The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-01
lation Of. the constitutional provisions limiting

the expenses to the revenues.
SEQ A. BE II further enacted, etc, That the
SAID commission shall have no power to AUDIT
or recognize any of said claims or ontstand-
ing floating debt, but simply to report there,
on as herein above provided. That they shall
be authorized to employ q clerk and an ac-
countant to assist them IN the discharge OF
their. duties at q SALARY not to exceed seventy
live dollars per month each during tie time
they are actually employed, and the members
Of said commission shall DO entitled to no
compensation. I'd
The amount of one Thousand dollars, or SO
appropriated out OF the general fund to pay
the contingent expenses Of the commission
created by this act And the Auditor is here5
ny authorized and instructed to warrant upon
the Treasurer on tho certificate Of the chair
man OF the commission.
SEC. s; Be IL further enacted, etc.. That no
outstanding warrant or flontng debt for the
years 1874, 1875 and 1876 shall be hereafter paid
by the Treasurer, and that. oil collections
made and paid into his office shall be held Sub
ject to the action of the General Assembly
upon the report Of said commission.
SEC. 6. Be 1t further enacted, etc., That the
warrants of all constitutional officers shall be
receivable for taxes and licenses of the general
fund Of the years for which said warrants were
issued.
SECT Be IL further enacted. etc, That this act
take effect from and after it's PRONUNCIATION
propided, that nothing in this act shall be con-
Stlutiu us COVERING Hly li1tJluS dsDt
under the provision Of the act providing for
the funding Of the State debt, numbered act
four Of the session Of 1874, OF the acts amenda-
tory thereto.
On the motion Of Mr.. Toler the bill reported
by the Committee on Appropriations, having
been returned to the House by him. was or
dered to be printed.
On the motion of Mr.. Lea,
House bill No. 364,
IAN act to incorporate Norvila Collegiate
Institute. an institution of learning, situated
in the town Of Grecnsburg, parish OF St He
lena; authorizing said institution to confer de-
grees. grant diplomas etc,
Was taken up under the favorable report Of
the Committee on Corporations on it's second
reading. was passed to its second reading and,
under suspension Of the rules, 1t was con-
sidered engrossed, read n third tlme and
passed, and its title was adopted.
Mr. Lea moved to reconsider tho vote by
which this bill finally passed, and, on his own
motion, the motion to reconsider was laid on
the table.
Mr. Hill, of Ascension, moved to reconsider
the vote paragraph 10, section 1 OF House
bill No. H3.
The vote on said paragraph was reconsd-
cred. m... e...
Mr. Gaskins presented petition from the
citizens of Lincoln parish, asking the rejec-
ton Of the constitutional amendment sub
mitted by the joint committee, and to call u
constitutional convention, etc.
memorial Of the citizens Of Nachitoehes,
De Soto. Red River and Sabine parishes, ask
ing State aid to remove distractions in Bayou
Pierre"
Was taken up under the unfavorable report
of the Committee on Lands and Lovees, and
was indefinitely postponed.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
The following message was received from
the Senate:
SENATE CHAMBER,
New Orleans. February 81 1878. !
To the Honorable Speaker and Members OF the
House Of Representatives
I am directed TO inform your honorable
body that the Senate has finally passed the
following entitled bills, aud ask your concur
renee in same:
Senate bill No. 1T,
"An 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
Senate bill No. 143,
AN act ordering the State Engineer to sur
vey Bayou Teche and report to the next Gen
eral Assembly the cost OF Locking the same
and rendering it navigabIo into Bayou Cour-
tableau' ...
Senate bill No. IA,
AN act ordering The State Engineer to sur
vey and report to the next General Assembly
the cost of dredging and locking Bayou Pla-
qucminc'
"An act to donate to the Police Juries of the
parishes Of Lafourche and Terrebonno all the
swamp and overlooked lands belonging to the
State, lying between the Bayous Lafourche
and Terrebonne; to provide for the appoint
ment OF board of commissioners and to de-
fine its powers etc.
Senate bill No. 1893, ...
IAN act to fix the terms of tho District
Court of the Ninth judicial District, Of the
parishes of Rapides and Grant"
And to inform you that the Senate concurs
House bill No 1G6,
IAN act to incorporate the town Of Colfax
in the parish of Grant, etc.
Respectfully,
JOHN CLEGG,
Secretary Of the Senate.
Resolution allowing the Speaker additional
compensation as member of the Board of Can
vassers, Board of Liquidation and Printing
Board"
Was taken up.
On motion Of Mr.. Lconhard, of Orleans, the
words Printing Board were stricken out.
Mr.. Young moved to adopt the resolution
as amended, on which question the yeas and
nays were called, with the following result:
Ycas-M cssrs Aycock, Barbin, Brady, Ber
nv, Breard, Brice, Bridger, Brooks, Buck Car
loss, Carvile, Dolavigne, Detiege Dinkgrave,
Estopinal, Gracien, Huntington, Jones, Robert
Johnson, Kelly Of VIM, keeting, Leonard
Of Caddo, Leonhard of Orleans, Magloire,
Martin, Newsom, Nunez Peralta, Shakespeare
Smart, Toler, Tolliver, Vance VOORHEES,, War
moth, Wise, Wood, and Young of Claiborne. 81
Navs-Messrs. Barron, Barrett, Billicu,
Bowden, Brown, Bosley, Greasy, Como, Cole,
D'Avy, Dayries. De Lacy, Duke, Dupree
Fitzpatrick, Fobb, Gary, Gaskns Gaudet
Gillespie, Hammond, Hill Of Ascension, Hill
of Orleans, Holt, Jonas Fl. NJ. johnson, Kelly
of VIM, Kelly of Orleans Kennedy, Lamare
Leeds, Lewis, Lyons, Means, Million, McGehee
Pitts, Porter, Raby, Randolph, Role, Romero,
fan Snillar T'ay1or TrpmOulct Walker