The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-03
. choice, and The Senate withdrew.

No choice, and the Senate withdrew.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
House bill No. 81, to abolish the Office OF Dis
triJt Attorney pro tempt1e.
The vote came tip 10 reconsider tho vote by
which The bill passed it's bird reading, the OBJ
jeet bsipg TO refer the bill to the Judiciary Com
mttee. Yeas 80, nays 81. The bill was now re-.
ferred TO the judiciary COMMITTEE.
House bill extending the powers Of notarfes
public in administering oaths. returned from too
senate with slight amendment. The amend
ment was eoncurred in.
House concurrent resolution relating 10 aboli-
tion OF the metropolitan police, returned from
the Senate with the amendment, "givtng the
utmost limit TO the city OF New Orleans TO tho
right Of local Helfgoysrnment compatible with
efficiency"
The amendment was coneurred In.
MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR.
A message was received from the Governor
announcing that he bad signed House bill to
amend and re-enaet section 1929 OF the Revised
Statutes.
SECOND READINGS.
Substitute for House bill No. 25, rsorganzing
the police juries OF the State, was taken up.
MIR. Voorhies in the chair.
Mr. Brady, of st. Tammany, proposed to amend
the bill by providing that police jurors shall be
able to read and write in the English Languages.
The proposi ion led TO desultory debate Or
telL. and was finally withdrawn.by Mir. Brady.
= NJ. Busn cEsrsn q substitute TO the fret Eees
tion. Mr.. Bush's substitute particularly provides
that the Police Jury shall divide the parishes
into wards, securing equal representation. such
wards to be known rs police jury, Justice Of the
peace and election wards.
Mr.. Bush said that the object OF this por-
ton Of his substitute IVES TO provide agalnHt
the confusion which had heretofore existed as tu
the limits Of wards. This mads the limits the
same for police jures, Justices or election wsrds
Tho substitute also provides that police jurors
shall be selected one from each yard, and that
no change OF limits In the wards shall BE- made
except by two-thirds vote OF the Police jury
Pending the consideration OF the bill, The bre-
cial order of the day was called.
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.
speaker Bush In the chair.
House bill 40. 81, the printing bill.
The first section was read.
Mr.. McGehee moved to amend by providing
that the printing be given TO the lowest bidder
MIR. Young Of Claiborne moved to lay the mo-
tion on the table.
Adopted-45 yeas TO IS nays.
A motion by Mr.. Young TO reconsider, and an
other to table the motion to reconsider followed
and was carried
The several sections were read and adopted,
and the bill adopted ns whole and finally passed.
Mr.. Voorhies 10 the chair.
The bill reorganizing the police juries OF tho
| State was now taken up, and Mr. Duah's substi.
tnte for the rst section Of the substitute for the
bill was passed.
Mr.. Young, OF Claiborne, moved TO amend The
second section, by providing that election OF Po-
Ice Jurors shall take place at the general cleo
ton for members Of the House OF Represents.
tiyss His reasons we're that it would be more
economical. He supposed that the idea OF fixing
The ele stion In May was to withdraw IL from the
influence Of politics. This theory would well ap-
ply for Judicial officers, but he thought that tie
election OF Police Juries did not justify tho large
expenditures which special elec ion would en-.
tail.
Mr.. Newson, of Tangipahoa, opposed the amend
ment, and was followed by Mr. Kernochan. cf
Plaque mines, who agreed with Mr.. Newsom. but
thought the election occurred st busy period Of
the season and should rather be fixed for some
time In August.
Mr.. Bowden, Of Franklin, argued in favor Of the
| May election.
Mr.. Garloss, of Webster, advocated the fixing
| Of tho election on the same day as the general
| election, on the grounds Of economy.
Pending the debate the House adjourned.