The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-20

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body that the Senate has passed and requests
your eoncurrenee in Senate bills
| No. 81,
IAN act supplementary to section OF
act NO. ia. Of AIril 30, 1877 entitled An act
TO vest in the Sa,te Board OF Education con-
tro' q the s ste purchased for the state ia
8 State normal school etc, and to authoriz,
the State Board to exchange said site for
other property within the city Of New Or
foans, vacant or improved, and OF equal value
with said lots, ;snd to use the property So nc
qnired for one or both of the Peabody state
normal schools now In operation In New Or
leans
No. 49,
IAN act relative 10 the service and return Of
csTtain notices and orders in judicial proceed
ngs In the various courts in the parish Of Or
bstns.f
No. al, entitled
ana Board OF Trustees Of tho American Print
Ing House for the Blind to pny certain funds
into tho State sreasury fnr the benefit Of the
Louisiana Institution for the, Education OF tho
Blind and Industrial House for the Blind"
Also. to intorm youthat theSensrte has con-
Cured IN
House bill No. lag
= Joint Resolution requesting our Represent
tatlves and instrncting Our Senators In Com
gress To oppose o bill looking to the closing
OF Bayou Lafsuche and locking tho same,
atEs,ng a hhppd9pratlon to remove the OBJ
cleaning Of Bayou 'reche, etc 4
Respectfully,
o JOHN CLE4G.
Secretary Of the Senate. :.
INTRODUCTION or BILLS.
The following named members, In accord
hncc with opreVious notice given, introduced
the following entitled bills. which. under a.
suspension OF the rules. underwent their first,
and second readings and were referred to-
committees respectively. as follows:
BY Mr.. DAvy:
House bin No 3st.
'An act for the relief Of A. q. Thornton
To the COMMITTEES on Appropriations. a
BY Mr.. Wilde:
House bill No. 3aJ,
can act relative 10 the construction of leyfae,
by private parties" etc.
To the Committed on Lands and Levees.
By Mr Warmoth: ..
House bill No. 1885, q
An act to instruct the State Board OF En-
gineers to inspect and build new leuee at
TallafeTo Rice Mill, in the parish Of Plaaue~
mines
To the Committee on Lands and Levess
By Mr.. Warmoth:
House bill No 1897,
San act for the relief of Luke DuDard, or
the parish of Paquemines."
To the COMMITTEES on Lands and Eevees.
BY Mr.. Newsom:
House bill No 38s,
"An act to amend and re-enact the third Sec
ton OF An act relative to Police Juries, an
proved April 10, 1877
To the Committee on Parochial fairs,
By Mr.. Watson:
House bill No. $3.50,
IAN act to repeal section a. of act No. 7, ap-
proved March q, 1877
To the Committee on the, Judiciary.
BY Mr.. Keeting .
House bill No. 800,
"An act making an appropriation for pay Of
the members and employees of the Botrtlsof
Returning Officers for the election of 1876 and
the contingent expenses thereof
To the COMMITTEES on Claims.
By Mr.. Rylana.
House bill No SOL
"An act to authorize tho police jury Of tho
parish OF West Feliciana to fund tho indebted
ness embraced in the several judgments
against said parish, and to provide for tho
payment Of the principal, interest and cost
thereof, by "a special tax of five mill per an
mum in addition to the ten mills now fixed by
claw:
To the Committee on Parochial Affairs.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
The Concurrent Resolution from the Sem
atte being the unfinished business on which
the House was engaged yesterday at the time
OF adjournment, was taken up pending amend
ment ten mine Of the Senatc)
Amendment ten was read as follows:
AMENDMENT TEN.
The judicial power shall be vested in SUI
preme Court, In district courts, and in justices.
OF the peace. The district courts shall hay.
original jurisdiction in oil civil cases where
the, amount In dispute exceeds 500,
exclusive OF interest In criminal cases and o
in all probate matters their jurisdiction shall
be unlimited, They shall have appel
i i.s Jurisdiction in civil suits from
dispute exceeds twenty-five dollars exclusive
of interest. The justices Of the peace shall
be elected by the electors Of each parish in
the manner and with the qualifications
They shall hold office for the term Of two years,
and their compensation shall be fixed by law.
Their jurisdiction in civil cases shall not exceed
one hundred dollars, exclusive Of interest, sub n
iect to an appeal to the District Court in all .
cases when the amount in dispute shall exceed
twenty-five dollars, exclusive Of interest.
They shall have such criminal jurisdiction as
shall be conferred by law. The General As
semby shall have power to vest In the clerks
OF the District Courts the right to grant such
orders and do such acts as may be deemed
necessary for the furtherance OF the admins
tration of justice In all cases the power thus
granted shall be specified and determined
Strike out articles 70, IS, Sc, g. 88, 49, 81 and
On the motion OF Mr.. Jonas the amendment
was amended by striking out in line sixteen
the word "twentyd,dve' and inserting "ten,'
and by striking out and inserting the same in
line thirty.
On the question ''shali the House agree to
the amendment to the constitution, number
nine OF the Senate becoming number tenn" tho
yeas and nays were called with the following