The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-22
THE LEGISLATURE.
EXTRA SESSION.
WEDNESDAY, March II.
The senate.

10 M, Lieutenant Governor Wiltz pre-.
siding, and twenty members present.
The Senate at once joined the House
to ballot for United States Senator and
shortly returned.
DIR. Perkins called UP the Hpeclai Or
der, being House bill No. l7s, regulat-
ing the sale and disposition OF coal oils.
etc. ..
The bill, with some amendments, was
finally psssed. The amendments re.
late To minor details, and not to the
material provisions of the bill.
Mr.. White In the chair.
Mr.. Robertson. for Conference Com
mittce on Senate bill 1el, to fix the
terms OF court and salaries OF parish
judges, reported with amendments to
amendments made by the House.
The report was received.
Mr., Breans called up and had referred
his bill to repeal the act Incorporating
the New Orleans Sanitary and Excaya-
ting Company. and the bill to repeal
the act regulating private markets In
New Orleans.
A message from the Governor an.
nounced that he had Bigned the bill
authorizing the appointment. of an
Assistant Attorney General, and the bill
prohibiting tax collectors from. holding
other offices from parish otticiaig;
porating the Ancient Order OF Hiber.
MANS were oonourred In.
Mr.. Ellis, for Committee on Reform.
reported favorHbly with amendments
on House bill t6a. fixing the fees OF tho
Criminal Sheriff. by striking out forty
cents and inserting fifty cents. Report
received.
MIR. stubbs, for Committee on Elee.
tions, reported on House bill 2l5 and
Senate bill No. by substitute. This Ia
the General Election bill.
Mr.. Garland called up report on Sen.
ate bill 1l2. relative to claims OF Board
of Engineers. Report adopted and the
bill was finally passed as amended,
striking out the claim OF the Secretary
of the Board of Engineers. The bill
embraces the claims of Messrs. Hebert
and Longstreet.
The President In the chair.
House bill No. 1874. general revenue
bill, was taken up and considered by
sections. beginning with section 10, as
amended by Mr.. Boatner the previous
day, when the frat eighteen sections
were adopted.
The bill. with the printed amend
ments Of the Senate, was further
adopted without additional amend
ments of note down to and including
section 30.
A message from the House asked con.
currence In bills passed by that body.
repeating the Lottery Company: max
ing the warrants of clerks Of State OFF,
GERS for their salaries receivable for
taxea.. and O concurrent resolution regu-
lating bills on the calendar according to
their Importance.
The thirty.seventh section of the
pending bill was discussed on q motion
IA atrikp pi1t the sactipn
It was amended 30 that 1t shall be I'M
lawful for any notary, or recorder, or
sheriff to pass any act OF sale or dona-
tion without being assured by exhibits
that all State and parish taxes for twelve
months past due have been paid upon
the property described In the act, and
that any violation of this provision shall
make them and their sureties liable per-
sonally for all taxes due upon the pro-
perty.
Section So was amended by Senator
Richardson TO allow assessors two In
stead OF three per cent on the first $4,000
OF State and parish taxes in the aggre-
gate assessed. and that no salary shall
be less than $500 for the year In which |
complete assessments were made.
Mr.. Texada in the chair.
Sections 80 and 40 were adopted as
printed.
Section Ill was amended, that the Gov
ernor shall appoint, every four years, o |
tax collector with the advice and CON
sent Of the Senate) In each parish OF the |
State, except Orleans. Other amend |
ments were OF minor Importance.
Section AZ and 10 were adopted as
printed.
Section A was amended with proviso
that the section which relates to tax
collectors giving bonds shall not apply
TO those who have given bonds since the
10th OF January, 1877.
Sections 45 and 46 were adopted as
printed. |
Section AZ was not materially changed.
Section AZ was slightly changed, to re-
neys pro TEN. throughout the State to
act under instructions of the Auditor in
testing the bonds Of tax collectors, ETC.
Sections 49, so and 81 adopted with
slight amendments.
Section 50 was amended with an addi-
ton Of enforcement by seizure and sale
OF any personal property owned by the
taxpayer when the amount OF tax as
sessed shall not have been paid within
ten days after written demand thereof
has been made.
Mr.. Kelly in the chair.
Section So was slightly amended.
Sections ID, So and Sc were adopted
without further change;
Section 81 was amended on motion of
Mr. Garland by striking out the proviso
1t the end OF the section, that the Audi
tor shall charge no fee except where the
property in question has been actually
sold and bought in by another party
than the State.
MIR. George proposed another change,
increasing to per cent the per centage
TO be paid by taxpayers for redemption
Of real estate from sale for taxes. The
was adopted.
Sections IS, SO, 60 and 81 were adopted
with but slight changes.
Section SO was amended, on motion of
Mr. Stubs, with an addition In these
words: "Or except in cases where
certain lands or lots have snot been
forfeited to the State for one year
Or more the Auditor shall be entitled