The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-26

Governor anu EtHGliPHb VI tbs SsiibN
On d eall Of the roll The following Henators
answered 10 their names
bjaasta. Attain. loatnat, HtFant hurch,
lttlis Garland. George. Gla, tupla. Gtuvet,
Uarnet. Mitchell. Perkins, Niclaitlaon, hob
nl,sbn, aandifntrl Bthl,ha, Wheeler White
and Thalaiip 81
Ataent Meaa,s, lafaatg, tnnn,. Dhnhs,
nurtoa Dumbnt. Kelly, Landry, o'Donilell.
Ondan, Stamps, Etpseit, bnttnn Tesedh.
1Witahpl, Wakefield and Young 40.
On motion If MIR Perkins the reading Of The
ju,pnal In detail was dispensed with.
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS,
Mr., aanliori presented tho
ttMamo,lat nj the Police Jury III the parish,
If Natphitntl,aa. praying for n constitutional
convention
Rafsirad Il, the Committee On Corporations
and pa,tAhial Affairs.
h9puRta or rdMAtTfFita.
Ar. drawer. chairman If The Committee un
Corporations and paiuehial Affairs, submitted
Tia ralawina report. which liea over under
Tho rules
yen, rnmmit,ee on Corporations ahd Paros
ehial A fairs, to whom waa taatird
House bill No. ajn. entitled,
nan act relative tn tile mode of opening an,
mailing public ,uaaa IN the parishes Of Yer
Hpn aud Ialraslen.
JAN IT, GROVER, Chairman.
Mr.. paatner chairman If the Committee nn
lands and Leveea, submitted tho following
,apopt, which liaa over Under the rules
IA tho Honorable President and Members Of
the Henafe!
yer Canmitienop Public Lands and lieveea
hes leave H. report IA follows M
Favurably on
"pniefinn Tho stats Engineer to eulvey
Bayou leche aud report 10 tho naxt General
Assembly the cost of locking same and rem.
dertna 1t navigabla into bayou Gonttablean.'
AlaS, favutah1y. with amendment. On
Senate blu Ne,l44,
'nrdeting the State Engineer TO survey and
report to tse nest t,ei,elal Assembly The coat
of dredging and locking bayou Plaauemlne,'
Amendment Ft##
Add Ia tho end Of section tho following.
provided tho Bpafd shall make careful
examination Of the bottom Of tho Plaquenitr
where II Ia proposed to place locke, ~ oldef TO
aaeertain whether, ny fpasph 81 lutcitnafds pr
either na,lnaH, the construction OF locks would
not be ftaualit with danger VI overflow. and
provided futther that the Board shall make
4 report 60 the General Assembly allowing the
feaabli e te Proposed ,, M9,h y, u, ,, head 2, q
Withstand and generally 70 place the General
Aaannhly In possession Of ell the. tanta nnces@
aary for Them To decide whether the work can
be done without danger OF overflow 10 The
""s' N'''S' CHARLES j. BuATNER,
Chairman.
MIR, Mitchell chairman Of the Committee
oh Railroads, submitted the following report,
which liea over under tho rules.
s Ea COMMITTEE ON Ra1hnoapa)
And Internal improvements, !
New Ofeann, February NJ taTs.
70 the Honorable President and Members of
the aenates
Your COMMITTEES on Railnada and internal
improvements 10 whom was ,rietfeH
Senate bin No, 100,
IAN act to incorporate and facilitate the
construction Of tho New Orleans, Texas and
Colorado Railroad,
Report the aame tavofably, with inc Fellow
Tirp{ In aeetion |, Inca AZ, 90 and 90, printed
bill. ptrike out the words "suec,uaion furaiSty
yeara from and after the nasaage of thia act,
and insert in lieu thereof tho wofds perpetual
nuectaaion,n
second Al tho end of eeetiea add the
words "euhieet to all the pfovisonR Of tha
act"
THIRD Section 4. line 9, ptrike out the words
rsthe city Of New orleana," Same sootian,
lines 10 and II. strike Out the words. city OF
New orleana,"
Respectfully submitted.
II, ., MlrGHElti. Chairman.
INTRODUCTION or pih1.a.
The following named Senators obtained
unanimous conaent to introduce without
p,evtoua notice. The following entitled hilia,
which were read the frat time: the canatitu-
tnn,,l rule WAS suspended IA 10 zach bill, and
II was read tho second time and referred. a.
followa:
by Mr.. Mitchell;
Senate bill No. 49,
An act making outstanding warrants Ia
sued by the Auditor OF ruhiic Accounts in
favor az the Institution for the Education Of
the Blind and the Industrial Home for the
Blind. of the Institution FOR tho Education of
Deaf and Dumb. OF tho University Of Louis
lana, of the Charity Hospital at New Orleans.
Of the Charity Hospital at Shreveport, and OF
the Asylum for the Insane at Jackson, re-
csivahle for the redemption of land forfeited
30 or purchased by the State"
To the Committee on the Judiciary.
by Mr., Perkins:
Senate bill No, isa,
IAN act ~ create local boards of health |
throughout the State subordinate to the |
Beard Of Health OF the State Of Louisiana,
30 define their duties and powers and their rc- |
latlons with said State Board Of Health: to |
provide FOR their support; to establish gene
raj system OF recording vital statistics |
throughout the State; and TO provide penal |
Lies FOR The enforcement Of this act
TO the Committee on Health and Quaran-
tine.
BY MIR, Perkins:
Senate bill No. ISIS,
An act to render liable to the payment of
parish taxes the Clinton and Port Hudson
Railroad, and 10 repeal all laws or parts of
laws in conflict with this act"
To the Committee on the Judiciary.
BY MIR, Goode: @
Senate bill No, isl
An act 70 donate 10 the police iuries of the
parishes Of Lafourche and Terrebonne all the
swamp and overllowed lands belonging to the I
State lying between the Bayou Lafourche
and Terrehonne; TO provide for the appoint
ment or a board of commissioners. and to de-
fine its nowerss. " etc.