The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-22
rlfty-tnira Days Proceedings.


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Flfty.thira Day's Proceedings.
NEW ORLEANS, Friday, June 20, 1879.
The Convention was called to order at 10
o'clock q. M, the Hon. Louis A. Witt, Presi-
dent, In the chair and 129 members present.
Absent Messrs Favrot, Fontelieu and OFT.
PRAYER was offered by the Rev. j. I. David
son.
Leave of absence was granted for few
days to Mr.. OFT; also, for four days, to Mr..
Fontelieu, and for this day to Mr.. LeGar-
deur.
The journal Of yesterday was taken up and
approved. @.
Mr., Girard, chairman, asked and obtained
leave to return, at this time, documents re-
ferred To the Committee on Contested Elec-
TONS and on his motion the committee was
discharged.
THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS,
being article OF Ordnance Mo- 12, the amend
ments of Messrs. MeGIoin, Lagan and Par
lange, pending, was taken up.
The amendment OF Mr.. Lagan to Mr.. Nc
Gloin's amendment was, on motion OF Mr.
Poehe, laid on the table,
The amendment Of Mr.. McGloin was read,
as follows:
strike out from the word buildings in
line s, to the word learning" 10 line 9, and
insert the words property used for colleges
or other school purposes"
Mr.. Blanchard moved to amend the amend
ment OF Mr.. McGIoin by inserting ..exclu-
siyely' after fused
The amendment OF Mr.. Blanchard was
adopted. .Zzss:.
Mr.. Parlange moved to amend by inserting
after "public," Id line 5, "or private"
MI. Girard offered the following substitute
for the amendment of Mr.. ParIange:
Tn line S. after .all," insert charitable"
and strike out In lines 5 and s'of purely puO-
lie charity
The substitute was adopted.
Mr.. Gaskins offered the following amend
ment:
ID line 20, after sineome," insert land that
| 1t be not leased property.
Mr.. Todd offered the following substitute
for the amendment OF Mr.. Gaskins:
In line is, after used" insert "or leased. :
The substitute was accepted by Mr.. Gaskins
and adopted.
| Mr.. McGioin moved to further amend by
adding at the end Of his amendment the fol-
lowing:
This exemption to be- only In favor OF the
proprietOrs or conductors OF sucn senool OF
college or institution.
| On the motion of MIR. Blanchard the amend
ment Of Mr.. McGloin was laid On the table.
| Mr.. Mcconnell offered the following amend
ment:
| Add In line 5, after institutions, and tne
i nroDerty thereof so far as may be actually
necessary for the use or support thereof.
MI. King offered the following amendment
to the amendment OF Mr.. Mcconnell:
insert after ssproperty," "of charitable insti.
| buttons" and strike out thereof
The amendment was accepted by Mr.. Nc
ConneII, and, on his motion, the prev1ous
4 question was seconded BY the Convention ane
carried.
Mr.. Blanchard called for the yeas and nays
on Mr.. McConnell's amendment. with the fol
lowing result:
i Yeas-Messrs. Allan, Bulger, Byrne
mas, Dickerson, billiard, Edwards, Elan
Favrot, George Girard, ella, Grimes, Henry q
81 Natchltoehes, Heron, JastreInski yoff
rion, Kelly, Kemp, Kennedy, kernoc ca an
King Kn2b1oekd Moar
81 Lafourche, Moore Of st. Landry, NJ Coon
nell, McGloin, Olivier, Parlange, Poehe, Reid
Semmes, simon. Stewart. StrinngfelloW
Thompson, Todd, Vance. Watkins, Young 0
Nays-Messrs. Babcock, Baskin, Benham
Bienvenu, Blanchard, Bolton, Bourgeois
Breaux, Breen, BrIdger, Bryan, Burton
Cahen, Chaffe, Colyin, Davenport, DAVIS
Easterly, Estopinal, Faux, Gaskins, Sewers sl
L I1ue k Marshall, Matthews, Munday, No
guez Mutt, Ogden, Pardee, Phelps, Pinehback
Ponder, Richardson, Roach, Rivet,. Sell
Smith Of jackson, Smith OF st. Mary, Stagg
stamps Steele steve Wspb VIE VILE W SfoRe
Williams Of Grant, Young Of Coneordia-56.,
Absent-M essrs. Bell, Bobie, Bulow, Cal
frey, Chiapella, Collins Cunningham David
, son Of Iberville, Denis, Fontelieu, formaf
/, Gardner, Gueringer, Hough, JENKINS, hla os
Marks Marks, Mentz OFT. Robertson, strovict
, Williams of Terrebonne-26.
!. And the amendment of Mr.. Mcconnell wa
lost.
The question recurring upon article b
, was adopted to the word dollars" inelusiv
I In line %, as amended, by rising vote OF
t yeas to 20 nays, reading as follows:
ART. 6. The following property shall be e
. empt from taxation and no other, VIZ: z.
public property, places OF religious worsh1
, or burial, all charitable institutions, al pulle
, ings and property used exclusively I0I co
J, leges or other school purposes, the real an
personal estate OF any public library, al
: that Of any other literary a 7ssa
!, ali books and philosophical apparatus, az
! ali paintings and statuary Of any compaan
= or association kept In public hall; proosade
:, the property SO exempted be not used
!, lease for purposes Of private or coTpoIa
}, profit or income. There shall also De exeml
from taxation household property TO u
a value of five hundred dollars
Article was taken up and read.
" mr.. McGloin Id the cnaar.l
!. Mr.. Carey moved to amend by nsertfr
asane" after EVERY" In line
MIR. Demas moved TO postpone the 1urtn
q consideration of the article until the repo
D, ct the Committee on Elective Franchise
]. taken up.