The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-01
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
--oF THE
FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
or THIt--
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
REGULAR SESSION OF 1878.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
rorty-Fourth Days Proceedings.


House OF REPRESENTATIVES,
New Orleans. Wednesday. February n. 1878.
The House was called to order at II O'Clock
a. M by Speaker Bush. Present:
Hon. Louis Bush, Speaker, and Messrs.
Aldige. Aycock, Barbin, Barron, Barrett, Bra
dy, Berry, Bell, Breard, Bricc, Bridger, Bill
lieu, Brooks, Bowden, Brown, Bosley, Buck,
Burton, Carloss, Carville, Greasy, Como, Cole,
Davidson DAvy Dayiies, D nh Deay Nm,
grave, Duke, burden, Dupree, Estopinal,
Fitzpatrick, Fobb, Forester, CAN'T, Gary, Gas
kins. Gaudet Gracien, Gillespie, Hammond,
Hill of Ascension, Hill Of Orleans, Holt, Hunt
johnson, Kelly Of VIM. Kelly Of Orleans,
Keeting, Kennedy, Kidd, Lnmare, Lea, Leeds,
Leonhard of Cnddo, Leonard Of Orleans,
Lewis, Lyons, Martin. Means, Milon McGe-
Raby, Randolph, Richardson Rolle Romero,
Routon, Ryland, Shakespeare, Smart, Snaer,
Stage, Self, Sellers, Stewart, Semmes, Single
ton, Spiller, Taylor, Tremoulet, Toler, Toli-
YER Vance voorhes Walker W waGmo W Man
Wise, Wood, Young OF Claiborne and Young
OF East Baton Rouge-112.
Absent Messrs Briggs, Desmarais, Drury,
Hahn, Kern, McMillen and Steele-7.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. DR.. Perez
val
The journal of the twenty sixth was amend
cd and adopted.
On the motion of Mr.. Tremoulet,
House bill No. 427,
s.An act to provide for the examination of
the outstanding floating debt and claims
against the State; providing for the CLASH
fication of said debt and claims; forbidding
the further payment by the Treasurer Of said
debt until examination be made and the Cen
eral Assembly act thereon, etc,
Was ordered to be printed in the journal, as
follows:
An act to provide for the examination of the
a against TIE state; providing for the
classification of said debt and claims;
forbdding the further payment by the
Treasurer of said debt until examination
be made and the General Assembly act
thereon; making an appropriation for the
contingent expenses Of the commission
appointed: making the warrants OF
constitutional officers receivable for the
general fund taxes and Licenses III the
years for which they were issued.
SECTION /. BE il enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives., IN General ASSEM-
BIZ con0ened, That commission, to be COM
nf,snd of two members OF the Senate. and three
Of the House, be and the same is hereby ap-
pointed to examine and report upon the float-
ing debt all and outstanding claims against
the State, due prior to the first Of January,
1878, to the next General Assembly.
SEC. g. Be 1t further enacted, etc, That the
said commission shall make q record thereof
and enter and classify the claims presented as
follows:
l. The amount thereof issued in the pay
i ment Of salaries of constitutional officers, or
issued under constitutional provisions.
g. The amount issued under laws existing
at the time, providing for the current ex-
penses Of the government.
ss g. The amount issued for other causes, and
4 which had no other authority than appropria-
ton bills or which We're created by legis-
latiye provisions inserted in appropriation
bills.
4 All outstanding claims.
Said classification shall be made year by
year, and the said commission shall, at the
same time, report upon the exact condition Of
the revenue Of each year for which said float
IS ing debt or claims may be outstanding, SO as
to enable the next General Assembly to de
termine how much, II any, Of said floating
4 debt OF claims we're issued Or incurred IN Yio-