The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-21
NEW ORLEANS, SATURDAY, APRIL q, 1877
THE LEGISLATURE.
The senate.

THE LEGISLATURE.
| The senate.
The Senate met at the usus hour, IL O'Clock,
| Lieut.. CIV. Witt presiding and nineteen kena-
tors answering TO their names.
| The lobby outside the railing Of the Senate
| chamber was crowded with spa ctators.
The reading Of the journal was dispensed
witt.
senator Goode. without previous notice, intro.
ducod An act, Senate bill No. 162, for the relief Of
J. Z. gnerie tax collector Of the parish OF Ter.
rebo oDne, on account OF s1275 paid over by him to
Mr.. ". q. Black for the support Of the Nichols
government. The bill passed finally.
House bill No. 852 relative to usurpation In
Office aad recognition Of nsurpaton was finally
passed.
Sundry reports, favorable and unfavorable, on
several bills were adopted.
Senate bill 1863, to authorize the Police Jury OF
Ibervle to levy tax for current expenses Of the
parish, was, on motion Of Senator Allain, post
poaed indefinitely.
Senator Goode called MP House bill 2g7, OF a
similar character relative to East Ba1on Rouge.
| The amendments OF the House were conoutred To-.
House bill No. 300, TO cause ths opening of NJ.
Joseph and other streets In New Orleans, was
| referred.
Also, House bill No. s14, relative to the
| Blsug ter House. etc.
House bill N . 319, to repeal the act OF 1879. ex-
teDdiug the river front of the town of st francis
| vile, was ps ssed finally.
House b ! No. 3l7, prohibiting the sale Of in
| toxieatirg liquors to minors, was referred.
House bill No. 229, to snebd SO ton 3042 Of
| the Statutes OF 1870 was referred.
House bill No. 397, relatiys TO the Lafourche
Drainage CJmpsnV, WAS referred.
Hou.s bill NJ 339, to incorporate Washington
cam Engine Company OF Baton Rouge, passed
| lin lily.
House bll No $40. providing for cleaning out
natura 5syous in LAfousche and Terrebonne, Was
referred.
House bill 3l5, being joint resolution for the
relief OF the plice jury OF the left bank OF Jeffsf-
| son, WAS referred.
| Also, Hou 20 bill $50, relative to juries OF the
Second Judicial District in Orleans.
! Houss bill 353 to end the act OF 1878, rela-
| tive to usurpaiion iB Office, Was referred.
House b i58 70 authorize the police iuries OF
| ha Parishes Orleans excepted, To lsvy taxes, WAS
postponed indefinitely, the matter Of the bill be-
| ing already provided for in the general revenue
House bill relative to Mechanics Society was
inde fnisely postponed by adoption OF unfavorable
| repors OF the committee.
use bill 25s, to amend article lille OF the
| Code OF Practice, PASSED.
Hou 9 bill 26s, to require better qualifications
| for admission to the bar, was indefinitely post
p,ned.
message from the House announced concur
| renee Id Senate b Liz 151. 157 and 1853.
senstor Texada reported bills 105 and 1866 oi
the Senate correctly enrolled.
u 4
usual hour to ballot for United States senator.
| AFTER JOINT SESSION.
President Wlliz in tie chair, and % senatorf
present.
House bill 285, TO amend the charter OF the
Ilouisiaus Historical society, was read and laid
over for fu ure action.
HJuse bill 304 to amend the charter Of the
Louislana Printing House for the Blind ut Baton
Rouge, b wing been reported agaias' BY the
House bill 27f, giving the Third District Court
inr sdction in atnouats OF $40, exclusive OF III.
teress and certain exclusive jurisdiction, wat
read.
tenator Eustis moved reconsideration of The
vote OF the previous day, by witch tho bill passee
it's third reading. Adopted.
The bilI was tinaly passed after being amend
ed, by striking out that portion giving the Ihirt
District Court exclusive jurisdiction on oil suit,
in which the State or city may be q party except
probate suits.
SENATOR DAVID YOUNG,
7 the parish Uf Goncurdis, took his seat as hold
ing oper Senator from tho Fifteenth Senat ria
district, aud partcipa cd in the proceedings o
the Senate. ...5sz
senator Kelly called up House bill 800, for The
relief OF tho taxpayers 0f N.w Orleans. the bill
having been reported ON without acti6a by the
nsjority of the Finance Committee and unfavor.
ably by the minority.
senator Grover moved to Adopt thu latter re-
port. Tnis rep Jrt had been sigued by Senator
a hire alone, bat Mr.. Grover explained that ht
under Misrepresentation hat The report was u
have been UNANIMOUS.
Ssnaior aOode In the chair
The bill 10 to compel the city to receive schoo
and p lice warrants for certain taxes for certain
years in which such wsrraDts were issued!
renstor Garland eyptended that the subjec
was one that should be referred TO the city au
thoriteB, who were oppo ed to the bill.
seuator Kelly Gf5red an amendment makint
some exceptions to the provisions VI the bill re-
quring some OF the taxes to be paid in cash.
Mr.. Kelly said there were at least five thousant
people in this city waiting for and as he felt, go
sitled to this rei1ef-rot only taxpayer, bu
school teachers and others, who we're subiace'
10 snsmeful exaetioDs In discounts upon thei
salaries for want OF such bill.
Mr. Boatner thought the bill so fair and jus
that the senate sooud not hesitate aboat pass
, ing it. II merely proposed to utilize dellBquen
, taxes Of 1873 and prior yeess for the purposes
thu relief pro- osed.
Mr.. Grover thought the country members wer
! siuguarly uniformed as o the operations OF tn
bill. The city government, he cDntended, coul
7 best take ire II ali questions for the relief o
! the people Of New Orleans. II was caicuiated
strip the city Of its cash revenues without at th
, same time reducing it's obligations in any GORE
, spending degree and w0f7ld 0Dly tsnd to aeprt
ciate city securities and bankrupt the city. FL
moved the Dill be postponed indefinitely.
D MIR. Kelly respond cd that the facss and figure
8 which had been produced in this matter yindics
. tod the Intelligence Of The member. OF ane comr
9 1 try Senators in supporting the bill. Hs calie
! for the yeas and, nsys, on the motion 70 pos
pone.
!, The vote TO postpone resulted: Yeas 10, NAY
!. IL. 30 the bill WAS not postponed.
Mr.. Ducros offer q proyisD making the pr
visions of the bill subject to acceptance OF the Gil
0 authorities.
/ The Amendments was tabled by a vote OF ye,
+ II, nay4ia
The first section, with the ansndment OF N
;, Kelly, was adopted.
On motion to adopt further, Mr.. Eusts spok
T esinst the bill. As rule the poor people, B
said, had paid their taxes, and the bill was "a .iI
O " e4lcniated to- enable large property holdol