The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-10

Watson, Williams Wise. Young
II Claiborne and Young Of East Baton Kouge
30.
Absent Messrs. Ayeock, Brady, Berry,
Drew, Bstepinal, Fobb, Forester, Granlent
Gillespie, Hahn, Till Of Ascension, Hill OF
Orleans, Holt, Jonas, Kern, Leonard OF
raddo, Martin, .Milon, MoMilen Shakespeare,
5uuer, Warmoth Wilde and Wood-2e
PRAYER was offered by the Rev. DIR. Pereival
The journal Of yesterday, the seventh, APP |
proved. Il
[Mr. Leeds In the chair .......
PETITIONS, MEMORIALS AND RESOLUTIONS. |
Mr.. Means presented memorial from the
citizens of Natcbitaehes, De Soto, Red River
and Sabine parishes, asking State aid TO re-
move obstruetionsin Bayou Pierre
Referred ito the tCommittee on Appropria-
tons.
Mr.. Washburn introduced the following res
osutien:
Whereas. the number of private claims
against the State islnow so great, and is likely
to be increased ito a number that CANNOT be
reached bT,special acts OF legislation in favor
Of each claimant:
And whereas, the constitutional provision
directing all debts TO be paid out OF the re-
sources of ahe year In which the debts arc
contracted and rendering nugatory any debt
or appropriation In excess oil revenue, VIII, IL
the principle is enforced OF considering Claims
separately, as they,happen to be presented,
exhn,,st the revenue in favor of @ few of those
claims and leave unpaid numerous others
equally just
And WHEREAS the balances Of revenue over
appropriations for past years have prop,abiy
as required by constitutional amendments:
therefore, bel
HeaoIsed, That the Committee on Claims be
directed to report unfavorably on all indlvid-
a. }Itl
lief. which shall permit parties holding claims
apninst the State to steAhe State, In o proper
court, contradictorily with the Attorney Cen
eral and Auditor, and obtain Judgment against
the State for tine amounts duel ana l,, when ca
notice thereof served upon the Auditor within
specified and reasonable time; and which
shall authorize o. pro rata payment by tne
Auditor OF all claims, which for any one year
amount In the aggregate to more than the
Incorporated revenues of that year; and
which shall provide, il there seems to pc any
means practicable or possible, for the future
payment or funding OF all the just hoatiilg
debt of the State.
Lies over.
Mr.. Young, OF Baton Rouge, presented the
petition OF L. w. Willis, Psrish Treasurer OF
East Baton Rouge, for relief.
Referred to the Com mittee en Claims.
Mr.. Shakespeare presented memorial from
the Directors of the ODD Fellows Hall Asso-
citation. asking an appropriation for damages
done Odd Fellows Hall during the session OF
1877 Of the General Assembly.
Referred to the COMMITTEES on Clams.
The resolution offered by Mr.. Smart on yes
tertlay. relative to the employment OF clerk
for the Committee on Retrenehment and Re-
form, was taken up.
~ 4I,r mt ion C
laid on the table.
The motion was lost.
On the motion to adopt the resolution the
yeas and nays we're called for, with the follow
ing result: o
Yeas-Hon. Louis Bush. Speaker, and
Messrs. Aldige, Barrett, Bell, Breard, Billieu,
Brooks BoTdsnn Bq ptyras psayp nespss s
tiege, Duke, Dupree. Drury,. Fitzpatrick,
Cunt, Gary, Gaskins, Gaudet. Hammond,
Hill of Orleans. Holt Huntington, Jonas.
Jones, H. M, Johnson, Robert johnson, l Kelly
Lamare, Lea, Leeds, Leonhard OF Orleans,
Lewis, Megoire, Means, Million, Newsom, Nu-
nez. Pitts, Porter, Raby, Randolph, Richard
son, Role. Routon, Smart. Stage. Sell. Sci
stGa sts ysacs sPV oe se' Was ls1
Washington, wilde, Williams, Wise, and Young
| of Claiborne-73.
| Nays-Messrs. Brice, Brown, Bosley,. Car
vile, Davidson, De Lacy, Dickinson. Dlnk-
land. Shakespeare, Semmes, Taylor, Walker
and Young of East Baton Rouge-18.
The resolution was adopted.
Resolution Of Mr. Sellers, as follows, intro
duced on yesterday:
Resoiped, That hereafter this House shall
meet at II o'clock a. m. instead OF 10 O'Clock M,
Was taken up.
The motion to adopt the resolution was lost
Senate Concurrent Resolution instructine
the State Engineer to report costs of repairs
to State H ouse at Baton Rouge.
Lies over.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Tremoulet, chairman, on behalf OF the
Committee on Claims, reported as follows:
COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
New Orleans. February 8. 1878
To the Honorable Speaker and Members OF thu
House of Representatives:
The Committee on Claims of the House o
Representatives beg leave to submit to you
honorable body thefollowing report:
s "PsatH1ao Of Thomas tic II. wynne."
Unfavorably on
House bill No. 1884,
IAN act for the relief of W. B. Merchant"
Unfavorably on
House bills Nos ITO and 1877,
Gan act to authorize A. L. Davis to sue tn
State" 1sh
Unfavorably on
"Petition of j. Ii. Kellar."
UnfavorablX on
House bill No 254, 90
Gan act for the relief OF the late State Prin
ter"
/ Unfavorably on
House bill No. 1913,
IAN act for the relief 81 Dr. J. WeBurgess.
Unfavorably on
"Memorial for the relief of A. s. Landry
, Unfavorably on
"Memorial for the rSiefSf John James Iay
lor ct ais" %
Unfavorably on
> House bill No. 100,
IAN act for the relief of John A. Mcdonald.
Unfavorably on
petition Of P, Lane forselief.'
Unfavorably on a
| House bill No. FOG,
, IAN act to authorize Thomas A. Flannaga
to sue the State
I. Unfavorably on
House bill No 3D2.
, s'An act for the relief of s. nj. Potts.
Unfavorably on
House bill No. 1876,
} IAN act to authorize Milton P. Darlette
sue the State
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