The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-01

sentatives to examine the State Treasury, the
! financial affairs Of the State, the books and
accounts of the State Auditor and Treasurer;
| to ascertain warrants not vised by the Audi
| tor and paid by the Treasurer; to ascertain
| the clerical force in the State Auditors and
Treasurer's offices; TO ascertain warrants IL
legally issued, etc,
The Speaker appointed the following eom-
mittee:
Messrs. Aldige. Buck, Leonhard, Desma-
rails, Lea, Tremoulet and Detiege.
On motion OF Mr.Jones,
Senate bill No. 1T, substitute for report OF
Committee ON Claims on petitions Of NewO Or
leans,
"An act for the relief Of the city OF New Or
leans, and to reimburse the said city the
amount expended by it for an extra police
force"
Was taken up on first reading, passed to its
second reading and referred to the Commit
tee ON Claims, with instructions to report to-
morrow.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS. 81
The unfinished business being
House bill No. 413,
"Ib provide revenue; to levy and collect
taxes; to grant and collect licenses; to define
certain objects Of taxation and Of exemption;
to define certain duties Of officers, agents, or
| representatives Of banks, banking assoca-
lions, insurance companies and corporations,
to define the duties Of certain courts; to pre-
scribe certain fines, penalties and damages;
to make certain exemptions; to define the
duties Of assessors, collectors, and Auditor Of
Public Accounts, to regulate the mode Of as
H..
define the duties Of certain sample mer-
chants; to impose upon parishes, municipali-
ties and town corporations certain restrie-
tions and prohibitions; to repeal all acts in
consistent herewith"
Was taken up, being the unfinished business
OF the twenty-sixth, pending Mr. RyIand's
motion to amend as follows:
Insert in line "a, paragraph 4, section 8,
after the word lodges" the words grange
Halls"
On the motion to adopt the amendment the
yeas and nays were called with the follow
ing result:
Yeas essrs. Aldige, Ayeock, Barbin Bar
Brooks, Bowvden, Bosley, D'Avy, Delavigne,
Detiege, Duke, Burden, DupTee, Estopinal,
Fitzpatrick, Fobb, Gaskins, Gracien, Ham
nond Hill Of Ascension, Holt, Jonas, Keet-
ing, Lamare, Leg, Leeds, Leonard q Caddo,
Nunez, Peralta, Pitts, Porter, Raby. Rout2n,
ton, Spiller, Taylor, Tremoulet, Toler, Tolli-
yer. VOORHEES,, Warmoth, Washington, Will
liams, Wise, Wood, and Young OF Cmi-
Nays Messrs Berry, Billieu, Buck, Como,
Cole, Davidson, Drew, Forester, CAN'T, Gary,
Hill Of Orleans II. Nj. johnson, Robert john
son, Kelly Of Orleans, Leonbard Of Orleans,
1,.,r nh, lr,t Poll GDf r1C
and Washburne-2l.
| The amendment was adopted.
| Mr.. Lamare moved to amend In the same
word "are," in line "a, the words, "owned ex-
clusively by these orders and"
| The amendment was adopted
| Mr. Delavigne moved to amend paragraph
| 5 Of the same section by striking out all after
| the word "graveyards," in line 36, and insert
ing the words, Except such portions thereof
as are still objects of commerce, trade and
profit"
| By rising vote OF GO yeas to - nays, the
amendment was adopted.
| Mr. AIdige, on behalf OF the Committee on
Ways and Means, moved that section of the
bill be stricken out.
| Thc motion was carried and the section was
stricken out.
On the motion Of Mr.. Hill, of Orleans, the
following additional section was adopted to
become section4
| Be ii further enacted, etc., That the Auditor
| be and he is hereby authorized to credit the
| accounts Of the respective tax collectors in
each parish or district with the difference be-
| tween the gross amount OF taxes charged
against said collectors upon the assessment
| rf
amount Of said taxes computed at the rate
of twelve and one-half mills on the dollar,
| which rate ia hereby established, and shall be
collected as the State tax in and for 1878.
Mr.. Tremouet offered new section to be-
come section 6, as follows:
Be IL further enacted, etc., That when two
or more persons constitute one firm or corn
pany, only one license shall be exacted for
each and every place at which their business Is
carried on, and these provisions shall apply
likewise to licenses imposed by cities, towns
or parishes.
1t was moved that Mr.. Tremoulets amend
ment be laid on the table, and on that motion
Mr.. TremouIet called for the yeas and nays
with the following result:
Yeas-Messrs. Aldige, Aycock, Barbin, Bar
Fett Brady, Bell, B Briee, Bpidgger Bll I
eswasn co SsoT Da s9ae A hgek De Ga2
Gary, Gaudet, Gracien, Gillespie, Hammond,
Hill Of Ascension, Hill of Orleans Jonas
jones' H. NJ. johnson, Robert johnson, Kelly
of Orleans, Keeting, Kidd, Lea, Leeds Leon
ard of Caddo Leonhard Of Orleans, Lewis,
Lyons, Magloire, Means Milon, McGehee
Nunez, Randolph, Richardson, Routon, Ry-
land, Smart Stage. Self, Sellers, senmes,
Singleton, Spiller, Taylor Toler, ToI!iyer,
Vance, VOORHEES, Walker. Warmoth, Washing
ton, Watson, Wilde, Wise, Wood, and Young
| OF Claiborne-73.
Navs-Messrs Barron Berry, Breard, De
joie, Detiege Drew, Estopinal, Fitzpatrick,
Fobb, Forester, Lanare, Newsom, Pitts,
Raby, Role, Shakespeare and Tremoulet4- u
The amendment OF Mr.. Tremoulet was laid
on the table.
Mr. Cressy gave notice that he would move
Reconsideration Of the vote just taken on to-
| morrow.
Mr.. Hill, OF Orleans, moved that the vote OF