The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-30

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valid,
Resol,cd, That II shall also be the duty q
said committee To inquire and report:
!, A.. Whether the State IL able W q the full
amount of the debt ascertalned by them To bt
valid.
q. II not able to pay the full amount OF u
what proportion of the same ID the State, In
her present condition, able to.pay.
3. What rate OF interest upon the pubic
debt will IL DO possible for the State to pay
without running the risk of again defaulting
9. The powers OF the State over the public
debt.
.. To receive propositions from. and negoti-
ate with the holders OF state bonds ana 0tnei
evidences OF debt, for nu amicable uuJu5tr
ment and settlement of the State debt, u be-
Ing the duty OF said committee to report to
this Convention any settlement that can DO
made.
Mr.. Phelps moved to refer the resolution
to the Committee on Finance.
Mr.. Blanchard moved to lay upon the table
the motion to refsr.
On this molten the yeas and nays were
called for, with the following result:
Yeas - Messrs. Baskin, Benham, BEN
yenu, Blanchard, Bolton, Bourgeois, Breen,
GGaihassr,o a gsiaH' gb sa,sae, o Balsw, p nolyIn,
borne. Davis, Dickerson, billiard, Easterly,
Edwards, Elam, Faulk, Favrot, Forman,
Gardner. Gaskins, George, Girard, Gla.. Cow
ers, Grimes, Gueringsr, Hazard, Henry q
Cameron, Henry. OF Natchitoches, Heron,
Howell, Jastremski, Jenkins, Joffrion, Kelly.
Kemp. Kennedy, Kidd, King. Knoblock. La
gan, Land, Ieake, Loan, Lott, Luckett,. Lyons,
Marshall, Mentz, Millard, Moreland, Mooreo OF
Lafourche, Moore Of st. Landry. Munday, Nc
Gloin, Noguez, Mutt, Ogden, OFT. pariange.
Ponder, Held, Richardson, Roach, Robert
son, Sell, Smith of jackson. Stage. Stewart,
Stone, stringfellow,, strovleh, suthsrlin,
/ Yh6rnnaou Hofd VnunR Wntkfua Wpbb
Wells, White, Williams of Terrebonne-o2.
Nays-Messrs. Augustin, Babcock, Bell,
Benham, Boble, Breaux, .Byrne, Caffrey, Col
Inns, Davidson Of 1berville. Denis, Fontelieu,
deur. Jr, Long, Marks, Matthews, Olivier,
pardee, Phelps, Ppc1e, Semmes, Simon,
Smith u st. Mary, Stamps. Steele, Steven.
son, stille--3f.
The motion to table was carried.
Mt. Denis moved to postpone further con-
sideration until tomorrow.
On the motion Of Mr.. Blanchard the motion
to postpone was laid on the table, and the
resolution was adopted.
COMMITTEE ON
The President presented the following
report:
your Committee on Rules respectfully beg
leave to report favorably OF Mr.. Matthew'S
amendment TO rules Nos. Al and AZ.
Respectfully,
LOUIS A. Witt, Chairman.
Thu report was received and adopted.
Said rules were adopted, as follows:
ORDER or BUSINESS FOR THE DAY.
RULE Il. New number 37.D-1.. The roll
OF members shall first be .c1Ied, and o quorum
answering, the journal shall be read and dis
i DGHlu OI. @IZ @.E#5@N& -
.. Approval q journGls of former days not
disposed Of and unfinished business Of preyi-
8. Introduction Of raHtions, memorials, req
A. PettionA mem&fials and resolutions "
Ing ovef undo. the ules.
Az. IftroductiotN Of articles to become o
5. Reports fHIa btanding committees.
9. Repotts n N eelect Quantities.
2. Bills, kesoaA ti!ns and all other documents
on n the ta 9 Az n t tea call l.or,,n. ,,,,r ). -
taken up one hour after roll call.
/. Special orders for the day.
q. Reports from committees lying over.
8. Ordinances or articles on first reading tn
their regular order.
4. Ordinances or articles IN second reading
In their regular order.
s. Ordinances or articles on third reading
In their regular order.
II the President shall not get through the
call upon committees before the Convention
passes TO other business he shall resume the
next call where he left oil, giving preference
to the report last under consideration; pro-
vided, whenever any committee shall have oc-
cupied the morning hours on two days, 1t
shall not be 10 order for such committee to
shall have been called In their turn; provided
further, that it shall not occupy more
than one hour each day after the meet
Ing, OF the Convention. No action
s ehm be ! taken .sa o. reports from
print, unless BY q vote Of two-thirds Of the
members present. Ordinances or articles In
tended as Q part Of the constitution, reported
from committees, shall take their place on
second reading calendar, after the committee
constitution, after having been adopted ON
third reading, shall be referred by the Presi-
dent to the Committee on Enrolment with
out action OF the house, and all such ar
Enrolment to the house, shall be referred
to the Committee On Final Revision by the
President.
Strike out the third clause Of Rule 40, new
number 38), headed "order OF the day"
ORDINANCES INTRODUCED. Z
The following named members introduced
the following entitled ordinances, which were
severally read and ordered to lie over In ac-
cordance with the rules of the Convention, to
wit:
By Mr.. Matthews
Ordinance No. rs,
Concerning lands donated to the State and
estates escheating to the State.
By Mr.. Matthews
Ordinance No. "a, 3
Concerning lands donated by United States
for school purposes.
By Mr.. Matthews
Ordinance No. rs,
Concerning Indebtedness Of the State to the
free school u and interest of the same.
By MI. Luckett-
Ordinance No. 76,
Concerning State Medicine.
By Mr.. Allan @
Ordinance No. N,
Concerning election for ratification Of the
constitution.