The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-22

House bill No. 2sa and all other House bills
which involve appropriations.
House bill No. SO. An act to abolish the IL
censes On all trades and professions in the
State"
Was taken up under the unfavorable report OF
postponed indefinitely.
| $50 COMMITTEE SERVICE.
| Mr.. Jonas. chairman. ON behalf of the Com
noittee on the Judiciary, reported as follows:
| Rooms COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, |.
| New orleans. March 20, 1877.
TO the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
House Of Representatives OF the state OF
Gent ensen = Your Committee ON Judiciary
haye the honor to make the following report:
amend and rs-enaet article 1ss Of The REVISED
| approved March o, 1870"
| Favorably on House bill No. 2s9, AN act to re-
Civil Code and sections 1888 and 1884 Of the Re-
TavorabIy on House bill No. 40, An act rela.
in the sixth and Seventh districts"
Fasyorably On House bill No. 49, An act to fix
parish Of Orleans in the city tax suits" ,...
7ss, An act to promote legal education by re
curing better dnalltications OF candidates for
Unfavorably on House bill No. 1868, An act to
PUNISH the unidWfulIy S6tBIng at HD0rCy any
person accused or convicted Of an offense not
capital"
Fsyorabyg,, T., By m majority. with amendments
tive to the extra compensation to be paid to the
chairmen OF certain committees OF the House
Your committee beg leave to rer ort the en-
closed amendments to House bill No. 22s.
B. F. JONAS. Chairman,
Mr.. Lyons presented the following minority
report:
reluctantly dissent from the favorable re-
port of the majority OF the Judiciary Committee
on the joint resolution appropriatfng nineteen
hundred and twenty dollars, by way OF ex-
ira compensation for the regular session, to the
chairman OF the Committees on Enrolment
and Contingent Expenses OF the two houses Of
the General Assembly.
constitution, which pro libits any alteration Of
com penSation to members of the General AS |
sembly. TO take effect during the time Of the |
alton shall have been made. This artfeis is |
equally prohtbitive OF an increase OF compensa- |
ton to four members. IS it is OF an increase to |
ton can be eonstitutionally made to any one |
,ember, increased com Densation TO any |
amount can be constitutionalIy made to any
member, or to all Of the members
The labors OF these heads OF committees are |
only incidental of the membership of the Gen
positions of honor, and trust are only a portion
OF their duties as legislators. lioG4 al eompen-
son hd sa p he d 7 tss for the W q e # 1
every member of the General Assembly, and any |
device by which double reward sh all be bestow-
ed il an evasion of constitutional prohibition,
and violation of an implied contract. / have |
failed to find any written presidents fer the |
vicious practice Of DISTINGUISHING certain mem
bers OF the General Assembly by double. COM
pensation, except such as may be found in the |
legislation OF the past eight years and then in
such proximity to. and 50 commingled with the
most, fragrant and fagitious schemes for pub
lie plumber; that the graVest suspicious of their
legitimacy and honesty are necessarily aroused.
the 10 footsteps 81 those who nave brought the
State TO ruin the people to bezgary. and the |
name OF legislator into just reproach and con-
tempt | therefore recommend that the joint
'''''''' " -'' ''' LYONS.
NJ Kidd chairman. on behalf of the Com
mittee on Enrolment. reported as follows:
To the Honorable Speaker and Members OF the
House OF Representatives:
Gen seneen-T ne Committee on Enrolment re-
port as correctly, enrolled House bills >os. 209
49, 214 252 1873, also Joint Resolution relative to
cleaning out obstructfons in Bayou Lafourche.
e. e. KIDD. Charm an.
Mr.. Toler presented a claim Of the New Or
cans Picoyurse for advertising registration in
s76 approved by M. Hahn State Registrar of
roters. l.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
House bill No. rs, AN act to limit the appro-
,riations and expenditures of parishes and
municipal corporations, to prohibi the issue of
warrants. to permit police juries to make certain
contracts, and prescribing certain penalties
Was taken up with the Senate amendment,
which was adopted, as follows: add to section
the word provided the compenss ton al
owed shall not exceed fifty per centum of the
ees allowed by the laws of the State
The bill was passed as amended.
NOTICE OF BILLS.
Mr.. Bush gave notice that he would at some |
uture Cay introduce bill supplemental to an
ct numbered So, relative to the Board of Liqui
ators otherwise known as the Funding Board.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
House bill No. 1919, An act to repeal an act {
ntitled An act to increase the revenues of the
tate. TO authorize the Incorporation ana estab-
shment Of the Louisiana State Lottery Compa-
"" etc.
Being the unfinished business of Monday, t
1arch 10, was taken up ON its third reading !
ending the motion OF Mr.. Young, of Claiborne, {
postpone the further consideration of the bill
Il Wednesday, March q. ON which motion the /
cas- and nays were called for, as follows:
Yeas-None
Nays-apeaker Bush, and Messrs. Aldige. I
ycock, Bridger, Breard, Bowden. Barron. Bill = =
eu. Barbin, Brady, Buck. Berry, Bell. Cocker :
stopinai, Fergason Fitzpatfick, Forster. aii-
spie, Huntington Hammond, Hill Of Orleans,
onas, Kernochan. Kennedy. Kelly Of Orleans,
lid. Lyons, Leeds. Larnare, Lea Leonhard
I Orleans, McGehee. Nunez Pitts. Ryland,
ole, Robertson, Ridgley., shakespeare Single
N, Self, Steele, Sttgg, Sellers Smart, Taylor,
remoulet. Tofer, VOORHEES,. Washburn, Wood, Il
Tide. Williams and Young Of Claiborne-eo.
No quorum voting, a call of the House was 2
rdered as follows:
Hon: L. Bush. Speaker; and Messrs Aldige. .
ycock, Buck. Bridger, Breard, Bowden Brajy. e
AKRON. Berry, Bell, Barbin. BiIlieu, Cock -
ham. Carloss. Cressy. IeIavigne, Duke. z
uDree. Estopinal, Fitzpatrick, Foersrer. Fer q
lson, Gillespie, Huntington, Hammond, y
onas. Kennedy. Kelly Of Orleans. Kernochan'
i'd, Lyons, Leeds. Lamare. Lea, Leonhard OF y
rleans, McGehee, Nunez, Peralta, Pitts, !,
richardson, hyland, Role. kidgIey, Robertson e
lakspeare Singleton. Self, stage Steele 4
,llers. Smart, Taylor. Tremoulet Toler, Voor-
es. Washburn Wood, Wilde, Williams, Young
Claiborne.
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