The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-03

leges and franchises"
Senate bill No. 1856,
IAN act ratifyng the organization Of the
| New Orleans, jackson and Northern Railroaf
Company, and It's consolidation with the Mis- lis
| s1sSippl Central Railroad Company 70 and witt
| tho Chicago, st. Louis and New Orleans Rail
road Company, and incorporating said last
| named company"
| Senate bill No 1S3
| IAN act to render liable to the payment o
parish taxes the Clinton and Port Hudson
Railroad, and to repeal all laws or parts OF
laws in conflict with this act"
Senate bill No. 200,
San act to Authorize the Police Jury of the
parish OF Iberia to levy a special tax in said
parish for an amount sufficient to build a
Respectfully,
JOHN CLEGG,
secretaryVof the Ss,nate.
| UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
House bill No. 413,
| "To provide u revenue; to levy and collect
| taxes; to grant and collect licenses; to define
certain objects OF taxation and Of exemption
! to define certain duties of officers agents, or
t representatives Of banks, banking asseein-
| tidns. insurance companies and corporations
| to define the duties of certain courts; to pre-
| scribe certain fines, penalties and damages
duties of assessors, collectors, and Auditor of
Public Accounts; to regulate the mode of as
sessment and collection in certain cases; to
define the duties of certain sample mer-
chants; to impose upon parishes, muncipali-
ties and town corporations certain rcstric-
tons and prohibitions; to repeal all acts in
consistent Herewith"
Being the unfinished business Of the twen-
ty-seventh, was taken up pending the motion
to engross.
In accordance ovith previous notice, the
vote on the adoption Of section section of
the printed bib was reconsidered
On the motion of Mr.. Leeds the section was
amended by strikingoout in line the words
after the year 1872
The amendment was adopted, and the Sec
ton was adopted as amended
Mr.. Hill moved to reconsider the vote by
which paragraph 10 of section was adopted,
as follows:
"All deposits in the savings banks estab-
lished or doing business within the limits Of
the State
The motion of reconsideration prevailing,
on his further motioH the paragraph was
stricken out.
Mr. Hill, Of Orleans, offered the following
new section, to become section IL:
BE 1t further enacted, etc, That all licenses
provided for in this act shall remain as now
fixed by law
The section was adopted.
Mr.. McGehee moved a reconsideration OF
the vote by which paragraph 10 of section
was adopted.
The motion to reconsider was lost.
reconsideration was moved of the vote by
which paragraph No. 1, relative to local tele-
graph in section 10 was adopted
The House refused to reconsider
The bill was ordered to be engrosscd
Subsequently Mr.. Hill, of Orleans, called
up said BILL No Alb, and on his motion, under
a suspension of the rules, the bill was read a
third time and passed.
The title was adopted.
Mr.. HILL of Orleans, moved to reconsider
the vote just taken on the final passage of the
bill, and on his own motion the motion to re-
consider was laid on the table.
On the motion of Mr.. Kidd,
House bill No. 1896,
'An act to take the sense of the people of
this State on the question of holding consti-
tutDnal convention of the people of the State
of Louisiana by election and providing for
the election of delegates to such convention,
If ordered by the people,
Was reassgned as the special order of the
day for tomorrow at l O'Clock p. m.
On the motion of Mr.. McGehee,
House bill No. 427,
''An act to enroll and organize Che militia;
to organize, arm and equip q special militia
force; to appropriate ten thousand (S1o,e0O)
dollars for arming, equipping and paying the
same"
Was taken up and reassigned as the special
order of the day for tomorrow at half-past 7
o'clock p. m. o
Mr.. Warmoth, by request, presented the
report of the Board of Administrators of the
CharityJIospital
The report was ordered to be printed.
On the motion Of Mr. Hammond leave of
absence was granted to Mr.. Toler for three
lays, commencing with Saturday.
On the motion of Mr.. Cressy leave of alb |
sence was granted to Mr. Tremoulet until |
Monday next.
On the motion of Mr.. qyons the Senate |
Concurrent oRssolution proposing amend |
nents to the constitution was taken up and |
'ead as fsllows:
Resolved by the Senate the House of Repre-
'eatatires concnribg, aad teco-tRrds Of the
members Of both Houses asserting 't>rein, as
'ecorded bythe ayes and noes, That the foI-
ng be submitted to the voters of the State at
be next ensuing electSn as an amendment to
lie constitution of the State, to wit
That the seat of government shall be cstab-
ished at the city of Baton Rouge or at the
,ity of New Orleans, as the majority of the
roteY5 ofyhe State may determine at the next
nsuing election. Those voting to locate the
State capital at Baton Rouge shall endorse
lpon their tickets, "tor State capital, Baton
souge.' Those voting to locate the capital at
Jew Orleans shall endorse u their tickets
For State capital, New Orleans"
Strike out article one hundred and thirty
mel
Mr.. Barrett offered the following amend
aent:
Strike outethe words .eHaton Rouge" and