Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1878-01-26

The locality, characirfI~t,c> and money value
Of iands. lo.eiApr win iheir Ie>o'nccs ana
the opportut.,lirs they present I" these en-
gagged IA the industrial aud agricultural arts.
|, rrq.lrcs an entry Of all propositions made
b; planters aud land owners, aud pr"P"s;'l"n,
from those who desire 10 "oiH upon The iafihs
and plantations Of the >ta'e.
The second clause gives he bureau pow.
er Of attorney from all owners Whose lands
are ln,ru.ied 10 Ia record.
The record Is made to include propositions
from coloui.is. For these propositions the
suprri.,teuicn, IS allowed To charge one dol
Tar tor every one hnurred words, and Two
dollars from any rar.y lar whose benefit an
immigrant j brought here.
sc i. iI;houzrs the superintendent Ia
appo:n, two agents for the Northern and
Western States. one ior the Sonthern States,
one for Grea, Britain AMI one for tue conti-
nent 10 fjrtl.rr immigration. lie }, allowed
to Tx tbcir compensation, which shall not Ia
the aggregate rxcee! $1,000 per anH"n, ant
The Governor Is authorized ~ issue credcu-
uals 10 these apr"n'ecs.
SEC : Allows two clerks at salaries Of
/ 5000 each. and requires the superintendent
10 report annually to the Legislature AMI the
Governor.
SIC S. Appropriare> $1,000, or as mach
I Ih,ieof as may be necessary, for csuJIn9 out
The provisions ot the act
SEC. 9. Entities the immigrants who set
tie upon State land for actual setrle'hths 10
/ the benefits Of the Homestead law
| SEC. 10. Repeats all laws conflicting ~irh
/ tie FORCING
! After the reading or tie hill Gov. McEn-
cry moved to ,oke ii uP section by section.
! Alter some discussion the motion prevaien,
/ bu- in view Of the Importance siIached To ile
/ address The convention decided To allow the
/ committee To report before finally d,ioslns
( q the bill.
/ Cot Danl Denneu, chairman of the com
ni,Iee on address then submitted his report.
: ltcr reaGiu. the address, on notiou, II was
/ received by The convention; aud the lDl.uw-
| irg rrscI;ition, which excited various CONS
/ ncnis, was declared ont Of order Toy the pres
/ dent, as the previous indors mcnt Of the con-
ven,lon rendered il supciiinuus.
! ReSorci Iaat ibis convention cordially
! and nnrescryediy and unanimously indorscs
/ The statements contained in the address Just
/ read and believes that all the facts II con-
tains IN regard TO the valuable resources Of
/ Louisiana. and the inducements which il
! holds rut to industrious Immigrants, 10 mama
! facmrers an TO men OF capital and enterprise,
! can be clearly demonstrated; aud we believe
that the spirit of the address viii meet with
the approval of the most truthful and in,-ih-
! gent citizen, N all parts of the State, and
that they will vouch for the correctness of lis
| declarations
The following resolution was then passed :
Resolrcd, That the journals If tIi, city aud
State he requested To publish this address
and be urgently invited TO enlist in the i'm
migration movement and 10 give il their active
! support
Judge Burwe then claimed the floor and
spoke al some length ON tia facts contained
in the address He stated. in answer to those
who might donbt its astonishing statistics.
that in one particular only was it lacking He
referred 10 the tonnage OF this port, which in
I insiguiicance was second To- none other.
The vessels which landed a, oar dncks are
owned 10y alien cities, and New Orleans can
not boast Of over 100000 tons Gu; OF many
millions
Mr. Greenwood, member Of the commit
tee on address, said he was particular in be
ing informed of the accuracy of tie state
mrnts presented 10 ,hr convention. ..Id had
gone into rhe calculation to satisfy himself
all that the address claimed.
Tie reading of the bill, section by section,
vas then taken up. Upon the question OF
compensation some discussion arose.
Nj Greenwood moved to approve sertion
2 "a read
\ Substitute was offered to strike out the
amount and leave it blank
Gov. McEnery and MIR Greenwood spoke
strongly in favor of the section rs 1t stood,
claiming a right TO at least suggest The amount
of compensation tic Legislature shoId allow
to carry out the provisions of the bill, il
passed.
Senator Wheeler aud Repre- scniatiyes Kelly
aud Lyons w"uli no, be pledged in their leg
isiatve capacity hy ii,e action of the conven-
tion.
4 vote on the substitute resulted, 20 yeas.
IS nays.
The previous question being called on. the
Adoption of tue section as il stood resulted in
its passage.
By request, Senators and Representatives
Wee permitted 10 abstain from voting
On motion. the bill vas then passed as a
whole, all difficulty being obvia,ed.
The Speaker read letter iiom Lee Gran
dali, president at the National Immigration
Bureau, at Philadelphia, requesting him 10
urge upon the convention the importance OF
our State products having q place in the FIX
position building, accompanied with all nee
es,ary information on the resources and Egri
cultural wealth OF Louisiana.
Hon. C. II. Buck introduced the following
which was approved:
, FeSolred That this Convention. composed
of the representatives direct from the people
does IN the name OF the people of every par