The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-17
your honorable house that this body had con-
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BY the constitution while We agreed 70 the e, BEL 81,
noe Of ne aaaaon If M + fol-
lows that he Secretary Of State is publishing as
an amendment. to be proposed 70 the people, 2
this House has not agreed. and now ask leave
t. call your attention. and that Of the chairman
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obedient servant: ua,,.s :. kkoG1s Bg j;,l:,
The accompanying letter from the Clerk OF
the House to the Speaker OF the House was
On On motion of Mr.. Robertson. the chairman of
the Senate Enrolling Committee was directed to
re-enroll the constitutional amendment alluded
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ACTION ON COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Senate bill an act authorizing the liquidation
ofthe Indebtedness OF the Consolidated Asso-
citation Of the Planters OF Louisiana. etc. was
taken up, and the committee amendments were
NJ: zaeharie presented an additional b SECTION
o. aag ana 1he q nrase
cute suits against delinquent shareholders.
"a message from the House ANNOUNCED that
fpr fer ee COMMITTEES On the revenue bill. and In
view Of the fact that the Senate had disagreed
to the report OF that committee ask that the
Se On motion me- Of Mr. Robertson the conference
wf b granted leave to withdraw to
Mr.. Zacharie urged the adoption of his sec
ton.
Mr. Demas moved to table the section.
Mr. Zacharie demanded the yeas and nays.
Yeas Is. nays 8:
The bill as amended was then finally passed.
The Moffett register bill was taken up on Its
third and final reading.
Mr. White opposed the passage. of the bill,
and in a few remarks showed that the bill would
decrease the revenues. -,
| urging that the liquor, merchants and dealers
| should contribute to the revenues Of the State
in proportion to the revenues. paid by mer-
chants. The Sc dealers he said, paid $85 for O
retail and but SIS for a wholesale license. which
was not enough. He claimed too. that as liquor
to fiji the jais and pententiaries it should COM
peneate society as far as possible by assisting In
payment Of tx to aid int in the e,s support
tax upon sales and claimed that it only required
payment in accordance with the amount sold.
posed tax upon the amount sold. either by
large or small dealers It woulj. he thought.
nue., and. If not, future legislation could rem
edy 1t. Concluding his remarks, he called The
previous question. which was ordered. -
motion in to finally passmsyeas 1s. nays 12-and
The yeas were.Messrs. AIlain. Bryant. Burch,
Landry Landry Perkins. sandiford. Stamps, Sutton,
Twitchell and Zacharie-1e.
ms gree onde Gags RusSs k B
erlson, Wales, Wheeler and White-12
Absent.Messrs. Boatner. vDnmont. Garland,
Senate bill No. /, an, act creating q Board of
State Engineers. dividing the State into evee
districts. ETC.. was taken up with the House
The amendments we're adopted except the
House substitute for the section abolishing the
comm ssioners, OF the various Districts and
mr. nviH inn fnr f3ghnrGpFnaDf n
Mr.. White moved to non-concur in that
amendment. and requested committee OF con-
The Chair announced as the committee sena-
tors White Goode and Gage. ,
few minutes later the doors we're opened.
and Mr.. Ellis introduced an act to provide for
sinking d dnna Etc ssn L a s 9ge took recess
$500 Evening Session.
The Senate was called to order at 1870 D. m. by
Lieut.. Gov. Wiltz-seventeen Senators. no quo
rum present.
The Sergeant-at-Arms was sent for absent
MI. Stamps moved to adjourn until Monday
: Mr.. Garland called for the yeas and nays
yeas 7. nays 10. Lost.
quorum was then obtained
The Senate resumed consolidation of the re-
ports of committees lying over.
Senate bill No. "a. an act to reimburse the city
favorable majority report Of the Committee on
Mr. Stubs, from the. conference committee
on the general revenue bill. made q report COW
ering the objections made during the day. .,
= The report was taken up item by item. the
first being on the third Recommendation and
half mills. and withdrawing that part providing
that no part thereof should be applied to the
The next conference amendment was an adj
dtional section providing against double taxa
ton for capital. such as stocks. bank capital.
The next conference recommendation was
or home manqfactqrers, the proyiso being
of malt or spirituous liquors. Agreed to.
The report was adopted as whole; . =,
Mr. MoadaRy p a. Ies ove to ad
House bill No. Al. the assessment bill. with
Mr.. White explained that the bill as amended
now made but little if any change in the House
bill. the amendments being merely to change
the House bill into an amendatory law:
MI Garland desired do9d,, the reading of the BILL
Of making a new act. the com mittee had COM
piled from the old act instead Of making new
Of labor in the Auditors office. Now, he said
under these recommendations. If passed, the
Auditor can compile the assessment and collec-
sert the additional sections when he prepares
his pamphlet or instructions to the tax collec-
tors.
The committee amendments were adopted.
Mr. Demas offered an additional section pro-
viding that all valid warrants issued prior to
three and a half mill leveo tax. the section in
Guiding valid coupons issued prior to the date
| named.
Mr. Zacharie amended by combining the war
rants receivable to those of salaries OF consti-
tutional officers
Mr. Texada moved to table all pending amend
| ments. Yeas Is, nays 13.
Mr.. Robertson moved an amendment giving
the following commission to tax collectors in
the parish of Orleans: First. III per cent; Sec
ond. ~ per cent: Third. ~ per cent, Fourth
cent; Seventh. per cent. and per cent on Ii
censes. the increase being about per cent on
all but the First and Second Districts.
Mr. Stubs moved to table the section: yeas
| Is, nays 10.
Mr.. Wheeler submitted an amendment strik-
ing out that part which permits the assessment
| of nropertY by arbitration of two taxpaYers in