The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-06
Mr.. Dupre, chairman on behalf OF the Com
mittee on Health and Quarantine, reported as

Your committee to whom was referred
| House bill No. 19s, relating to the Board OF
| Health, beg to report favorably on the same,
| with the following amendments:
| In the last sentence Of section supply the
words left blank, SO SIS to make it read as fol-
| lows:
at least three Of the members Of said
board appointed by the Governor and two of
those appointed by the Mayor etc.
! In section g. after the WORDS Board OF
Health, in the first sentence, amend so as to
| read as follows:
every steamship belonging to lines which
make weekly trips between. ports OF the
United States without touching at foreign
ports, ten dollars; all other steamships,
| twenty dollars, etc.
| Your committee, to whom was referred
| House bill No. 95, entitled
| "An act to amend and re-enact including
| the title thereof an act to provide for gaugng
and inspecting coal oils and illuminating
Beg leave to0eport favoraby by substi-
| tute.
| Your committee, to whom was referred
| House bill No. 76,
| "Relative to Local Boards Of HEALTH
| Beg leave to report favOrably on the same,
with the following amendments:
| In section 2 amend the sixth sentence SO as
| to read as follows
| "He shall receive for his services, from the
funds of the board, such compensation as
said board may determine, and shall not be q
member of the same
| LII SptblDI h, uIIt6Ilt bIlt lOHILIl SslbbHtt, 81
These ' said s officers ghall enter into bond of
| two hundred and fifty dollars" etc
| Also amend the following sentence, 80 us to
| read as follows:
"The Chief Registrar (acting also as Secre
| tary, Treasurer, and Sanitary Superintendent,
| and the Deputy Registrars shall have their
compensation fixed and paid by their respec-
| tive Boards of Health"
| In section 49, amend the last sentence so as
| to read as follows:
| Ellis term of office shall be two years, or
until his successor may be chosen, and his
| salary shall be fixed by the State Board of
| Health and paid out Of its funds"
| J. w. DUPREE
| Chairman of Committee.
| Mr.. Cressy. in accordance with permission
granted February /, presented the following
minority report from the Committee on Print
| ing:
| MINORITY REPORT.
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PRINTING.
| New Orleans February 4. 1873 J
| To the Honorable Speaker and Members Of the
| House of Representatives:
In the annual message Of His Excellency
| Gov. Francis T. Nichols, submitted to your
| honorable body q few days after the opening
| of the present session, appeared the annexed
| extract. relating to the public printing, which
| extract. by resolution, was referred to your
Committee on Public Printing.
1
an pursuance Of the laws regulating the
public printing two contracts have been enter
ed into with Mr.. George W. Dupree for this
work | am informed by him that the whole
expense for printing, as also for furnishing
the offices Of the Auditor and the Secretary Of
State with the necessary books, blanks and
stationery will not exceed $4,000. l have to
call your atteption to the fact that you will
have to fill vacancies in the Printing Board
caused by the expiration OF the term OF ser
hon Ia
bodies at the close of the present session
/ The undersigned representing the minority
Of the Committee on Public Printing, having
had the above under consideration, and having
of the public printing and the suggestion
that the vacancies occurring in the Printing
Board be filed at the present session, would
recommend that the latter proposition be
acted upon at an early date by your honora-
bic body.
In reference to the cost Of the public print
ing, assuming the figures OF the present state
Printer to be correct, we lind, with all the in
formation obtainablc. that the cost of the State
printing under existing laws, for 1871 COM
pared with that Of ante belt,tm years, Is as fol-
lows:
1877 less than in 1853. .....+......... $4,000
| 1877 in excess OF 1854. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10000
1877 less than in 1855 Observation-Disclosures. $4,000
, 1877 in excess of 1856 ......,.... 5000
1877 in excess Of 1857. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5000
1877 in excess OF 1858. ......+........... l0,OOO
1877 in excess of 1859 ................... 5000
| 1877 in excess of 1860 .............. 5000
| The above showing, when the fact Is con-
sidered that the legislative session OF 1877 was
one Of extraordinary length, that act No. 40, OF
the regular SEES sion of 1877 has reduced the
cost Of the public printing fully to ante beltum
; figures
I Compared with the cost of printing since
the war, we have the following result: Eighty
dred and thirty-eght thousand dollars less
than in 1869; two hundred and thTty-seven
thousand dollars less than in 1870; three hun
i, bred and fifty-five thousand dollars less than
lars less than in 1872 one hundred and eleven
thousand dollars less than in 1878; ffty-one
thousand dollars less than in 1874, and one
hundred and fifty-tive thousand dollars less
| than in 1875
, In conclusion we would respectfully call the
attention of your honorable body to section l
of act No. 40 of 1877 which is ambiguous in
. terms and incorrect in verbiage, so much so
as to make it difficult OF rightful construction
We therefore recommend, in order that the
future Printing Board may see their duty
clearly and distinctly, that it be written in
:, the said section in words not susceptible OF
erroneous construction, and amended so as to
arrive at the following conclusions:
i. That the Printing Board shall be com
posed OF the following executive officials
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Auditor,
, Secretary of State and Attorney General
a 2. That the Printing Board shall be empow-
cred to elect 81 State Printer and to make a
( contract at the lowest rates under the maxi
8 mum prices fixed in act No. 40. @.
In all other respects your Committee find
in existing laws little that is susceptible, OF
improvement, and az we understand that
your honorable body, conforming with the
views advancetSby ourselves, we will refrain
from presenting any bill covering the same. 6
! All Of which is respectfully submitted h
l your honorable body. -
J. NJ CRESSY,
J. M. LAMAREO
On the motion of Mr.. Leonhard, of Orleans
the bill reported by the committee was taken
up and read as the report of the committee
and placed upon the calendar as
GHouse bill No. 268, On
can act relative to the State Printer; to the