The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-27
On the motion of Mr.. VOORHEES,.

On the motion Of Mr.. VOORHEES,
House bill No. 37n,
IAN act to authorize the estate Of VIM I.
Harper late civil sheriff for the parish Of Or
leans. to sue the State" Q
Was taken IN and referred TO the Commit
;se on the judiciary.
On the motion of Mr. k"lloof Vim. it was
ordered that 0
Hnu40bill No. t7s,
"Auact to authorize the loan Of State bonds
to ahe Nov, Orleans Pacific Railway Conn
rany," etc, @ O
Being tie special order If the day for this
day at o'clock y. H.. shall be taken up I'M
mrdiatnly after tho consideration Ut amend
mnnts to the constitution should DC con
Guided and the amendments be disposed Of.
On themotiun Of Mr.. Billiou,
Senate bill No. ID. q
can aCt to authorize and require the ppllee
iuriea Of eli The parishes Of This State, where
There exists any indebtedness created pnsior
to January 1. 1877, the payment & wllicll Is
not now provided for hy special law, to ex-
anime and inquire ut the legality and va
liJitv Of all such warrants and certificates OF
indebtedness. To- provide for the validity Of
warrants 81 certificates Of indebtedness s-
sued prior 10 the year 1896, TO authorize any
taxpavcr VI, taxpayers IN such parish TO COM
test in the courts the legality and validity ~
a,lcl, warrants and certificates OF Indebted
ness. 10 authorize tho Police Jury to levy q
special tax Of two and one-haf tuills. to be
applied exclusively to the purchase OF liqui-
tlatop of said outstanding indebtedness, to
authorizes the Police Jury to purchase said
outstanding warrants or certificates Of in-
dnltednesa within certain limitations, and to
provide for payment Of same
Being The special order of the day for this
day, was taken up, and re-asaigned "a the
suecial order III tho day Tor Saturday next at
. O'Clock y. III,
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
The following message was received from
the Senate:
SENATE CHAMBER
New Orleans February 20. 1873. I
To tho Honorable Speaker and Members Of the
House Of Representatives,
I am directed to inform your honorable
body that the Senate concu1e in ~
House bill No ALL
An act to amend and re-onact the title to
an act entitled 'AiSct to incorporate the town
Of denner. in tho parish Of Jefferson
Also. IN
House bill No liz.
can act to create an additional Justice of
The peace and constable in the third ward Of
the parish Of Caddo; to define his jurisdiction
and to provide for the election Ut same and
to prescribe the manner Of filling same,
With amendments as annexed TO the hll.O
And In
House CONCURRENT Resolution relative to
the Barataria Ship Canal O
Also 10 inform you that the Senate has
passed, and requests your concurrence d,
,l, III
"Arl act to Incorporate the Lake Charles
I'1misianal andO Orange lreSasl Railroad
Company
Respectfully, ,o,,n - ~,
Secretary Of the Senate.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
House bills Nos. 800 and $40, beneotl2
special order of the day. were taken up. and.
on the motion of Mr.. Hill. Of ORLEANS, were
postponed until u Concurrent Resolution
OF lie senSe PROPOSING amendments to Ito
constitution should be disposed Of.
The Concurrent Resolution was taken up,
pending the consideration of amendment
number nineteen number seventeSn of the
Senatnl- Q
Mr.. Hill, Of Orleans. offered new amend
mcnt, to become amendment number cine
teen O
The amendment was read as follows:
AMENDMENT NINETEEN.
Strike out the first part Of article l42 Of the
constitution Of 1868 which reads:
"A university shall be established and
maintained in the. city Of Now Orleans. 1t
collegiate department.. each wiab APPROPRIATE
faculties. The General Aoembly sh1l pro-
vide by law for its organization and nain
tenancc," O
And insert
The University Of Irouisiafya shall be
maintained. 1t shall be composed Of a law, q
medical and an aeademical department. and
such other departments as may be estab-
lishod by law, each with appropriate iacul-
partments already organized shall continue
III tho city Of New Orleans, and the actdemical
department. may lie located elsewhere in the
State"
The question was put.
Shall the House adopt the amendment to
the constitution Al proposed, to become amend
ment number nineteen
The yeas and nays were called, with the
following result:
Hon. Louis Bush Speaker. and Messls.
Aldige, Barbin, Barron, Barrett, Brady. Ber-
ry Bell Breard Brice Bllieu. Brooks. Bow
Ctarville,. tmssy,. Como, Cole, Davidson.
n'Avy, Dayres, nelavigne, Dosmarais, De
tiege;; Drew, pickenson, ninkgrave Duke,
burden, Dupree, Drury, Estopinal. Fohb,
Focst,r CAN'T Gary, Gaskins, Gaudet, Ora
Glen, Hammond. Hill Of Ascension, Hill Of
Orleans, Holt, Jonas, Jones, H. NJ. johnson,
Robert Johnson. Kelly. of VIM, Kelly Of Or
leans, keeting, Kennedy, Kern, Lanlare, Lea,
Leeds. Leonard ~of Caddo Leonhard Of Or
leans, Lewis. Lyons, Martin, Means, Nlon,
McGehce, Ncwsom, Nunez, Peralta. Pitts
Rally. Randolph. Richardson, Role, Romero
Routon, Ryland. Shakespeare. Smart. Snacr
Stage, Self, Sellers, Scmmes, Singleton.
Spilier, Taylor. Tremoulet. Tollivcr, yoor-
HES, Walker, Warmolh. Washburn, Washing
ton. Watson. Williams, Wise, Wood,
Young OF Claiborne, and Young of East Baton
kOuge-101
Nays Messrs. De Lacy. Gillespie and
Vance B.
More than two-thirds of all the members
elected TO the. House of Representatives hav-
ing voted III the Affirmative the amendment
to the constitution, number nineteen, was
agreed to.