The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-22

leave to report that conference of the Com
mittee on Ways and Means, Lands, Levees
and Public Education, has agreed to report
section OF House Dill No. 352, as follows, Bnd
to recommend its adoption:
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the state Of
Louisiana in General Assembly conpened,
That an annual ad valorem tax of twelve and
one-half mills on the dollar shall be and is
hereby levied for the purpose OF supporting
the government of this State, to pay the
public debt and promote the public interest
thereof upon the assessed cost valuation q
all property; said tax Of Twelve and one-half
rails to be divided as follows, to wit: General
fund tax two mills, interest tax live and one
half mills, levee construction and repair tax ts!
three mills provided, that the three mills
levied for levee purposes shall only be col
lected In 1873 and thereafter the !evee tax
shall be one mill and the annual al Valorem
tax ten and onehalf mills.
For convenience of assessment all property
is hereby subdivided into the following objects
OF taxation.
Mr. Aldige, from the same committee, re-
ported favorabyon House bill No. 1872, by sub
stitllte. which was read, and on his own mo-
ton was placed upon the calendar, becoming
House bill No. 49,
IAN act to provide revenue; to levy and
collect taxes; to grant and collect licenses; to
define certain duties of officers, agents or
representatives OF banks, banking assocla-
tions insurance companies and corporations
etc
The bill was passed to it's second reading,
and on the motion of Mr. Aldige it was made
the special order Of the day for Thursday at u
o'clock m.
Mr.. Leeds chairman of the Special Co1s-
] ,t,rl thc fol low.
ing report:
To the honorable the President of the Senate.
| Speaker of the House Of Representatives,
and members of the General Assembly:e
Your Joint Committee appointed under Joint
Resolution No. of the extra session Tor 1877,
| "to consider the necessity OF q new charter for
the city of New Orleans and to make recon-
mendation as to said charter, should they
!. deem Gge necessary have the honor to here
, with submit
'An act to provide additional regulations
for the governments of the city OF New Orleans,
I to define the duties Of the officers and boards
herein created ans to repeal all laws or parts
of laws in conflict with the provisions OF this
act"
This project Of law, which Is submitted.
} whilst not technically new charter. en-
braces new form of government, leaving in
, tact the powers OF the government as constl-
tuted under the present charter. Owing ta
:. the purely transition state OF the affairs OF
the city, your committee have concluded that
| it would be impossible at this time to put on
the statute books q new charter, without
legislatively determining. many questions
which are now pending in the courts, and,
, therefore. that it was wisest to simply en-
deavor to make such economics and create
such checks as would enable the city to pass
through the peTiod vi uncertainty witt IS
g much relief as was possible, leaving an entire
+ revision of her charter tGesubsequent leglsla-
tive action. ,
Your committee are conscious of the diff
Guilty Of thestask assigned them. The prob
O lem of municipal government has proved the
most complex OF solution in our American
system, and has as Yet remained unsolved.
9 The balance between the Just measure Of rep
e resentation and a correct standard OF admin
istrative efficiency seems Impossible to reach,
and your committee therefore submit with
df1idence the result Of their labors, dffidence
augmented by the fact that it has been accom-
plished whilst many other pressing public du-
! ties we're calling for the attention Of the mem
bers of your committee.
. Very respectfully
EDWARD D. WHITE,
P A. DUCROS, JR.,
81 CHAS. J. LEEDS,
LOUIS LEONARD,
=. T. JONAS,
: J. ALDIGE,
JAMES D. HILL.
On the motion of Mr.. Leeds the bill reported
}. by said special committee read and or
> dered to be placed on the calendar, becoming
House bill No. 4l4, 90
4 "Anact to provide additional regulations
for the government Of the city of New Or
= leans; to define the duties of officers and
}, boards herein created, and to repeal all laws
I, or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions
, of this act
}, The bill was passed to it's second reading
} and on the motion of Mr. Leeds it was
: made the special order Of the day for Monday
4 next, at / o'clock o. M
Mr. Rridger moved that House bills Nos. 80!
} and 80 be reassigned as the special order o.
the day for Wednesday evening, at z 80 O'Clock
a MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR o
The following message was received from
e His Exoellency the Governor:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
State of Louisiana.
u New Orleans, February 1s. 1878.
TO the Honorable Speaker and Members of The
House of Representatives.:
= have the honor to inform you that | have
g this day approved and signed House bill
!. entitled o
= IAN act making an appropriation for thu
!, payment of the mileage and per diem OF the
e. members and contingent expenses OF the Gen
eral Assembly; the salaries of the officers anc
= employees Of the General Assembly. for thu
= session commencing the seventh OF January
81 1878, to authorize the Auditor to draw war
= rants upon the Treasurer for the amount st
= appropriated; requiring the Fiscal Agent K
u cash The said warrants; providing the ways
d and means for the security and reimburse
d mept of said Fiscal Agent, and providing alst
= for Inc disbursement Of said funds
= Very respectfully,
L Governor of Louisiana.
e. SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING.
! Senate bill No 4, emhlea
r CAN act to amend and re-enact section O
t., act No a of regular session Of 1877, relative
! to compensation of jurors"
a Was taken up on second reading.
,e Mr.. Bridger moved to amend in section
i. by inserting the words "and fifty cents ate
"a the words zone dollar"
), The amendment was adopted and the bill