The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-25

Gle 10 the COMMITTEE on the Legislative 80
partment.
Delegate Parlange offered an amendment
providing that oil stationery, printing, etc. q
the General Assembly be given 70 the lowest
resp ansible bidder, and that the contracls
shall be given to no State officer III.
motion to refer, and moved 70 defer actloh g, ~
the article until the Committee On the Legis-
lntiye Department had reported. Lost-yeas
Al, nays 81. 80, r,,rn-
mittee on the Legislative Department.
Article 30 was read: I'm
ART. 40. The general appropriation blil
shall embrace nothing but approlIlhllo.,te - -,
the ordinary expenses Of the government, ~
terest on the public debt publle sep ~ tan, A.
lied as to show for what account ea ~, Az
every annrnpriation shall DO made. All oCneL
CONGRATULATIONS shall be made. BY separate
bills. each embracing but one subjsct. ,4
Delepnte Moore moved to amend ~ insert
Ing tbs word 80" after the word "ltenllzea.
Adopted. 4hon odontea
without division.
Article 81 was read ,,L 49,
AnT. 81 Each appropriation shall pc for o
aneelfic purpose and no appropriation snail
~ made under the head or title Of contingent;
nor shall any officer or departnent o. govern
ment receive any amount rom ii 1ne snnh
Article 50 was read:
Art. 30. No appropriation Of money shall
be- made by the General Assembly In the last
five DAYS Of the session thereof; but all such
appropriations, to be valid, shall be. passed
and receive the signatures Of the Presldent OF
the Senate and Speaker OF the House Of Rep
resentatives five full days before the adjourn
ment sine dir Of the General Assembly. !,
Delegate Watkins moved to strike out oil
between the word passed and the words
Give full days"
Delegate Moore opposed the amendment.
He contended that If the bills were signed, as
required by the original article, no appro-
priations not actually made could creep Into
the Bill, as members Of the appropriation
committee and Of the General Assembly
would be able to discover any such additions.
This could not be done II the amendment was
adopted. He moved to lay the amendment
Delegate Leake moved to strike ont the
words "but all SUCH before the word "ap-
preparations" and insert the word all
Adopted
The article as amended was then adopted.
This finished the report Of the committee.
Delegate Blanchard offered the following
as an additional article:
AHT s. No law shal ever be passed to cur
tail or restrain the liberty OF speech or OF the
press; any person may speak, write ana pub
lish his sentiments on all subjects, being re-
sponsible for the abuse Of that liberty.
This article was ruled out OF order at the
present time and will come up when the
proper heading ID reached.
Delegate MEG loin offered the following sub
stitute for articles A. 5, 7 and 20, the considera-
tion OF which was postponed for that pur-
pose when they were reached In their proper
order during the consideration of the report
ART. -. The funds, credit, property. or
things OF value OF the State, Or OF any politt-
cal corporation thereof, shall not be loaned,
pledged or granted to, or for any person Or
persons, association or corporation, public Or
private; nor shall the St9te or any political
corporation thereof, purchase or subscribe 70
the capital or stock OF any corporation or as
ISOLATION whatever, or for any private enter
prise.
Delegate Parlange offered the following
amendment to the substitute:
Nor shall the State, or any political corpora
| tion thereof, assume the liabilities OF any po-
| liticaI, municipal, parochiaI, private or other
corporation or association whatsoever; MOI
shall the State undertake to carry on the
business Of any such corporation or asSOcia-
| ton, or become q joint owner therein
| Delegate McGlOin accepted the amend
| ment.
| Delegate Robertson moved to amend by
adding Provided that the State shall have
the power to grant the right OF way through
It's public lands to any railroad, highway OF
CANAL This amendment was also accepted
Delegate Sutherlin moved to amend BY
striking out the words "or any political cor.
porations thereof wherever they occur.
Delegate McGlon moved that the further
consideration Of the substitute and amend
ments be postponed until Monday, and thai
they be printed In the journal.
Delegate George moved that the further
consideration OF the substitute be postponed
until the report OF the Committee on Corpora
tions Is received Adopted.
/ Delegate Moore, OF Lafourcha, moved tina
the ordinance reported by the COMMITTEES OF
Limitation be printed In bill form as amend
ed on it's second reading. Adopted.
PETITIONS, MEMORIALS AND RESOLUTIONS.
| BY Delegate Kemp--A petition from citi'
zpns Of st. Helena parish, asking for the Cd
Establishment OF All agricultural bureau.
BY Delegate Benham That the Auditor
be requested to report to the Convention the
amount of delinquent taxes actually due. :,
communication was read from the Audi
tor to the Judiciary COMMITTEES, containing
certain statistical information for the use o
the committee and the Convention.
The resolution OF Delegate White. relative
! to night sessions for the consideration OF con
| tested election cases, was adopted.
ORDINANCES INTRODUCED.
| The following ordinances we're introduced
read once and laid over under the rules:
| BY Delegate Banchard-Relatiye to tn
| right OF free speech and free press.
| Relative to the social status Of persons, pro
hibiting 1t from becoming matter OF legisla
! ton.
BY Delegate Kennedy Concerning commits
| sioners of elections.
By Delegate Misunderstanding limitation
on the Legislative power.
| REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
| Delegate Todd, chairman Of the COMMITTEE
on General Provisions, returned certain ordi
nances, with the recommendation that the.
be referred to other committees. The recon-
mendation was adopted.
Delegate Bell chairman Of the COMMITTEES
on the City Debt, etc, reported back certain
ordinances, with the recommendation thai
they be sent to other specified committees
The Recommendation was concurred In.
Delegate Moore OF Lafonrche chairman Q
the Committee on Limitations, reported bacl
certain ordinances, with the recommendation
that they be referred to other committees
The recommendation was adopted.
ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING.
A number Of ordinances previously intro
duced were read second time and appropri
| atey referred.
THE ApPoRTIoNMENT BILL
was taken up On its third reading and tina
passage.
Delegate Hough said that the bill ha'
passed its second reading under the operation
Of a gag law. and for that reason he shoui'
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