The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-15


amend and re-enact section 1912 OF the Revised
Statutes Of 1870"
Ordered to be placed upon the calendar.
BY Mr. Hill, of Orleans
House bill No. 81,
Gan act to enforce the last paragraph OF
article t1s and article 141 Of the State consti-
tuition. imposing poll tax and enforcing tho
collection thereof; appropriating the same,
defining certain crimes and imposing penal
tiea and to conform to articles 25 and 26 OF the
State constitution relative to registration, and
to provide for an assistant registrar OF
voters
Ordered to be placed upon the calendar for
second reading.
BY Mr.. Hill, of Orleans:
House bill No. 50,
can act for the relief Of the city OF New Or-
leans, and to reimburse the said city the
amount expended by it for an extra police
force"
Ordered TO the calendar.
BY Mr.. HILL of Orleans
House bill No. 80,
can act to indefinitely postpone the further
collection of the one mill convention tax, the
one per cent special tax of 1868 and all delin-
quent taxes duo the State for the years 1866,
1866 1867, 1868 and 1869, and directing the
Auditor to cancel all such taxes of record in
his Office
Ordered to be placed upon the calendar.
BY the Committee ON Appropriations
House bill No. 81,
can act making appropriations to cover de-
ficiencies of former years out of the funds
herein named, the same to be paid out Of the
revenues Of such years"
Ordered to be placed upon the calendar.
BY Mr.. Jonas:
House bill No So
"An act to give 81 preference on the docket
of the courts to suit to test the validity OF
acOJo. 6S of 1878, regular session.
Under q suspension OF the rules the bill was
taken as engrossed, read third time and
passed.
The title was adopted.
Mr.. Jonas moved to reconsider the vote ON
the final passage of the bill, and on his own
motion the motion to reconsider was laid upon
the table.
BY Mr. Wood
House bill No. So.
''An act to incorporate the town OF Frank
linton, in the parish of Washington: to pro-
vide for the election Of its officers; TO define
their powers and duties, and to provide for
the government of the same"
Under suspension Of the rules the bill was
taken as engrosscd, read third time and
passed.
The title was adopted
Mr. Wood moved to reconsider the vote on
final passage and on his own motion the mo-
ton to reconsider was laid upon the table.
By Mr.. McGehee:
House bill No. 81,
can act to compensate John f. Irvine for
supplies furnished the Louisiana Insane Asy-
Ium in 1872"
The bill was read the first time, and ordered
to be placed upon the calendar for second
reading.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
The unfinished business of the House was
taken up, being the assessment bill,
House bill No. Al, substitute for House bill
No. IS.
'An act regulating the mode OF assessing
and collecting taxes throuR bout the State
etc.
In pursuance Of leave previously granted,
and on motion of Mr.. Jonas, the House re-
solved itself into committee of the whele
House.
Mr.. Hill, of Orleans, in the chair
On rising the committee Of the whole
reported through it's chairman that it had had
under consideration House bill No. Al, section
by section, had agreed upon various amend
mcnts inscribed on or annexed to the bill.
Mr.. GaslSins moved that the report Of the
committee Of the whole be adopted.
Mr.. Warmoth moved that that portion Of
the report of the committee striking out sec
ton 26 of the bill be not agreed to.
Mr.. Hill, of Orleans, moved as an amend
mentOhat in section rs Of the bill, that in
lines H. Is and 16 all be stricken out from the
word payable" to the word "and,' and that
the words provided that this section shall
not apply to the taxes due in 1878 nor there
after"
Mr.. Jonas moved that Mr.. Warmoth's mo-
ton and the amendments be laid upon the
table
By rising vote Of SO yeas to % nays the
motion was carried, and the motion of Mr.
Warmoth and the amendment thereto of Mr..
Hill We're laid upon the table.
Mr.. McGehee moved to amend section IL,
line 5.
By rising vote Of % yeas to 20 nays the
amendment was laid upon the table
Mr.. Fitzpatrick moved to amend the report
of the committee of the whole by striking
out in section 20, line g. the words two thou
sand" and inserting in lieu thereof the words
twenty-five hundred"
Mr.. Warmoth moved that the words three
thousand be inserted as in the original bill.
By a rising vote Of % yeas to 80 nays the
substitute was lost
BY a rising vote of At yeas to Is nays the
amendment of Mr. Fitzpatrick was adopted,
so that the section will read as follows:
SEC. 90. BE ii further enacted, etc. That
said five assessors shall each receive two
Thousand five hundred dollars per annum,
and such compensation shall be paid quar-
terIy by the State on the warrant.of each
Il and for nlcrical faIcn