New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-14

the election Of assessors for the city OF Now
Orleans; requiring them 70 sssess al sne
real and personal property subject to taxa
tion in the city; providing for their COM
pensation, and filing vacancies and dehs-
ing their dutiee; providing for the appoint
ment of assistant assessors and tax com
missioners Whining their duties and fixing
compensation; providing for the correct
ness of the rolls, and authorizing the equal
izatiou and reduction of overassessment;
recurring the assessors to make ont lists Of
all persons liable to . poll tax: requiring
the Mayor and Board of Administrators OF
Board of Aldermen to calculate and cot
down the total of taxes against each item
on the rolls, and in certain cases authorlz-
ing them to correct the assessments; pro
viding for persons feeling Themselves
aggrieved to appeal to district court tor
redress; authorizing the Common Counc'i
in Q certain contingency to appoint all the
persons mentioned in this act; providing
for Furnishing officers for willful neglect OF
duty, and repeating all acts or parts OF acts
contrary to the provisions of this act.
Senator Wharton moved for the suspen-
sion of the constitutional rules in order TO
put the bill upon its second reading.
The constitutional rules being suspende d
by four .fifths affirmative vote of the Sen
ate, the bill was placed upon its second
reading and referred to the Committee on
Finance.
Senator Wharton moved that tho bill be
printed.
Senator Stamps moved to lay the motion
to print on the table.
Senator Wharton began to speak.
Senator Burch made the point of order
that motion to table is not debatable.
The President ruled the point we'll taken.
Senator Burch called for the yeas and
days.
Senator Stamps withdrew the motion to
lay on tho table.
Senator Burch made the point Of order
that the mover can not withdraw his mo-
ton after the yeas and nays have been
ordered.
The President ruled the point we'll taken.
Senator Allan made the point of order
that motion to table is not debatable.
The President (Mr. Grover in the chair
ruled the point we'll taken.
The roll was then called with the follow
ing result:
Yeas-Anderson, Blunt, Cage, ChadbourD,
GOOde, Mascot, Stamps, Sypher, TWitchell,
Whitney-l0.
Nays - Alexander. Allan, Blackburn,
Brewster, Burch, Detiege, George, Ola,
Greene, Grover, Harper, Herwig, Kelso,
Kelly, Landry, Ogden, Pollard, Robertson,
Steven, Wharton, White, Young-22.
And the motion to table was rejected.
Senator Wharton then moved the adop-
ton of the motion to print.
Adopted.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS ACCORDING TO PRE-
vIOUs NOTICE.
By Mr.. Goode:
Senate bill No. ID, to be entitled an act to
provide for the revival of judgments when
the defendant has changed his domic,le.
The constitutional rules being suspended
by four-ffths affirmative vote of the SEN
ate, the bill was placed upon its second
reading, and referred to the Committee on
Judiciary.
By Mr.. Goode:
Senate bill No. IA. to be entitled IN act to
provide for the revival of judgments rem
dered by the district courts Of the State
prior to the organization of the judiciary
under the constitution of 1868, when the
amount sued for did not exceed $500, ex-
elusive OF interest
The constitutional rules being suspended
by four-fifth affirmative vote of the Son
ate, the bill was placed upon it, second
reading, and referred to the Committee ON
Judiciary.
By Mr.. Goode:
Senate bill No. Is, to be entitled an act to
amend and re-enact section 1851 of Rays
Revised Statutes.
Tho constitutional rules being suspended
by four-fifths affirmative vote of the Sem
ate, the bill was placed upon its second
rosd,ng, and referred to the Committee ON
Judiciary.
INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTIONS.
BY Senator Landry:
WHEREAS, There VIGOROUSLY exists in
some parts Of this State, especially, to Wit:
in the parishes Of East Feliciana, West
Felicisna and East Baton Rouge, gang of
murderers styling themselves Regulators"
they being an armed body organised for in
mt
Whereas, On or about the - day of
-, 1875, said band of aseassins proceeded
toward the city of Baton Rouge, and there
seized OK Representative John Gsir, an
honored and respected citizen, who was
legally in charge Of SHERIFF. posse, going
on their way to Clinton, the capital Of East
Felicians, and forcibly seized said Gair and