The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-08

| Judges.
JOHN CLEGG,
| Secretary.
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING.
The following entitled Senate bills were taken
| NJ, read, and under suspension of the rules
| passed TO their seeond'reading and referred to
committees. as follows,
| Senate bill No. H. IAN act to change the east
| ern boundary of the parish OF Peinte Coupee.'
| To the Committee on Paroohal Affairs.
| Senate bill No 1Di, AN act TO regulate tho
| terms Of parish courts and fix tho salaries Of
| parish Judges"
Senate bill No,1o1. An act to authorize the Au-
| ditor of Public Accounts to accept and approve
| the bonds of State tax collectors. and to repeal
| all laws requiring said bonds to be approved by
| any other officer"
To The Committee on Judiciary.
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING.
House bill No. 1s5 AN net to amend and re-
| enact section 1924 of The Revised Statutes Of
| 1870"
| On the motion of Mr.. MeGebse the bill was re
| committed to the Committee on Agriculture,
| immigration aad Commerce.
| House bill No. 1S1 was taken up under the
| favorable report by substitute Of the Committee
| on the Judiciary.
| The substitute was adopted in place of tho
| original bill, becoming.
House bill No. 1916, AN oct to provide for the
| change Of names by judicial proceedings: to
point out the manner Of proceeding. and to pro-
vide for tho payment Of the costs thereof.
| House bill No. 1877, An net to provide the mode
and proceedings In relation to the change of
Names"
| Under suspension Of the rules 1t underwent
| its several readings and passed. Its title was
adopted.
House bill No. 1870. IAN act to prohibit any
parish or municipal corporation Of this State
from imposing any license tax or charge on
farmers. market gardeners and flower and
fruit growers, for the salo of their own products :
to require tho city Of New Orleans to provide
proper places for the sale Of such products by
growers thereof. and to regulate the details of
such SALE"
Under the unfavorabe report Of the Commit
tee on City Affairs. on motion Of Mr.. Berry the
bill was postponed indefinitely.
Houseblil No. IA "An act to exon pt persons
owning property situated within the corpora
ton of Amite City. In the parish OF Tangipahoa
from the payment Of parish taxes on said prop
erty to exempt persons pursuing trades. oecu
pations and professions within said corporation
from payment Of parish licenses. and to require
said corporation to pay certaia costs and OK
penses.'
Under the unfavorab'e report Of the Commit
tee on Corporations the bill was indefinitely
postponed.
House bill NJ. 1is. IAN act to create an addi-
tional ward Of justice of the pence In tho parish
of Avoyelles," was taken up under the favor
aple report OF the Commtte on Paroehial AZ
fairs.
Mr.. Barbin asked and obtained leave to with
draw the bill from the files of the House.
House bill No. 14g. IAN act to authorize the
police Jury to provide for funding the floating
Indebtedness of the parish Of Claiborne; to
verify the legality of said Indebtedness and
ascertain its amount and to provide for tho
payment of the principal and interest thereof.
by q special tax for that purpose, and to limit
the rate of interest on said indebtedness. and to
prohibit suits against said parish except in
certain cases." was taken up under the favora-
Bile report of the Committee on Parochial
Affairs and was taken as engrossed; under
q suspension Of the rules was read third time
and passed. Its title was adopted.
House bill No. 100. AN act to authorize the re-
ceipt of the warrants issued In payment of con-
situtonal officers of the State, for back taxes
due the general fund for the years In which
such salaries we're due.
Under the favorable report with amendment
up and the amendment was adopted as follows /;
Insert after the word payable" In the 10th
line the words provided the same warrants
belong to the original payers thereof at the date
of the passage OF this act, which fact shall be
proved by the affluavit Of said payers, written
and sworn to on the back Of said warrants"
The bill was taken as engrossed, and under
a suspension of the rules was read third time
and passed. It's title was adopted
House bill No. 1862. AN act creating an ad-
ditional justice of the peace In Ward Three,
parish of Cameron. State of Louisiana.
Was taken up under the favorable report by
subs ttute Of the Committee on the Judiciary.
The substitute was adopted in lieu Of the
original bill becoming
. House bill No. 196. An act to create an ad-
ditioual justice Of the peace for the Third
Ward of the parish Of Cameron.
Under q suspension of the rules the bill was
passed to Its second reading and was considered
engrossed; under further suspension of the
rules it was read third time, passed and its
title adopted.
House bill No. 1853, San act to re organize and
render more efficient the Board OF Health OF the
State of Louisiana: to define its powers an
prescribe its duties, and those OF quaran-
tine and other officers under its control; to pro-
vide for Its expenses, and for the recording of
births. deaths and marriages IN the parish OF
Orleans; for the inspection Of cattle and meat
in said parish. and to provide penalties for tho