The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-06
THE LEGISLATURE.
TmE SENATE.

c,tieena of the parish Of St. Martin, OPP
,,nsinr the proposed abolition OF the
i,arish of Iberia. Referred.
Mr.. Garland presented o petition OF
citizens of the parish OF ut. Landry
praying for the passage OF q law agalnsse
selling Intoxicating liquors ON the SAD
bath. Referred. ,,
Nm. Goode. for the Judiciary Commit
tee, reported, with slight amendment,
in favor of Senate bill No. ~ ana 1or
the majority of the COMMITTEES unfavor-
ably on Senate bill No. IA, and favora-
bly on Senate bill No. ~, and unfayora-
bly, on the bill to amend Art, 266f ot the
Revised Statutes, so as to place inter
dicted persons on % footing with minors
In legal matters.
Under present law where o minor Is
ro-proprletor with persons OF age the
property may, with advice OF family
meeting, be sold at private sale. This
bill puts an interdieted person on the
same footing.
Mr.. Dueros gave notice thai he would
ut d future day introduce o bill to do
away with the personal qualifications OF
branch pilots.
Arr. Steven gave notice that he would
Introduce o bill relative to obtaining
and retaining the reports OF banks.
Mr.. Robinson asked consent to intro
sluee Il bill to establish the Eighteenth
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and annex St. Martin to the Sixteenth
District. and st. Mary to the Fifteenth
District. and providing for the time of
holding the courts and appointing OF
district attorneys in the changed dis
tricts. Rules suspended, and the bill
was placed on second reading and re-
ferred.
An act to repeal act t65 Of the session
or 1860 was. on motion of Mr.. Robert
son. passed to it's third reading. tis u
local bill relative to the salaries OF the
sheriff and clerk OF st. Landry. parish.
Senate bills No. IL, TO limit school eK-
perfses, and No. %, relative to reousa-
items OF Judges and District Attorneys,
were laid over.
Mr.. Breaux in the chair.
The Judiciary Committee reported
favorably ON Senate bill No. 20, relative
to enlHrging the jurisdiction of the
Third District Court OF New Orleans.
It was, on motion of Mr.. Kelly, fnade
the order for Wednesday. 1t gives that
court concurrent jurisdiction with the
other district courts, where the sum in
suit does not exceed one hundred dol
lars
At 1880 o'clock the Senate repaired
to the nall Of the House to ballot for
United States Senator.
SPECIAL ORDER.
About o'clock the Senate returned
to their chamber and resumed their
proceedings, taking up the special order
Of the day--being House bill No. 4e, en-
titled IAN act to authorize plaintiffs in
suits by attachment and provisional
seizure to bond property after the expi-
ration OF the ten days when the defend
ant has failed or neglected to bond the
same
The object Of this bill is to prevent
the extravagant costs and charges for
keepers of property seized.
A motion being made to adopt Mr..
Eustis stated his objections to this law
in signing the minority report with the
chairman OF the committee, and on the
motion to adopt called for the yeas and
nays.
Mr, White. in answer to Mr.. Eustis.
argued that such articles as were heir
looms and objects OF family attach ment
alluded to by Mr.. Eustis were already
embraced in the law OF exemption, and
would not be affected by the bill.
Mr.. George argued in favor Of the
bill.
Mr.. Goode desired to state his objec-
ton to the bill. He thought 1t would
result to the detriment OF the interests
OF d large class of the people. Itwould
be o bad law to take the care of prop.
erty out Of the hands Of the legal Gus
todians, and the law should not be ex-
tended to cases Of provisional seizure.
Under the law proposed a poor man
would be left to contradictory proceed
ings with plaiutitfs In seizures, instead
OF getting back his property from the
sheriff or constable as soon as he pays
the Judgment He thought the matter
very important one, and argued at
length the probable workings of the bill.
Mr. White read from article 644 of
the Revised Statutes the articles ex-
cmpted under the existing law, and
spoke warmly in advocacy OF the bill.
Mr.. Eustis replied further, stating his
objections and eontending that there
was but one litigation between landlord
and tenant, and that SO far as the opera
tions OF the law were concerned there
was a distinction, which he explained,
between provisional seizure and seques-
tration.
Mr.. Ellis spoke In favor OF the bill
Mr.. Ducros opposed 1t, as he consider
cd the provisions Of the law. as already
existing, amply sufficient for Justice.
The time had ceased when laws were
enacted for landlords instead OF for ten
i ants, and they should be enacted with
out reference to any class.
Mr.. Grover desired at the request Of
city officers, to call the attention of this
body to the act relative to the promul-
81 cation OF certain acts of the last Legis-
lature becoming laws by lapse Of time.
The PRONUNCIATION OF these laws would
likely save the city 100000. He asked
what progress the Judiciary Committee
had made in reference to the joint reso-
luton in the matter.
Mr.. doode, chairman of the Judicial
ny Committee, said he had been in
structed by the committee to confer
with the Governor and other officers,
and had given the matter due atten-
tion. It was one which presented com
plications requiring deliberate consid-
GRAFTON. It was a matter whether the
passage of law should not be neces-
sarily supplemented by the promulga-
ton OF a law.
Mr.. Grover said the subject was of
special Importance in its bearing upon
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