The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-18

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Mr. Demas presented the Views OF me III y
,,artt,, - tha Committee on Amendments 20
the New Constitution dissenting HON ell7 70
mort Of the committee.
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The homestead ordinance was, on motioll ~
Mr.. Pinehbaek, postponed until Il oclooA
q. m. aa
A. il o'clock q. m. Mr.. Plnchback moyea
that the homestead ordinance be TURNER poss.
poned. and that 1t be taken up 1mneah11eI !.
after the report OF the Committee on me Jul, :,
eiary Ordinance No. AL should pc dlsposeu
of.
On the motion Of Mr.. Mcdonnell, by o rising
vote Of 60 yeas TO 90 nays, the motion OF Mr.
Pinchbaek was laid upon the table.
On the motion Of Mr.. Caffrey Ordinance
No. 42g, RELATIVE to the State Debt was
taken ,lp and ordered to be postponed until
Ordinance No. AL should be disposed Of.
Mr.. Stone moved that the consideration q
the homestead ordinance be- postponed anu
made the special order Of the day, July y,
Immediately after the reading Of the jour-
nal.
On the motion of Mr.. Robertson 1t was
ordered that the homestead ordinance %
POSTPONED until after the State Debt Ordi-
nance, No. 400, should be disposed OF.
STATE DEBT ORDINANCE.
Ordinance No. 429,
sRelative to the State debt"
Was taken up on it's third reading.
Mr.. Robertson moved that the vote by
which article of Ordinance No. 429 was
adopted on it's second reading be reconsid-
cred.
Mr.. Caffrey moved that the motion to re-
consider be laid upon the table, and on this
motion the yeas and nays were called for, with
the following result:
Yeas-Messrs. Allan. Babcock, Bell, Boble,
Bourgeois, Breaux, Breen, Brian, Buiger, Bu-
Den as'1 DIieferson, Edwards. FonteIlea,
Gardner, George Ola, Grimes, Hongh, Her
noehan, Landry, Loan. Marks, Matthews,
Mentz, Mcdonnell, Noguez, Ott, Phelps,
Pinehback, Roach. Semmes, Smith OF Vt. mary,
liansp 81 Terrebonne Young Of Concordfa-44
Nays Messrs. Baskin, Bienvenu, Blan-
chard, Bolton, Bridger, Burton, Byrne, Carey,
CbiapeIla, CoIein, Cunningham, Dayenport,
Davidson Of Claiborne, Davidson OF Iberyille,
Faux, Fayrot, Gaskins, Glrard, Covers, Guer.
niger, Hazard, Henry Of Cameron, Henry OF
Natchitoches, Heron, Howell, Jastrem-
ski, Jenkins, JoffrloD, Kelly, Kemp, Ken
nedy, Kidd, Kirkman, Knoblock, Lagap, La
Lott, Luckett, Lyons, Willard, Moreland,
Moore of Lafourche, Moore Of st. Landry,
Munday, MeGloin, Mutt, Ogden Olivier, Par
lange, Poche, Reid. Richardson, Rivet, Rob
stfH ssh s@e ssa gd s9 Vsnss Wasny
Webb, Wells, White, Young Of East Baton
Rouge--76.
Absent Messrs Benham, Davis, Denis,
Forman, King, Marshall. Pardee, Ponder,
Smith of jackson, Steele, Warmoth, Williams
OF Grant-12.
The motion to lay upon the table was lost.
The motion to reconsider was carried.
Mr.. Robertson offered the following amend
ment to article g.:
Be 1t further ordainet, and 1t Is hereby Or
That the foregoing provisions and articles re-
lative to the consolidated debt shall not form
part Of this constitution, except as herein
after provided, as follows:
At the election held for the ratification or
rejection OF this constitutional shall be lawful
for each voter to have written or printed on
his ballot the words, "For Ordinance relative
to State Debt" or the words, Against Or
dinance relative to State Debt" and In the
event that majority of the ballots SO cast
dinance relative to State Debt" then the said
foregoing provisions and articles OF this ordt-
nance shall form q part Of the constitution
submitted Il the same Is ratified; and IL q
majority Of the votes SO cast shall have in
dorsed on them the words, Against Ordi-
nance relative to State Debt" then said
provisions and articles shall form no part Of
this constitution.
Mr.. Bienvenu moved that the amendment
of Mr.. Robertson be laid upon the table, and
On that motion the yeas and nays were called
for, with the following result:
Yeas-Messrs. Allan, Babcock, Bell, Bien-
venu, Bottle, Bourgeois, Breaux, Breen, Bull
ger, Bulow, Caffrey, Cahen, Chaffe Collins,
Davidson Of Claiborne, Davidson oflIberville
Demas, Dickerson, EIam,. Forman, Gardner,
George Hongh, Howell, Kernochan. Lanaux,
Willard, Moore Of ST. Landry, Munday, Par
dee, Phelps, Self, Semmes, Smith Of st Mary,
Stage, Stamps, Stewart Stone, Strovich,
Watkins, Williams Of Terrebonne, Young Of
COncordia-48.
Nays-Messrs. Baskin, Blanchard Bolton,
Bridger, Brian, Burton, Byrne, Carey, CHA
pelIa, Claiborne, Colvin, Cunningham, Da-
venport, billiard, Easteriy, Edwards, Estopi-
nal, Fauk, Favrot Fontelieu, Girard, Gia
Gowsrs, Grimes, Guerringer,, Hazard, Henry
yastremskl. Jenkins. Joffrion, Kelly, Kemp
Kennedy, Kidd, Kirkman, Knoblock, Lagan
Land, Landry. Leake, LeGardeur, Jr., Long
Lott, Lyons, Moreland, Moore of Lafourche
n MEG e; loin, NNoguez, Mutt, Ogden, Olivier, OFT
Parlange Pinchback, Poche, Reid, Richard
son, Kivet, Roach, Robertson, Simon, Steven
son, Stringfellow, sutherlin, Thompson, Todd
Vance, Webb, Wells, White, Young OF Eas
Baton Rouge-73.
Absent --Messrs. Benham, Davis, Denis
Gaskins, King, Marshall, Ponder, Smith O
jackson, Steele, Warmoth, Williams OF Gran
ii.
The motion to lay upon the table was lost
Mr.. Olivier moved that the Convention tax.
recess until 7:3o o'clock p. M, which motion
by rising vote Of So yeas to 80 nays, was
lost.
Mr. Watkins moved that the amendment O
NJ. Robertson be laid upon the table subiec
to call.
The motion was lost.
Mr.. Caffrey offered the following amend
ment to article 3 Of Ordinance No. 429;