The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-26
NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, TUESDAY FEBRUARY g. 1873

burn, Washington, Watson, Wise, Wood, ant
Young OF East Baton Rouge-89.
Nays-Messrs. Brice, Fitzpatrick and Gil
lespie-3
Amendment No. IS NO IA Of the Senate
was read as follows:
AMENDMENT FOURTEEN.
In order to provide for the establishment d
the judicial system crcated by the above
amendments, and to prevent the evils Of at
interregnum, it Is hereby ordained by the
people Of Louisiana
First-lThat the General Assembly which
meets the first Monday in January, 1879
shall, in accordance with the foregoing amend.
ments, Immediately redistriet the State, and
provide for the authority Of clerks and the
election and criminal Jurisdiction Of Justices
Of the peace
Second That MS soon as tho Legislature
shall have acted as aforesaid the Governor
shall by proclamation call IN election for jus
tees Of the peace for each parish, except the
parish Of Orleans, and for district Judges and
district attorneys In each district created by
the redistricting, where one or more parishes
have been added or taken from the existing
judicial district. This election shall be held
on the same day throughout the State, which
day'slall not be less thdn sixty nor more than
ninety days after the passage of said act The
terms of the officers elected at said election
shall expire at the general election OF 1880, and
the limitation on the change Of districts often
or than once in every four years shall not be
considered as having effect before the general
election Of 1880.
Third That the judicial system, as estab-
lished by the constitution Of 1868, shall remain
in force until the expiration of the thirtieth
day after sud election, excluding from the
computation the day of the election.
Fourth The adoption Of these amendments
shall not vacate the offices of the present
clerks Of courts in each parish.
On the motion Of Mr.. Lyons the amendment
proposed by tho Senate was amended by
striking out in lines % and "a tho words land
district attorneys"
Also, in line %, after tho word district" by
adding tho words "and for State attorneys as
above provided, except in the parish OF Or
leans. where the district attorney for the par
ish shall be Stateattorney"
The question was put:
''Shall the House agree to the amendment
No. 1G to the Constitution, rs proposed by the
Senate and amended by the House2"
The yeas and nays were called with tho fol
lowing result:
;, Yeas Hon: Louis Bush, Speaker, and
Brady, Bell, .Breard, Bridger. Brooks, Bow
den, Brown Bosley, Buick. Burton, Cnrloss,
oaryille, Grassy, Como, Cole, Davidson, D,Avy,
I,
Drew Dickinson, Dinkgrave, Duke, Burden,
Dupree. Dnry Fobb, Can't, Gary, Gaskins,
Gracer, Hmm, Hammond, Hill Of, Ascension
Hill Of Orleans, Holt, .onas, Jones, II. NJ.
johnson, Robert johnson, Kelly Of Orleans
KeetiDg, Kern, Lamare, Lea, Leeds, Leonhard
Means. Million, Mcttehee. Newsom, oNunez.
Peralta Pitts, Porter, Raby, Randolph, Rich
ardson, Romero, Routon, Ryland. Shakespeare
Smart snaer, stagg =, Self Sellers, Steele,
To1er. FSlivar. VOORHEES,, Walker, Warmoth
Washbufn, Washington Watson, Wilde. Will
Iiams. Wise, Wood, Young Of Claiborne and
Young OF East Baton Rouge 100.
Nays Messrs Brice Fitzpatrick, Leonard
OF Caddo, and Vance,
Two-thirds Of the members elected to the
House of Representatives having voted in the
affirmative, the said amendment, No. 1G, as
aolended, was agreed to.
Mr.. Martin offered the following new sub
stantive amendment, to become No. II:
Every male inhapitant Of the State over
tWenty-one years Of age, shall pay o poll tax
annually of one dollar and fifty cents; two
thirds Of which shall be devoted exclusively
JIG schools Of the State, and the remaining
third to the support Of tho Charity Hospital
in the city Of New Orleans, and the produc-
ton of the official receipt of the payment of
said poll tax shall be a prerequisite to the ex
ercise by any qualified voter of the right OF
suffrage at the polls at any election in the
State.
Mr. Warmoth moved to amend by inserting
in line II after tho word tax the words,
''and all other taxes
Mr. Martin moved that the amendment Of
Mr.. Warmoth be laid on the table.
The motion to lay on the table was, by ris-
ing vote of AZ yeas to 40 nays, lost.
Mr.. Gaskins moved that the amendment of
Mr.. Warmoth be postponed indefinitely, on
which motion the yeas and nays were called
Tor by Mr.. Warmoth, with the following re-
suit:
Yeas Hon. Bush, Speaker, and Messrs.
Aycock, Barbin, Brady, Bell Bridger Bill
lieu, Brooks, ,Bowdeh, Buck, .Cressy, Della
mond, Hill Of Orleans, JoIYs, Kelly Of Vim,
Kelly, Lamare, Lea, oLeedy, Leonhard Of Or
cans, Lyons, Martin, McGehee, Newsom,
NNuSz, Pitts, Porter, Randolph, Ry!and,
smart, Stage Self, SSipiler, Taylor, ToIer,
Claiborne and Young of East Baton Rouge
Nays-Messrs. Aldlge, Barron. Brady,
I5reard, Brice, Brown, Bosley, Burton, Car
o oss, Carville, Como, Cole, Davidson, D'Avy,
PDn ckjnson D G;n DeLaGy petiegt DreW
'iaINe5i"fpJ - VI (, lbhDftb1 lCh,
Fobb, CAN'T, Gary, Gracien, Hahn, Hill Of
! seeensi1Tob, Holt; Jones, II. M: johnson,
y5hnson keeting, Leonard Of Caddo,
Lewis, Magloire,, Million, Pelalta, Raby, Ro-
nero, Routon, Shakespeare, Snaer, Sellers,
steele, Stewart, Semmes, Tremoulet, Toll
liver, VOORHEES,, Walker, Warmoth Washing
on, Watson and Wise-56
The motion to postpone indefinitely was
oSt.
BY rising vote Of SO yeas to So nays the
amendment Of Mr.. Warmoth was adopted
Mr.. Dejoe offered as substitute for the !
proposed by Mr.. Martin the fol-
owing:
The payment Of no license or tax Of what
yer kind shall ever be exacted from any citi-
en- as prerequisite to the exercise of the
light OF suffrage in any election in this
tate. a
1t was moved that the whole subjectonatter
Q laid upon the table,
On this motion Mr. Bowden called for the
and with ~