The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-01
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report, of which the foregoing is q synopsis,
was presented to the Senate by Hon. Ii. D.
twenty4ninth day of January, 1873 copies
OF which, when printed, will be distributed to
the members Of the Houseof Representatives,
= iop'eH II. b. OGDEN, Chairman
LOUIS IEONHARD,
JOHN FITZPATRICK,
WILLIAM KERN,
THOS. A. GAGE.
Mr.Ryland, chairman, On behalf Of the Com
nittee on Agriculture, Immigration and Com
1nerse, submitted tho following report on
House bill No al,
Tan net To organize and establish a Bureau
Of Immigration: to prescribe the duties and
powers thereof; 10 provide for the expenses Of
the same. aud granting certain rights to i'm
migrants:
CoMMrTrEE ON AanrouLrunr, IhMMIaaAT1oS(
New Orleans January 49, 1871
10 the Honorable Speaker and Members Of the
House OF Representatives.
Your Committee on Agriculture Imnigra-
tion and Commerce beg leave respectfully to
House bill No. al, entitled,
IAN act to establish Bureau OF 1mrnigra-
tiOn.D etc.
BY substitute.
r. I'll. RYLAND. Chairman
BILLS INTRODUCED.
The following named members introduced
the following entitled bills, which, under q
suspension OF the rules, underwent their first
and second readings, and were referred to
committees respectively, as follows:
BY Mr.. Singleton:
House bill No 224,
ian act fixing the penalty for larceny of
hogs
10 the Committee on the Judiciary.
by Mr.. Sinner:
House bill No. 225
IAN act To incorporate the town Of Jeanne
rette, Ia the parish of IBERIA"
TO the Committee on Corporations.
BY Mr. Aldige:
House bill No. GAG,
IAN act for the relief Of the State Treasury"
10 the Committee on the Judiciary.
by Mr. Washburn
House bill No. 227,
tsAn act TO create general levee fund; to
divide the State into levee districts; to pro-
vide for the appointment Of district boards Of
Ieveo commissioners; TO create district levee
funds and To provide for tho collection and
disbursement thereof"
10 the Committee on Lands and Levees.
BY Mr.. Lyons
House bill No. gag.
IAN net to make liable to parish taxes the
Clinton and Port Hudson Railroad
To the Committee on Corporations.
by Mr.. H. M. Johnson:
House bill No. $40,
IAN act to amend act No 81 passed In the
General Assembly Of 1874, and approved Feb
rnary 26 of the same year, and to repeal GER
tain clauses thereof, and for other purposes
70 the Committee on Health and Quaran-
tine.
BY Mr.. Kennedy:
House bill No. 251,
IAN act to repeal an act entitled AN act to
create and establish two police jury districts
In and for the parish of jefferson; and, also,
to provide for the redistricting said parish
into police Jury wards and to provide for the
paying of the Indebtedness Of the Police Jury
Of the parish of jefferson, left bank and
10 repeal an act entitled Act No - of the SEES
sion of 1873, incorporating the city of Kenner,
in said parish
10 the Committee on Parochial Affairs.
BY Mr.. Berry:
House bill No. 232,
IAN act to repeal section 27o3 of the Revised
Statutes Of 1870 Of the State of Louisiana,
and to enact the same
u 10 the Committee on Retrenchment and
Reform.
BY Mr.. Kennedy:
House bill No. 2s3,
An net to repeal act No. 1877 Of the fifth ses-
sion Of the Legislature approved May z,
Is77.n
To the Committee on the Judiciary.
BY Mr.. Wise:
House bill No 234, ..
VITO exempt members of the Shreveport
Fire Department from serving as jurors and
to limit tho number of members in each COM
pany composing said department"
10 the Committee on the Judiciary.
81 by Mr.. Dinkgrave
House bill No 235,
An act to provide for the creation of q
Board of Equalization of Assessments, pre-
scribing their powers and duties and compen-
sation; making an appropriation for the pay
ment Of the same and providing the order Of
payment of warrants on the State Treasurer;
to provide for equalizing Of assessments of
property LIN the several parishes of the State
and to impose additional duties on the Auditor
OF Public Accounts, and to provide for equal
izing the assessment made in 1877"
To the Committee on Ways and Means:
Mr. Bridger presented
House bill No. $50,
" An act to authorize the Police Jury OF the
parish OF Caldwell to levy a special tax, not to
exceed foar mills, during the year 1878, for the
purpose Of paying the salary Of Thomas j.
Broadway, sheriff of said parish for the year
! 1876"
The hill was Rad ;te fret tip,a npd Hoe nver
Mr.. Hammond asked and obtained leave to
introduce out Of Its regular order the follow
ing resolution:
RESOLVED By the House of Representatives,
five members OF the Committee on Peniten-
tiary, be authorized to visit the Penitentiary
at Baton Rouge, and to report on It's condi-