The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-10


No 100 TO authorize the city Of New Orleans to
bring suit In any court OF competent jurisdiction
the par.h Of Orleans. Passed h nal
House bill No -, incorporating the baIat&t.a
chip Canal Company. Returned from Inc senate
with amendments.
Several motions were made; among others, one
not to concur in the amendments, another TO
concur. and finally one to postpone until to-mor-
row and to have the amendments printed IN the
Journal On motion to lay the last motion on
the table, the yeae and nays we're called. Yeas,
Al. NAYS. as, Adopted.
The amendments were taken up separately,
concurred in, and tho bill passed finally as
amended.
MIR. ssrtain, of Carroll, introduced, by consent,
a bill to repeal act No. al OF 1874.
Mr.. Ryiand. of West Teliciana, chairman OF tho
Committee on Commerce and Agriculture, re-
ported favorably, with amendments, on Senate
bill No. 1879, relative to the fees OK the nafber-
masters of New Orleans. As amended the charges
are made as follows On steamships. $40 steam
ships pying to Texas or other Gulf ports, $40 ;
chips, $40 barks, SIS briggs and three-masted
schooners, $40; other schooners, " DO: :.
Mr. Huntington announced his intention to
vote against the bill, because II was repugnant TO
the constitution of the United States, and the
charge on tonnage had been SO decided by tho
Supreme Court of the United State.
Mr.. Lyons said he would also opject. lhsee
charges were the course Of the falling off OF tho
shipping ut this port -
MI. Voorbie and Mr.. Young, Of Claiborne, both
said that this was SIMPLY police regulation and
was not charge on tonnage, but simply fee ON
vessels to defrsy the expenses OF keeping harbor-
masters, which were necessary to regulate the
landing Of ships coming to this port; -
Mr. Hunting ion replied that the supreme
Court had in all cases the subject ruled that no
State had the right to impose the tax for police
regulations or otherwise. .
Mr. Young said that If this bill did not pass 1t
would leave imperative the bill now In existence,
which placed much higher charges.
Mr. HuntinptDn withdrew his objection. In con-
alteration he sad of this fact. He thought,
however, It would be better torepeal the existing
law.
The bill was passed NJ amended.
Mr.. Lamare. of New Orleans, by consent, in.
PRODUCED bill to incorporate Orleans Steam En-
gine Fire Company NO Il, of New Orleans. Re-
ferred to the Committee on Corporations.
House bill 231, relative to eKempting from the
license tax oil persons selling goods OF their own
manufacture, manufactured In this State, came
mp again ~ unfinished business from the morn
ing calendar.
Mr.. Tremoulet offered an amendment specify
ing certain classes Of manufacturers that alone
should be exemp ed from the license tax. Laid
on the table.
The bill was passed finally.
House bill No. 237, to require assessors TO as
sess all property not abs, lutely required for
charitable purposes, returned from the Senate
with amendments.
Mr.. Mclehee suggested that however much he
was dissatisfied at the action OF the Senate In
amending the BILL as it now stood, 1t still afford
ed some benefit to the State, he would therefore
move 10 concur In the amendments.
MIR. VOORHEES, took tho floor 10 object and to
move for the appointment OF . conference COM
mittee TO refer the amendments. He then went
on to cay that the House had already too FREE
quently given way to the Senate on the plea that
failure on the part OF the House to concur in
their amendments would defeat the bills under
discussion and leave Objectionable ones on the
statute books.
Mr.. Jonas followed In the same strain. The
best features of the bill had been thrown out by
the Senate.although they were only deciaratory
sections, or explain atory OF existing laws. He had
already voted for the last time to agree to
amendments of the Senate to save bills from de-
feat and wished now to lay the responsibility, In
case OF defeat, at the door OF the Senate.
Mr.. Lyons also spoke against the amendments.
MIR. McGehee said that ha had been informed
by Senators that they would pass q bill OF the
same effect as the eections contained in the origi
nal House bill, which had been stricken out only
because they were not OF character to be
coupled with the other features OF this bill. He
would, in the morning, himself introduce bill
TO cover the amendments Mr.. McGehee through
out, however, expressed views similar to those OF
Messrs. jonas VOORHEES, and Lyons; his sole OBJ
ject In wishing TO occur in the Stnates amend
ments being to save the remaining sections of The
bill from defeat.
The question on Inconvenience was now put
and the Hou 9 refused TO agree in the amend
ments by large majority and the appointment
or o conference committee was ordered, to consist
OF Messrs. VOORHEES,, Jonas, McGehee, Singleton
and Steele.
The House adjourned.