The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-25
MoNpAy. January "a. 1876,

| "A quorum present.
On the bill relative to judicial adver-
tisements the Committee on Judiciary
reported by substitute.
| An net requiring the popular vote to
be taken to authorize parishes to take
stock In the New Orleans Pacific Rail-
road Company, was introduced by Mr.
Anderson and referred.
A bill amending the assessment law OF
New Orleans was introduced by Mr..
Wharton.
A bill for tho relief Of Mrs. Herbert
and her relations was introduced by Mr..
Massicot and was referred.
A bill was introduced by Mr.. White to
amend article 575 Of the Code Of Prac-
tice. Referred.
Tho following joint resolution was In
troducod by Mr. Twitchell:
Whereas. Several persons composing a,com,
binaton known ~ the Orlenns Pacific Railroad
tho ipsso's Of tho State penitentiary granting to
said Jessees u FIRST mortgages on tho work to DO
By at ana By ." h
! constructed by convict labor; and
Whercas, fiftosn miles 81 grading have thus
impoverished and starving labornR classes. and
US act az of 1875 provides that tho employment OF
convict labor outside Of the walls o. TIE Penitsn-
| lease of tho Penitentiary and makes the employ
ment of convicts by any people nm otfonse pun
ishable with fine and Imprisonment; therefore
Reso'pe, q Tint the lcase Of tho Penltentary be
declared forfeited, null and void, and the Attor-
| ney General Id instructed 10 take possession
owned own or claimed BY the state q Louisiana and
CONVICTION Of of persons directly or Indirectly
implicated In tho violation Of act az and further
TINT the Governor bo requested to aid the Attor-
| ontiarY. etc.
| Referred to tho Committee on Peni-
tertiary.
An net creating q board'of cqualiza-
| ton to make a uniform assessment was
introduced by Mr.. Twitchell and re-
ferred.
Executive session was had. On
the session being raised Mr.. Whit
ney introduced q bill apportioning the
Senatorial Districts and determining
the number OF members Of the House.
| The bill making changes In the pres
ent ScnatoriallD and tho basis
fixed for the House is one hundred and
twenty members.
| The bill was, under q suspension OF
the rules, finally passed by u vote OF 70
yeas to ] nay. Adjourned.
HOuse-Tho House met ut IL rs and q
quorum present, proceeded to business,
Speaker Estilotte in the chair.
! Mr.. Murrell called up the resolution
which he offered on Saturday, creating
u committee to investigate a charge
against him OF bribing jurors In case
OF homicide In his parish, and nearly
half an hour was consumed In discuss
ing tho matter. The end Of the debate
was that the subject WAS, on motion OF
Mr.. Dupre, referred to the judiciary
Committee, which Is the grave OF the
inquest, tho majority OF the House
being Of opinion that the imputation
did not come from q source or In u
manner to warrant an enquiry.
remarks Mr.. Murrill said that the
statement attributed to him, In the dc
bate on his resolution on Saturday, that
Mr. Spencer, tho Democratic candidate
for Congress, In his district, against Mr..
Morey, had received a thousand colored
votes was insufficient; Mr.. Spencer had
received 27OO colored votes and
he (Mr. M repeated that undoubt-
eddy Mr.. Spencer was elected. Mr..
Stewart also colored Republican, said
he had been misunderstood by those who
reported that he had said that he knew
Mr. Spencer was elected. He could not
say who OF the two, Mr.. Spencer or Mr..
Morey, had a majority. He only knew
that Mr.. Spencer had received nineteen
hundred colored votes. Mr.. Murrill ex-
planned why colored voters had opposed
Mr.. Morey; 1t was because OF his politi |
col trickery.
The subjoined resolution, submitted
by Mr.. Elliott, was adopted:
Unfinished business Of any session Of the
Legislature shall not te considered at y subso- |
rucnt session. but such Inatter shall be com
menced de marc, and tho Speaker shall not align |
nor certify to any bill or resolution. nor shall
luton passed fy tho House Ut any preceding
session. and not passed by tho Senate ut the
said session.
Mr.. Byrnc introduced u resolution
which was adopted, directing the Com
mittec on Charitable Institutions to In |
vestigate the administration of the
Charity Hospital.
In connection with this matter, Mr..
Hahn mentioned, that an appropriation |
for the hospital had 0been issued in war
rants; that the warrants were pledged |
In bank for u small per centage OF their |
face value; that when the debt became
due, the banker and the person who had
pledged the warrants went together to
the State Treasurer, who paid tho war
rants in full, and that the person repre-
senting tho hospital pooketed the differ
enco between the sum for which the
warrants were. hypothecated, and the
IL. had been informed, was from $40, 600
to $4,000.
Mr.. Lowell was also cognixant OF dis
creditable circumstances connected with
the administration Of the hospital, and
he trusted that such an enquiry would
DO made as would expose those concern
ed In dcpriving tho poor and the unfor-
tunate OF tho benefit OF the States liber-
atty.
Many bills were introduced and re-
ferrcd, the following Of general interest
BY Mr.. Walker Revising the revenue
systems Of the State, Of the parishes, and
OF the cities and towns.
BY Mr.. Byrne-To abolish the New
Orleans city park tax, and restore con-
troll OF the parks to the corporate author
tiles.
BY Mr.. Byrne-To suspend the col
lection OF drainage tax In New Orleans
until 1873.
by Mr.. Wiltz-To regulate the public
schools Of New Orleans and limit their
expenses.
BY Mr.. Wiltz-To repeal the act
making the Metropolitan police part
Of the militia.
By Mr., j. Ross Stewart-To provide
for tho assessment and collection Of
taxes throughout the State.
BY Mr.. Hammond-To enlarge the
area OF gas light in New Orleans, and to