The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-02-24
State Legislature.
WEDNESDAY Feb. 90, 1876.
9eORfe.

Senate.
rho Senate was called to order by d,
- Lieutenant Governor Antoine, a.
10 IN A quorum present.
An act defining and extending the
1T. "a Of the Second judicial District
l.,,,'ii introduced by Mr.. Stamps and was
referred. a..
,;oljts OF all men, and setting forth thai
ibsy cannot be abridged was submitted
Wv W, Mr Blackburn, and was laid ovel
upu = act establishing o board Of audit
:. NJ the parish of Caddo was finally
An act giving intervenors the right to
.and property attached, sequestered Oh
OCCASIONALLY seized, etc, was finally
adopted.
.ntitled an act to amend and re-enact
osactions 1. Z, 40, Sc, 81, 66. rs and II OF an
81 entitled an act to provide revenue,
ssvvnroyed March 3, 1871, and relative to
s Xxx Of the Auditor Of Public Accounts,
snnroved March 6, 1879, was finally
p1fHTI Under the call for the special order OF
.he day. the bill uniting the Louisiana
State University and the. Agricultural
md Mechanical College, and locating
them at Baton Rouge, was finally
passed. rr
,,art,nent in the State was made the
a"ecial order Of the day for Saturday at
tfhe bill amending the city charter
vas called up. The bill provides for q
hoard Of aldermen, who shall have con-
troi over all departments OF the city,
9Th the exception of the police and
schools. and fixing the salaries OF the
Sheriff at $1,000 q year, etc.
4 motion, made by Mr.. Goode, to
refer It to the city delegation, was
tabled; and after some motions and
counter motions motion to adopt,
made by Mr.. Dumont, was adopted by
ayote Of a to 10.
An act fixing the fees OF the clerks Of
the District Courts throughout the
State, the parish Of Orleans excepted,
etc., was finally passed.
bill providing for the reduction Of
the expenses OF shreveport was referred.
The House act repeating the charter
adopted on the second reading.
An act, introduced by Mr.. Chadburn,
relative to election precincts, directing
the number of polls and voting places,
, was referred.
The House act amending and re- enact
inc section 1921 of the revised statutes
ofIouisiana was finally passed.
Mr.. Allan moved to reconsider the
vote BY which the premium bond bill
was passed. The motion was lost by
vote Of II to 10.
The Legislative appropriation bill,
appropriating $4,000 to pay the ex-,
penses Of the General Assembly, was rel'
ierred
An act exempting from State and par
ish taxation lands overfowed by the
Grand Levee and Bonnet Carre crevasses.
was called up by Mr.. Chadburn. PenEf
Ing action, executive session was called
After executive session the bill was
again called up and was amended 50 az
TO include all overlooked parishes, and
thus amended the bill was made the
special order for to-day Gt one o'clock.
House bill No. $40, an act to authorize,
with the consent Of a popular vote, q
special tax on property in New Orleans,
to pay for stock in the New Orleans
Pacific Railway Company, etc, was
called UP by Mr.. Grover.
A majority of the Finance Committee
had reported favorably on the bill and
a minority unfavorably. Mr.. Grover
moved to adopt the majority report.
The proceedings were interrupted by
executive session, after which lengthy
discussion was had on the bill. A mo-
ton to defer the subject until Monday
was tabled. Then Mr.. Twitchell moved
to make the report the special order for
tomorrow, and upon that question the
vote stood Is yeas to ID nays, but, on
the suggestion Of Mr.. Robertson that
r. n ~ In nj
by less than two-third majority, the
chair coinciding with the Senator, the
House was brought back to a considera-
ton OF the majority report. and it was
adopted by the following vote:
Yeas Alexander, BurCh, Chadbourn,
Ola, GoOde, Greene, Grover, Harper,
Herwig, Kelso, Pollard, Sypher, witch
ell, Weber, Wharton-l5.
Nays-Allain, Blunt, Breaux, Brew
aer, Cage, Detiege, Dumont, Ogden,
Robertson, Stamps. Steven, White,
Young -13.
AT twenty minutes Of IL o'clock, when
the reporters left, the Senate was still
In session.
The sitting commenced at 2:l5, a
quorum present, and Speaker Estilette
Presiding. J..
GTAyGT by Tie IteN. MI. Nltlbtlu, VI
the Prytania street Presbyterian Church.
Mr.. VOORHEES,, as Chairman Of the
Committee on Railroads, rose to q ques-
ton OF privilege, calling the attention
Of the House to the resolutions OF the
Property Holders Association con-
demning the bill authorizing a popular
election i'm New Orleans upon o PROPOSE
ton to levy tax for subscription to the
stock Of the New Orleans Pacific Rail
road, which resolution he held reflected
upon the committee. The bills were in
troduced by Mr.. Witt, end that intro
duction was a gnara ntee to him that no
wrong was INTENDED, for he did not be-
ieve that any one could be more de-
voted to the interests OF the peo-
pie OF the State or to those
q the people Of the city than Mr.
Witt was. In the committee but
two membership. VOORHEES, and Mr..
Billieu-were In favor Of any change In
the bill They proposed to allow no one
to vote on the proposed tex but taxpay-
ers. They were voted down and they
submitted to the majority. The resolu-
tons upon which he was commenting
implied that the bill had been struggled
through the House. This was ridicu-
lous assumption. Twenty-one Of the
city delegation were present: (Mr. Y.
reed the names from the official journal
Yet not a voice was raised against the
bill. When he submitted his report in
hvor ~ tho hill not n voice was raised