The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-30
THE LEGISLATURE.
Ths senate.

twenty one Senators present.
Mr., Steven. without previous netloe,
introduced Senate bill 15s, 20 aun ~, ee
the Governor to remove any oiHoet eL
appointee for inoompetency OF 9ehef
sufficient eause, heaa .wae ,s,t aso io-
Mr.. Hoode, for Judiciary Committee,
ra,,orted m House bill III, to abolish
tho ofI,ee of public administrators
throunbout the State, with amendments
confotmjpg the verbiage OF the several
sections Of the bill and reducing the
Communications OF public administrators In
the parish Of orleans from ten per cent
| to two and a half per cent. Az.
Mr.. Steven, for Finance Oommlttee'
reported favorably. with amendment,
| on House bill $50. to appropriate SLID,
900 for the expenses Oh the eehefai
Assembly. ,.,,...
IL was passed with an amendment ny
AR nnbertsnn to the title, In conform
| jtv ID his amendment to the bill.
on motion OF Mr.. Bandiford. the
| Senate Joined the House to ballot Tor
United States Senator, and shortly re-
Mr., steven, for joint committee on
special bills to be considered as hlose
| Important. reported In favor OF con,
sidefing the following az the preferred
calendar --, ..,...s..,,.
House bills-sia, general appropria-
tiop INA and 2s7. revenue bills; $50,
special appropriation . LOG, police iuries !;
Joint resolution referring to constitu-
tionaI amendments. ga. 49,.
senate hills-tga, election bill; Joint
resolution on city charter, 12s. floating
debt Of New Orleans.
House blls-iBa. fees Of Criminal
Sheriff: sos relief Of taxpayers OF New
| Orleans: 1913. health and quarantine !;
gTs, funding board; as2. board OF audit
| Senate bills-15s. authorizing the
| Governor to remove arpoihtees; ",
| drainage assessments. 1876, supplying
| lost assessment rolls. III, collection OF
taxes. ,,
House bills-47. Trust and Banking
| Company. 2as. railroad charters. a4s,
| cleaning Vaults 2a6 and 22l, lsvees a4l,
| Hsrataria Canal 2a0. wholesale dealers,
The committee request permission to
make further reports.
Senate bill No. ~, the physicians
| lien bill, came up in order as, unfinished
business from tho previous day.
Mr.. Wheeler spoke In support OF The
hill In answer TO the argument OF Mr..
| Ellis against IL the day before.
Senator Perkins said, as q physician,
| he had determined to leave the discus
sion of this bill TO others. He wanted
no legislation for bis profession, but he
could not help indorsing all that had
| been said In support OF the bill rs
| measure OF humanity to those requiring
| medical services.
Pending discussion Of amendments
| proposed TO the bill. Senator Goode
| called for executive session, which was
raised at o'clock.
Senator Goode In the chair.
| NIL. ,x,aEsa,, hill tynr rguIIInH. An
amendment proposed by Mr.. Stubbs,
making the lien OF Sb per head for each
| peraon served was adopted. and the bill
| 40 amended was passed. tt Ia bill ap-
| plirable TO country practice.
House bill relative to vagranoy was
House bill sls, to extend corporate
limits OF St. Martinville was passed.
| Senate bill 1876. to provide for resup.
plying the assessment and delinquent
| TAX rolls. was considered by sections.
! One aeetion provides that when the
rolls cannot be procured. tax debtors
ahall furnish to tax collectors the state.
| ments necessary TO make new rolls.
MIR. Boatner proposed to amend so as
| to make the duty rest on. tax assessors
| as the proper officers. and leave out the
question Of the delinquent lists from
the bill. He thought 1t practicable
| for tax collectors or assessors to make
out the delinquent lists rs required by
the bill. Such lists 10 they could make
out would be 80 imperfect as to be
worthless. i,
Mr.. George, in reply, said the bill had
been originated TO meet the anomalous
! condition OF affairs in the State. 1t
might be we'll to perfect bill for gem
erai application at another time. but the
present bill would be applicable TO but
q few parishes In which reealcitrant off,
Gals assumed TO withhold the lists from
the proper officers, or otherwise pre-
vented them from getting necessary In
formation.
Mr., Boatner adhered to his position
that even o supplemental assessment
should be correct, and besides, the bill
did not guard sufficiently against fraud
uldent assessments.
Lieut.. Gov. Wiltz In the chair.
Mr.. Goode argued that the exigenoy
bill at once, and that 1t would cause all
the rolls withheld, which was the case
in but a few parishes, to be returned to
the proper officers. The old law had
been but very little changed.
The amendments OF Mr.. Boatner were
lost, and the bill rs amended by the
committee was finally passed.
Mr.. Robertson introduced q bill regu-
lating duties and fees Of harbormasters
OF New Orleans. The charge against
ships is $40, steamships $40. barks $l5,
briggs $40. and schooners 81 so. The bill
was read twice and referred.
A message from the Governor az,
nounoed that he had signed the bill
supplemental to the act creating. East
and West Carroll parishes out of Car
roll parish.
Mr.. Eustis spoke as to the Importance
OF the bill, as affecting restrictions on
commerce, which had been a vexed
question so long throughout the coun-
try. He contended that the matter
should be referred to the Judiciary
Committee.
should be referred to that committee.
II any decision Of the Supreme Court
denrivad harbormaSterS OF such fees on