The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-25
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
Or THE
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
twenty. ninth pays Proceedings.

The Convention was called to order at |;
o'clock IN.
Present Hon. i. A. Witt, President. ant
| 125 members.
Absent-Messrs. Bulow, Carey, Faux
Favrot, Covers, Kernochan, PoGhe-I
Prayer was offered by the Rev j. I. David
son, OF Claiborne.
Leave OF absence was granted to Mr.. Pochf
on account Of sickness.
Leave OF absence was granted to Mr.. Lanauz
until Tuesday morning, May ~.
The journal OF May 20 was approved.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
| The unfinished business on which the Con
vention was engaged at the time Of Its ad
jonrnment On May ~ was taken up. being
the consideration of article 81 OF Ordinance
No. 33G, Concerning limitations to the powers
Of government
| Pending the amendment offered by Mr.. Par.
Iange and the substitute therefor offered BY
Mr.. Lagan.
| Mr. Lagan asked and obtained leave t.
| withdraw his substitute.
| Mr. Watkins offered the following az sub.
stitute for article 81 and the amendment
| thereto:
No money shall ever be taken from the
public treasury, directly or Indirectly, Ia ald
Of any church, sect or denomination OF reli-
gion, or In aid OF any priest, preacher, minis
/ ter or teacher thereof as SUCH and NO prefer
| ence shall ever be given to, nor any. discrtmt-
| nation made against, any church, sect OF
creed 81 religion, Or any form q religious
| be made for private, charitable or benevolent
| purposes to any person or community; pro
nided, this shall not apply. to the. State asy.
| lums Tor the Insane and deaf and dumb and
| blind, and the charitable hospitals and public
| charitable institutions conducted under State
| authority.
Mr.. Demas moved the previous question on
the pending amendment, the substitute and
| the article, and the motion was seconded by
| the Convention.
Mr. Parlange called for the yeas and naye
on his amendment. with the following re.
suit.
Yeas-Messrs. Allan, Babcock, Bell. Bfeen
Byrne, Caffrey, Ghaffa Claiborne Cunning.
ham. Denis, Eastery, Edwards, Fontelieu
| Grimes, Guernger, Henry Of Natehltoches
| Heron, Howell Jastremskl. Kelly, Kemp
Kennedy, Krkman, Knobiock, LeGardeur, Jr.
81. Landry, .Munday Mcconnell. MeGloin
| Olivier, OFT, Parlange, Phelps Reid, Robert.
son, Semmes, Simon, Smith Of st. Mary
stringfellow, ,strovich,, Thompson, Vance
w HEIHAbII. w l1lIhtIlS Df
Nays Messrs.. Baskin, Benhan, Bien-
venu. Blanchard, Bohie, Bolton Bourgeois
| Bridger, Brian, Bulger, Burton, Chiapella
| Colvin. Davenport, Davidson Of Claiborne
| Davis Demas, billiard, Elan, Forman, Gard
ner, Gaskins, George Girard, ella, Hayard
Henry Of Cameron Hough, Jenkins, Joffron
| Kidd, King Lagan, Land, Leake. Loan, Luck.
cit, Lyons Marshall, Matthew'S, Moreland
| Noguez, Mutt, Ogden, Pinchback, Ponder
Richardson, Roach, Self, Smith OF jackson
lin, Todd Watkins, Webb, Wells, White, VIII.
liams Of Grant, Young OF East Baton Rouge
SO.
Absent Messrs. Breaux, Bulow, Cahen,
Carey, Collins, Davidson Of 1beryille, Dicker-
son, Estopinai, FauIk, Favrot, Covers. Ker.
nochan, Lanaux, Landry, Moore of Lafourche
Pardee, Stamps, Stewart Young OF Concordia
| 20.
The motion to amend was lost.
| The substitute offered by Mr.. Watkins was
adopted by the following vote:
| Yeas -Messrs. Allain, Bell, Benham, Blan-
ehard, Bolton, Bridger Brian. Bulger, Byrue
Chaffe, Ghiapella, COlville, Cunningham, Da-
venport, Davidson Of Claiborne, Davis De
mas, Denis, billiard, Easterly, Edwards,
Elan, Fontelieu, Gardner, Gaskins George
Girard, Grimes, Gueringer, Hazard, Henry 81
Cameron, Heron, H,ough,, Howell, jenkins
LeGardonr, .Jr., Loan, Luckett, Lyons Marks
Marshall, Matthews, Moreland, Munday, Nc
| Council, Mutt Ogden, Olivier, OFT, Phelps
| Pinchback, Ponder, Richardson, Roach Self,
Mary, Steele, Stevenson, Stewart, stille
Stone, Stringfellow, Strovich, Sutherlin, Todd
Vance, Watkins, Webb, Wells, White, Will
liams Of Grant Williams Ut TerreboDne
Young Of East Baton Rouge 81.
| Nays-Mesgrs. Baskin Bobie, Beorgeois,
Breen, Burton, Caffrey, Forman, Henry 81
Natchitoches, Jastremski, Kelly, Kennedy
| Kirkman, Knoblock, Lagan, Lott Willard
| Moore Of st. Landry McGloin. Noguez, Par.
lam LANCE u keid' Robertson Simon Stage Thomp
Absent . Messrs. Babcock, Benvenu
Brealx, Bulow, Cahen, Carey, claiborne, Col
Inns, Davidson Of Iberville, Dickerson, Estop-
inal, Faux, Favrot, Ola, Covers, KernOchan
Lanaux Landry, Long, Mentz, Moore Of La
fourche, Pardee, Poche. Stamps, Warmoth
Young OF Concordia
tMr. Lyons In the chair
Mr.. Allan, In accordance with previous no
tice given, moved that the vote by which thu
Convention ordered article 10 as amended tx
be stricken out be reconsdered.
On the motion to reconsider Mr.. Grimes
moved the previous question, which was sec
onded by the Convention, and the motion Il
reconsider prevailed.
The amendment offered by Mr.. MeGloin
which was pending May %, when the article
was ordered to be stricken out, was, on mo
ton Of Mr.. Mcconnell, laid upon the table.
Mr. Semmes offered the following as {
substitute for article 10 as amended:
No law shall be passed fixing the price O.
manual labor.
On the motion to adopt the substitute Mr.
Allan moved the previous question, which
was seconded by the Convention, and the sub
stitute was adopted.
Mr.. Allan moved that the vote on the adop
ton of the substitute be reconsidered anc
that the motion to reconsider be laid on the
table.
The motion to lay upon the table was put
as a separate motion and was lost. The mo-
ton to reconsider was lost by rising vote o.
90 yeas to II nays.
On the motion Of Mr.. Kidd, chairman OF the
Committee on Public Debt, the consideration
Of Ordinance No. 1856 was postponed for thref
nIrto far ha ~ raaaivinr tho fol