Madison. and that ther
was no foundation for the charges. TIL
report was adopted and the committee dii
charged.
The appropriation bill, with the Senat
| amendments, came up.
Mr.. Matthews moved to concur in tn
Senate amendments, and the motion wa
| declared carried.
The bill regulating judicial advertise
mants With smendments from the Senate
| that regulating those in Orleans and th
| amendments to the printing bill, all to TAX
| effect January l, 1877, were passed.
Mr.. Guichard made and carried motion
| 70 reconsider tho vote by which the thir'
| constitutional amendment was lost.
| [Mr. Wil.z in the chair.
] The Chair ruled that the reconsideration
required that the roll should again b
called, aud the amendment was then adop1
ed by IS to IA
The bill making the warrants for tho %
aries OF constitutional officers receivable fO
taxes on the general fund passed.
Mr.. Dupre called mp Mr.. Jones' bill il
aid Of the parish of Pointe Coupee, and tn
bill finally passed.
An extra allowance for the Committee
on Contingent Expenses and Ways an
Means was allowed for ten days.
Tho committee to investigate the matter
connected with the Funding Board wer
authorized to sit during vacation, and en-
plOy experts.
ISpeaker Estilette in the chair.] ~.
Another message was received from "a
Senate, announcing the passage of the bi
extending the limits Of the parish OF Jacl
con, and that incorporating the Merchant
| Ware house and Trust Company.
On Mr.. Walkers motion the Clerk We
instructed to prepare and have printe
within ton days, as sddends to the journa
| list and the condition Of all bills.
On resolution the Attorney General va
directed to proceed against Charles Clinic
and his bondsmt to recover moneys ILL
gallv disbursed out OF the contingent fun
Of 1875
Mr. Willis moved that the thanks of tt
House be rendered to the Speaker and q
the officers of the House, and being put b
| himself from the floor, was carried unan
mously.
[Mr. Koontz in the chair.]
Mr.. Hall read another resolution
especial compliment to Speaker Estilet1
for his conduct as Speaker, and it was ca
ried with enthusiasm.
Speaker Estilette replied as follows:
Gentlemen of the House of Represent
tives-I am at loss for language in whic
may adequately express my gratitude
the members of this body for their unifor
and marked kindness to me while hav
presided over your deliberations.
Tho task to which your partiality b.
called me have found to be full Of diff
culties, and l feel that l am indebtt
to your favor and confidence for an
success l have achieved in tho di
charge of the always responsible ar
often delicate and difficult function
which devolve upon the officer vi
presides over legislative assembly. Yot
courtesy toward me has always bee
marked with candor and generosity, for
the many cases wherein I have been col
PEELED to differ in opinion. from members
questions of order, my rulings have bet
entertained in q manner which has prove
to me that you confded in my integri'
and respected the motives by which .
actuated.
We assembled sixty days ago under u
favorable auspices. In pursuance of Of
duties az legislators, We have eDcounter'
many obstacles which were of such chs
acter that they could only be surmount'
by patience and wise forbearance. The q
sion has been, 40 your resolution suggest
fraught with continued and often intense 9
citement, which no efforts on my part cou
suppress; but it is an evidence OF yo'
esteem for me, that IN the midst of tempei
nous debates, where passions were arous'