The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-19

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vote.
Mr.. M. J.. Liddel voted for Hon. W. +
Spencer vote,
Mr. .. +. Parmelee voted for Hon. Loui
Bush vote.
Messrs. Ducote. Landry and Pope vote,
blanks votes,
Total, "a votes.
Total vote 1872; necessary to a choice g
votes.
Inc PRESIDENT OF the Senate announced tina
there had been no election.
On motion OF Senator Harding, the Senat.
withdrew.
AFTER JOINT SESSION.
On motion of Mr.. Smart, the calling of the
roll was dispensed with.
Mr.. Cordill, chairman, on behalf of the
Committee ON Lands and Levees, presented
the following report:
/ NEW ORLEANS, January II. 1879,
Your Committee on Lands and Leyees. To
whom was referred House bills Nos. so, 96 and
| 100, beg leave to report
| Favorably, with amendments, on
| House bill No. Sc,
UnfavOrably on
| House bill No. 80
Respectfully return
/ q.
AND ask that it be referred to the Com
| mittee on Public Lands, with the request to
| report by bill.
&C. CORDILL
chairman committee on Lands and Levees.
The report was received and adopted.
On the motion Of Mr.. Cordill the rules
| were suspended to take up
House bill No. 96,
IAN act to repeal act No. 5 OF the extra ses-
| sion OF 1878; to create Board of State En-
gineers; to define their powers and duties; to
| levy tax Of one mill for levee and improve
| ment purposes" etc,
On It's second reading, under the foregoing
favorable report OF the Committee on Lands
and Levees.
On his further motion the amendments re-
commended by the committee were adopted
as follows:
In section 7, line 95, after the word "viz" in
sert the words. 'the alluvial portions of the
following parishes, to witt"
In section 8, line al, after the word "coI-
lected" insert the words, 'unless otherwise
ordered by the leyee commissioners Of that
district"
Add another section to the bill as follows:
SECTION 10. Be 1t fsothcr enacted, ETC., That
this act shall take effect from and after its
passage, and that all laws and parts of laws
In conflict Herewith shall be and the same
are hereby repealed; provided, that nothing
In this act shall be construed to suspend the
collection or payment OF any district taxes
heretofore levied by the boards of levee com
missioners appointed under the provisions
OF act No. OF the extra session Of 1878, ap-
proved March 26, 1878.
Mr. Brent, Of the Committee on Lands and
Levees, offered the following amendments
In lines 80 and 80, strike out the words "to
the largest area OF territory"
In section 10, after the word protection"
In line $50, strike out the balance of the sec
ton.
In line 60 Of the bill, strike out the word
Five" and insert the word "siy"
Insert In the beginning 0f line 72 the words.
"and south Of the lower and southern line of
the parish OF st. James, aud theaoa.des7s 4, ~
the sea- exclusive ess parish OF Orleans,
VIZ. 81 ST. John, part OF St. Charles,
passxSS0f Jefferson, St Bernard and part of
District NO. 2 to consist of all
parishes and parts of parishes lying east of
he Mississippi and south and west of the
ills, from the city of Baton Rouge down to
he southern or lower line Of the parish of st.
James,"
Amend by making the second" "third,"
fourth" and "fifth," wherever they are named
n the bill, "third," Fourth" fifth" and
sixth, respectively.
The amendments offered by Mr.. Brent were
.dopted.
Mr.. Renwick offered as an amendment
institute for section Of the bill, as follows:
Be ii further enacted, etc., That the State
hall be divided for levee purposes into four
imits to wit: District No. to consist of the
parishes and parts of parishes lying east of
he Mississippi and south and west of the
ills, from the city of Baton Rouge down to
liz: Part of East Baton Rouge, part of her
lille, part OF Ascension, part of st. James,
art of st. John the Baptist part of st.
charles, part of Jefferson, st. Bernard and
art of Plaquemines. District No. 2 {
t parishes between the Mississippi,
,ayou Lafourche and the Gulf viz Part OF
ascension, part OF St. James, part of st. s
ohm. part OF st. Charles, part of Jefferson, {
art OF Orleans, part OF Plaquemines, part of /
10. to consist OF all parishes and parts q
parishes south of Red river and between !
be Mississippi and Lafourche on the east e
nd the township line dividing ranges four /
III Hvc cdSJ, uOWu LILO bayou L eLitt ITdulo, +. c
own Bayou Petite Prairie to the Atchafalaya :
lver, down the Atchafalaya river to the north s
oundary Of st. Martin, along this line to the 9
eche, thence down the Teche, and thence q
own the Atchafalaya, viz: Part of Avoyelles, I
art Of st. Landry, part of st. Martin, part OF [
IBERIA, part OF ST. Mary, part of Assumption, s
art Of Lafourche and Terrebonne. District 9
o. to consist of all parishes between the +
Mississippi on the east and the Bayous {
[acon and Tensas and Black and Red bayous y
n the west, viz: East Carroll, Madison, r
ensas and Concordia, provided that the '
arishes of Caddo, Bossfer, Red River, De- G
OTTO, Grant, Rapides, West Carroll, More +
ouse, Ouachita, Caldwell, Catahoula, Rich i
md and Franklin shall each form separate t
b-district, and in each of these sub-districts .
le Police Jury shall discharge separately for +
leir own parish the duties assigned to the 8
GARD of Levee Commissioners In other dis +
lets, and they are hereby empowered to act d
sparately or jointly, as they may decide. q
Pending the motion to adopt the substi- l
lite, =
Mr.. Brent moved that the further consider 9