The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-24
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
or THE
SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
STATE or LoUIsIANA.
SENATE.

SENATE.
Fourteenth Days Proceedings.
SENATE CHAMBER State or LOUISIANA
New Orleans, Tuesday. January n, 1879
The Senate was called to order at II %
.,clock a. m. by the Hon. Louis A. Wilt
1,iertenant Governor and President or tn,
Senate.
On call Of the roll the following Senator,
answered to their names:
Messrs. Benners, DeBouchel, Ducros, Ellis
4. Garland, Ola, Harding. Harper, Kelly Ken
d ner. Landry, Merkel, Norwood, Perkins, Rich
arjson, Sandif0rd, Scanland, Stamps, Steven
i Stubbs, Sutton, Texada, WALES, Wells, vii.
Absent Messrs. Breaux, Bowden, Bryant
Il Gare, Cahen, DelahOussaye, Fontenot, Her
I'D, Mitchell, Wheeler, Zacharie-n.
prayer was offered by Rev. Father Hubert
On motion OF Mr.. Wells, the reading Of
the journal In detail was dispensed with.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
II Mr.. Wells. Chairman Of the Committee on
f,orporations and Parochial Affairs, submit
led the following report, which was received
Rooms COMMITTEES ON CoRPpRAT1ors AND !
Parochial Affairs,
New Orleans. January 20. 1879.
\ 10 the Honorable President and Members Of
the Senate:
Your Committee on Corporations and Pa
rochial Affairs to whom was referred the
following bills, beg leave to report favorably
thereon.
ITO incorporate the town OF Franklin, In
i the parish OF st. Mary"
Senate bill No. As,
no authorize the Police Jury OF the parish
Of lberville. TO levy special tax to pay its
Hoating debt"
ITO authorize the Police Jury OF the parish
III Warehouse to levy q special tax Of four and
one-half mills during the. year 1879, and to
make the outstanding Indebtedness OF said
parish receivable In payment OF the same"
no amend the charter Of the Crescent Mu-
j taal Insurance Company Of New Orleans
House bill No II,
TO amend and re-enact section 10 Or an
he s ioss q The public records and other papers
consumed by the burning Of the courthouse
IN the parish 81 Winn during the month Of
February, 1863"
Senate bill No SO,
of st. Louis to transfer the property Of said
church to the Society OF the Roman Catholic
Church for the diocese Of New Orleans"
Senate bill No. 20,
10 HHtnOrlzA Jne parish OF OF. MAFun.
through its Police Jury. to raise special tax
TO pay its floating debt"
Senate II bill No. 80.
ssTo amend and re-enact section OF an act
entitled. An act to Incorporate the J! town Of
Favorably, with the following amendments
Between The words In the fret section Of
the bill, provided said taxes shall not ex-
coed" end the words they shall have the
mentioned" and insert in lieu thereof the
words, 1.-THE amount Of the State tax on the
same property"
Between the words, in the same section Of
said bill, ITO impose SUCH and las they may
think proper" strike out the words "a tax"
taxes"
Between the word "any" and the word
occupation" In the last clause Of the same
section, insert the word ''such.''
provided that the said corporation taxes
and licenses shall be in lieu OF all parish
taxes, licenses and dues
GEO. II. WELLS. Chairman.
Mr. Perkins, chairman OF the Committee on
Lands and Leveee, submitted the following
report. which was received:
Rooms or COMMITTEE ON LANDS AND LEvEEs.l
New Orleans. January 81. 1879. !
To the Honorable President and Members Of
the Senate:
y Your co s,,1 Ut to whom was referred
IAN act to repeal an act entitled AN act to
create Board Of State Engineers; to define
their powers" etc,
.n BEG ssys to sa The sse . cGsyose
bill be indefinitely postponed.
L. g. PERKINS, Chairman.
On motion Of Mr.. Perkins the rules were
suspended In order to consider the report at
this time.
And on his further motion Senate bill No.
%, contained In the report, was indefinitely
postponed.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.
message was received from the House,
through its Chief Clerk, Mr.. @. nj. Pegues, an
nouncing that the House had finally passed
House bill No. 1903.
An act to repeal act No. Is OF the Legisla-
ture 81 1858. entitled An act to increase the
revenues OF the State, and to authorize the
incorporation and establishment OF the Lou
isiana state Lottery Company. and to repeal
certain acts now In force; also to abolish
the Louisiana State Lottery Company; also
TO repeal act Noe Ct the Legislature Of 1874.
entitled An act relative to the unlicensed Gale
OF lottery tickets In the city OF New Orleans
and comforting on police courts the power to
suppress the same also to repeal act No. 10
81 the Legislature Of 1874 entitled AN act
relative TO crimes and offenses: to declare
the sale OF illegal lottery tickets or the draw
ing OF any illegal lottery misdemeanor. and
70 provide for the punishment Of the same.
and to regulate the evidence to be received
upon the trial Of such offenses; also to nro-
hibit lotteries and the sale Of lottery tickets
to make it q misdemeanor to set up or pro- |
mote lotteries or to sell lottery tickets, or aid
therein directly or indirectly; to provide
punishment therefor, and to regulate the
evidence to be received upon the trial of such
offenses,"