The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-03
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
OF THFC-
FIFTHuGENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF FTIIs-
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
REGULAR SESSION OF 1878.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
SENATE.
Eorty-fourth nays Proceedings.

Forty-fourth Days Proceedings.
SENATE CHAMBER. state OF LOUISIANA, /
New Orleans Thursday. February %, 1873 ,
The Senate was called to order at IL o'clock
mi. by the Hon Louis A. Witt, Lieutenant
Governor and President Of the Senate.
y On q call Of the roll the following Senators
answered to their names:
Messrs. Allan. Boatner, Breaux. Bryant
Gage, Demas. Dueros, Ellis, Garland, George
ola, Goode, Harper, Kelly, Mitchell, Perkins
Richardson, Robertson, Sanditord, STUDIOS
Sutton. Tayada, Twitehell Wheeler White and
Zaetarie--26
Absent Messrs. Burch, Dumont, Grover
LANDRY, ODonneI, Ogden, Stamps, Steven
Wakefield and Young 10.
On motion Of Mr.. Bryant the reading Of
the journal In detail was dispensed with.
REPORTS OF Committees.
Mr.. Goode, chairman of the Committee on
the Judiciary, reported back the Concurrent
Resolution and constitutional amendments
contained therein, as received IN message
from the House, stating that the committee
had placed the amendments in such form as
would enable the Senate to consider them
easily, and had not felt 1t necessary to offer
any other report thereon ...
The report was received.
Mr.. Robertson demanded call of the
Senate.
The roll being called twenty-six members
answered to their names, as follows:
Messrs. Allan, .Boatner, Breaux, Bryant,
Cage Demas Ducros, Garland, George,
Ola, Goode, Harper, Kelly, Landry, Mitchell,
Perkins Richardson, Robertson, Sandiford,
Stubbs, Sutton, Texada, Twitohell, Wheeler,
White and 2acharie-26.
Absent Messfs. Burch, Dumont, Ellis
Grover, O'Donnell, Ogden, Stamps, Steven,
Wakefield and Young 10.
The message from the House containing
The proposed amendments to the constitution
was taken up, being the special order of the
day for Immediately after the reading of the
journal.
On motion of Mr., Robertson the special or
der was postponed half an hour.
On motion of Mr.. Goode the rules were sus
pended to allow him to submit at this time
the
petition of citizens Of Lafourche, praying
for the passage Of Senate bill donating swamp
and overtowed lands between Bayous La
fourche and Terrebonne."
The petition was received
REP0RIS OF CoMMiITjslss
Mr.. Garland, chairman of the Committeeon
Claims, submitted the following report, which
was received and lies over under the rules:
TO the Honorable President and Members of
!. the Senate:
Your Committee on Claims respectfully re-
ports back to the Senate all the memorials,
petitions and bills which have been referred
to 1t. with o recommendation that law be
passed creating court or commission of
claims. with power to act In the investigation
OF all claims which have been or may be made
against the State, to send for persons and
papers. to take testimony. to administer
paths, and to report to the next General As
sembly the result Of their examination of
each case, with the evidence adduoed and the
law relied upon to support It,.
Your committee has been induced to make
this disposition Of the said memorials pCti
tions and bills for the following reasons:
First The thorough investigation OF these
accumulated memorials. petitions, ETC.. which
should be made In Justice to both the State
and the claimant, cannot be made within the
hours usually allotted to business before the
daily session and after
Second The report by your committee and
the action of your honorable body upon some
OF the claims, and not upon all, would give
undue advantage to some creditors of the
State over others, as the Treasurer would be
authorized to pay the claims acted upon, and
In doing SO might exhaust the whole funds,
which. If insufficient to pay ell, should be
rateably distributed.
Third-The constitutional limitation that all
Appropriations and claims in excess of
shall in no manner provide for their pay |
ment" is not ascertainable where only part Of
the claims are acted upon without consider |
ing the aggregate amount of all.
Your committee would pray to be dis
charged from further consideration of said
IN emDrnla patifia1g and hills and would r,a-
commend their reference to the tribunal which
1t Is suggested should be created by the pres
nnt General Assembly.
HENRY l.. GARLAND Chairman.
Mr.. Richardson chairman of the Commit
tee on Agriculture, Commerce and Manufac
lures, reported favorably on
House bill No. "a,
can act for the relief Of the Fruit Growers
Association of the Gulf States
And unfavorably on
Senate bill No, 1856,
IAN act to repeal all laws granting privi-
leges upon the proceeds Of the crops of the
year in favor of furnishers of supplies. mer-
etc, advanced for producing the
same"
Mr.. Goode chairman Of the Committee on
the Judiciary. submitted the following re
port, which lies over:
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY |
New Orleans. February IS. 1878
To the Honorable President and Members of
the Senate:
Your committee to whom was referred
Senate bill No. 201. substitute for Senate
bill No. SO,
Beg leave to report by substitute, entitled
IAN act authorizing and empowering the
Police Jury Of Morehouse to abate or remit
the amount of certain forfeited bond
T. s. GOODE, Chairman.
The substitute became Senate bill No 210,
and was read the first time.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.
The following message was received from
the House:
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,, |
New Orleans, February IS, 1878. !
To the Honorable President and Members of
the Senate: ~.