The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-21
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
OR THE
FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OR TIfEe-
STATE or LOUISIANA.
HOUSE or REsENTATEvEs
STATE or LOUISIANA.

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New Orleans. In. Monday. Feb. ii. 1877.
The House was called to order at 1880 o'clock
q. IN Present.
Hon, l.. Bush. speaker. and Nessrs. Aldige.
Ay Az Briager, Bfsards B9yden. barron. par-
Carloss. Iressy. .Dsayigne. Duke, Dupres, Es@
topinnl. Titzpatrick., Gaskins, Gillespie, Hunt
igton aaqpm2sad Jonas ksy q VIM Kelly
Leonhard Of Orleans, Martin. Menus MeGebeg.
Newg2m Nupsz fgt r. Pgtaii Pits klehadrd
10y, Singleton. Self btagg Sellers, Smart. Tay-
lor. Iremoulet Toler. VOORHEES,, Washburne.
Wood. WILLIAMS. Young OF Claiborne. }oung
OF East Baton Rouge.
Sixty-two members and Il quorum.
Prayer was offered by tho Row. DR.. Palmer Of
the First Presbyterian Church.
The journal Of Saturday, February 18th. was
approved.
NOTICE or BILLS.
Mr.. Lea Of st. Helena. gave notice that he
would. ut some future day, introduce bill
amending section 1923 Of the Revised Statutes
so as 10 change the term Of Sixth District Court
in and for the parish Of 81. Helena, from tho
Third Monday in April to the fourth Monday In
February.
Mr.. Washburne gave notice that no would In
troduce, ut future day, on behalf OF tho Com
mttee on Lands and Lovees. u bill providing
for protection Of the allavial lands Of tho State
against overflow in the future.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick, by consent vi the House, In
troduGed House bill No. 1874, AN act 20 repeal
the act OF 1868 entitled An act to Increase the
revenues Of the State. and to authorize the In
eorporationand establishment Of the Louisiana
state Lottery Company. and to. repeal certain
acts now In force"
Under q suspension OF the rules the bill was
pissed TO It's second reading and referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.
COMMITTEE SERVICE.
Mr.. washburne. chairman. on behalf Of the
Committee on Lands and Leyees. presented q
report, which was read, received and ordered To-.
be spread upon the journal as follows:
Rooms OF COMMITTEE ON LANDS AND LgvgEs.f
Oda Fellows Hall. Feb. -, 1877.
To the Honorable speaker and Members OF the
House OF Representatives OF Louisiana:
Genttem e1.---In obedience to o resolution Of
Us sG directed. and 10 Conformity with thsrequire-
ments OF law, your Committee ON PnDl1e Bands
and Levees beg to inform your h9norable BODY
that they have examined the affairs Of the
Louisiana Leyee Company and ask leave to-
submit the following report To wit: !,
/. The Louisiana Leyee Company Is o cor
poration organized under this general laws
OF the state by notarial act passed on the 18th
day Of February; in the year one thgusand
C1viliier . notary public Of the city Of New Orr
leans, and duly recorded in the office Of mort
cages Of the parish OF Orleans, In BOOK society
=, folios 247. 24S and $40, on the same day.
2. That contract for the construction, con
troll and maintenance Of Iii the Leyees IN inc
state was entered into by act No. Of the Legls-
lature Of 1871. between the State Of Louisiana
and the Louisiana Levee Company; the state
being represented by the Governor thereof ana
the company by It's proper ofncers. HaId acE
No. was approved on the GOTH day ol FEBRUARY
1871, and the con- rac entered into therein Wsass
ratified by act No. n Of the ssine year, approved
on the 28th day Of February 1871. said acts
having been subsequen ~ amenaed DY aeL no.
IS. approved March 6, 1873.
3. The terms OF this contract In brief, were
that the Louisiana Levee Company agreed 10
builI and maintain all the leyees III the state Of
Louisiana or in the State of zrkansas. when
necessary to protect lands ID Louisiana from
0verfIyw 1.-THE consent OF the said State of Ar
Kansas having to be- obtained theretoi upon the
banks OF the Mississippi riy and it's tributa-
ries for period OF tWenty-one years from the
zsth day oil February. 1871. The work was to be
done under and according to the direction Of q
Board Of Engineers-one appointed by tho
stafe AT a salary Of six thousand dollars per
annum ole by the Leyee Company. and one BIZ
the United States and No work was to be re-
quired or permitted, except such as was author
ized and oraered by the said Board OF En-
n1neers All work completed BY the Leyee Com
narly was to be examined In0nih Iy by q COM
mission OF persons1--one Of whoa was
to be- appointed BY the Governor, one