The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-01

, Corporations and Corporate Rights.
Parochial Affairs and boundaries.
City Of New Orleans.
Amendments OF Constitution.
Schedule.
Relief of Delinquent Taxpayers.
State Debt.
Debt to Fiscal Agent.
| Loan Of Fiscal Agent.
| Respectfully submitted
Gus. A. BREAJX,
Chairman.
The report OF tho Committee on Final
Revision was read and their recommends
tions were considered, as follows:
That article A. OF ordinance on the judiciary
be stricken out.
On the motion OF Mr. Forman by unani.
nous consent, the vote on the final passage
Of said article was reeonsidered and, by like
consent, the article was stricken out
In the ordinance for the relief OF DELINQUENT
taxpayers, upon like reconsideration, the
words or figures 1879 were stricken out
wherever they occur and the words or figures
1850 were inserted MS recommended.
\ AS to the same ordinance, in line II, to
strike out "187f' and insert 1872. .s
Mr.. Breaux moved % like reconsideration in
order to amend tho ordinance rs recon-
mended.
The motion to reconsider was lost and that
/ ppIblOH VI tlb report Ol lHD CbtlHllDGSS WIZ
not adopted.
The recommendation Of the committee,
| that the words Except for Judgments" in
lines Ia and lis, be stricken out, was. on mo-
ton OF Mr.. Robertson, laid upon the table.
| The recommendation In relation to the last
part Of article 70 Of tho ordinance concerning
general provisions was laid upon the table.
| Mr.. Lyons moved to reconsider the vote by
which the motion to lay upon the table pre-
| vailed
| The motion To reconsider was carried.
Mr.. Lyons moved to reconsider the vote by
which said article 28 was finally passed, on
which motion rising vote resulted as fol-
lows Gs yeas, 1G nays.
The article having been finally passed by q
vote of 1903 yeas to nays, and q loss number
than 1o3 having voted for Its reconsideration,
the motion to reconsider was lost under the
rules.
Mr. Breaux moved that the remainder of
the report Of the Committee on Final Eevis-
ION be adopted, and on that motion he moved
the previous question, which was seconded by
the Convention
On the motion Of Mr.. Matthew's the Chair
was authorized to appoint from the minority
an additional member on the Committee on
Final Revision. ...-.z..- -=.
The Chair appointed Mr.. Pardee.
Tho question was asked by member
whether ornot 1t WAS necessary to adopt the
Constitution as a whole by vote of the Com
venton
The Chair decided that 1t was not necessary,
as it had already been adopted and finally
passed in detail.
By unanimous consent Of the Convention,
leave was granted to members to have their
reasons for signing the constitution, their OBJ
lection to parts thereof, with reservations,
etc, spread upon the journal.
While sign the constitution and warmly
approve OF 1t as whole, disapprove of and
protest against the following articles and
PROVISIONS: Article 1877, establishing lotteries
In this State, 50 much Of article 1874 as allows
persons who are not citizens to vote on
mere declaration OF intention to become citi-
zens; articles III and 173, In reference to
State medicine, boards Of health and agri-
culture, as tending to Increase the number oil
public officers which are useless and do not
pertain TO the true functions Of government;
article 235 ~ wrong in principle In authoriz-
ing any majority to compel the minority to
illd any railroad enterprise or any such en-
terprlSe: It Is purely o business investment,
and the government has as much right to
compel me to aid q religious sect as TO COM
pei me to ald railway company, In the Wis
dom OF which i do not believe; article 25f in
terferes with the inalienable private right to
labor, and interferes with commerce In re-
curing crews OF foreign ships to remain Idle
IN port, and the third paragraph Of the debt
ordinance, as to the six months interest ma
turing January /. 1880, is unwise and In
yltes litigation In the only vulnerable point.
=. X. FORMAN.
The undersigned, while signing the consti-
luton, declares his opposition to the methods
authorized for the removal Of Judges and
other officers; to the unusual and arbitrary
apportionnent Of the census Of 1870 running
to 1890 and to the ordinance relative to the
State debt.
AUGUST BULOW,
Delegate from Assumption.
The undersigned Delegates, while signing
the constitution, declare their opposition TO
the large executive patronage conlided to the
appointive system for the judiciary. to the
unusual methods authorized for the removal
OF Judges and other officers, to the unusual
and arbitrary apportionment based on the
census Of 1870 and running to 1890, and to the
ordinance 1n relation to the State debt.
DON A. PARDEE,
Delegate Sixth Senatorial District.
w, f. LOAN,
Delegate Fifteenth Ward parish II Orleans.
MAYER CAHEN,
Delegate Ninth Senatorial District.
We will sign the limitation framed by this
Convention, but DO not approve OF oil it's pro-
visions, especially those articles relating to
apportionment, judiciary system, irnpeacfl-
mentS and removals from office, schedule and
the debt Of the State.
WADE RI. H0UGH
Delegate Twenty-sixth Senatorial District.
JAMES $. MATTHEWS,
Delegate FROM Tensas,
The undersigned, members Of the Conven-
tion, sign the constitution, reserving the right
to oppose the ratification Of the ordinance rel
alive To State debt.
p Il. s. PINCHBAGK.
OF Madison.
NJ g. BOBE, Of Madison.
JACQUES A. ella,
OF Carroll.
# i. GARDNER,
OF Assumption.
j.. ROACH, Of Jefferson.
i. LANDRY, of Ascension.