The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-17

Toliver, Vance, VOORHEES,, Walker. Washburn
Watson, Wilde, Williams. Wise, Wood Young
J OF Claiborne and Young of East Bator
Rouge-9l.
| Nays -Messrs. Dejoie, Forester, Hammond
Kelly Of VIM, Lamare, Leonard Of Caddo
Martin, Pitts, Stewart and Toler-10.
The motion to amend was laid on the table
Mr.. Wise offered the following amendment
Strike out all from the word "be' in line 8 TIC
and including the word duration" in line 49,
and insert in lieu thereof the following words
allowed a compensation for their services
which shall be five dollars per day during
their attendance of the sessions of their re.
spective houses, and actual expenses going
and returning therefrom, not to exceed for any
one member fifty dollars. The regular bicn-
NAL session shall not exceed sixty days"
On the motion to adopt the amendment the
yeas and nays were called for with the follow
ing result:
Glossy, Duke Dupree, Estopinal, Forester,
Gillespie, Hammond, Hill of Ascension, Hill
Of Orleans Huntington, Jonas, Kelly Of Vim,
keeting K f n kidd Lamtars Leo Leeds
ter, Rolle Ryland, Smart, Sellers, Steele,
Singleton, ,Tremoulet, Toler, Vance, VOORHEES,,
Washburn, Williams and Wise 49,
Nays dton. Louis Bush, Speaker. and
Messrs. Aycoch, Barron, Barrett, Berry, Boil,
Breard, Briggs Bridger, Billieu, Brooks,
Brown, Bosley, Burton, Carloss, CarviIle,
GG ;a ,,a Coli Davidson, pAvy lDayriee De-
Dickensen, Dinkgrave burden, Drury Fitz,
patrick, Fobb, CAN'T Gaskins, Gaudet, Ora
Glen Hahn, Holt, Jones', II. NJ Johnson,
Rokert Johnson, Kelly Of Orleans, Lewis,
Raby, Randolph, Romero, Routon, snaer,
| Self Semmes, Soucr Taylor, Toliver Walker.
| Washington, Watson, Wilde, Wood. Young Of
Claiborne and Young of East Baton Rouge
| IS.
The motion to amend was lost. o
On the motioro of Mr.. Lyons, the amend
ment 8 was amended by supplying after
! the word hundred" in line T. the word "dol-
lars, and on his motion TO adopt the amend
ment to the constitution the question was put
"Shall the House agree to amendment two
becoming ehree), fromo the Senate, as
amended
The yeas and nays were eallSi, with the
| following result: @
Yeas Hon. Louis Bush, Speaker, and
Messrs. Aldige Aycock, Barron, Barrett
| Berry Bell, Breard, Briggs, ,Bridger, .Bilieu
ton, Carloss, Carville, Cressy, Como, Cole
| Davidson. DAvy, Deioe, Delavigne, Detiege,
| De Lacy, Drew, Dickinson, Dinkgrave, Duke,
| burden, Dupree Drury Fobb, CAN'T, Gary,
eIaskins, Gaudet, Graci,en, Gillespie, Hahn,
Huntington, jonas. Jones, II. NJ. johnson,
Robert Johnson, Kelly Of Winn, Kelly of Or
| leans, Keetjng,o Kern, Lamare, Lea, Leeds,
Lewis, Lyons, Magloirs Martin, Means,
Porter, Raby, Randolph, Richardson, Rale,
| Romero Routon, Ryland, Smart, Snaer, Self,
| Sellers, Steele, Stewart, Semmes, Singleton,
Souerr,, Taylor, Tremoulet, ,Tolliyer,, Vance,
yolshburn, Watson, Wilde, Williams, Wise,
Wood, Young Of Claiborne and Young Of
East Baton Rouge-101.
Nays -Messrs. Brice, Fitzpatrick, Forester
HammondS Leonard of Chddo, Leonhard of
Orleans, Pitts, and Toler- 7.
The Speaker announced that more than two
Thirds of all the members elected to the House
| of Representatives having voted in the af-
lirnaltive, the amendment, as proposed and
amended, was agreed to by the House.
Mr. Lyons moved that the vote just taken
be reconsdered9 and on his own motion the
! motion to reconsider was laid upon the table,
Amendment No. g. from the Senate, becom-
Ing No. 4, was taken up and read as follows:
AMENDMENT -FOUR. o
The General Assembly shall not pass any
local or special law changing the venue in
criminal cases. changing the manner of per-
sons legitimating children vacating roads,
streets or alleys, remitting fines, penalties
and forfetures, % refunding moneys legally
paid into the treasury; affecting the estates
oGninors or persons under disability, exempt
ing property from taxation, creating any mo-
nopoy, legalizing the unauthorized or invalid
acR of any officer or agent of the State, or Of
any parish or municipality; granting any cx-
ira compensation to any public officer, agent
or contractor after the service has been rem
dered or contracted for, changing any parish
seat or creating new parishes, except by the
assent Of the ma ority Of the qualified electors
Sf the parish or parishes to be affected; In all
other cases where q general law can be made
applicable, no local or special law shall be
passed.
Mr. Leonard Of Caddo, offered the following
amendment:
Ore28th line add the following:
"The General Assembly shall not create any
new offices except by vote of two thirds Of
the members elected
''And all offices with the exception oeJudges
of the Supreme Court and Notaries Public
quisites of which exceed the sum of $5Oooshall
be filled by election by the people except in
cases where vacancies arise death, resigna-
ton or removal by address or impeachment
On the motion to adopt the amendment of
Mr. Leonard the yeas and nays were called
for by Mr.. Lea, with the following result:
Yeas-Messrs. Aldige Barron, Brce, Brown,
Bosley, Cressy, Como Davidson, Dejoie, De-
Jiege, Dickenson, Dinkgrave, Duke Drury,
HitzpatT1ck, Foerstetr Gary oamdet Graclen
H.. NJ. Johnson, Robert johnson, Kelly. Of
Orleans, Keeting, Kennedy, Lea, Leonard of
Caddo Leonhard of Orleans Lewis, Martin,
Newsom, Raby, Role, Romero, Ryland,
Snaer, Sellers, Stewart, Simmsi,, Singleton,
Tremoulet, Tolcr, Voorhies, Washburn, Wash
ington, Watson, Wise, and Young Of Clai-
bOrne-51.
Nays-Hon. Louis Bush, Speaker and
Messrs. Aycock, Barrett, Berry, Bell, Breard,
Brdger, Billieu, Brooks, Bowden, Buck, Bur
ton, Caross, Coles d Avy, Daylies,, Delayignee,
DcLacy Drew, burden, Dupree, Fobb Can't, |
Gaskins, Hill of Orleans Holt, Huntington,
Jonas, Kern, Lamare, Leeds, Lyons, Ma
gloire, Milon McGehee, Nqnez, Peralta, Pitts,
Porter, Randolph, Richardson, Routon,
Smart, Self, Steeb, Souer, Taylor, TolIiver,
Vance, Walker, Warmoth, Williams, Wood,
and Young of East Baton Souge-
The fiotiOn to amend was lost. H.
Mr.. Lyons moved that the amendment to
the constitution from tie sePate be agreed to
by the House, and on this motion he moved
the previous question.