The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-20
w. M. WASHBURN,
J. M. VILLA Ms.


pension of the rules to take up the report at
the present time.
| The report. bill and substitutes were read.
| Mr. Wilde moved the adoption of the maior~
! ty report.
| Mr. Tremoulet moved to postpone the fur~
| ther consideration OF the bill until tomorrow,
and to print the report, bin and substitute I'm
the journal to become the special order OF tho
day for tomorrow at O'clock"
| Mr.. Drury moved to amend by inserting
| Tuesday next, o'clock.
| Mr.. Martin moved to lay the motion to-
| amend on the table.
| Which was lost
| The motion to postpone the further consid~
Grafton of the report bill and substitute pre-
| vailed and they were made the special order
Of the day for Tuesday next o'clock.
| ORIGINAL BILL.
| BY Mr.. Martin:
| House bill No. At,
An act to provide for the rc-opcning Of Bayou
Plaquenline and it's restoration to navi-
| Whereas, Bayou Plaquemine, which con-
meets the Mississippi river with Bayou Sorrel
and Grand river, ACROSS the parish of Iberv1lle,
| has been since the beginning Of the present
| century navigable stream of sufficient depth
| and width for large vessels and steamboats,.
and Is the natural and short outlet for the va
| rous streams and lakes Of the Attakapas and
| Opelousas parishes to the Mississippi river, To
| connect with the city Of New Orleans and
Whereas, the said Bayou Plaquemine has
been unwarrantably and illegally damned at
the place where it connects with the Missis-
| sippi river, to wit: at the town Of PlaquemiIe
in the parish Of iberviIle,
| SECTION /. Re it enncted BY The Senate nnR
House Of Representatives. Of The State Of Lops-
isiand. in GenefsH Assembly Commenced, That
Ff tat Fnuj InIl tIn IL.
| rectiOn of his EEcellency the Governor Of this
State. shall proceed to remove the said dam
at the mouth Of Bayou Plaquemine so as to
restore the said stream to public navigation;
prorded that the said board shall proceed to-
| remove the said dam only after ample times
shall have been given to persons living on both
sides of said stream to take the necessary pre-
| cautions, such as proper repairing and re-
Installing their levees, to protect themselves
against the rise of the waters during the next
fall rise Of the Mississippi river.
sum Of - dollars be appropriated for that
purpose, to be drawn out Of the leyee fund.
SUBSTITUTE OFFERED by THE MAJORITY.
Majority on House bill No At,
An act to authorize the reopening of Bayou
Plaquemine to navigation
SECTION |. Be 1t enacted By The Senate and
House Of Representatives. Of The State Of Lou
Bayou Plaquemine, In the parish Of Ibervile,
he declared n navigable stream, and that the
; Board Of State Engineers be directed to re-
move the dam across the mouth thereof In the
town of Paquemine on on before the first day
Of January 1879.
SEC. 2. BE it further enncsed, etc.. That this
act shall take effect from and otter it's
passage.
SUBSTITUTE PRESENTED BY THE MINORITY.
House bill No, 1O8
An act to authorize the Board Of State En-
| gineers to make survey OF BAYOU
Plaquemine during the year 1875 and to
submit such plans for the restoration Of
navigation therein rs shall appear practi-
cable, together with estimates Of the cost
thereof, to the next annual session Of the
Legislature.
SECTION /. Be IL enacted bythe Senate and
House of Representatives., in GeBerat ASSEM-
big conuened, That the Board of State Engi-
neers be and they are hereby directed to make
a survey Of Bayou Plaguemne, In the parish
Of Iberville, during the current year, and
submit tothe General Assembly, ut It's next
annual session, such plan for the restoration
Of navigation therein rs shall seem most
feasible, together with estimates of the cost
thereof.
SEC. 2. Be ii further enncted. ETC.,, That this
act shall take effect from and after it's passage.
Mr.. VOORHEES,, chairman, on behalf of the
Committee on Railroads, submitted the fol-
lowing report:
COMMITTEE ON RAILROADS.
| New Orleans. January Is, 1878. !
| To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
| House Of Representatives:
Your committee to whom was referred
| House bill No. Is, entitled
'An act to amend section Of an act entf-
, tied AN act to extend the powers Of rail-
roads No. %, page 205 approved March 40,
1856,
/ Beg leave to report unfavorablv on the
same, and state that acts Nos. SO and 49, APP
proved March g. 1877 regular SESSION. con-
tain ample Legislation on this subject matter.
ALBERT VOORHEES,,
hal lff,t,,f Hoo oil Ict i
! COMMITTEE ON RAILROADS, I
NOW Orleans. January Is. 1878. !
To the Honorable Speaker and Members Of the
House Of Representatives:
| Your committee to whom was referred
, House bill No. 90,
"An act regulating the taxation on rail-
roads"
Beg leave to report:
That section Of the bill imposes unequal
, burdens of taxation upon railroads as COM
pared with the taxation imposed upon other
I corporations and upon private individuals.
r and unequal as between the different railroad
Gorporatlons, the gauge OF whose. respective
lines exceeds three feet or Is three feet or less
The capital stock OF O. railroad as well as its
< real estate and other properties situated with
ia the several parishes Of this State should
t be assessed to their actual values, and like
+ the capital stock and other properties of all
persons whatever, shall bear the same rate OF
taxation. The provisions of this bill, pro-
posing to establish a communication tax on
railroads In lieu OF all other taxes State, pa
rochial and municipal, are In conflict with ar
ticle 1lS Of the constitution requiring con-
formity and equality in the burdens Of licenses
and taxes.
The bill Is Objectionable, on the further
ground that it actually imposes greater bur-
G dens OF taxation ON railroad corporations
S than on other corporations, and besides make
an unfayorabie Discrimination between DIFF
ferent railroad corporations
The policy Of our State Is to foster railroad
enterprise within the limits of this State, to
State. without loosing sight, however, OF the
D disordered condition OF her finances and the
impoverished condition OF her people.
l Your committee would therefore suggest
: that the matter Of the assessment OF the cap
2 ital and@other properties OF railroads running
through different parishes q the State be re-