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

@g ~ Deleuate Edwards Relative to the man
,,fastt1re 81 cotton and wooden goods.
by Delegate Elan Relative to the receipt |
of warrants for taxes.
BY Delegate Lanaux-R Relative 10 the rights
md privileges OF stockholders and private
corporations.
Reative to the declaration Of dividends BY
private corporations.
fnerlt vi an estray law.
Nv Delegate Lott-Relative to the three
ro-ordnate departments pf the government,
and providing Tor the greater power ana III
dependence Oh tho judicial department.
BY Delegate Claiborne-Relatlve 10 the re-
moyal OF parish seats.
IA communication was received and read
from j. b. Chandler, relative TO the printing
Of the State statuteHl
BY Delegate Land-Relative 70 the record
Sy Delegate Joffrion- Relative to parish
and the changing thereof.
Nv Delegate Smith, OF Jackson Relative
To the dissolution and merging of parishes
ard the election and duties Of parish officers.
PETITIONS, MEMORIALS AND RESOLUTIONS
LYING OVER.
The petltion Of citizens Of New Orleans,
presented by delegate Bieflvenu, asking for
the adjustment Of the Board Of Health. Re-
ferred to the Committee on Health and Quar-
nntine.
The resolution Of Delegate Howell, relative
10 taxation, was referred to the Committee
TN Taxation.
The resolution Of Delegate Phelps, to In
struct and authorize the Finance Committees
10 enter into negotiations with the bond
holders Ut the State looking to q compromise
and arrangement thereof. Delegate Phelps
moved that the resolution be referred To the
COMMITTEES on Finance.
Delegate Blanchard moved, aS substitute,
that the resolution be referred to the Com
mittee on the State Debt.
On this substitute the yeas and nays were
called, with the following result:
Yee-Deegntes Allan Babcock. Baskin. Blen-
venn. Blanchard, Boble. Boil on. BOURGEOIS.
Breen. Brian. Burton. Cahen, Carey. Ohinpella
Claiborne, CovIn,, Cunningham Davenp,92rt !.
y. Davidson. j. y. Davidson. Davis Dillard
Easteriy, Edwards. Elan, Faux, Fsyrot, Fer Fer
Covers Grimes Hayard' ?. +, henfy, III, \, R Rep
kennedy, Kernochan. Kidd. King. Knobloek.
Lasan Land Landry nl LsMsk satJ LeMaa arasa
Moore Moore Mu in Mcdonnell, Medloin. NeRuez.
gf parlanee P2ndsr heharWSTop H H%isb
~, Ehsrlin s" Thempsom, Todd, Vance Watkins.
Webb. Wellss. \. p. Williams, y. Williams, "
Nays fssA = Delegates Bell. Benham greaux.
Byrna, CaiYrey. Oolins.. Demas. Denis. Estopi-
na ronoaSa HPa Sshs isn nsbsao Ma pneSe
Semmes, Steele. Stevenson. stille. Strovick.
Warmoth-24.
And The substitute was adopted and the
resolution referred to the Committee 90 ne
The resolution prescribing the form Of An
oath To be taken by delegates was laid on the
Tho resolution Of Delegate Chlapella to in
crease the Com mittee on General Provisions
| from nine to thirteen was adopted.
The resolution OF Delegate Carey relative
to the ndulteratlon Of food was referred.
The resolution that clerks be appointed by
committees as whole, instead Oh appoint
ments by chairmen, was taken up. The yeas
and nays we're demanded on this reSolutl0ns
and resulted: Yeas CD, nays OIL.
The resolution offered by Delegate Glrard,
empowering the Committee on Contested
Elections to employ clerk was adopted.
The resolution offered by Delegate CaIrey,
making OF an organic law and prohibiting i
| from entering into general Legislation, was
taken up and It's adoption advocated by that
gentleman at length.
be referred to the Committee on tho Judicl
airy, and on this motion demanded the pre-
The Yeas and nays were called for and re.
suited Yeas 90 nays lS ana the resolution
Delegate Simon's resolution relative TO SUI
fraue was taken up and referred.
Delegate Marshall's resolution relative tx
enlarulnR the powers OF the Committee Oh
| Amendments was taken up and referred.
Delegate Warmoth's resolution providing
that the Convention adjourn until the nth O
| Nav. In order to give committees time TO re-
port, was laid on the table.
4 Delegate Pardee's resolution relative tt
| the former scaling of the State debt and to Q
compromise Of the Same, was taken UP.
Delegate Cunningham moved to refer tht
resolution to the Committee on the State
Debt.
the Finance Committee.
On motion the substitute was laid On tn
table and the resolution was referred 10 TIT
Committee on the State Debt.
Delegate Warmoth's resolution calling up
on the Auditor for certain information con
corning the ante-war debt was called up.
Delegate Cunningham moved its references
to the Committee on tie State Debt.
Delegate Stevenson wanted the light pc
tween tho State Debt Committee and tn
Finance Committee settled atonce. de knew
as much about the State debt rs any livint
man, and as he was on the Finance Com
mittee he desired all the matter connected
with the debt referred to that committee
The State of Louisiana was bankrupt ant
her creditors might 90 well De tod 80 at once
pork and corn dodgers, ana ask them VIVA
thew propose to do. He was opposed, how
ever. to a double-headed committee upon tn
same subject, and thought the whole matte
| should De TGIEIEGN w LL5 llthINO
Delegate Forman offered the following
amendment to the resolution:
RESOLVED. That there be added to the series 9
bonds to be reported on
/. 81 900 900 levee bonds. under net No; 20. DE
eember. 1865. Issued b., J. Madison Wells: ,a,,
d III 600 900 layee bonds, under act No. 1l5. 1856
issued by ). Madison Wells.
81 ~ 900 900, under act NO. ~. 1870. lsSueu w
G. Warmoth, =
4. sls4 900, for the relief OF P. J. Kennedy. is
sued by III. O. Warmoth.
s. Bonds and warrants Issued to the Louis1
q. a. 900 90, under act No. 5. 1865. for fundin
State notes. issued by J. Madison Wells.
T. s1l 900, issued To North Louisiana m
Texas Railroad Company. issued by II. O. Wal
moth and w. 7, Kellogg.
& $3.50 900. to New Orleans, Mobile and Chata
nooga Railroad Company. act No. 20. 1869 Issue
BY H. y. Warmoth.
. $4,000. issuAd to the same company. a.
No. 81 1870 by III. O. Warmoth.
10. $4,000, 900. issued to same company by Il.
Wnrmoth. Act No %. 1871.
ii, $3.50 900. issued to The Mississippi an
, Mexican Gulf Canal Company by Il. g. Wal
moth.
tiary, issued by ii. O. Warmoth, Act OF 1862
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