New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-18

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and would respectfully recommend tnat Il
| pass with amendments
Respectfully,
4. B. STAMPS,
E. L. WEBER,
+. S. GOODE
| Amendment to bill No. 81: strike GU
Louisiana State University wherever it &C
ours, and insert Louisiana Mech anical ant
Agricultural College.
The report lies over.
Senator Blunt, from the Committee OF
Pensions, made the following reports:
COMMITTEE ON PENSIONS
| New Orleans, February IA, 1870.
To the Honorable President and Members OF tn
Senate:
Your Committee on Pensions, having haG
| under consideration Senate bill NO. I, emit
tied an act for the relief of Judge Loui
Favrot and Mr.. Narcisse Landry, veteranl
of 1914 and 1915, beg leave to report by sub
stitute, and ask that the same do pass.
Respectfully submitted.
RAFORD BLUNT. Chairman;
Ell. WEBER,
| ALLEN GREENE,
WILL STEVEN,
CURTIS POLLARD.
COMMITTEE ON PENSIONS !
New Orleans February 10. 1876.
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
Your Committee on Pensions, having had
under consideration House bill No. 1853. to
provide an annual pension for the surviving
| veterans of the war of 1872 to 1915, beg
| leave to report favorsbly, and ask that ii
RAFORD BLUNT, Chairman;
ALLEN GREENE.
CURTIS HOLLAND.
Senator Greene, from the Committee on
Retrenchment and Reform, made the fol
lowing reports:
COMNIrTBB ON RBrRBNCHMRNr AND RRPoRM,
New Orleans. February Is, 1876.
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
Your committee having had under con-
sideratiOn Senate bill No. l52, entitled an
act to regulate, classify and fix the rate Of
commission to be allowed to tax collectors
that should said bill become a law, q saving
would be effected thereby amounting in
round numbers to $48 900 IN the compenss-
ton of tax collectors in the parish Of Or
leans, and further saving of $40 900 in the
several parishes Of the State. Your COM
mittes are of the opinion that the bill will
effect further saving of $50, 900 upon the
collection of State licenses; that upon the
collection of delinquent taxes during the
present year saving of $l5O,OOO may be
expected.
Your committee call attention, moreover,
to the fact that every dollar saved for the
State by the operation Of this bill in each
country parish represents at least another
dollar saved to the parish, and upon an
average more, as while in few parishes is
the tax less thaa that of the State, 1t is in
&c Inv %ko
Your committee believe that the passage
of this bill will save to the treasures Of the
several parishes and to that of the State
upward of $500, 900 during the present year,
and therefore report favOrably upon the
bill, recommend and earnestly request it's
immediate passage.
Respectfully submitted,
ALLEN GREENE, Chairman;
j. K. ALEXANDER,
W. A. ROBER rSON,
EDWARD d. WHITE.
Iconcur in the report, but desire to add
the following to the bill at the end of Sec
ton three:
Provided, that the commission allowed
the collection of the school tax shall in no
case exceed in any parish the SUN of two
and half per cent, and in the city Of New
Orleans the SUN of one per cent
Respectfully,
w. w. WHARTON.
Committee ON ENHANCEMENT AND REFORM
New Orleans, February l6 1876. )
To the Honorable Pre- sident and Members Of this
Senate:
Your committee having had under con-
sidera,ion House bill No. lS9, entitled an
act to fix the annual salary OF the district
attorney OF the First Judicial District, and
regulating the mode OF payment OF the
same, etc., beg leave to report favorably
nd "a vNoa
On House bill No. 269, entitled an act to
abolish the fees of the Auditor OF Public
AccO unts, beg leave to report favOrably.
ALLEN GREENE, Chairman:
w. A ROBERTSON.
EDWARD D. WHITE,
j. r. ALEXANDER.
Senator Wharton gave notice that he
would submit minority report on House
bill No. 269.
Senator Anderson, from the Committee
on Judiciary, made the following report:
COMMITTEE ON JrDlcIARYl
New Orleans February Is, 1876 )
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
Your Judiciary Committee respectfully
report on Senate bill No. SO, unfavorably,
an act to amend and re-enact section three
of an act entitled an act relative to the
Supreme Court, and to regulate the terms
thereof, the proceedings therein, appeals
thereto and processes against the sureties
on appeal bonds, approved March l6, 1870.
On Senate bill No. So favOrably; an act
to amend and re-enact article 3274 of the
Revised Civil Code OF the State Of Louisi
ana.
On Senate bill No. 1l6, unfavorably: an
act to amend and re enact article 1874 of
the Revised Civil Code of the State of
Louisiana.
On House bill No. 2O5, favorably, with
the amendments as follows: In the title
and sections of the bill wherein appears the
words justices Of the peace" insert after
the word 'peace" the words land cOnsta.
bles" an act to create three additional
justices of the peace in the parish OF Rapi-
des, locating their offices and prescribing
the manner of filling the same.
On Senate bill No. 6S, favOrably Hon. E.
DR.. White dissenting, who will make Mi
nOriGy report; an act entitled an act to es-
tablish an insurance department IN the
State; to define the powers and duties OF the
insurance commissioners; to declare a
standard of legal safety in insurance COM
scribing the penalties for violations OF the
provisions of this act, and fixing salaries
and fees, and how they shall be paid.
THOMASC. ANDERSON,
Chairman;
EDWARD D WHITE,
E. l.. WHITNEY.
REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Senator Twitchell, from the committee on
conference, made the following report:
COMMITTER.ON CONFERENCE
New Orleans. February 10, 1876 |
To the Honorable President and Members Of the |
Senate: !
The conference committee met and Or
gained, with Senator Twitchell as chair |
man of the Senate committee.
The election bill was taken under coDsid- |
GRAFTON, and the frat ten sections adopted