The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-08

" HHtVDIHUiy on 4E$9I
House bill No 247,
An act to legalize the levy and assessment
n taxes made BY the Police jules Of the
state, aud to prescribe the evidences In tax
Unfavorably on
\ House bill No. 49,
IAN act to regulate the qualifications Of
Cnroneta throughout The State"
Your committee report back House bill No.
19i,.
An net to repeai act No. 81 Of tho regt,lar
session Of 1877, and TO re-enaet sn1ne Ia re-
gard to the. Criminal Sheriff fees Of the parigl,
Of Orleans etc,
With recommendation that the Fill ba re-
ferred to the COMMITTEES on City Affairs.
Your committee also report back House bill
No. gil, s
"An net to legalize she official aets Of Wilson
L L Eehara gd a Par l ad r tf parish
nrdson, and for other purposes,
And recommend TINT tho same be referred
to Che Committee on Claims.
Your COMMITTEES beg leave to report
San act To change the time Of holding the
terms Of the District Court In the parish Of
Sabine, In the Seventeenth Judicial District"
B.. r. JONAS, Chairman.
Mr.. Cregsy, from the COMMITTEES on Militia,
In accordance with leaye granted on yester-
day, submitted the following minority report:
MINORITY I.EPoHT.
COMMITTEES ON MILITIA. /
New Orleans, February 9, 1878. !
TO tho Honorable Speaker and Members Of the
House OF Representatives.
Your Committee on Militia, having had lirl~
der consideration the annual message Of his
Excellency, Gov Francis I. Nichols, ir con-
nection with the militin OF tho State, and sug-
costing that he be- authorized to organize q
Special Militia" throughout tho State, the
parish Of Orleans excepted
We, tho undersigned representing the NH
nerity Of said committee, do hereby stats
that having carefully examined the Bill as re-
that 1T does not provide complete rules and
regulations for The government Of the militia,
the section, providing forr, st1tne having been
substituted therefor. The bill Is also inco 5
plete In other respects, and the sections are
not consecutive as 10 subject matter and the
title Of the bill Is detective
Having o bill which the majority oil the
| committee have not taken into consideration,
and believing that the same would meet the
| views OF your honorable body, we reserve the
| right to Introduce said bill us o substitute to
| the bill reported by the majority Of the COM
All Of which Is respectfully submitted,
@ J. NJ. CRESSY.
| On the motion Of Mr.. Grassy the bill re-
ported by the COMMITTEES on the Militia was
made the special order Of the day for Tues
! day, February IL, at | p. III.
/ Mr. Tremoulet, chairman, On behalf oil the
Committee on Claims, reported as follows.
= COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS, /
New Orleans, February 6. 1878. !
TO the Honorable Speaker and Members Of tho
House OF Representatives.:
The chairman Of the COMMITTEES ON Claims
hns the honor 10 submit that the COMMITTEES ts
| unable to make any report on the claims re-
ferred pit, because OF no quorum attending
| tho meetings. ~
The chairman would respectfully request the
| Speaker to call the attention Of the members
| OF the committee to the necessity Of punetilaI
attendance, In order that claimants may have
| their cases acted uponwith due diligence.
'''' sHESKY 'rREmoULEr, Chairman.
Mr. Aldige. chairman, on behalf Of the Conn
mittee on Ways and Menus submitted the
| following report: ss
CoMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS,
New Orleans, February.6. 1878. )
| 10 the Honorable Speaker and Members Of the
House Of Representatives; ss,
had under consideration
House bill No. GAG, entitled 8 &7
San act to authorize the Auditor Of Public
Accounts to enter on his books the cash ball
the first day OF January 1871
And beg to report fayorably upon the above
bill with the addition Of the following amend-
msnt to section Of said bill
'Aud 80 reported ny Tie JOINT gO9umlbLs Ap-
| pointed under Joint Resolution No. 131of 1577.v
| Very respectfully,
J. ALDIGE. Chairman
The following minority report from the
Committee on Constitutional Amendpents
] was presented:
| To the Honorable Speaker Of the House Of Rep
| resenthtyes:
| Your minority would respectfully recon-
mend the rejection Of the proposed. constitu-
tonal amendments, and recommend the pas
sage Of bill calling q constitutional conven-
ton, for the reasons that they are Of the opfn-
ion that the ninth proposed amendment land
it is the most important one proposed) Ii
that the second proposed amendment can be-
covered largely by Legislative enactment; and
further, that they believe it to fe The wish Of
% large portion OF the people Of this state that
entire revision Of the constitution may be had.
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