The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-13
FIFTH LEGISLATURE.
SECOND OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
BAYS PROCEEDINGS.
The senate.

The senate.
The Senate was called to order at II a. m. by
Lieut. Gov. Wilt. Nineteen senator's quorum
o con motion the s nate concurred ia the amend
mont ofthe House to Senate bll No g. auin9ri
ising the District Attorney of the First Jualciai
Distrrt TO employ an assistant nj his own OK
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
judiciary Favorably on House BIZ No; al. to
0ehange the times of holding the DlBtrlct court
Finance-Favorably by majority on House bill
No. 10, to authorize the Auditor 10 enter on n,s
books the cash balances Of tho Treasurer prior
to January J, 1877.
INTRODUCTION or BILLS.
The following bills were introduced and re-
D Eerred. =
the supreme Court at Opelousaa and to fix the
time and place for the return of appeals from
vermillion st. Mary. Lafayette, etc. To the Jul
BY MIR. Goode: An act relative to agricultural
privileges. 10 COMMITTEES on the Juhicery.
Also m act relative to sale days OF pubic or
judicial sales by aheriffs or other persons, un-
der decree Of court. Also, an act relative to the
aale of perishable properly under conservative
process 8so, to amend and re-enact article
Nlr ogden, Oh behalf Of special committee
appointed to examine into charges against GER
tain officials of Madison, asked permission Tor
the committee TO Withdraw for the purpose q
M The me ae t aa WE gram}ea
she breed of horses cattle aud hogs. aud to re-
azure unrestricted males Of horses cattle and
hogs to be kept In Enclosures. To the Commit
Toe on Agriculture and Commerce.
The bill from the House amending and re-
enacting the act granting corporats privileges
10 the Inhabitants Of Baton Rouge was taken UP
Nlr. Boatner presented resolution authoriz-
ang the chairman of the Senate Contingent Ex-
penae Committee to pay witnesses summoned
before the special committee to investigate the
charge. against the clerk Of court and sheriff
~ MnIi Gar iah hn nm Al m mai In IA
equal to their actual travelling expenses.
Mr.. Qsden, chairman OF the special commit.
leo, asked TX a majority OF those witnesses we're
not ALREADY here, in attendance before the su-
MIR Boa.ner replied that quite q number of
witnesses were summoned by the committee
from the parish. He did not know whether
thoy were in attendance at the Supreme Court
from the parish, aud believed they should be
raid. The others, he said, who were In attend
ance upon the supreme Court. would not of
course. make any claim to compensation.
Mr. Ogden remarked that thu. proceedings
against The officials originated with the police
Mr. Garland submitted an amendment limit
ing the pay of witnesses to % 80 per day while
In actual attendance.
Mr.. Bryant offered substitute making 1t g. a
day nd ten cents per mile coming from and GO
ing to the parish.
Mr.. Cage moved to table the substitute and
amendment
DIR. Garland demanded tho yeas and nays.
DIR. Cage withdrew his motion.
The substitute and amendment were then
withdrawn. and Mr. Boatner presented an addi-
aonal paragraph to his resolution that the ex-
sailed account to be approved by the chairman
n of the Senate Contingent Expense 0ommittee.
Mr.. Bureh submitted substitute paving the
and Ave cents per mile each way.
Mr. Boatner moved to lay the substitute on
, the table r#zt
Mr. Allan called for the yeas and nays, and
he Chair asked the Senators to vote one way or
The other, as Y was impossible for the presiding
FtT1. IN fAnpE lE Gals inh1 F
The vote was yeas o. nays H.
Mr.. Burch moved the adoption Of his substi-
tute.
MIR. George submitted an amendment provid-
ing that no witness should receive more than
fso for attendance and mileage,
Carried and az amended the original resolu-
hon was adopted
Mr. White moved reconsideration Of the vote
by which the tn senae on the previous day,
COMMITTEES TO investigate the ferry privileges of
Marx schonberg and others. AZ there was be.
al the law granting this very privilege, he
would. therefore. move reconsideration for
we n made g ha w
Mr.. Landry opposed the motion to reconsider.
:, Mr. White called for the yeas and nays Yeas
Mr., zacharie presented a resolution proyid-
ing that the chairman Of the. Contingent Ex
pense Committee be authorized to pay the wit
nesses suhpnnaed before the Committee on
Elections sum equal to their actual travelling
tendance before the committed. Adopted.
House bill No. 2s4, amending section l. act No
20 of the extra session Of 1877, was taken up
and the committee report being unfavorable. it
was indefinitely postponed.
Senate bill No, 100 David Youngs bilD. to le-
Eitmatize certain children etc, went over Jun
der the rules.
Senate bill No, 1873. making 1t msdemeanor
70 sell personal or real property on which a
s rsn EXISTS. was made the special order for
Mr.. Burch desired to make statement He
Ind noica d tha q ths Cqmmitee on CORPORA
Waterworks bill lie desired to correct that re-
D port As one Of the members of the committee.
ne had authorized no one to say anything for
aim Something had transspired In the com
mltteS room n which he would not repeat On the
port was not unanimous, as had been stated,
Senate bill No 1oe to amend certain articles
al the Revised Statutes relative to parish sur
xayors, was taken up, the committee report be-
Mr.. .stubbs moved the passage Of the bill.
Hesatd the object was to get rid of incompe-
tent officers and that 1t consolidated into dis
aricss the parishes that would come under the
der the. act. It created the office OF survey or
general and makes one surveyor for each iu
aicial district II the ate, instead Of one for
each parish in the State as under existing laws.
in majority of the parishes the work was not
sufficient to constantly employ the surveyor.
not over 500 d year, that anything but compe-
tent men tiiied the positions. No one who was
really QuatiTied could afford TO give his entire
attention to the work. and for that reason the
law contemplated would secure com potent men
Heretofore the Surveyor Gene, al had been To-
Gated here in the city, but what duties he per
formed no one ever knew, and what the office
VAS no one ever knew. as no one had filled the
office or done the work. 1t had. in fact. been
entirely overlooked. and even the salary had
been overlooked by the last administration as
no one had drawn ii for the last four or five
years.
twas a well known fact that under the pres
emit law Incompetent men held The office. and in
some OF the parishes especially bad lines were
run and titles 10 property were in consequence
in litigation.
MIR. Boatner and Mr.. George opposed the bill.
MIR. BQatner remarkng that under the pro
Rosed law surveyor would not go from one
part of the district to an extreme part of the
same district to survey small tracts. He thought
the present law should remain In force and
hoped ii would.
Mr. Mitchell said that in his district it would
DO q matter of mpossibility for the surveyor 10
do the work. He moved the indefinite post
ponement of the hill. Carried-yeas 81. nays s.
Mr. Stubs said one object he had in the bill
was 10 abolish the sinerure. the Surveyor Gen
erals office but the object of the Senate seemed
TO be TO keep that office in existence. and he
would yield, therefore. 0 the Senate.
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