The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-13

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fully qualified clerks
, a. 10 allow clerks TO none of the commit
tees except the Judiciary and Contingent
Expense, and require the enrolment bureau
10 furnish clerk to any COMMITTEES when 50
, ordered by either house.
o. 70 organize the keeping. guarding and
service OF the State House, particularly dur
ing vacation. in such manner that the prop
efty shall be properly cared for, watched and
guarded, and the effects therein safely pre-
served under the superintendenee of one per
son, to be responsible for the whole.
" 70 prohibit the use Of the State-House
and the halls and property therein for any
public meeting, political or otherwise.
z While the Speaker is provided with q SEC
rotary and messenger to preclude him from
any compensation other than that allowed
MN as q member and for services by him
rendered during vacation for which he will
be entitled TO his regular PEI diem, and no
more.
| 9. TO provide that the chairman Of no com
lnittee shall be allowed extra or additional
| compensation.
Ordered to lie over under The rules.
Mr.. Toler offered the following:
Resolred, That the Committee on Appro-
priations be authorized TO employ clerk to
attend their meetings, to be paid such com
pensation as may BIO allowed by the House Of
| Representatives.
The rules being suspended the resolution
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yeas and nays were called, with tho follow
ing result:
Yeas Messrs. Bridger, Brooks, Berry, Gar
ville Cole, Detiege, burden Dickenson, Dink-
grave, Fitzpatrick. Gaudet. Hill of Aseen-
| sion. Holt, Huntington. Hammond. Robert
johnson. Jonas. keeting, Kelly Of Winn
Kidd, Leonard Of Caddo, Martin, Peralta,
Routon. Souer Shakespeare, Semmes. Tolli-
yer,. Toler, Watson, Walker, and Young Of
| filntbprna ag
Nays Speaker bush, and Messrs. Aldige
Ayeook. Breard, Burton. Bowden. Brown,
Bosley, Brady, Buck, Bell, Briggs. Brice Car
Drew De lacy. Desm"esis. bAvy. f DsRe
Dupre, Estopinal Fobb, Foerster, Gary. Gas
l.ns, Gillespie, Gracien Hahn, Jones, II. NJ
johnson. Kennedy, Kelly of Orleans Lyons
Leeds, Lsonhald Of Orleans Lamare, Ma
Porter, Pitts. Richardson, Ryland, Randolph.
Role, Raby, Singleton. Self. Snaer, Splier
Stagg, Stewart, Sellers, Smart, Taylor, Ire
moulet, Washington, Washbutn, Wood. Will
| lians. and Young OF East Baton Rouge-67.
| The resolution was not adopted.
| Mr. Lyons presented the petition Of the
mayor and board of aldermen Of the town of
Clinton praying that no changes be made in
the existing provisions of the charter Of said
town.
Which was referred to the Committee on
Paroohial Affairs.
COMMUNICATIONS.
The following communications were re-
ceived and ordered to be read and spread upon
the minutes
OFF1GE or DISTRICT ATTORNEY |
New Orleans, January 10, 1877 !
Hon. Louis Bush. Speaker Of tho House Of Rep
resentatiges Of louisiana
Sb-At the request Of the late Grand Jury
nj mar ia lnu tr-fY ,Tsgp i.trt
expired, beg leave to transmit herewith to
the honorable body over which you preside,
the inGlosed memorial for such action as may
be deemed advisable.
Very respectfully, etc,
JOHN J. FINNEY.
District Attorney of First Judicial District.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY or srATE, J
State of Louisiana. J
New Orleans January II. 1877,
Hon. Louis bush. Speaker Of the House Of Rep-
resentatves:
,gi'-It is made my duty, according to SEC
ton 10 Of act No 49, Of the regular session Of
1877. 10 furnish the General Assembly with n
detailed statement of the disposition Of the
acts Of 1877, and ! have the honor to submit
the following statement. which will show how
the same have been disposed of:
Under the provisions of section 10 Of the
aforementioned act | am not authorized to
dispose Of said acts only Mt n price not to ex-
coed twenty per cont Of the original cost Of
that the Judges and clerks Of courts shall re-
ceive the same in pamphlet form free Of
charge.
have received from the State Printer 1000
copies.
Delivered to District Judges 81 copies.
Clerks Of District Courts CT copies.
Clerks of the Supreme Court copies.
The State Library 80 copies
10 the Hon Allen Jumsl, Auditor for the
use of tax collectors and assessors, 200 copies.
Hon. J. o. Landry, Registrar of Voters, 30
copies.
The United States Courts copies
The various State officers 20 copies.
On sale at book stores S6 copies.
On hand in my Office 1435 copies.
Equal to amount received from State
Printer.
During the year there were only seventy
five copies of the acts of 1877 sold, at the rate
of 81 30.
The small number of acts thus disposed Of
by sale is only attributed to the fact that
there were 800 extra copies published and
thfe~n Oh tho market by tho State Printer, |
over and above the 1000 copies which | have /
received from him under the provisions of
said act No. 40 of 1877
l have the honor to be, very respectfully, |
your obedient servant,
WILL A. STRONG,
Secretary OF State.
To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the |
House of Representatives:
In submitting the following report of the
expenses Of the State Library for the past
year, | beg to call the attention of your honor
able body to the fact that only limited mum
Der of books were sent to other States by
this department. as there was no appropria-
ton for the 2Gth volume of Annual reports,
and have delayed sending copies of the acts
in hope of being able to add TO them volumes
of Reports Is and 20. | can accomplish this
only by the appropriation of special sum for
their purchase-the necessity for which is
urged in every printed report.
There will be quite an additional expense
In transmitting these and other State docu-
ments In which we were not supposed last
year to exchange, | would therefore respect
fully suggest an appropriation of eight hun
dred dollars for contingent expenses and two
hundred dollars for binding the most valuable
books which require it, and would call atten-
ton to the necessity. of mating to the
floor, for which | trust your honorable body
will provide.
Also, earnestly entreat an appropriation
OF twelve hundred dollars for the purchase Of
new books.
Hoping that your honorable body will give