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


State and individuals we're designed TO promote
fhe educational interests Of the blind of Louis
ian; therefore be 1t
Resoloed, That the Honorable the Speaker Of
Louisiana be and is hereby authorized TO APP
shaII be- fmmediateIy to inyestigats the acts 81
the corporation, named In the foregoing pre-
amble.. and all other matters connected with the
and an, that said COMMITTEES Shall have the power
To send for persons and papers, and TO do any
all other things necessary 70 full lnVestisg n
ton, and said committee shall report 10 THIS
House as early as possible.
The resolution lies over under the rules.
COMMITTEE SERVICE.
Mr.. Huntington. chairman. on behalf Of the
Committee on Claims. reported as follows:
New ORLEANS. March 10, 1877.
To the Honorable Speaker and members OF the
House CT Representatives OF the State OF Lou
Your Committee on Claims beg leave to report
that having dnIyc nsfdered the claim OF ihos.
Fl. Handy. Civil sheriff Of the parish OF Orleans.
for disbursements made by him for account OF
the State Of Louisiana and In support OF the
Nichols Governments. they are Of the, opinion
( hat the same should be allowed, and accord.
inglv recommend that the bill for his relief
herewith submitted be Immediately pissed.
Favorably on House bill No. 2Gf, "appropri-
ating 5000. or SO much thereof as may De neees-
sary. for expenses In furnishing ration f9r the
posse oeea pFtng the Supreme, District and mu-
u. w. HUNTINGTON,
Chairman.
Mr. VOORHEES,, chairman, on behalf of the
Committee ON Railroads, reported On House
bill No. 2as, IAN act to incorporate the Eastern
Louisiana Railrod Company" favorably.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
The following named members asked and OBJ
tanned leave to introduce the following bills,
which, under suspension Of the rules, were
passed to their second reading and referred as
follows:
By Mr.. VOORHEES,
House bill 266, Joint resolution relative to the
compensation TO b paid TO the chairman OF
certain committees Of the House and Senate"
To the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr.. Fitzpatrick
House bill No. 2G7. An act for the relief Of G..
F. Johnson"
To the Committee on Claims.
By Mr.. Jonas
House bill No. 2es. IAN act to promote legal
education by requiring better qualifications Of
candidates for admission to the bar
To the Committee On the Judiciary.
By Mr.. Jonas
House bill No, 800 AN act to repeal articles
f221. 1927 and 1875 Of the Revised Civil Code and
sections $3.50 and 1884 OF the Revised Statutes Of
the State of Louisiana"
To the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr., Aycoek-
House bill No. 27o, AN act relative to the in
spector of weights and measures for the Sixth
and Seventh Districts"
To the COMMITTEES ON the Judiciary.
Mr.. Toler presented memorandum of a
claim for salary Of two clerks employed by the
Secretary OF State prior to the passage of the
Joint resolution authorizing him to obtain eleri-
cal aid from the Committee on Enrolment, etc.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
NOTICE or BILLS.
Mr.. Ferguson gave notice that at some future
day he would introduce An act to amend and
re-enact Art. 4ss Of the Code OF Practice
Mr. Bfllieu gave similar notice Of bill to be
entitled IAN act t repeal section Pat of the Re-
vfsed Statutes"
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.
House bill No. ZIG. AN act to provide for a
more adequate protection Of the alluvial lands
Of the State against the dangers and damages
TO overflow; to abolish and reorganize the pres
emit board OF State Engineers; TO abridge the
duties and compensation OF the present COM
mission Of engineers and the commission Of
persons; to create certain engineer districts.
and to provide for the appointment Of State
Engineer and two district engineers for the
management Of all public works therein; to
provide for the subdivision Of these engineer
districts into certain evee Districts and for the
management OF the same by local commission
ers; to provide for a central board OF control,
which shall have supervf sion over all matters
relating to contracts. both State and local, and
general control over all the Ievee interests OF
the State, and to provide the means necessary
to carry out effecsually all Of the objects herein
instituted"
Being the special order Of the day was taken
up pending the consideration OF the second re-
port Of the Committee on Lands and Levees.
It was ordered that all sections OF the bill
should be reeonsidered. and it was read section
by section.
Section was adopted.
Section was amended in lines six and seven
by striking out the words basis, range, line in
tue present parish Of" and the word range" ct
the end of line seven. and the word township
In line nine, and insert in lines six and seven
the words line dividing the parish of Calca
sieu and"
The second paragraph OF the second section
was amended 80 "a to read az follows:
These engineer districts shall likewise be sub
divided into certain leyee districts as follows
to wit: Engineer District No. shall comprise
three levee districts, to be known respectively
as Baton Rouge Sub-Dfstrict, New Orleans Sub.
District and Pointe-a1la-Hache Sub District
The Baton Rouge Sub-Distrfct shall embrace
the area contained iq the following BOUNDS T.
Charles. left bank; St, John, left bank, st
James, left bank: ASCENSION. left bank; Iber-
vile. left bank; and the entire parish Oh Eas
Baton Rouge. The New Orleans Sub Distrie
shall embrace the area included in the parish
of Orleans, left bank, And the Pofnte-a-la-Hacht
sub District shall include the entire parish Of
st. Bernard and the parish of Plaquemines
left bank.
The third paragraph of the seeo1d sector
was amended so as to read az follows:
Engineer District No. 2 shall comprise tive
fevee districts to be known respectively as Al
giers sub-Districg and Bayou Goula sub-Dis.
trfct The Algiers sub District shall embrace the
area contained in the following bounds viz: Tht
parish of Ascension right bank. south OF Bayou
Lafourche: the parish OF Sc. James, right baRk
St, John, right bank; the parish Of St. Charles
right bank Lafourche, east Of the bayou: JET
ferson, right bank: Orleans, right bank anG
Piaquemine5. right bank,
The fourth paragraph Of section was amend
ed so as to read as follows;
The Payou CforJIa SUBJ District shall ernbrane