The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-27

No ehoies, and the Senate wtthdfsw
| The Board Of Health bill was to ket
III again, and after some debate wal
referred TO the Committee ON City Al
| fairs, with instructions to report to
morrow, and made the special order FOL
| twelve o'clock tomorrow.
House bill No. 81, the general revenue
Mr.. Lyons OF East Feiieiana In the
chair.
The bill was taken up at section sG.
A substitute by Mr.. Hill, Of Orleans.
providing for the appointment by the
Governor OF five assessors for the city
Of New Orleans being put TO the vote
no quorum voting tho House lost con.
siderable time awaiting the return OF
absent members. The substitute was
lost by u vote OF 81 yeas TO 30 nays.
As adopted tho section provides for
the election of five assessors by the City
Council. no two OF whom shall BIO from
tho sumo district OF New Orleans. The
salaries shall be $4,000 per annum for
tho years the assessments are made,
and $1,000 for the other years. The e1s
penae to be shared equally by the city
and State. The term OF office OF these
assessors shall be for four. years.
After occupying the House for two
hours the seetioa providing for tho coli
lection of taxes In tile parish Of Orleans
was reached. The seetion constitutes
tho Administr ator of Finance Ut New
Orleans az State Tax Collector.
Mr. Hill offered substitute proyld-
Ing for the appointment by the Coy.
ernor Of one tax collector, who shall be-
under the supervision OF the Admins.
traitor of Finance Of New Orleans. The
supervising clause was stricken out and
the section YVES adopted.
Further consideration Of this bill was
postponed until Tomorrow ut enc
o'clock.
Speaker Bush In the chair.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick called up Senate bill
No. 81, TO incorporate Exempt Society
OF Mechanics Fro Company No. Six.
Passed finally.
ooMMlTrgE SERVICE.
BY Mr.. Lyons OF East Felioiana,
chairman OF the Committee on Cor
porations. by substitute on House bill
No. 80, relating to the confirmation OF
the charter OF the Dorehete and Red
River Plank Road Company.
Unfayorably on House bill IA, rela-
tive to exempting property holders Of
Amite City from parish taxation.
BY Mr.. Bowden, of Franklin, chair
man Of tho Committee on Paroohial
aHhlEB. IHVDTADIy WIFI HDneHHHGnbA on
House bill No. 1884, to annex certain tor
ritory OF the parish OF Lincoln to the
parish Of Jackson to provide for the
rediyision OF the parish OF Jackson
into police jury wards, etc.
Fayorably on House bill Ne. LA, TO
define the qualifications OF Justices OF
the peace and eonstables Ia the country
parishes, etc.
House bill reported abevo was called
UP by Mr., Kidd. Of Jackson, and passed
finally.
The amendment provides for the re-
turn Of sections one, two and three. OF
township seventeen.
Mr.. Gaskins, Of Lincoln, moved to
strike out sections two and three.
Mr.. Kidd. OF Jackson, took the floor
and spoke at length on the justice Of re-
turning to the parish Of jackson all that
was provided for in tho bill as amended.
He thought 1t was only pittance that
was asked In return for the robberies
from the parish OF Jackson by carpet.
baggers and sealawaga
Mr.. Gaskins replied by saying that
the people of sections two and three
were unanimously opposed to the
change. The parish had given 400 Dem
oeratic majority, although 1t had been
created by Republicans.
Pending consideration OF the bill the
House adjourned.