The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-03
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
--or THn--
FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OR THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
REGULAR SESSION or 1878.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,.
pays proceedings.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Twenty@second Days Proceedings.
HousH or REPRESENTATIVES, |
New Orleans, Friday. February !. 1878 J
The House was called 10 order at Ia o'clock
tn. Present.
Hon Louis Bush, Speaker, and Messrs. AL
dige, Breafd, Burton, Bowden, Brown, Barron,
Barrett Billle b s,,y f baok b5e nyn Ge'
burden, Davidson, Delavigne Drew, Diekei,-
son Dlnkgraye, DAvy, Deioe, Duke, Fobb,
Fltspatrlek. daudet, CAN'T, garyt aasskins,
Hahn, Hill q Ascension, Hill Of Orleans,
Kennedy, Reetilg, Kelly. d Vim, Kelly Of
Orleans, Kern, Lyons, Leeds,. l,eonhard Of
Orleans, Ilafnare, Lewis, Magipire, Martin,
Means. Milcn, Nunez Porter, psr ul1 Plttts,
hehasos h aasn saas apap s Ro
Henliilps, btapg,. Stewart Sellers. Smart,
Taylor, Toliver, Tremoulet, Vance, VOORHEES,
Washington Watson. h., ,WI,ashburn, Walker,
, W,o,R,d, Wss wilde' Williams and Young Of
Absent -Messrs. .Ayeock, .Bridger. Boeley
Do Lacy, Desinarais, Dupre Estopinal,
Forester Gillespie, dracien, Holt HaIi,lno.nd
se s 'MSnss k ss nsenad nan o"dG ha 9S
Soter, Self, Toler and Warnoeh-32.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. DR.. Peroival
The journal Of yesterday was adopted.
Mf. Bell asked and obtained leave Of alb
aence for Mr.. Briggs for the day.
PETITIONS, MEMORIALS AND RESOLUTIONS
Mr. Brady presented
A petition from the masters end owners Of
vessels trading TO the New Canal of the city
Ill New Orleans, asking legislation b secure
Tho removal Of distractions at the entrance
uf said canal, ETC.
The petition was referred 10 the Special
Committee on New Basin and New Canal
Shell Road.
On the motion of Mr.. Delavigne, 1t was or
dered that this petition be printed III the
journal, as follows.
10 The Hone rable The Senate and House OF Rep
resentntives Of the State oil louisiana:
The undersigned, masters and owners of
vessels trading to the New Canal Of this city.
respectfully call your attention 10 The follow
ing facts;
L FfpiEhts have declined from one-half 10
two-thifds of their former rate within the last
few years. As an instance we refer to the
freight upon lumber from Paseagoula to the
New Basin LII 1866 II was from eight to ten
dollars and iiity cents 10 two dollars and
Hetenty-five cents per thousand.
q. LIN the meantime the tonnage charged on
The New Canal has not diminished; IL Ia the
same to-day az then, viz: thirty and q
every time Ii enters that passage cay fifteen
dollars for small craft of forty tons, and this
paid by many of them as often as once every
week.
tonnage, the company charges fpE towing veg
sells up and down the canal, and that charge
iHs been doubled since 1860
4, The entrance TO the canal. called the
pickets liz In most dangerous condition, q
was formerly there, ana Che depth Of water
having been reduced until sometimes not more
than five feet of draft can be brought In; the
RESULT Of which Ia that ii has become very
perilous 70 enter OF issye from the plckets in
by the fact that the steamer Uainelia and a
number OF sehooners have beea sunk at the
pickots Within comparatively IDUtslt pbrfUd t
aud either entirely lost or greatly damaged
the Inhabited part Of the city q saw mil, has |
been erected, and vessels are often injured by |
collision With the logs, which are allowed to |
tbatruot navigation.
bers ofpers ms dep 'ndent on them fos support |
Probably tive thousand persons live by the |
which navigatas this canal, and |
therefore the grievances TO which we have |
called attention above will no doubt receive at !
your hands q consideration cpsnmensurate |
with the amount Of population Interested
lit is possible for your honorable body TO |
control In any measure the powerful mon |
opoly which dominates this branch of COM
MERGE, we cannot doubt that speedy interior |
ence on your part will redress our wrongs and |
temper the grinding exaetipns which impov
clish our families and gradually destroy onr |
business.
We have the honor to subscribe ourselves,
most respectfully, your obedient servants.
Mr. Fitzpatrick presented memorial of @.
q. Hartwell, of the Third Ward. parish of Or
leans, praying for relief for gas fixtures fur
ntshed the State House, at Mechanics Insti-
tute, In the year 1871.
Referred 10 the Committee on Claims
The following resolution, offered January
IL by Mr.. Singleton, was taken up and
adopted
!. Resolved bv The House Of Representatives of
HE State of Louisiana, That no bills, memo-
rails, petitions or resolutions shall be called
M or offered out of their regular order except
By the unanimous vote Of the House.
The following Concurrent Resolutions, Of
Iered by Mr.. Wise january 81, were taken up:
feso,ved bp The House Of Representatives.
giasp, That the Representatives Of The State Of
Louisiana Ia the Congress OF the United
States be and are hereby urged to press upon
Tho attention OF Congress the necessity Of the
ptssSuNa vi u blll FtAtnply InEEtuuCNN 10y TIC
Hon. J !. b. Elan in The House of Representa-
hves No. 24ea, entitled IAN act for the better
organization If the District Court of the
United States within the State Of Louisiana"
Resolved, further, That copy hereof be
vent to each of Our said Representatives,.
On the motion OF Mr. VOORHEES, the first
was amended by adding at tho end
thereof the words with the Recommendation
hat the parishes of st. Martin, Iberia and ST.
Mary remain within tho Eastern District Of
louisiana
The amendment was accepted.
On motion of Mr.. Wise the resolution was
,dupted.
On the motion of Mr. Buck
Senate bill No. 10,
San act to equalize the compensation of
MEMBERS of the General Assembly,"
Being the special order of the day for this