The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-08


eral, tax collectors, and the State Auditor;
prescribing certain duties and fees; relative
to the remission OF penalties and forfeitures;
the receipt Of evidences of debt for city taxes,
and the duties OF the civil sheriff for the par
Ish Of Orleans In the collection OF taxes
Was taken up on its third reading.
The bill was read q third time.
On the final passage Of the bill, by rising
vote Of SO yeas TO 81 nays, the motion to pass
the bill was lost.
Mr.. Billieu called up the report, as privi-
lege question, Of the contested case Of Lea vs.
Watson
Mr.. Brent offered the following order:
Ordered. That bills and resolutions reported
from the Senate shall be considered by pref
ereBce over all other orders, except special
asst gnmentS
The order was adopted
Mr.. Bridger, chairman, on behalf OF the
Committee on Enrolment, reported as fol-
lows:
To the Honorable Speaker and Members Of the
House Of Representatives:
Your Committee on Enrolment report as
correctly enrolled the following House bills !.
| House bills Nos 20, 80 and 80.
r. d. BRIDGER, Chairman.
| House bill No. 142,
| can act to impose a license tax upon trades,
professions and occupations, for the benefit Of
the general fund tax, and to provide punish
naent and penalties for violations OF the same;
and to repeal act No. 26, Of the extra session
Of 1879, approved April ~. 1878, and known
as the Moffett Register Law"
| Was taken UP.
/ On the motion OF Mr.. Jeffries the amend
ments OF the Senate were concurred In.
Mr.. Fitzgerald asked and obtained leave d
the House to spread upon the journal his rea
sons why the Senates amendment TO para
graph Is Of this bill, No. 142, should not b.
corcurred In, az follows:
/. It will drive out Of the State fifteen o.
twenty companies now paying State licenses
lu all involving a loss OF about twenty thou
sand dollars to the State Treasury.
O. In driving out these companies mo-
moody would be left to the local companies
whose objection to the agencies is because o
the reduced rates offered by agencies, and no
TO the small amount of business they do.
g. The twenty-nine agency companies re
eeive In fire premiums about $27O,0Oo; the.
now pay State and city licenses OF 81, SOC
which ia over is per cent tax on their income
The city companies sixteen In number PAL
S24, 900 licenses, and have an income o
$4,000 900, so that their license tax amounts =
but 9-10 OF per cent on their income. The TAI
, on agency companies is simply enormous.
a. The assertion that local companies pa,
: taxes on capital, and that agencies DO not
would be an Insult to the intelligence OF thi
body for Us to say that capital pays taxes nc
where, except where 1t is located.
g. There Is no case on record where r0reig
mpanies have not paid, anu promptly TOT
) all honest Losses made.
6. The twenty nine foreign companies repre-
> sent over 800 O00, 900 OF assets, well invested
and there is no company represented her
whose stock is not at par or above; whereas
. on the other hand, the sixteen local eompa
MES have not over S. 900 900, and there are bu
two of those whose stock - &C par or aDov'
whilst some are as low as thirty mine cents 0
: the dollar This move Ia made for the purpOs
= OF driving away agencies by excessive taxa
q ton.
g I. Local companies have an average In
q come of $3.50 900, while agencies average bJ
9 $4,000. IL the people of Louisiana can stan
the driving away of these companies, an
= have their premiums increased for the neneT
+ of local com panieS, we must submit, DuG nc
i without the earnest and solemn protest OF q
q the representatives OF the agency com panic
!, SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.
3 The special order OF the day being
e Senate bill No. 81,
- IAN act amending act No. 80 OF the exit
4 session of 1877, reorganiztng the Board
Health Of the State of louisiana; eTtendin
N defining and prescribing It's powers and q
ties, and those of quarantine and other office
ae under its control; revising and establshiI
the rates of quarantine charges for mai
It, tenanee Of quarantine; providing for its
Of penses: for the recording Of births, deaf
q s. and marriages, and the Issuing Of maria,
,s' licenses In the parish Of Orleans; for the
le, spection OF live stock and meats at c
~ slau9hter-houses In the parishes OF OrieaI
:, Jefferson and st. Bernard; prescribing t
A. duties and obligations of masters OF vess'
and others arriving at quarantine station
- establishing penalties and remedies for
'e- enforcement of this act, and for violations
te, the same. and of the ordinances and orde
Y made in pursuance thereof; and giving eff
as evidence to certain certificates OF quara
b. tine physicians, and to the sanitary or
nances of the city and the Board OF Health
Was taken UP.
Mr.. Bienvenu moved to strike out the ena
3 Ing clause.
Mr.. Ryland moved to lay the motion OF y
be Bienvenu on the table.
on The motion to lay the motion Of Mr.. BIZ
venI on the table was lost.
Question recurring on the motion Of
as Bienvenu,
Mr.. Hawkins called for the previous gu
nd ton.
70 The call for the previous question Y
seconded by the House.
81 On motfon to strike out the enacting clau
lie, Mr.. Ryland called for the yeas and ma
'e- with the following result:
II Yeas-Messrs. Barthelmy, Billieu,. Bi
- venu, Board, Bower, Bourgeois, Carr
~ Carville, Como, Coleman, Cousin, Demas,
a. tteoe, Decuir, Dupaty, Frazier, Fitzgera
N Gearey, Hasam, Hawkins, Hite, Holzha
u, Lauer, Lott, Martin OF St. Landry, Marqu
% Nixon. Murrell, McElroy, Mckee, Parmel
=. Redon. Robson, Scratchley, Stechma
o. Scott, Veazey Walton, Welsh--3s.
nj Nays-Messrs. Arnanld. Brent, Bride
~, Coco, Davidson Of Red River, Davidson
m m Iberville, Ducote, Guidry, Gordon, Guber
- tor, Hammond, Landry, Lfddell, Lyo
~ Munday. Nealey. OBryan, Pope, Potts, 4
- ney, Renwick, Ryland, smith OF Jacks
Smith OF st. Mary, Torrey, Vance, Vidri
Warmoth, Wise-29.
~ The motion to strike out the enacting ella