The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-13
III. OGDEN offered tbs following amendment,

Strike out III section In Inns tile word two"
md insert iii lieu thereof lie word four one
Of whom shall be b stenaafaphef.
Mr.. Ogden offered the following amendment,
which was sdented;
In line i, after The word asear.' Insert and
the stanoataphsfs shall receive LII addition to
said twelve hundred dollars d year aforesaid.
sin hundred dollars additional pay, and II shall
be his duty to take down verbatim reports Of all
testimony and examinations Of capital cases
and other felonies, and tt TRANSCRIPTS from his
notes full report Of The same which shall be
duly certified by The recorder who shall for
ward The same To the proper criminal court for
the use oil The Attorney General end District
Attorney"
Mr. REILLY offered The following amendment
and moved Its adopti5ni
In section 4, line 4. strike out the words said
recorders and insert In lieu thereof the words
mayor and Administrators Of the city Of
New Orleans"
Upon which motion Mr.. White demanded The
yeas and mays. with the following results
Yeas esars, Boatner, Breat1x Garland. arta
yer, Aellys Ogden, Robertson. sanaifefd. Steven
and Wheeler-tb.
Mays Messrs, Duefos,. Ellis. Goeds. GEORGE
Mitchell, Perkins. Richardson stubbs and
Absent Nsssfs. Allain nafeh, Bryant, Gage.
Dumeht,. Eustis, Glai Harper. Landry; stamps.
Sutton; Texada, IWiehsll Wakefield Young
and gaehafle@Ia
And The amendment was adopted.
Mr. Grover moved the adoption OF section
as amended
Upon II division being called The vote was i
yeas, g nays, Q,
M quorum voting.
Mr. Kelly demanded the yeas and nays.
Mi. Etapbs called for reading Of the section
AZ amended,
Mr.. Uaatnef moved that the bill be reeomnit-
ted TO the Committee en the judiciary
Mr.. Ogden made the point TT order that The
motion to reeuinmft WINS not In order, for the
reason that yeas and nays had been called on u
previ ,is motion, ard the Secretary had called
The first name ON the roll
The Chair decided The point we'll taken
The roll being called upon the motion 10
adont the section as amended. resulted as fol-
lows.
YaasaMessrs. Beatner. Breaux, DueFos. Ellie.
Garland. qoo n arovss MITCHELL Ogden Fer
ags@ Messrs. Attain, George Rely, Htuhafd.
son Robertson. sandifofd, Steven, Tesaia and
Absent Massrs; Bryant. Bgreb Gage. bns
Sutton. Twitehsll, Wakefield ahaYeaas=is.
And the seetien was adopted as amended.
Mi. Beasnar moved to feeomnit the bill to the
Committee on the judiciary. And the motion
was agreed to.
House bill No. sBf. entitled IAN act to eompel
assessors To assess properties heretofore ex-
empted from taxation, belonging TO church.
school. benevolent or charitable institutions
Was taken up together with the message from
the House Of Representatives. disasfeeing to
the RenHte amendments To the bill and request
| Ing The appointment Ut Committee on Confer
enen.
| On motion Of Mr.. Steveh conference was
| agreed to and The Chair appointed as com
nittee Of conference on the part Of the Senate
Senators Hteveh, George and stubbs.
| Senate bill No. tBs. entitled An act 10 repea
an act entitled An at relative to tho Louisiana
| Levea Company. Il corporation organized uhdei
The general laws ri the ate, constituting IL /
body peliti md corporate. with certain powers
privileges and franchises. and contracting witt
| said corporation for hs construction, III ainta
nance and repairs Of certain levess and proyd
| Ing the CON pensation therefor, approved Feb
| fuafF 30 1911"
Also, to repeal act No A Of the aets Of 1879, Ell
/ titled An act 10 amend and fe=enant section No
| q Of an Bnt relative 10 the Louisiana Ievae Com
| panF, II corporation organised under tho gen
eral laws VI the State. constituting II body cor
| pofata and pelitiu with eeftHin powers, ptiyi
| leees aud franchises, and contracting with suit
| corporation for the construction maintenance
| and repairs of certain leveeH, and providing fo
| compensation thereof, approved February a.
1s7I.''
| And also To amend and -enact act No. Of 81
| Act entitled An act tatifFtna and confirming
contract between the Louisiana Leve
| Company and the Governor Of the State o
| Louisiana, approved February fs, tgf1 pro
vidina for the aueentanee by the said leyes com
pany and authorizing and requiring yearl
estimate Of lsyees to be built, reducing tho com
pansation thereof from sixty to nifty cents pc
cubic yard aud providing for converting timbe
work Into enrlhwofhs pfepideH That tho repea
Of said acts shall not affect tho taxes impuse
thereby. ard leaving all sections ef said net
regulating the assessment and collection Of sae
taxes In full fufee and effect. authorizing TIL
Louisiana Levea Company to sue Tho statt
under certain restrictions. And 10 provide fe
the settlement and liquidation Of such iudamen
AS shall be rendered against the SLATE, If iii
suit Instituted by said company should result
adversely to tho State
| "Appfnntiatinn one third Of The levee tax q
1877. or so much If this appropriation rs ma
be necessary H. pay such Judgment IA sni
Louisiana Loves Company shall obtain fp
levee work done In the year tsff, by aniieipatih
the revenues of 1877 eolaetiba Il
1874 was taken up and made tn
special order for to-nufrew Immediately af
ter the reading Of The journal
House bill No. asg, entitled. An ast to provid
for the more adequate protection Of the alluyia
lands OF the State against the dangers and dam
ages Of overflow to asolish and reorganiae TIL
present Board Of State Engineers" etc
Was taken tp under the tinfnverabe report Z
ths Committee on Lands and Levees. mad
March TO- 1877.
Tho report of the committee was adopted, I'M
the bill indefinitely postponed.
House bill No 500. entitled - An net to rspen
articles i2st taaa and tsag ri the Revised CIV
Code and sections gesa aud seB4 Of the Revise
Statutes Of the Stats Of louisiana" was take
M under the favorable report Of tho Judteiar