The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-10

states, and Of House bill No. ass for relief Of
House bill No. 1876. for relief of M OlBula. In
House bHI No. l34, for relief Of inc. Jordan.
House Bill No. i42. to authorize the summon
ing Of witnesses etc Passed to third readi r.
passage If u Joint resolution thanking he sub
tIonlmittee Of Ways aud Means In Congress for
the bill repertsd r. re1t!!on to T. duty or sug
passed under q suspension of the rules.
MI wilde rose to privileged, question, to
correct the stemsnt made by him tat the
against The proprietors Of the Democrat came
| 9i,ect from them. He had learned since. max
fer I to the Lottery Com pany by Senator Rob-
| ertson. to whom the warrants had been trans
| ferred and the note given. He read The follow
| ing paper setting forth the facts of the case:
| STATE OF LOUISIANA, ]
Auditors Office I
| New Orleans January .. 1873.
Hon. Allen Jumel. Auditor:
BY these presents hereby tra a, sdeg to ~. a.
sued to me as State Printer, to the full amount
ofcS5ooo ,r,a =, r,r,r,,, e... pu,.4
] hereby certify that tue above Is q trus.and
my office e., ALIEN JuMhL,
| House bill No. IA. to enable and authorize
taxpayers to settle every six months etc. In
definitely anass b NJ 1te to incorporate the New
| leans Beart OF Underwriters.
Mr.. Huntington said that the Committee on
| he thought it was understoodsthat the chairman
1 Of the committee would make majority report
| He was opposed to the bill for the reason thai,
obeons to t. Rs oyes It's Reference to The
Judiciary CDmmttee. to report upon the consti-
tntienaty 81 the bill as drawn Hs was anxi9 , rs,
| to pass q bill for the purpose contemplated In
| the bill, but he wished one that would stand.
| The bill was referred. az moved.
SPECIAL ORDER.
House bill No. Ss2 the revenue bill; was taken
| bIr. Newsom moved to strike out the para
graph which imposes q tax on salaries of abos 9
$1,000
Judge Lyons moved to amend by exempting
| the salaries of constitutional officers.
| Mr.. Greasy moved to amend by excepting all
Gov War1noth moved to lay Mr. Cressy's
amendmsnt on the table. which was done.
Judge Lyons amendment was also laid on
| the table, as was also Mr.. NeWsoms.
Mr.. Keeting moved to increase the sehoolfund
Mr.. Keeting urged that under the present tax
Of mills his had been Informed by the State
Superintendent OF Education. that 1t ave. aged
but rs cents to each educable child. To reduce
ths p nd moa he woqd Dc the mrs
Gov Warmoth said that he was In favor Of
pose Of the committee to break down tho public
schools of the State. But public education, like
religion. might be made q job of. and he was
opposed to imposing tax. on mere sentiment
OF two or three mills. Hs thought that the per-
ishes should carry on tbs schools, The one
mill tax would yield sn6.ooo. and that. with the
should do.
Mr. ,Keeting said in reply. that it was very
easy to make calculations in committee. but
pay greatly reduced receipts school officials
must be paid out of these funds first.
Coy. Warmoih said that WAS what was pro-
posed to be changed. These officials must look
to the, general fund for their pay as other Off
mir. Bridger also opposed the amendment.
Mr.. Wise urged the am ndment. THe Demo.
cratic, party stood pledged to dc, nothing to i'm
every cam paign for eight years the party had
pledged this to the coIor,d people of the State,
DR.. Ryland supported the amendment and
spoke i'll favor OF 1t at length.
Mr.. Aldige moved to pass over the three mill
evee tax and the school tax until Monday and
that this question be referred to 2 committee to
OF Ways and Means, Lands anu Leyees and Ed
ucation.
M, gtd ss % IN pd1 BY tsns
ton provided for this. tax, and he was opp sed
to tho Legislature including it in tho revenue
public debt was invalid and not due, aud he saw
no necessity for the House doing ANYTHING that
might be construed as an ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of
Mr.. Gillespie offered an amendment to re
duce the leYee tax to one and q half mills. It
was unjust to this parish. with these amend
ferred as moved by Mr.. Aldige
Mr.. Keeting moved to amend by including
dogs among the taxable animals.
Mr. Harrett wnntad ..bng dogs" and l,oy War. |
moth wanted .'vniier dnus. ayemntad ~, ~ ,
Horse Vote, ,,o., -, a., ~, ~, WI Tue
NJ. n, I'm ~. uuWn tiialt aMsnuihehts'
Coy. warn 9th snid that this was an nd ealo,
rem thX ma eould not pc o. sessed, us doRB mad
per capita tax should be levied.
DR.. Keeting withdrew the amendment.
The Speaker announced rs the committee OF
Investigation win reference to the charses
made by the DEMOCRAT against Mr., Wide
called for by Mr. Lahs n.otion. the following
gentlemen., viz Messra. Lea, Jonas. Keeting.
Buck and Deltie
At the rcdslest of Mr.. JOINS, perm ssion was
granted the Judiciary Committee 10 make the
following report:
Unfavorably on House bill No. 297. to amend
section 73s of the Revised Statutes; on House
bill No. BOT. to make the Office Of parish attor
elective. House bill NO. 316, relative to
a ., boaru " ant NJ 70 ~ ,e7a Or Hopsa Hi