The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-22
TIE COM ENTION.
Final Adoption Of the Ordinance
Relative to the State Debt.
Passage Of d Number of Other Ordi-
nances on Third Reading The
Session Drawing to O
Close.

o'clock, President WIZ ID the cnalr, anu
quorum present
Delegate Land. on behalf Of the Judiciary
Committee, offered o substitute for the arti-
Gle of the ordinance on General Provisions
relative to mortgages and privileges, which
was ordered to be printed.
Delegate knoblock offered resolution sub
hitting to the people as separate ordinances
the article relative to the licensing Of lotte-
ries. Laid over.
The resolution offered by Delegate Luckett,
relative to submitting the State debt ques-
uon to the people in two separate aud distinct
urupoEittons was laid on the table subject to
call by vote Of 30 to 3d.
Delegate Loan introduced an ordinance
uermitting tho establishment Of private mar
Isets I'm any part Of the city Of New Orleans
urovidet the owners Of such markets pay the
ticenees levied on them regularly and submit
III, the poiice regulation which may DO enacted
Tar tne government Of such markets, Laid
over.
IN the motion OF Delegate Mutt tho ordi-
nance concerning corporations and corporate
rights wns made the special order ~ Inc Gay
Tor Tomorrow Immediately after the reading
OF the journal.
ELECTIONS AND SUFFRAGE.
The report of the Committee on Elective
franchise was taken up on Its third reading
On motion Of Delegate Forman the vote by
which article was adopted was reconsld-
cred.
Delegate Forman moved to amend by strik-
ing out the words, severy male person 81 iof-
rign birth who has been naturalized, or who
MAY have legally declared his intention to be-
t;orne d citizen Of the United States before ne
offers to vote" and to add the following sec
ton:
VI 49, In fo11p MI i
fcMtione. /. He shall have paid. at least sixty
81 days before the election at which ne offers 20
hs pe aS tor yesF have see paid
sixty days before the election Mt which he oilers
vote ste tux ~ H. e. h g ana
write either the English. French or German
language.
Delegate Blanchard offered the following
substitute Tor the amendment: e. He sh I
have paid the annual poll tax required BY
article 80 Of this constitution, accruing each
year since the last general election y.
Delegate Blanchard advocated his substl-
tute.
Delegates Demas, Stamps, Grimes and
poehe opposed the amendment and advocated
unrestricted suffrage.
THE STATE DEBT.
The hour for the consideration q the special
order having arrived, Delegate Lyons called
up the ordinance on State debt.
Delegate Lyons moved the adoption OF the
ordinance and on that motion demanded the
previous question, which was ordered.
The yeas and nays were called on tile adOp-
ton OF the ordinance, resulting yeas ~,
NAYS I'll. The vote, III detail, by which the
ordinance was adopted was as follows
Yeas Delegates Basklu. Bell, Blanchard
Hoen t dsas 6 Rfsp ta obofns Go
Claiborne Denis rBlliard,, Easterly. EdwaTds
q Natehitoehes. Heron: Howell. Jas1remskl
Ieron hs hen herhcnfn rona Marts
Miiisrd. Moreland Moore Of Laionrehe. Nun
Hay. Mcconnell, Mutt, Ogden. Olivier; o,t, pa It
Thompson. Todd. Vance. Watkins. Wells
Nays-Delegate. Allain Babcock. Bienvenu
Dobis, Bridger. Byrne, Cahen Carey David.
son Of !berville. Demas. Dickerson, Gardner
h eqs Lot af EasRst s MaltheSE Mssts Moore q
Self. Simon, Smith Of St. Mary. Stamps. Steven.
son. Stewart. Strovich. Williams OF Terrebonne
Young OF Coneordfa-H.
DELINQUENT TAXES AND LICENSES.
The ordinance for the relief OF delinquent
taxpayers. remitting interest," penalties, costs
etc, upon delinquent taxes and licenses whs
taken up on its third reading.
The ordinance was reconsdered for the
purpose of amendment.
blanks were filled 50 as to make the coupons
on the new bonds to be issued to take up out
standing warrants, payable on the first OF
February and August OF each y, year, ana tht
the word taxes, occurred IN the ordinance
Delegate Forman moved to strike out all
that portion OF the ordinance relative to the
funding OF outstanding warrants. Laid upon
the table.
The ordinance was then again placed on Its
third reading.
Delegate Lott called for 3 separate vote On
all that portion Of the ordinance relative to
the funding OF outstanding warrants, which
the Convention refused to order.
The ordinance was then finally passed on
u call of the yeas and nays-yeaS ~ nays l1
The supplemental ordinance, published on
Sunday morning as article 4, was then adopt
ad-yeas IS, nays 7.
ELECTIVE FRANCHISE RESUMED.
Consideration Of the ordinance on elective
franchise was resumed.
The question required On Delegate Blanch-
ards substitute, which was defeated on a
call OF the yeas and nays--yeas Al, nays 90.
lhe amendment of Delegate FOrman was
was lost
paFt Oh the amendment making an addition
20 the article, resulting yeas 49, nays 81, and
the amendment was lost
The article as originally adopted was then
Ee-ad0pted Oh It's second reading.
The Convention refused to suspend the
rules in order to put article 2 Oh Its third
reading. and the entire ordinance was made
the special order Of the day for Tomorrow
morning at IL o'clock.
Delegate Cunningham presented report
from the Committee On lmpeachments and
Removals from Office, which was ordered To
be printed
SURVEYS or THE MISSISSIPPI.
Delegate Blanchard on behalf Of the Com
nittee on Federal Relations, submitted The
following ordinance, which was taken up OF
second reading under suspension Of the
rules:
FART. -. The Federal government Is author
hvdrosraphiea add hydronetrical surveys an.
investigations within the State as may be neres
sary TO carry into effect the act of Congress " TX
provide for the appointment OF Mississippi
River Commission, for the Improvement 81 sale
river from the head of the passes. near it
mouth. TO its headwaters. and 20 construct ant