The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-13

| minority of the Committee on Homesteads
and Other Exemptions, and the amendments
ami substitute, be reeommttsd to the Com
| mfttee ON Hemesteads, etc.
The previous question being moved by Mr.
blanchard and seconded by the Convention,
by rising vote OF 76 yeas 10 % rays the mo-
ton to reeomrait was carried.
Mr.. Robertson moved that the committee
be instructed to report on orbeftNe Monday
next.
Mr. strsngfeflow moved as an amendment
that the committee be instructed to report to-
morrow morning.
Mr. Landry moved as q Substitutes that the
COMMITTEES be instructed to report On Wednes-
day next.
The motion OF Mr.. Landry, on the molten
OF Mr.. Stone, was laid upon the table,:
The motion Of Mr.. Robertson was carried
Mr.. Grimes moved to reconsider 5lle vote
by which Ordinance No. 40 was rejected
On the motion OF Mr.. Lyons the motion TO
reconsider vas laid upon the table.
Leave OF absence was granted to Mr.. AllaiR
for few days.
RESOLUTIONS.
Mr.. Benham offered the following pesolu-
ton:
Whereas, ii Is published In the newspapers
Of to-day that the great work ct the iebaes at
the mouth Of the Mississippi river Is at last
an accomplished fact, thus giving us 9 CON
the Gulf, ard so enabling the largest vessels
In the world TO come to us ana to go from us
without let or hindrance; and
Whereas, this IS an event ct equal fmDor-
tance to the South as that OF the Invention OF
the cotton gin. and to the world as that Of the
Sue2 canal l. therefore, be 1T
Reaolred, That the Governor Of this State
Is hereby requested, upon the official an
nouncement by the United States engineers
In charge Oh this work that thsreauiredthirty
feet has been reached, to name day when
the citizens OF the entire State be requested to
close their places Of business, and assemble
for Thanksgiving and praise, and that the
Governor be- also requested to cause the
firing OF one hundred guns on that day
named.
Resolve1,t That copy Of these resolutions
be furnished the Governor fer his Information,
and that he be- requested to transmit copy
JAS B. Eads, the author and executor OF this
enterprise.
Lies over.
Mr.. Carey offered the following resolution !:
Reso!aed. That the chairman of the Com
mittee on City Affairs and City Drainage be
requested to submit the report OF the COM
mittee, as far as COMPLETED, at a period not
IL
Lies over.
Mr.. Vance offered the following resolution,
which lies over:
Reaetued, That committee OF three be APP
pointed to ascertain whether or not there are
any cases OF yellow fever In the city and re-
port at rs early a day as possible.
Mr.. Robertson offered the following resoIu-
ton:
Reeolued, That the Chairman Of the Com
mittee on Contingent Expenses be directed to
pay the Minute Clerk at the rate OF six dollars
per day from the twenty first Of April. the be-
ginning OF the session.
Lies over.
/ Mr.. Blanchard, On behalf OF the Committee
on Finance, reported to the Convention a
! communication from the Board Of Supervis-
ors Of the Louisiana University, relative to
warrants held by them, and on his motion,
under suspension Of the rules, the commune
cation was referred to the Special Committee
on School Funds.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES LYING OVER.
The report OF the Committee on State
Lands, submitted July 3, and Ordinance No.
435, providing for the adjustment OF the
office OF the Register OF the State Land Office
| and comforting upon the recorders of deeds OF
the respective parishes the powers and duties
now conferred by law upon the Register OF
the State Land Office, reported by that COM
mittee we're taken up.
Mr.. Cunningham moved that the further
| consideration Of the report and ordinance be
indefinitely postponed.
The motion TO postpone was carried.
| Mr.. Stone moved q reconsideration, which
on motion Of Mr. Blanchard. was laid upon
the table.
The report OF the Committee on the Judi.
ciary, concerning resolution relative to dt-
ties on sugar, was adopted.
Ordinance No. 422, Concerning the Manda-
tory Provisions of the Constitution, was or
dered to lay upon the table subject to CALL
| Ordinance No. Az bis. Relating to specific
taxes for local purposes, was taken up.
| Mr.. Lyons withdrew his proposed amend.
ment.
| Mr.. Matthews moved that the ordinance be
referred to the Committee on Taxation, Equal
izatlon and Exemption.
| By rising vote Of 81 yeas to a. nays the
motion to refer was lost.
By a rising vote Of so yeas to N nays, the
ordinance was adopted on its second read.
ing.
Mr.. Demas gave notice that at some future
time he would move to reconsider the vote
| just taken.
Mr.. Ogden moved q recess until 80 O'Clock
| p. m.
| The motion was lost.
The article proposed as q substitute for ar
ticle Of Ordinance No. 40 was, on motion Of
Mr.. Matthews, postponed until the specIa
committee on school fund have submitted
their report.
Ordinance No. 1888, Concerning the taxing
Of dogs was taken up on second reading
and referred to the Committee on Taxation.
Ordinance No. AS, Concerning punishment
| for fraud was taken up and referred to the
Committee on General Provisions.
Ordinance No 400, Concerning parochia
affairs and boundaries was taken up on Its
| third reading.