The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-20

1 Mr. White offered the following amend
ment to the title Of the bill, which was
! adopted:
| Add at end of title the words, "and to give
| to the State three directors in addition to
| those provided by act No. 113 OF 1853.
| The title, as amended, was adopted and the
bill was finally passed.
| Mr. White moved to reconsider the vote by
which the bill was finally passed, and, on his
| own motion, the motion to reconsider was
| laid on the table.
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING.
| House bill No. 10,
| IAN act to provide revenues for the State
| from licenses on occupations OF dealers In and
| sellers of wines, spirtuous and malt liquors,
| and keepers of bar-rooms, and from @ tax on
the said wines and liquors by the drink; to
provide for the ascertainment and collection
of said tax; to prescribe the use of the regis
ter; to define and punish sundry offenses; to
prescribe the duties of the Auditor and the tax
collectors under this act, and the disposition
of the proceeds of licenses and taxes collected
hereunder"
| Was read the third time.
Mr.. Demas moved that the bill be finally
passed.
Mr.. Kelly demanded the yeas and nays.
The roll being called resulted as follows:
-Messrs. Allain, Bryant, Burch, De-
mas, Ellis, George, ella, Goode, Harper, Lam
Twftchell and zacharie-16.
NayslMessrs. Breaux, Cage, Ducros,
Kelly, Mitchell, O'Donnel, Ogden, RICHARD
son, Robertson, Wales, Wheeler and White
Absent-Messrs. Boatner, Dumont, Garland,
Grover, Steven, Stubbs, Texada and Young-8
And the bill was finally passed.
Mr. Demas moved to reconsider the vote
| lust taken, and on his own motion the motion
to reconsider was laid ON the table.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.
The following message was received from
| HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
| New Orleans. March Is, 1878.
| To the Honorable President and Members OF
the Senate:
am directed by the House of Representa-
tives to inform your honorable body that the
House concurs in the following Senate bill,
with amendments, as annexed to the Dill,
viz:
Senate bill No. /.
"AI, act to create State Board Of En-
gineers; to define their powers and duties; TO
levy tax Of one mill for levee and pubic
Improvement purposes; to divide the State
, into levee districts; to provide Tor the ap-
pointment Of Boards of Levee Commissioners
therefor" etc.
Respectfully, etc,
PETER j. IRRELEVANT,
Chief Clerk.
, Senate bill No. 1,
"An act to create State Board OF En-
gineers; to define their powers and duties; to
levy tax of one mill forlevee and public i'm
provement purposes; to divide the State into
Ileyee districts; to provide for the appoint
txf I ,iccin ppyc
: therefor etc,
Being preference bill, was taken up, with
: the following amendments thereto, offered by
the House:
In section 7, twenty ninth line, strike out al
between the words "and' and "on, )" and in
sert "the township line dividing ranges ano
t S east, down to Bayou DIES Glaizes, along
r Bayou DIES Glaizes. to the Bayou Rouge
s along Bayou Rouge to the. Atchafalaya river
3 boundary of st. Martin, along this line to the
8 Teche, and thence down the Teche."
: In line 4, section 7, strike out the words .sas
follows" and insert the words, ''of the allu
vial viz lands within the following limits tt
$ Amend section 9, line 2, by inserting, afte1
r the word 'products," the words land prop
Y erty."
Il SEC 10. Be it further enacted, ETC.; Tha
q the police iuries OF the several parishes o
Q the State are hereby invested with the man al
l. agement and control Of all public eyees OF tn
'e State, and of all completed public works
which may require police care for protection
It or preservation and they are hereby author
- lied and required to make such regulations o.
y are necessary and proper for their repair, pre-
g servation and protection; and for these pur
poses they are hereby invested with tn
~ power and authority to appoint watchmel
y and guards for levees or other public work
during periods of threatened danger; to dis
trin
t. other public works amongst the citizens Q
= the parish, subject to road duty, according +
the road laws Of the State and parish
in all respects the same as II tn
a the public roads of the parish; and the
- :, shall also have the power, in cases OF ere
L. vase, or imminent danger OF q creyasse, U
call out all. Or as many as may be necessary
IT of the road hands Of the entire parish and
ct concentrate them upon any point OF danger
ri and to keep them employed thereon as Ion
10 as may be necessary to avert the danger 9
" until It is evident that 1t cannot be averted
or provided that for this emergency service s
e. rendered, all persons 80 called out and en-
ri ployed shall be paid at rate, to be fixed b
~ ~ the Police Jury, of not less than one nor MOI
be than two dollars per day, for the time the
81 refuse to serve err, on such emergency service
mr. when properly notified, shall, on conviction
h. such refusal be condemned to pay fine {
~ NOT less than two dollars and fifty cents pt
of day.
e, Substitute for section II:
cd Be 1t enacted, That both the general levi
or fund and the district levee fund shall be e.
pended by the Governor under the provision
Of this act; provided, that in case any dis T
m shall refuse to comply so far as the conditiC
ILL thereof shall justify with the estimates Of Il
Board of Engineers, then the said distri
shall not be entitled to any portion of tt
- general levee fund
" The title of the bill was amended so as
lie read as follows:
OF An act to repeal act No. $40 Of the ext
~ session Of 1877; to create Board OF !, sta
at Engineers; to define their powers and dutie
at to levy tax of one mill for levee and publ
ee improvement purposes; to divide the Sta
10 into levee districts; to provide for the appoin
ment IF boards of leyee commissioners Their