The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-14

and certificates OF Indebtedness; to au-
thori5e any taxpayer or taxpayers IN
Che parish to contest IN tho courts
tho legality and validity Of such war
rants and certificates of indebtedness. 10 att
thorize the Police Jury TO levy special tax
of two and half mills to he applied cSclu
siyely 10 tho purchase or liquidation Of said
outstanding indcbtejnoss TO authorize the
Police Jury to purchase said outstanding
warrants or certificates Of indebtedness
within certain limitations. and 10 provide for
payment oil the same
Passed to lts second reading,
Mr.. Stuart .....
House bill No. a,
San act to amend and re-onaet article T39 Of
abe Code of Practice
Passed to it, second reading.
Mr.. Kelly. Of Orleans;
House bill No. Is.
IAN act to authorize A. - Bcnardy 10 auc
the State"
10 the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mi. VOORHEES,.
House bill No. 49,
AN act to authorize Flanagan TO sue the
State"
TO the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr.. VOORHEES,. .~
House bill No. ~.
IAN act to authorize the estate Of VIM. A.
Harper, late civil sheriff of the pasisl, of Or
leans, TO sue the State"
Passed to ita second reading.
Mr.. Jones: .....
House bill No. AZ, @
IAN act to incorporate tho town OF Waterloo,
III the parish of Pcinte Coupee."
The bill was passed 10 It'd second reading
IT was moved that the bill be referred to
the Committee on Corporations.
The motion to refer. by rising vote Of %
yeas 10 5a nays. was lost
Under a suspension Of the rules the bill was
taken ms engrossod. passed to its third read
Ing read a third time and passed.
The title was adopted
Mr. keeting moved that the vote on the
final passage of the bill b. rrconsideryd. and
on his own motion tho motion 10 reconsider
was laid upon the table,
AproRTIoNMENT nnI.
Mr.. VOORHEES,, chairman. on behalf of the
special committee on apportionment, submit
ted the following report:
Your special committee on superintendent,
b whom was referred
House bill No. 10. being
"An act TO apportion the State into Sen
atorial aud Representative Districts" Reg
leave to report favurabIr on the Same with
the annexed amendments, And report unfa-
vorahly on the amendments presented to tho
same In the House and referred 10 your COM
mittee.
ALBERT VOORHEES,,
On the motion of MI VOORHEES,. the above
entitled House bill No. Is was taken up under
the preference secured to 1t by resolution of
She House.
The amendments of the special committee
were read "a follows; .."
Amend as follows:
After line 10 of section | strike out al! of
said after ito w.t." all Of pages 3. > and /,
and all Of page up 20 limo 7, and insert:
The Fret Senatorial District shall be com
posed Of the Eighth and Ninth Wards of Or |
leans and OF the parishes of st, Bernard and |
Plaquenines, and shall elect two Senators.
The Second District shall be composed Of |
the Fourth, Fifth Sixth and Seventh Wards
of Orleans, and shall elect two Senators
The Third District shall be composed of the |
Third Ward Of Orleans. and shall elect one
Senator.
The Fourth District shall be composed Of
the Second Ward and Fifteenth Ward Orleans.
right bank,) OF Orleans, and shall eicut one
Senator.
The Fifth District shall be COMPOSED Of the
First and Tenth Wards of Orleans, and shall |
elect one Senator.
The Sixth District shall be composed of tho |
Eleventh, Twelfth. Thirteenth. Sixteenth and
Seventeenth Wards of Orleans, and SHAH elect |
two Senators.
The Seventh District shall be cpmposed Of
the parishes Of Jefferson. st Charles and st, |
John the Baptist. and shall ele>'t one Senator |
The Eighth District shall he composed of
the parishes Of St James and Ascension and
shall elect one Senator.
The Ninth District Sha1 II ba 1r,Ft IN,
parishes OF Terrebonne, Lafourehc and AS |
sumption, and shall elect two Senators.
The Tenth District shall be composed of the
parishes Of St Mary. Vermilion. Cameron |
and Caleasieu, aud shall elect two Senators.
The Eleventh District shall be composed of |
the parishes of st. Martin. Iberia and La
iayy , and shall u elect one Senator. /
A., The twelfth District shall be composed Of |
The parish of st. Landry. ,
The Thirteenth District shall be composed |
OF the parishes OF Ayoyelles and pointe Cou-
pee, and !, shall elect one Senator.
The Fourteenth District shall be con,posed
OF the parishes OF Iberville and West Baton
Rouge, and shall elect one senator
The Fifteenth District shall be composesl of |
tho parishes OF East and West Feliciana, and
shall elect one Senator
The Sixteenth District shall be cnmnns,ld
ot the parish Of East Baton Rouge, and shall
elect one Senator.
The Seventeenth District shall be composed
of the parishes of st. Helena Iiyinrston
Tangipahoa. Washington and st. Tamnany'
and shall elect one Senator
The Eighteenth District shall be composed
OF the parishes of Rapides and Vernon. and
shall elect one Senator.
The Nineteenth District shall be composed
OF the parishes Of Nachitoches, Sabine. De
Soto and Red River, and shall be entitled 10
Two Senators.
The Twenty-sixth District shall he com
posed OF the parishes of Tcnsas and Con
cordia. and shall elect one Senate
Al page s.. in line ID, strike out 'two" and
insert ,,,one, In line II, strike out the word
sthree" and insrt two"
AT page 6, line g. strike out the word
three and insert the word two" In line
a, after the word Claiborne" strike out the