The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-02-19
State Legislature.


the anWded the passage Of u bill fixing
ofnain,aries Of the Mayor and Admins
the sr II New Orleans.
tratgn'is l was Introduced by Mr.. Burch
A. p,n for the relief Of /. g, Mahan,
prosu1rly tax collector OF the FIRST DIS
forlie1s New Orleans. Referred.
tT,ws .gi, OF q bill repeating the act re-
i not o the EXEMPTION OF the North
as 'dsI Railroad rom usSauoh was
I l,an by Mr. Burch.
p,.Vhbll was introduced ny MT. Iwltcn-
=, rela,iyo TO the. lees OF the sherins III
~ different parishes ottier thAn VI
l isans. Referred. ,,,, A.. co,,,.
judiciary TO INQUIRE rs TO the
tee y" ~ tho charge that the Mayor Of
tTuu' orleans and The Administrators
New s;yarted the consolidated interest
hoa WI II Inc charge was found true. to
ms, a. RESOLUTION addressing these
rePuia,a out OF office. end requesting
onlVH,a,t orncy General TO proceed against
w "riminnlly, was introduced by Mr..
tneli .r After some discussion the reso-
c ',.,on was adopted. :. -.
u,VhI; XII was called up by Mr.. Wharton
.Aa.. in, special lcyce district for the
u 'vsishes OF Pointe Coupce aud Iberville.
Pa%ar n spirited debate the net was
haaandal by striking out the parish OF
s ngn, Co,lpee. and thus amended the
o u.pp"te b bin No. 30, entitled nm act to
o,.siatc the actual tare on sugar, and
rsarovide a uniform system OF pack
s,ds md imposing u penalty on per-
w. w. violatipg the same, came up as the
g',aoial order Of the day.
SlT rho size and shape or packages Is
s.od and the tare Is set ut 10 per cent.
NV II waa indefinitely postponed.
Tho Senate bill fixing the salaries Of
..a MAYOR and Administrators Of the
M si,y n New Orleans was called up. put
Ky ,hNyyo " It's several readings, and finally
..na.svssd Under the bill tho salary OF
H. Mayor ID $4,000. and the salary OF
s "c administrators Is $500 per annuin.
Erec,ltiye session was called.
House bill No. t73, IN act to regulate
,hs trial of appeals in the Supreme
rourt II the State Of Louisiana, favor
.bIv February IA. was called up after
sho Executive session had been raised.
Il was finally passed.
Mr. Chadborne called up House bill to
authorize the city OF New Orleans to
asslme exclusive control OF all drain
noe works In the drainage districts, to
Authorize the purchase OF certain rights
/. and property of the Mississippi and
Mexican Gulf Ship Canal Company, and
istransferec, and TO provide for the man
nor Of making said purchase, and for
having therefor. Passed.
Mr.. Sypher notified the Senate that
he would move a reconsideration to-
morrow
The Senate adjourned.
House.
The House proceeded TO business ut
1870, ninety-nine mem bers present.
Speaker Estilette presiding.
The bill to repeal the charter OF the
louisiana Lottery Company came up us
the order Of the day; on its second
reading IL was announced.
Mr.. Matthews, OF Tensas, moved to
postpone the bill until Monday ut 2
o'clock.
Nj. Kidd moved to postpone the mat
Ter for half an hour.
Mr.. Murrill moved to lay Mr.. Mat
thew's motion on the table. and called
table prevailed yeas IS, nays 36.
Mr.. Demas moved to defer the con-
sderation of the bill until . o'clock.
There was more important business, he
@id before the House than this lottery
matter.
Mr.. Booth wished TO know what the
more important business was
Mr.. Demas-The election bill and the
Appropriation bill.
Mr.. Booth Neither of them are In
order to-day.
Mr. Demas' motion was tabled 66
ayes, ~ noes.
Here. Mossrs. Demas. Murrill. Stew
art, Guichard and Ray took possession
Of the floor simultaneously, and, for u
quarter Of nm hour, they were allowed
to keep the House In an uproar. They
had questions Of veracity to settle,
questions Of consistency to be decided,
and questions Of honor to be tried, and.
ono after the other, was permitted to
waste the time OF the House with
bsdinage.
Mr.. Levisse gave the trite argument
Invested rights" the obligations of
contract" summing up with the supre-
macy OF the judicial over the Legislative
department. Of the government. because
The judiciary decided the constitution
atty Of Legislative action. The Legisla
ture, ne held, was, In this matter, usurp-
Ing judicial power.
MIR, Cain Sartain also argued the con
Nitutionality Of the bill, on which side
the reporter did not understand.
Mr.. Walker asked him II he did not
know that the lottery franchise was
oonrd bOnOS HlOreSp
Mr.. Sartain could not answer the
question rs he had not studied law.
4 voice Nor morals?
Time was consumed, as much rs pos
hsy hA IL Iut nxdt In ~ m
opponents Of the bill, until, at last, IL
notion OF Mr.. Walker, made the special
order for tomorrow ut o'clock.
Mr.. Souer gave notice that he would
move a reconsideration OF the bill to-
morrow.
Mr.. Blaffer's bill to repeal Warmoth's
ecnstabulary act, passed.
Mr.. Dupre, referring to the report OF
NE select committee to investigate the
Affairs Of the Louisiana Levee Com
Mny, said: When / signed the majority
report on the Levee Company matter 1t
was after reading manuscript difficult
Wdecpher. / have since read the re-
Port IN print. In the journal OF yester-
Wy, and cannot but request the priv
asge OF Hing, tomorrow, q supplement
NY report to correct sundry erroneous
wnclusions and incorrect calculations
Nnerein embodied, which corrections,
@usve, no doubt, the chairman who wrote
oe majority report will concur in.
ar, Dupre also informed the House
WAT Mr.. Hall, who was now present,
incurred l In the report made by him
bar; y, In relation to the Metropolitan
spVuSe and, therefore, the report was
absolutely q majority report.
Inc Senate resolution requesting the