The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-25

amendments be laid upon the table.
BY rising vote OF az yeas 10 80 nays, the
motion to lay upon the table was lost
| On the motion Of Mr. Gaskins, by rising
vote OF Sd yeas to 26 nays, the amendment OF
Mr.. Forman was laid upon the table.
The motion OF Mr.. Matthews to recommit
article "a and depending amendments there
to was. on motion OF Mr.. Moore, oil La
fourehe. laid upon the table.
| The amendment offered by Mr.. Parlange
was adopted.
| Mr.. Watkins offered the following amend
ment:
The General Assembly shall have this
power to provide for the punishment Of fraud.
and shall provide by law for reaching prom
erty OF the debtor concealed from the creditor.
and to force q surrender under the insDvent
laws
Mr. Knoblock moved that article ID as
amended, together with the pending amend
| ment, be recommitted to the Committee on
Limitations, and, by rising vote OF ~ yeas
| to 80 nays, the motion TO reeommit prevailed.
Article % was read.
Mr. George moved that the words "or
officer" In line be stricken out.
| On the motion Of Mr.. Moore. Of Lafourche,
and by rising vote OF AZ yeas to IS nays
the motion to amend was laid upon the table.
| On the motion OF Mr.. Lyons article % wac
amended by inserting In line 4, after the word
appointing, the words .or authorizing the
appointment Of"
Mr.. Sutherlin moved 10 amend by striking
out the word constitutional In the third
line Of the article as printed.
The motion to amend was lost.
Mr.. Heron moved TO amend by inserting
In line 3, after the word Expense" the words
ITO the State and by rising vote OF 81 yeas
to rs nays the motion to amend was carried.
Mr.. George offered tho following substitute
for article %:
The General Assembly shall have no power
to Increase the salary of any office by ap-
pointing assistant officials
Mr.. King offered an amendment to the fore
going substitute by inserting after the word
"power" the words Except by two-thirds
vote In each branch thereof"
The amendment offered by Mr.. King WAS
accepted by Mr.. George.
Mr. Lyons moved that the words added by
Mr.. Kings amendment be stricken out.
Mr.. White offered the following amend
ment:
Add after the word "official' In fifth line,
OF Public Accounts, the State Treasurer, the
Attorney General, or the State Engineer. who
shall have full authority to employ all assist
ants they may require.
On the motion OF Mr. Moore, of J4afourche,
the motion to amend WAS laid upon the table
Mr.. Byrne moved to amend by adding after
word Expense" In line Q, the words "or
salary"
Mr.. Moore, OF Iafourche, moved the pre-
vious question on the pending amendments,
the substitute and the article,
The motion for the previous question was
seconded by the Convention.
The amendment offered by Mr.. Lyons to
the substitute offered by Mr.. George, by a
rising vote Of 50 yeas to Is nays, was adopted.
The substitute Of Mr.. George rs amended,
by a rising vote Of 81 yeas to Is nays, was
adopted In lieu OF article %.
The further consideration Of ordinance No.
1876 was. on motion Of Mr.. Girard, chairman
OF the Committee on Contested Elections,
temporarily postponed, In order to receive
unanimous report Of the committee in the
case Of Hon. 2. j. Kennedy eontesting the
seat OF Hon. L. Roach, Of Jefferson
Under suspension Of the rules the report
was read, received and adopted, as follows:
Your Committee on Contested Elections
have had under consideration the contest OF
?. j. Kennedy vs. Hon. l.. Roach, and beg
leave to report that the contestant has with
drawn his contest, and your committee unan-
imously recommend that the Hon. L. Roach
be confirmed In his seat as Representative
Delegate TO this Convention from the parish
Of Jefferson
Respectfully submitted
M. Il. GIRARD,
Chairman of Committee.
The consideration Of Ordinance No. 336 was
resumed.
On the motion OF Mr. Bridger article 81 was
stricken out
Article Is was read
Mr.. Olivier moved to amend by adding
after the word "war," In the sixteenth line.
the words land, seventh, to construct and
maintain levees along the Mississippi and
other rivers and streams throughout the
State"
On the motion Of Mr.. Marshall the motion
Of Mr. Olivier was laid upon the table by the
following vote:
Yeas -Messrs. Baskin, Bienvenu, Banch-
Davenport, Davidson of Claiborne. Davis,
! billiard, Edwards, Elan, Gaskins, George,
| ella, Hazard, Henry OF Cameron. Henry Of
Natchtoches, Jenkins Kelly, Kemp, Ken
Hedy, hlrKmhD, Iand, LOtt IHcKeLL, Lyons,
Marshall, Moreland, Moore of st. Landry,
Munday, Mutt, Ogden, OFT, Ponder, Reid,
Richardson, Self, Smith Of Jackson, Stage,
Steele, Stilie, Stone, StringfeIow, sutherlin,
Thompson, Todd, Vance, Watkins, Webb,
Wells, White. Williams of Grant, Young Of
Concordia-56.
Nays-Messrs. Allan, Bell, Bourgeois,
Breanx, Breen, Burton, Chaffe, Cunningham,
Denis, Fontelieu, Gardner, Grimes, Guerin-
ger, Heron, Hough, Howell, Jastremsh, Jof-
frion, Knoblock, Lagan, Leake, Long
Matthews, Willard, Moore OF Lafourche, Nc
Connell, McGloin, Noguez, Olivier, .Pardee,
Pariange Roach, Robertson, Simon, Stamps,
Stevenson, Stewart, Strovich, Williams OF
Terrebonne, Young Of East Baton Rouge-40.
| Absent-Me Babcock, Benham, Bobie
BuIger, Bulow, Byrne, Cahen, Carey, CHA
pella Claiborne Collins, Davidson Of her
vile, Demas, Dickerson, Easterly, Estopinal,
Faux, Favrot, Forman, Girard, Covers, Kerr
nochan. Kidd. King, Lanaux,. Landry, Lee
Gardeur, Jr., Loan, Marks, Mentz, Phelps.
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