The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-10

+. s. GO0DE,
A. B. GEORGE,
| @ Ii. d. OGDEN
| IT, D. WHITE.
f. ?. STUBBS
the Senate: ..s
The undersigned dissent from the report Of
ttpe majority. OF the cemmittee Ell Semitic bill
No. 4. relative to compensation OF witnesses
i'm criminal cases, 'fssad submit the following
ms q substitute forssetion | Of said bill, viz:
SBuTIoN1. Be u further enacfed, etc; That
witnesses ssmmoned to appesr IN judiciary
4 Judges, and witnesses In criminal trial shall
II be entitled to receive from the parislt5reasury
one dollar per day for each day OF actual at
lttendances on said examination or trial and
five cents per mile for each mile actually and
unnecessarily travelled in going to and returning
from said examination or trial, proyided that
mo more than one mileage ITO witness shall
be allowed at any one term of court
i GHAs. !. BoATNER,''
il G. B. WHEELER
4 The report was received and lies over under
i the,rules
A Mr.. TeHada, chairman Of the Committee on
Enrolment and Engrossnsent, reported favor
ably on tEs h*=
i Senate bill No. lis, entitled
can act to repeal section q ofact No 20, APP
Il
provide for the PRONUNCIATION vof laws when
1.-THE Governor has failed or shall fail to return
Il the same as required by article 66 of the con-
Estithtion In cases WHERE after reaching the
EGoverDor, the enrolled copy has been lost or
1nislaid, or for any reason not been returned,
Il and to provide for the signing by the Presi=
dent Of the Senate and Speaker Of the House
1 of duplicate enrolled copies of all laws
i The report was received ard lies over under
1.-THE rules.
i Mr.. Ogden chairman OF the Committee on
i Parks and Public Buildings, submitted the
/ following report :taaf ar
i TO the Honorable President and Members O.
the Senate:
The Committee on Parks and Public Build
ings, to which was referred the resolution " to
examine and report as to the present condition
| Of the State House, the amount Of repairs re-
Iquired thereon, Ii any there be- what is the
present condition of the title to said property,
whether the State is bound, upon, the pur
paid upon said purchase and what yet re-
mains outstanding whether the purchase in
cluded the building on Toulouse street, and if
not, whether any portion of the building now
used was notincluded in the purchase, would
respectfully report:
| That the building is In bad condition. and
your committee could not ascertain the re-
pairs required nor estimate their cost, hence
| they submitted the question to the State En-
gineer. He reports that he has ''1nade
| thorough investigation of the repairs needed
The work is of such @ nature that tits impos-
| sible to make an estimate thereof. 1t is SO
scattered In small parcels, requiring different
materials and labor, that it would be inexpe-
dent to attempt it by contract He recon-
| rnends the employment of mechanics per
diem and the purchase OF materials by such
person as youprefer entrusting with this duty.
Hp ptiu hal IpfIt u,
the proper mechanics, ITO have their time
| accurately kept to sRperintend and direct
/ the work and to purchase. all material.
An appropriation of $4,000 would be necessary
to make such repairs as are Immediately
needed, and it would require probably double
that sum to complete the repairs Your COM
mittee would recommend. should ii be deemed
advisable to make repairs, to appropriate the
sum OF four Thousand dollars and the appoint
ment Of a resident committee Of the General
Assembly, composed at one from the Senate
and two from the House. Incorporate with the
state Engineer to supervise and give the work
Act No. 6 Of 1875 declares ''that the building
known as the st. Louis Hotel property now
occupied as the Capitol, be purchased by the
State Of Louisiana for the sum Of two hun
That the sum Of s25oooo with interest be ap-
prppriated for the payment Of said property
and also the sum Of $1,000 fortthe payment Of
the necessary incidental expenses, and that
out of all State taxes collected one-half of one
mill on every dollar shall be set apart Of the
general funds by the Auditor and Treasurer
as a fund to meet the purchase price, and said
funds or SO much thereof as shall have been
collected, shall be paid to the vendors at times
ITO be designated in the act of sale; provided
said payments shall be made at least twice in
each year. 1t further gives to any court of
ordinary Jurisdiction in the parish Of Orleans,
Jurisdiction and power to enforee the provis-
ions Of the act.
BY an act before r. J. Ker, notary public,
dated September 8, 1874, the Citizensf Bank Of
Louisiana sold to the New Orleans National
Building Company
i. A lot Of ground with the buildings there
on, heretofore known as the st. Louis Hotel
The dimensions are fully set forth. 30
q. The bank on Toulouse street the diYnen-
sio,s Of which are also fully given.
On the tenth OF March, 1875, before A. Pilot,
notary public the State acquired from the
New Orleans Building Association, the prop
,erty known as the st. Louis Hotel, and the
dimensions given are the same as in act be-
tore ker. The sale was made for S25O,0O0.
five notes furnished by the vendors in part
payment to the Citizens Bank and secured by |
mortgage on the property, and payable, with |
interest at the rate of eight per cent per an
mum from maturity, as follows
One note payable April n 1875, for $4,000 |
One note payable April II. 1876, for 264Oy
One note payable April 10 1877. for 2J.so0
One note payable April II, 1873 for 49, 800
A'ue Hooe teayaDie April IL, lSy Tor 2l,500
Total. Observation-Disclosures. .s124.ooo
which said svms shall be paid out Of the
funds specially. appropriated for that purpose
by the statute No. 6, by the Treasurer Of the
State Of Louisiana, on the warrant of the Aud
itor of Public Accounts Of said State
Q. And for the balance Of said purchase
price. to- wit $4,000, theState binds itself to
pay ia six l6l equal instruments Of SCI 900 each,
on July 20 and October 20, 1875;
January 20, July 20and October 20, 1876, and
on January 20, 1877. The validity of the war
rants has been questioned, and in the case OF
Chas. A. Harris vs. A. Dubuclet, wherein
plaintiff seeks by mandamus to compel their
payment, the Supreme Court held that act
No. is violative OF the constitutional amend
nent Of 1874. A rehearing has been granted
md the case remains undecided The ques-
Jon properly belongs to the judiciary, and
your committee deem it improper to express
my opinion, as the fate OF the title greatly de-
bends upon the final judgment of the court.
From the report Of the Auditor it appears
hat there were warrants issued In
s75 Observation-Disclosures. $3.50, 900
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