The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-13
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No choice, and The Senate withdrew.
Previous 10 the balloting Mr.. Brady Withdrew
The name of Mr.. u. w. Huntington.
The House resumed consideration OF House
bill No. GAG. which Was postponed Indefinitely
| NEW Bills.
nv Mr.. J,lllieu, Of Lafourcbe, BY consent-A
bill fnr cleaning out all natural streams, bayous
a. canals III Lsfotifchs and Terrebonne, author
isinQ the imposing Of tax for the purpose OF
deFrayjne the expenses OF drainsge, etc. He
fsrred fe the Committee ON Parochisl Affairs.
ev nv Kidd, of Jachson-House bill 841, TO re-
aufe keepers Of hotels Or places Of public an,tses
tieBt Of three stsries OF more IN height, 10 Keep
ropes aud ladders For the safety OF their guests.
i The bill makes failure TO do 30 misaemeanof,
and provides fof penalty OF $500 ,.. ,t,. =.
Referred 10 the judiciary COMMITTEES, with In.
structiops TO report - soon % practicable.
| Mr.. Kidd. ag chairman 81 the Enrolment Conn
rpit,ee, rpeofted NJ duly enrolled House bills
Nos. 81s, gal and 100.
Hunse blll No s5s, 10 amend and re-enaei ar
tcle tttR Of the Code Of Practice, making attach
ments of Justices courts Of the same effect 40
those OF tie higher courts, passed finally.
| HOUSE bill No. 2T4, eateRdtng tn Jurisdiction
Of The Third District uourto New Orleans.
bir, voorbies offered to amend by providing
Il over eases In which either the city Of New Or
| leans or the State Of Louisiana shall be party
| III REGARD. IN ALI suits In which the amount
| involved shall exceed one hundred dollars,
Adppted. Passed finally.
House bill restvs 10 the extra compensation
i If the ebair,iseii Of certain committees The
| bill was postponed indefinitely,
| House bill 2T8, TO gremete legal education by
| requiring better qualifications from applicants
| for practice at The Bar. Passed finally.
House bill No. s72, to amend aud fe.enact arti-
Gle 4ss Of The Code pf Pfactice. relative TO exeep-
tiens. Passed finally
| House bill Nc. 2TB, for the relief OF Lehman
and others. indefinitely postponed.
| House bill No. 2B5, to Incorporate the Louisiana
| Historical Society, Passed finally,
House bill No. 2s1, lnsiructipg the Treasurer to
psy In cash the members OF the General Assem-
| bly Indt if,iiely postponed.
| Heuse bill No. ava relative 10 the parishes OF
| Iberia and et. Martin, postponed until Monday.
House bill No. 2g4, relative TO q topographic
aud hydrogrsphie survey Oh the bayou Teehes
Passed finally.
House bill No. 800, substitute for House bill
| No. =, providing for the opening Of ST. Joseph
and Delerd streets ON the levee.
because the bill referred TO the Mobile Railroad,
| which claimed to have been authorized by legs-
Iative enactmehts TO close ut. Joseph and other
stfents not including Delord street. This last
named street was closed by the New Orleans, ST.
Louis and Chicago Railroad without any legal
authority whatever, and 1t WAS within the power
of The city Of New Orleans to reinove the OBJ
structiens without the assistance Of the Legisla
ture.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick, OF Orleans, wanted The people
relieved In the matter of Delerd street az well az
the others, and asked for committee TO go and
examine the ground.
/ MIR. Newenra, Of Tangipahoa, argued that the
Jackson Railroad had vested right in the mat
Mr.. Jonas, Of Orleans. replied that the Jackson
Road had none, and that az 10 the rights claimed
by the St. Louis and Chicago Road, the SUI
preme Court Of the State had decided that the
Legislature had no right to give away the proper
ty OF the people.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick insisted upon his original pros
position
After further debate the House adopted
resolution to appoint committee OF eix. three
from, The city and three from the country, TO IN
vestigste the matter, and the bill was postponed
until TO morrow. .
Mr.. Huntington, OF Orleans. introduced bill
to repeal an act 10 incorporate The New Orleans,
| Mobile and Chattanooga Railroad. unless the
company comply with the full requirements OF its
charter within twelve months from the pass age
of this bill.
Referred TO the Judiciary Committee
The House now took up bill to incorporate
the Bayou Hara Fire Company. Passed finally.
House bill No. BOT, to abolish the New Orleans
Park Commission and the special park tax, and
to confer All the powers Of the commission upon
The city Of New orleans, Passed finally
House bill No. 8Oa, bill to appropriate certain
revenues for the payment OF the debt Of the
Charity Hospital. Postponed indefinitely,
| House bill No. -, TO appropriate certain reve-
nues to pay the past dsbt Of the State Insane
| Asvlum. tostpBn d indefinitely.
House bill no. gl8, TO protect ships from the
payment OF Tees for certificates Of health furnish
ed under the Quarantine laws of the State. Re-
ported, by substitute House bill Ne. 345.
Mr.. Huntington said that the Supreme Court OF
the United States by full bench vote had already
decided that the law authorizing the fees
| charged BY the Board Of Health was unconstitu-
tonai. The bill passed finally.
House bill No. gl4, TO amend the slaughter
pEnlt ,fuv lv
dietary Committee.
Mr. Ferguson, OF Orleans, said that the bill
| simply provided for the exemption OF The Eev-
enth District OF New Orleans iOarroton). As
| matters now stood the butchers OF Oarrolton
had to travel twelve miles to get their beef, and
| in summer the beef that was brought & Carroll
ton Under The burning eun WAS unfit for tise.
The bill provided also for the estab lshment of
| d slaugh house in the rear Of Oarrollton,
| where three or four beeves would be killed daily
| and no otfal ud be thrown into the river. He
was not appraised at The reasons which induced
| the committee to report uhlavprably. Certainly
| 1t could not be because the slsushter-huuss act
| could not be amended or even repealed, fJr this
House had already declared that it could be, or at
least similar act. the Louisiana Lottery act.
MIR. Dslavgne took issue with Mr.. Ferguson re-
| gatding the latters proposition that the offals
aud dioppings we're all utilized. He was up.
| posed 10 Che throwing of ofIal above the city
| Waterworks. At all events be would oppose the
bill, unless the number OF beeves to be. slaugh-
| teTnu WAH HBlhSU
| Mr. Tremoulet, of Orleans, was opposed TO any
| slaughter. house above the city.
| Mr. Fitzpatrick advocated the passage OF the
bill at tome length on the ground that the people
| would be benefited. As to offal thrown into the
river, Mr.. Delsvigne could see every day the ofal
carts of the city dumping oifal above the Water
works pipes.
| Further debate occurred. and the question 10
postpone indefinitely teing put, the yeas and
nays were called yeas Is, nays 80. No quorum
| and the House adjourned.
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| A bill to repeal all acts granting ex-
elusive privileges to the Crescent City
Live Stock Landing and Slaughter
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