The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-23
THE LEGISLATURE.
The senate.


nounoed that he had signed the jeint
resolution creating commission on
city charter, and the bill limiting the
liability OF parishes, Orleans excepted,
for costs and fees In criminal Cases., -,
Mr.. Texada reported enrolled blils
incorporating the town OF M1llken'
Bend and the Hibernian Society.
Judge Ogden introduced Dill as sen
ate bill No. 1870. prescribing penalties
against tax collectors and other officers
Oh the old regime for making collec-
tions. etc. The bill was read by title
and referred. :,
The Senate Joined the House to ballot
for United States Senator, and shortly
returned.
MT. Steven having called up the gen
eral revenue bill, House bill 194, the
same was considered from section 66,
being the one last under consideration
the day previous, when Mr.. Boatner
offered o. substitute for the section.
/ Section So was adopted as printed, Mr..
Boatner Withdrawing his substitute.
1 ! The amended bill, as printed, was
further adopted without additional
! amendments, down to and including
section 70.
Mr.. Grover moved that section So,
parish OF Orleans, and appointment by
The Governor, by and with the consent
of the Senate, OF five assessors OF prop
erty for the parish of Orleans, be made
section 50, and offered an amendment
providing that the assessors for the city
be appointed by the city authorities.
Mr.. Texada In the chair.
The amendment was lost by the cast
ing vote Of the Chair, and sections 80
and 81 were adopted as printed.
Mr.. Steven offered substitute for
section 80, providing for the appoint
ment by the city Of three Of the five
assessors for the city.
The substitute. was lost by q vote Of
IL to 10, and the SD section was adopted
BIS printed.
Sections 80, 81 and SO were adopted
without change.
Section S6 was amended to read:
I That said assessors shall receive
$4,000 per annum for the year in which
3 new assessment is made. and $4,000
per annum for the other years." etc.
Section 81 was adopted without
change.
Section So was amended by Mr.. White
with an addition providing that the
!. party whose claim for redress has been
refused shall have his remedy by sum-
mary proceedings before the courts,
subject to penalty Of 10 per cent il his
appeal be deemed frivolous.
Sections 50 and 80 were adopted with
cut change.
Section 81 was amended to make the
'verbiage correct for the appointment OF
seven collectors for New Orleans, and
fixing the bond Of collector Seventh
District $4,000.
Section % was adopted without
change.
Sectlon % was amended by Mr.. George
to conform to the changes made in sec
.tion 81, and was further amended by
tMessrs. White and Texada changing
per centage Of tax collectors In First
District to II per cent, In Second Dis
trict to IL per cent, in Third District to
4per cent and in the Fourth District to
III per cent.
Additional sections to 1o1 inclusive
were adopted without change.
Sections 1o2 and 10s were adopted
without change.
Mr.. Goode offered a proviso to the
last section. that this act shall only ap-
ply to the collectors Of taxes, hereafter
TO be assessed, and shall in no manner
apply to the collectors of taxes already
assessed, except SO far as they affect |
the commissions OF tax collectors.
Mr.. Boatner offered an addition to
Mr.. Goodies proviso covering the cases |
qualified, acting under existing laws.
The amendments were adopted.
Mr.. George moved reconsideration
OF adoption Of section Y3, and to insert
the words remove and TO" In line z, as
printed. Amendment adopted.
The President in the chair.
Mr.. White had section 81 reconsid-
cred so as to conform its features TO
the changed provisions Of section 60, as
he contended was necessary. by re-
storing the proviso, provided no fee
shall Be charged by the Auditor except
where property has been actually sold
and bought In by another party than
the State" and adding Except in cases
where said lots or lands have been for
feited to the State for one year or more,
the Auditor shall be entitled to fee
OF one dollar for each certificate of re-
The amendment was
adopted.
Section IS was reconsidered, and the
section as originally printed was
adopted.
Amendments proposed by Mr., Whee-
der to section 40 were refused.
The bill as a whole as amended hav-
ing been adopted by sections, was final
ly passed, and the Senate, at :15 p. M,
went into executive session, and SO re-
manned for short while, after which
they adjourned till IL a. m. Friday. I,
The Heuse.
The House assembled at ~ 80 p. m.
Speaker Bush in the chair and quo I
rum present.
COMMITTEE SERVICE.
BY Mr.. Jonas, Of Orleans, chairman of {
the Committee on acknowledgements {
on House bill No. 274, to vest the Third &
District Court for the parish of Orleans. T
with concurrent jurisdiction with the c
other civil courts. lie
sUnfavorably on House bill No. 273.
the forms Of bills offered s
and of bills passed.
Fayorably on House bill No. 272, to t
amend and re-enact article 4sS OF the 4
Code of Practice. C
The Senate now met the House in