The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-03-16

thereof to the Assessor or Board OF Assessors,
| the capital assessed shall be reduced In ae-
| oordanoe Herewith, and whenever any person
may have included in his capital assessment
| or 1877, eollectibe in 1873. any State, bonds
| rom which, under the provisions Of this act,
| the tax on the bond is made payable out Of the
| interest coupon, upon due proof thereof bis
capital assessment shall be reduced to the
same extent"
| Strike out all of section except the first
| line, and insert in lieu thereof "tThat the pro-
| visions OF this act as to the objects of taxa
tlon as mentioned m paragraph 8, section |,
shall be operative only In future assessments,
and the exemption from taxation enumerated
under the former provisions Of this act shall
not be held TO compel q modification Of the
| assessment rolls Of 1877, eollectibis In 1s7s''
| In line Is, section g. after the word "li~
| cense," add the word "and taxed"
Section 70, line 81, after the word 'physi-
| Amend paragraph 6, section l. by nclosng
in brackets thus Eall the words COM
rneneing With except" in line 81, and con-
| Guiding with "sharehoIders iu lines 60 and 81.
At the end of line 20, section 8, add the
words "less two per cent allowed for his COM
| mission.
In section strike out lines 10, 20, ri, "a, "a.
| "a, except the word for In line o.
| Strike ont lines 1885, 1877, 138 and 139, and ir-
| sert he words, "the excess of all annuities.
salaries and incomes over one Thousand doi-
| lars"
Strike out the word for in line 49, section
10, before the word freight" and insert in
| lieu thereof the word COR"
l
upon parishes, municipalities and town cor
poratons certain restrictions, prohibitions
and regulations regarding assessments"
Mr.. Leeds moved that the House do not
concur In the amendments OF the Senate, and
that n committee OF conference be appointed,
consisting Of five members, to confer with
a like committee on the part Of the Senate,
on the disagreeng action Of the Senate and
House on amendments to said House bib
No. IL.
| The motion was carried.
The Speaker appointed the following COM
mittee:
Messrs. Leeds, Meiehee, Breard, Warmoth.
and Hill Of Orleans.
The action of the House was communicated
to the Senate
! Senate bill No. l.
"An act to create Board Of State En-
gineers; to define their powers and duties; to
5 levy tax OF one mill for levee and public inn
provement purposes to divide the State into
, levee districts" etc.
Was taken up on its second reading on mo-
, tion Of Mr.. Washburn.
On his further motion the following WAS
t adopted as substitute for secton1
9 SECTION /. Be IL enacted by The Senate and
/ House Of Representatives. ofthe State Of Lontis-
9 ia,aa IN General Assembly copuened, That
act No. 40 OF the extra session OF 1877 entitled
ae E Board fupa Of s,s sf
g February "a, 1871 to vest, control and mani
agement Of public levees in police Juries TO
!, authorize the appointment OF engineers; hx-
d ing their duties and compensation; to, art-
s thorize the Governor to contract for eonstruc- 4
L tion and repairs OF certain levees, and to pro-
;, vide for the payment thereof, approved May
q 9, 1877 be and the same is hereby repealed
. On motion OF Mr. Washburn the following
t was adopted as substitute for section 3:
SEC g. Be it further enacted, ETC., That the
8, Governor Of the State, upon the receipt Of
the report OF the State Engineers, with esti-
d mates and specifications, as provided by the
f. preceding sections, shall advertise for. pro-
posals to make such improvements and con- y
le struct such levees or other works OF public
D improvements as are recommended by said
r report, and shall award the contracts there
Is shall give such bonds for the perform
e. ance Of their contracts as snail be
required BY the sn, GSveraor n isvegs grgka k
- contracted for under the provisions OF
this act shall not exceed In any district the
1e aggregate amount Of funds which will beg
available therefor; arising, first from just
G. mill levee tax; second, from fair estimate
ID Of the amount Of funds ordered to be raised
"a as district levee tax to DC hereinafter
= police iuries, acting under the provisions of
section 1O3 OF act No 96, OF the extra session
q OF 1877, and In all advertisements for proposals
10 the Governor shall state the proportion of
40 each fund in which payment will be made In
n the event the work recommended 10 be done
er by the Board Of Engineers shall exceed what
no can be done with the amount OF funds at
~ their disnosal, then the Governor shall con-
u tract for snch work recommended by them
III as he shall consider Of the greateSt paoAs
Importance.
he On the further motion of Mr.. Washbur1f
at section was amended by adding at the end
ve thereof the following words:
ke Add at the end Of section the words: "for
t. the levee taxes, provided the portion 1t any
" Of the work to be paid for by the parish shall
u be paid by the Police Jury thereof
We On the further motion OF Mr.. Washburn,
section was amended by inserting after the
er words "levee purposes" the words "and
public improvements"
@, On the motion OF Mr.. Martin the section
was amended by inserting after the word
OF mill" in line 5, the words "as fixed In the
revenue bill Of 1869"
Mr.. Leeds offered the following as substi-
tute for section 6:
" SEC. s. BE it further enacted, ETC., That In
no order to provide for the works herein contem-
it. plated, the tax of one mill upon all taxable
property Of the State, levied by the revenue
>, bill, shall constitute and be known as the gem
~ eral engineer fund, and to be collected In tho
same manner as is provided for the collection
as Of other taxes OF the State.
The substitute was adopted
he Section was amended, ON the motion Of
in Mr.. Washburn by inserting the words part
e Of IbervlIe" after the words "St. Bernard"
1s in line H. relating TO District No. /.
gu On the further motion Of Mr.. Washburn
, section was amended in that part thereof
I'd relating to District No. 3, after the word
Bayou insert the word "Waxhia."
81 Mr. Washburn moved to amend the section
es in lines 81 and So by inserting the word