The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-11
the subsidized branch TO connect vieksburg. In
Mississ1ppi. with the Texas Pacific at Shreye-

/ the subsidized branch TO connect Vieksburg In
mississippi. with the Texas Pacific at Shreye-
BE hresolred 5y The Senate and House Of Repre-
sentattpes OF The State OF Louisiana in General
Congress- pc and are hereby requested to sup
port the Texas and Pacific Railroad BILL now
before Congress. asking for the subsidy OF tbs
United states GOysrnment: prortded the New
| Orleans Pacific Railway be made the Subsidized
branch to connect New Orleans with Shreveport
Railroad Be made the shG u
| meet vicksburg in Mississippi, with the Texas
| Pacific at Shreveport. s@siE - 81 -
! OF the State Of Louisiana be and he Is hereby
requested to transmit Immediately copies Of this
concurrent resolution, q our members In the
Mr.. Robertson moved its adoption. 5=
Mr.. Stubbs offered the following amendment
and moved its adoption =.
Strike out - North Louisiana Railroad and
insert 'Vieksburg, Shreveport and Texas Rail-
On motion Of Mr.. Mitchell. the amendment
was laid on the table, and the resolution was
adopted
Mr.. White obtained unanimous consent to
submit the following majority report from the
special Committee on Metropolitan Police:
Rooms SPECIAL COMMITTEE,
On Metropolitan Police.
N.a New Orleans. March 0, 1917
To the. Honorable President and Members
OF the Senate:
Gertlemen-The undersigned membe con-
stitute majority OF the committee TO whom was
referred the House bill on the subject Of the
police OF the city of New Orleans. beg leave to
report by substitute an act entitled An act to
es ablish board Of police for the city Of New
Orleans, and to. prescribe their powers and
duties" Having found IL impossible to reconcile
the differences existing between the members Of
your comm tee. the Undersigned have deter
mined fayorably on the substitute for the follow
ing reasons: ....
l. Because II turns over the police to the local
authorities.
Q. Because in so doing it provides for police
commission to be appointed by the city govern
ment. to be composed Of persons ineligible to
office and going out Of office rs commissioners
at different times. thus saving as far as possible
the dangers TO result from the force being d.
rected by persons holding office, and hence
open to the temptation, of making use Of the
force for personal ends. and preventing an
entire change at each general election.
3. Because 1t provides by legislative act for the
manner In which The police shall be organized
without Interfering with the local authori les.
thus providing a more permanent aud less
eDbemesa enactment than city ordinance.
The bill which your committee report is sim
ply the carrying out of section Q of the House
Dill, and Is modelled upon the legislative acts Of
other States, doubtless found necessary there ay
means of giving efficiency and permanancy
to the police force required La large cities. '"he
problem has been everywhere found difficuIb "a
solution. and the members of your com n;ttee
can only say that witho orig mating anything
they have simply taken advantage oil the : De-
rience OF other States as expressed In legisa-
ton, having In view the right of the local au-
thorities to control the police and the right OF
such rules may render the s poee ee ecient
Respectfully, $780,
u. d. WHITE,
Il. D. OGDEN,
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