The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-14
FIFTH LEGISLATURE.
EXTRA SESSION OF ls7S = FIFTH
DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Tho senate.


Of being vagabond. etc, was taken up and
went over subject TO call.
Senate e gS pa a TO Fs
was taken nj and went over subject to call
Senate bill No. &c. an oct relative to redls-
| tricting the CITY, etc. was taken up and finally
passed, ne follows:
An act to amend and re-epact section -, act No.
20. approved April u. 1877. emitted An act
to repeal an act entitled an act 10 regulate
the conduct and maintain the freedom and
purity OF elections" s'c.
uo@ "s d henessniatises Of the slate Of Ionisi
ann In General Assembly conuened. That lection
Ia of act No. 60. approved April II; 1s77 be
amended and rs-enartrd to read ne follows:
"SHo. IL That on or before the fret Monday
In May, 1878. the city government of New Or
leans shall by ordnance. diyide the said city
Into elec ion precjnn e, within the different
wards, and for that PURPOSE by ordnance 10 at
| range the bound ,ries Of he wards ns may be
deemed for the psrpos1 q ts1ao
established shall be tho boundaries Of the
wards each OF said precincts to be imposed of
CONTIGUOUS sauar, $, and each precinct 10 he SO
arranged ne 10 contain Ave hundred registered
voters as neatly as practicable. Ms shown In the
next preceding registration: they shall es'ab-
and shall cause to be published m accurate de-
seriplon of the ward boundaries md election
Pracnes above ,.fnr % h. 70" Wn ten ays
d lily newspapers, give notice Of the Iteration OF
The pol Ing places Ia eacb precinct, which poll
Ing places hall be as nearly M rossibie In tho
oincis 10 be flxed az follows. above. NIT to be
changed within six months prior to any gen
Size q Be il .ftrther. eancfed, That NIL laws nr
parts Of laws in GO, Dict with thls AT he and the
same are, hereby repealed, ana That this law
take effect from and NJ or lisp ssaae.
REPORTS or COMMUTERS
Mr. White, from the Finance Committee re-
ported favorahly. with amendments, tho Een-
eral approximation bill Received.
on House hi | No. 1T--the neral revenue bill
On motion tho rues were suspended and the
last named bill Nhe general revenue hi y wna
taken up section by section and after The vari-
ous md nut, etous amendments, the discussion
lasting until b. m. when Mr. Ononnell called
for executive session. VIII oh last, until ~ N.
The doors were opened again when oonsid-
GRAFTON Of the revenue bill was resumed. the
a,estion being upon an ameha ,, ny Pr.
rel tive to the tax IN incomes.
Mr.. Goode SAID tho lines proposed to be
struck out were ambiguous. They provide That
II the istention. was to tax the excess over
$1,000 then he bill ought to say an. He was op
posed TO the income tax because It wac of IN
ise the people. Such was the effect of. he lac
United States law on the subject Heelipe. the
bin will ,n'y tax incomes derived from o'her
makes $4,000 on u taxed plantation viii pay 10
tax, while u lawyer or physician who makes
$4,000 will pavntaS,
Mr.. E&srrtsnh moved TO table the amend
meat. Lost-yeas 10, nays IA.
Mr.. Goude presented an amendment exempt
ing from taxation $1,000 in incomes. Adopted.
Mr.. Robertson moved tho bill he read third
time. Carried. and the bill was finally passed
yeas 49, naysa.
! he chair announced as the committee. nnder
Senator Boa ner's re- olMtr :, to examine into
Bnatner Iaoharie and DumoDt.
Mr.. Aacharls Withdrew senate bill No; III.
Of assessing and oolleoing the taxes through
out tho state. was taken w and referred to tue
Committee on Finance,
Mr.. Mitchell from tho Committee on Roll
upon S|nate bill No. TO- an act to incorporate
the Red River and Mississippi Railroad Com
Mr.. Harper submitted minority report
signed by himself aud Mr.. Burch, uufavorable
and recommending that the bill do not pass.
Mr.. Robertson. chairman Of the COMMITTEES on
Auditing and Supervising the Expenses of the
senhte submed 1port Of sss Pc al
showing balance of 81. Received.
Mr.. Robertson moved to take w tho various
House bills sent In. Carried.
The following House bills were then taken up
House bill No. sc. to Incorporate the town of
Franklin. Washington parish. Corporations.
House bill No IL. tho apportionment bill APP
portionment.
House bill No So. m act to give preference on
the dockets of tho courts to any suit the New
Orleans Pacific Railroad may bring to test The
yalidty. OF the bonds issued to that road by the
s' Hoass sP bill ho a. to incorporate the town of
Waterloo. parish of Points Coupoe Corpora
tions
flvorably. with amendments, by the Finance
Committee during tho day. Carried. And tho
bill was taken UP and went upon the preferred
calendar.
Mr., Robertson moved recess until 7 40 D. m.
Carried. And at 4:4b D. m. the Senate took Il
Evening Session.
At 80 .. m. the Senate was called to order by
the Secretary. who called Senator Goode to the
chair.
The roll was called and twenty three sena-
tors answered to their names.
Mr.. Nobertson called UP the genernl appro-
pration bill. aud the bill was taken up with the
the amendments were adopted to that strik-
Ing out $4,000 for tho Charity Hospital Mt Baton
Rouge
Mr. Burch amended making II t2Oop.
A motion was made to table the amendment.
which was lost: yeas g. nays 49,
MIR. Burchs amendment was lost: yeas 10.
Mr. Ellis amended making 1t &5oo
Mr.. TeSadn amended making II $1,000. Lost
The opmmittee's amendment striking out the
appropriation was adopted.
The next amendment by tho committee was
hat redueng the appropriation for state print
ing. etc. from 50 500 to st90 900
Mr. Grover offered q substitute making the
appropriation 800 900 stating that he desired to
place himself on recond in this matter, and
WOulu Gull LnS yeas ana DASR on Ms motion.
He was tired of these exhorbtant printing
bills. and wanted an itemized account of the
bills before the Senate.
Mr. Robertson. reudng from the acts Of is7f.
showing hat the Stnte appropriated that year
5000 900 for printing and st25. 900 additional for
the Sta'e printer. Now the appropriation was
for but $40 900. That was reductoniho claimed
which ought to satisfy any Intelligent Senator.
This appropriation was not for tho full amount
put in by the II use. but $4,000. or rs much
thereof IA may be necessary.
Mr.. Grover wou d have m itemizsd bill to sec
If 1t cuntormed 10 The fee bill
Mr.. BNatner inquired of tho Senator Mr
Groverl ii he Thought 900 would pay for all
the work for the current year. for tho election
printing. and for the printing OF the amend-
meuts, etc.
MIR. Grover did not think the State Printer
should receive one cent until he had presented
his fee bill
Mr.. White stated that he had drawn the orig
ina act regu laliug State printing. and that ho
knew now that the State had never had IA
honest, ms Just, or a bin equally as economical
rs the one now on the statue books. The print
ing in 1863 no said. cost the St t. $3.50 600, AMI
that did not include thousands upon thousands