The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-13
Forty-fourth Days ProceedInxs.

| The Convention was called to order at ii
o'clock a. M, Hon. Louis Al. Witt, President,
In the chair and 1873 members present
Absent Messrs Babock, Bulow, Munday
and Watkins.
The journal OF the ninth was read and ap-
proved. 4-
The Chair announced the special order oil
the day to be the consideration Of the report
Of the Committee to Investigat the State
Debt.
Mr.. Kidd, chairman, asked and obtained
leave to occupy the seat Of Mr.. D, w. Self
He also asked and obtained leave to have all
petitions and memorials relating to the sub
ject matter under consideration received and
read.
The Chair presented communication from
Mr.. VIM. M. Burwell, secretary OF the Cham
Der OF Commerce, protesting against the re-
port of the Committee to Investigate the State
Debt, and recommending that the public cred
itors, upon q statutory promise to pay the
funded and fundable debt OF Louisiana accord
ing to it's present face value, accept rate Of
interest thereon until maturity not exceeding
per cent semi-annually.
The communication lies over.
Mr.. Forman presented memorial signed
by more thar six Thousand citizens and tax
payers Of New Orleans, setting forth that
they had given notice to the world at various
times. by resolutions adopted in mass meet
ings, and by addresses OF their committees.
that they intended to use all the means In
their power to prevent the payment OF bonds
fraudulently or coTruptly issued, by the revo-
1utionary and oppressive governments that
ruled Louisiana from 1868 to 1877, and pray
Ing the Convention to reject all fraudulent or
illegal debts Of the State as shown by the re-
port Of the Committee on State Debt, and to
limit the State tax to five mills and municipal
tax to ten mills.
The memorial lies over.
On motion Of Mr.. Kidd the Convention re-
solved itself into committee OF the whole for
the consideration Of the report OF the COM
mittee to investigate the State debt.
IMr. George In the chair.l
On rising the committee OF the whole,
through its chairman, reported progress, and
asked leave to sit again.
land the President resumed the chair.l
]. Mr.. Kidd moved that the further considera-
ton Of the report of the Committee to investi-
gate the State debt be postponed until to-
morrow, after the reading Of the journal, and
1t was 50 ordered.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
OF the Convention, being the report OF the
Committee on Public Education, Ordinance
No 40, was taken up.
The pending question being upon Mr.. Og-
denis amendment to Mr.. Marshalls substi-
tute for article 2, Mr.. Matthews called for
the previous question, which was seconded
by the Convention, and the amendment of Mr..
Ogden, fixing the salary Of the Superintend-
ent Of Public Education at two thousand dol
lars, was adopted by a rising vote Of 81 yeas
to 81 nays.
The second part OF Mr.. Ogden's amendment,
fixing the clerical expenses at two thousand
dollars, was lost.
The yeas and nays on the adoption OF Mr..
Marshalls substitute, as amended, were
called and seconded by the Convention, with
the following result:
Yeas-Messrs. Allan, Bell, Benham, Bobie,
Bourgeois, Breaux; a Brlan n BtnIiger Byrne,
Fontelieu, Gardner, Girard, ella, Grimes,
Gueringer, Hazard, Heron, Hough, Jastrem-
ski, Joffrion, Kelly, Kennedy, King, Lagan,
Landry, LeIaTQouT, JF., WaTSnall Matthew'S,
Willard, Moore Of Lafourche. Moore OF st.
Landry, Mcconnell, Noguez, Ogden, Pardee,
Parlange Phelps, Richardson, Roach, Rivet.
Semmes, Simon, Smith Of st. Mary, Stage,
Stamps, Stevenson, Stewart, Stille, Stone,
Strovlch, Warmoth, Wells. Williams Of Grant,
Williams Of Terrebonne, Young Of Concordia,
Young Of East Baton Rouge-61.
Nays-Messrs. Baskin, Bfenvenu, Blanch-
ard, Breen, Bridger, Carey, Chahe, CHA
pella, Collins, Colvin, Cunningham, Daven-
port, Davidson Of Claiborne, Davidson Of
Iberville, Dickerson, Easterly, Edwards,
Elam, Estopinal, Faux, Forman, Gaskins,
George, Covers, Henry Of Cameron, Henry Of
NatehitOches, Howell, Jenkins, Kemp, Ker-
nochan, Kirkman, Knoblock, Loan, Lott,
Lyons, Mentg, Moreland, McGloin, Mutt,
Self, Smith Of jackson, StringfelIow, Suther-
lin, Thompson, Todd, Vance, Webb-53.
Absent-Megsrs. Babeock, Bolton, Bulow,
Burton, Caffrey, Cahen, Denis, Kidd, Lanaux,
Land, Ieake, Long, Luekett, Marks Munday,
Robertson, Steele, Watkins, White 10.
And the substitute Of ME-. Marshall as
amended was adopted. reading
There shall BE- elected, BY the qualified cleo
tors Of the State, q Superlnt endent Of Public
Education, who shall hold his Office for the ]