New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-05


journal and made the special order Of the
day for tomorrow att P. NJ.
An act to provide for the creation Of q
Board of Equalization of Assessments,
prescribing their powers, duties and COM
pensation, and making an appropriation
for the payment of the same; and pro-
viding the order of payments of warrants
on the State Treasurer; to provide for the
equalization of assessments of property in
the several parishes of the State, and to
impose additional duties upon the Auditor
of Public Accounts; and to provide for
the equalization of the assessments OF
the year 1876.
SECTION /. Be It enacted, by the Senate
and House of Representatives, in General
Assembly convened, That board, to be
called and designated the Board of Equaliz-
alton and Assessments, is hereby created,
to consist of the Auditor of Public Accounts,
ex-ufiieiO and chairman, and one member to
be selected from each Congressional Dis
trict of the State, possessing especial fitness
for the performance of their duties under
this act; the same TO be appointed by the
Governor, who shall, before entering upon
the duties of their office, take and subscribe
an oath to faithfully perform the duties i'm
posed upon them by this act.
SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the several assessors and tax collectors
throughout the State shall complete and
return their assessment rolls to the Audi
tor of Public Accounts on or before the
first day of October of each year. which
assessment rolls shall be laid by the Audi
tor before the Board of Equalization ere
ated by this ac6, which board shall meet
annually on the frat Monday of November
at the office of said Auditor OF Public Ae-
counts, aud consider said assessment rolls
and proceed to eQualize the assessments OF
| NhrCuUhnut the StatA that thA
property in any one parish shall bear an
equal valuation to that of the property in
every other parish, and SO that taxation
shall be equal and uniform throughout the
| State, and to this end they shall have the
power and it shall be their duty whenever
necessary and after careful inquiry, to in
crease or reduce the assessed violation OF
property of each parish, as the case may be.
SEC. g. Be it further enacted, etc, That
| the board shall, if necessary, increase the
assessment of property in the State so
| that the total assessment shall be
sufficient on a tax of five and one
| half mills on the dollar ltbe interest
| taxi to produce sufficient revenue to pay
/ the annual interest on the consolidated
| debt OF the State, and twenty. five per
/ centum in addition thereto in order to pro
1 vide Tor and meet the expenses of assessing
and collecting the revenue, the loss by I'M
cOllectible taxes and from erroneous assess
| ments.
Sec 4. Be it further enacted, etc., THAI
| the Auditor of Public Accounts shall, imme
diately ON the completion of the equaliza
ton OF assessments, issue his certificate o.
| the increase or decrease, as the case may
be, of the several assessments of each par
| ieh to the several tax collectors, and to The
city Of New Orleans, and the tax collector
| shall add to or take from the tax as re
CURED by the assessment rolls the percent
| age of increase or reduction SO as to con
form to the requirements of the board o
| equalization.
SEC s. Be it further enacted, ETC., Tha
the members of the board OF equalization
| other than the Auditor, shall receive as
compensation for their services ten dollar
per day for the time they shall be actually
ia attendance in the performance of the
duties, not to exceed twenty days for eacl
annual equalization of assessments, and tiV,
cents per mile each way from their place o
residence to the capital of the State, to b'
drawn on their own warrants approved by
the Auditors and Governor, at the concluslOL
of their labOrs; any and all warrants draw
by the Auditor of Public Accounts on thu
State Treasurer shall hereafter be paid b.
by him consecutlvely, and in no other order
and the sum OF two Thousand five hundred
dollars, or so much thereof as may be nee
essary, is hereby, and the same shall be an
| l0EIiy dDDTODflhIbl W iucbb LILO ApCboo "
said board OF equalization.
SEC G Be it further enacted, ETC., Ths
the duties and powers hereby conferred b,
this act ehall be discharged and exercised
by the Auditor of Public Accounts immt
diatelY after it's passage, so as to equallz
the assessments made in the year 1870, AM
his certificate OF such equalization shall b
at once sent to the several tax collector
throughout the State, and shall goVerl
| than IN their onIleNtiOn of taxes for tn
year 1877.
SEC T. Be it further enacted, etc., This
all laws or parts of laws contrary to or II
consistent with the provisions of this &C
are hereby repealed, and that this act sha
take effect from and after its passage.
Mr.. Deioie, of Orleans, moved that Hou'
bill No. 7, an act to repeal act No. SO, al
proved June Z, 1876 be withdrawn from th
Committee on Contingent Expenses an
placed on the calendar.
On which the yeas and nays were d
manded, with the following result:
Yeas-Bird, Burton, Blair, Barrol
, Brooks, Brown OF Vernon, BlackstOn
Como, Cole, Drury. Dayries, Desmarai
D'Avy, Drjoie, Gar dere, Gaude, Cant
T Gary, Grsoien, Hughes, Holt of We
: Baton Rouge, johnson of De Soto, JOne
H. M. johnson, Keeting, Lane, Magloir
Martin, MilOn, Moore. ROuton, R9meT
Soner, Suaer, Tolliver, Washington-96., j,
Nays Burlington, Brown of Cadd
Brown of jefferson, Bre wster, Barrett, DO
> ley, Carville, Burden, Davidson, Drew, L
8 Lacy, Dinkgrave, Robert johnson, Leol
= ard of Caddo, Lewis, McMllen, Swat
Watson, Walker-l9.
Q No quorum voting.
f TMr. Snaer. of iberia, in the chair.
Mr.. McMilen, of Carroll, by permissIC
introduced House bill No. 9, an act for ii
relief of James LOngstreet.
Read first time.
} The constitutional rules being suspende
the bill was read q second time and I
o ferred to the committee of the whole.
On motion of Mr.. MeMillen, of Caro-
the House resolved itself into commit
of the whole to consider House bill No. 9.
COMMITTEE OF TIE WHOLE.
[Mr. Brewster, OF Ouachita, in the chail
Alter considering the bill the commit
> rose and the Speaker pro tam. resumed
% chair.
g The committee, through it's chaiEma
recommended it's passage.
. The report was accepted and the 60
mittee discharged from its further cons
Grafton.
!, Mr.. MeBIilien, of Carroll, moved to 81
!, pend the constitutional rules 80 as the b
7, be considered engrossed and placed on thi
: reading.
Z On which the yeas and nays were I