The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-16

The following members voted for the Hon.
w. b. Eagan:
Speaker Bush and Messrs. Barron, Jonas.
McGehee. Randolph. Smart, Taylor and WASH
burne-8,
The following members voted for the Hon.
w. A. Robertson:
Messrs. Kelly of VIM. Martin. Nunez and
Sellers--4
Total vote. 50: necessary to a choice, a.
No one candidate having received majority
OF all the votes cast 1t was declared by the pre-
siding officer that there had been no election
and the Senate. on motion of Mr.. Perkins,
withdrew to its chamber.
BILLS ON THIRD READING.
The business Of the House being resumed
House bill No. II. An act TO repeal act No. "a,
approved September. II. 1868: act No. A. ap-
proved February 81, 1869; act No. 81, approved
March g. 1869; act No. %, q proved March 8,
1869; act No. 81, approved March 30. 1870: act
No. 81, approved March .. 1872 act No. o.. APP
proved March 2s, 1873: act No. 80. approved Feb
ruary 40. 1874; act No. 60 approved March II.
1874, and act No. 10. approved March as. 1875 !;
and to authorize the Mayor and Administra-
tors of the city of New Orleans to organize
and maintain such police as may be neees-
sary for the order and good government
Of said CITY," was taken up on its third reading
as the unfinished business of the session of Sat-
urday, February 10. pending the motion that
the bill be- finally passed. The bill was read a
third time and passed. The title of the bill was
amended In accordance with the recommended
zion of the aforesaid committee as follows:
After the word city, in the seventeenth
line, to add the words. "and to assume
control OF the Fire Alarm Telegraph" And to
add after the last word in the last line t2ol the
words land to limit the annual expense of the
same.'
The title was adopted us amendei.
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.
House bill No. "A, An act to authorize james
Legendre, an emancipated minor to practice
law before any Of the courts of this State.
Being the special order Of the day for this day
at one O'Clock, .. m. was taken up. pending the
question of the final passage of the bill by the
House. notwithstanding the disapproyal and
objections of the Governor.
The object ons OF the Governor were read and
ordered to bs spread upon the journal. as fol-
lows: -,
EXECUTIVE ID DEPARTMENT.
state of Louisiana.
New Orleans. Feb. 10, 1877.
To.tbe Honorable Speaker and MeInbers of the
House of Representatives.:
Gstltlene5s--I have the honor to return here
your your honorable body. entitled An actto author
lie james Legendrs, an emancipated minor, to
practice law before any OF tho courts OF this
State"
Article 113 of the State constitution declares
that - he General Assembly may enact general
laws regulating the adoption OF children.
divorces; but no special laws shall DO passed re-
lating to particular or individual cases.
/ think the purpose of theframers OF the con-
sttution was to prevent particular individuals.
belonging to q class subject to disqualification
by reason Of age. from, gaining the vantage
y san 81 Of d' spee sgsao9 In their favor
Not only was the time of the Legislature taken
up in listening TO. and discussing the Special
but heavy expenses to the Safe attended action
thereon; above all the legislative department
was subject at oil times to miscpnstruotioh a. to
tn grounds of its action. O decision in one case
favorable to the applicant, followed ia the next
case by Que unfavorable often gave rise to dis
satisfaction and complaint. These were the
evils sought To be avoided. and | think, legis-.
lation should be shaped so rs nov to obstruet
the operation Of this sremedial provision
q the constitution Il pessiSe ta 81
tiee 1ls 81 the constitution might result Ia es-
tablishing that this particular bill is not obnox-
ious TO the letter Of that article. but IN my opn-
pose. Whether this bill be held TO be mere
modification Of the. general law relative to at-
torneys at law, and q removal III q particular
case Of a condition precedent to the exercise Of
b profession rather than direct legislation upon
the subject If minority. 1t is none the less true
person disabilities which result solely from his
age, and place him by o special law on f1oting
more favorable than others similarly situated.
/ am OF opinion that the spirit OF the constltu-
ton is opposed to special legisla ton leading TO
this result, and am therefore constrained to re-
turn the bill with these my objections.
''~F IANcIs Il. NICHOLS.
Governor of Louisiana.
The yeas and nays were ordered on the final
passage of the bill as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Garloss. Estopinal. Hunting
ton. Jonas, Lea Means. Newsom. Peralta. Role,
Randolph, Shakespeare, Tremoulet Young OF
East Baton Rouge-1s.
Nays-Hen. Louis Bush, Speaker, and Messrs.
den. Barrett. Brady. Buck, Berry. Bell. Billieu.
Cre5sy, Delavigne, Duke. Dupree, Forester. Gas
kins. Gillespie, Hammond. Hill Of ORLEANS,
kernochan, Kelly Of Orleans, Lyons, Leeds. La
mare. Leonhard of Orleans. Martin, MeGehes.
Nupez, Porter. Pitts, Richardson, Ridgley. Self
Spiller Ssngg. steele. Sellers, Smart; Taylor,
Claiborne-4s.
Less than two-thirds of the members voting
having ,yotedGfor the passage of the bill. it was
decla. ed Lost.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
The following message was received from
the Senate:
SENATE CHAMBER,
New Orleans, Feb. Ia, 1871
To the Honorable the Speaker and Members Of
the House of Representatives:
GentLesl,e7t--I am directed by the Senate to in
form your honorable body that the Senate has
concurred In the following House bills:
House bin No. 62. entitled, An act to provide
for the better managementof the charitable In
stitutions of the State and for certain penalties"
And House bill No.. SO, entitled An act to
echange the name Of, Thomas Jefferson Mount
ITO that OF Sylvester Egerton Richardson"
Senate bill No. So entitled An act to instruct
the local authorities OF the parish Of st. Ber-
nard to remove back to the legal courthouse Of
said parish on Bayou Terre-aux- Bnufs. the
parish and court records, effects aud furniture :
to repeal An act entitled an act to provide for
and divide said parih into wards approved
April il, 1874 and to authorize the Police Jury
of said parish, ii sustained by the popular VOTE
to change the seat of justice OF said parish"
Also, Senate bill No. 60. entitled " An act reia-
tive to the principals and sureties on official
bonds" and to request the concurrence Of your
honorable body In the same
Also to inform you that the Senate has con-
Cured in House amendments to Senate bill No.