The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-21

Section was amended By striking ont III line
the word paper" after the word parish y
and inserting after The word g practicable the
words In any paper published also In the
last line after the word tax BY inserting the
words not to exceed one mill"
The section was adopted as amended.
Section was amended In the last sentence
thereof 50 as to read as follows;
And If the owner OF such property shall re-
fuse to remove said distractions, or decline to
grant the right Of way or the use OF materials
thereon, the engineer shall apply 70 the. parish
or district judge having jurisdiction, either In
court or chambers, and the said judge shall then
Issue his mandamus com peiHng the owner to
valuable timber and materials taken compensa-
ton shall be made.
The section was adopted as amended.
Section was amended Ia the first sentence
thereof so as to read as follows:
That the State Engineer shall receive conpen
annumr and shall be allowed q craftsman and
@ secretary, whose compensation shall be fixed
BY the Board OF Control, not % exceed three
thousand dollars D@r annum for both,
The section was adopted as amended.
Section was so amended as to read In the
first paragraph thereof as follows:
Bet further e7aactetJ. ete That no member Of
the Board OF Control other than the engineers
shall be allowed any compensation for his SER
services while in actual discharge Of his duties
as may be de ermjned by the Board of Control,
not TO exceed three hundred dollars per annum
for each, and payable out OF the special tax levy
Of the sub-dstrict, on the certificate OF the Pres
ident Of the board.
The section was adopted as amended.
Sections 10 and If were adopted.
Section 10 was amended In the first sentence
thereof 80 as to read as follows:
That in the New Orleans sub-distriet the
powers conferred on the Council Of Levee Com
missioners shall be- exercised by the Mayor and
therefor.
The section was adopted as amended.
The section recommended by the Committee
on Lands and Levee5 was read. as follows
SEC. 10. Be 1t further enacted, etc., That the
Auditor be and Is hereby authorized to levy an
annual assessment OF two mills on the dollar
Ievee purposes, to be collected by the same
officers and in the same manner and at the
same time and rate fxe for the collection OF
said assessment Of two mills shall not be made
until the contract between the State Of Louisi.
into and ratified by acts No. 1 and No. III. OF
the session Of 1871 and acts amendatory there
to, shall have been annuIled and the order for
have been cancelled The amount raised BIZ the
said tax shall be called the General Levee
Fund. and shall be paid out on the certificate
Of the, Chief Engineer, as provided in section
8 OF this act
The section was amended by striking out the
words two mills" and inserting Ia lieu there
Of zone and one-half mills
Mr.. Gillespie offered the following amend
ment:
To add at the end of the section the words
+" provided that no levee tax shall be assessed or
collected In any parish in which levees are not
necessary to protect the lands fremoverhow."
The amendment was withdrawn, and the sec.
ton was adopted as amended.
Mr.. Hill offered the following amendment as
an additional section:
SEC. Il. Be ii further enacted, etc., That the
Board Of Control be and il hereby authorized
and required to Investigate the claims arising
under contracts heretofore made for construe-
ton OF lsvees In the State OF Louisiana. and to
provide for their payment ont OF the General
Levee tax for such year as the leyees were or
dered constructed.
AS q substitute to Mr.. Hills motion to amend,
Mr.. VOORHEES, moyed that section 10 be recon-
s:dered and b. referred to the Committee on
the judiciary. together with the proposed addi-
tional section.
The motion prevailing, the further considera-
ton Of the bill was made the special order Of the
day for Tuesday, March q, at half-past1 O'Clock.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
House bill No. 1919, AN act to repeal an act
entitled an act to increase the revenues Of the
State. to authorize the incorporation and estab-
Iishment Of the Louisiana State Lottery Com.
pany." etc.
Being the unfinished business of Saturday.
March II, was taken up on its third reading
pending the motion Of Mr.. Young, of Claiborne.
to postpone the further consideration Of the bill
till Wednesday. March II, on which motion the
yeas and nays were called for. as follows:
Yeas-speaker Bush and Messrs. Aldige.
Eridger, Bowden. Buck, BarbIn, cockerhan.
Gillespie, Huntington, Kennedy. Lyons, Nunez,
Perata, Pitts, richardson, kfdgley, Singleton,
Self, Steele Sellers. Tremoulet, Tolsr, Wood,
Wilde. Young of Claiborne-3o.
/ Nays-Messrs. Ayeock. Breard, Barron, Bell,
Berry. BiIIieu, DuDreesv Estopinal, r Fsrgason.
Fitzpatrick, Forester, Hammond, Hill Of Or
| leans, Jonas, Kelly OF Orleans. Kidd, Leeds.
Lanare, Lea, Ie5nhard of Orleans. Means.
Smart. Taylor. yoorhies. Washburn-s0.
No quorum voting, On motion OF Mr.. Kidd
the House adjourned.
PETER J. IRRELEVANT,
Chief Clerk.
OFFICIAL.