The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-07

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lost.
Article % was adopted as amended.
Article 20 was read.
Mr.. LYONS offered the following amer
ment:
Add the words 'safter trial with or Withc-
the Intervention of O jury"
Mr.. Watkins moved thatarticle % be strit
en- out.
The previous question being moved by y
Demas, and seconded by the Convention, q
amendment Of Mr.. Lyons, by rising vote
38 yeas to Al nays, was lost.
The motion to strike out was carried
Article "a was read.
Mr.. Simon moved that the article be stricH
out.
Mr.. Davidson offered the following amer
ment:
man." the words lawyers and speGulatorl
ment: i
In line 8, after the word 'sect," insert I
words doctors and attorneys-at-law." b
On the motion Of Mr.. Ponder the pendi,
amendments were laid upon tho tabte. Z
The previous question was moved by u,
Cunningham and seconded by the Conv
tion.
The motion Of Mr.. Simon to strike out
article, BY rising vote Of 70 yeas to q ma
was carried, Messrs. Williams and Landk
voting "no" and Mr.. Matthews "yes."
Article rs was stricken out.
Article 26 was adopted as printed.
Article az was read. y
Mr.. Wells offered the following as a subss
tute for article a.: e
'The sale of alcoholic or malt liquors..
this State on Sunday, except In case of sic
ness or for medicinal purposes, Is prohibiteg
and the Legislature shall, at Its first sessi
after the adoption OF this constitution, pI
vide proper punishments for violation OF tt
article"
Mr.. McGloin offered the following amer
ment, which was accepted, to-wit: b
Insert after prohibited" the words t'exce
for medicinal purposes
Mr.. Blanchard moved to amend article /
by striking out all after the word "to," In LII
4, down to the word prohibit, In line 7.
AS substitute for the amendment Of NJ.
Blanchard, Mr.. White moved to amend art
Gle 81 by striking out the words land to pr!
hibit, in lines and z, land inserting in Lid
thereof, the words "by prohibiting"
The substitute was accepted by Mr.. Blencl
ard.
Mr.. Caffrey offered the following amene
ment:
Strike out all after the word "to," In line !
and insert the words prohibit the sale of H.
toxicating liquors on Sunday In their respel
tive parishes; provided, that where towns {
cities, containing five Thousand inhabitants {.
latton cannot be enforced in said towns {.
cities, unless the municipal authorities cor
cur therein"
Mr.. Demas moved the previous question G
the amendments, substitute and origin.
article ~, which was seconded by the Convet
tion.
Mr.. Whites amendment, by q rising vote !
AZ yeas to So nays, was carried.
Mr.. Caffrey's amendment, by rising vo
Of 10 yeas to 60 nays, was lost.
On the substitute offered by Mr.. Wells til
yeas and nays were called for, with the fol
lowing result:
Yeas-Messrs. Allan, Babcock, Baskin
Bell, Benham, Bolton. Bourgeois, Breen
Vile, Demas,. DIckerson, billiard, Easterly
Elam, Estopinal, Faulk, Forman, Gardner
Gaskins, Covers, Grimes, Henry OF Cameron
Henry Of Natchitoches, Hough, Jenkins
Kemp, Landry, Loan, Lott. Marshall, Mat
thews, ,Moreland, Mnnday, Mcconnell, Nc
der, Reid, Richardson, Roach, Self, Smith o
jackson, Smith Of st. Mary, Stamps, Stew.
art, Strovieh, Todd, Vance, Watkins, Webb
Wells, Williams of Terrebonne Young O
Concordia, Young Of East Baton Rouge-6O.
Nays-Messrs. Bienvenu, Blanchard, Bobie
Inns, Cunningham, Davenport, Davis, Denis
Favrot. Fontelieu, Girard, ella, Gueringer
Hayard, Heron, Howell, Jastremski, Joffrion
Kelly, Kernochan. Lanaux, Leake, LeGar.
ieur, Jr., Mentz, Moore of Lafourche, Moore
u ST.. Landry, Noguez, Mutt, Phelps, Rivet
Robertson, Simon, Stagg, Sutherlin, Thomp
son, White-41.
BuIger, Burton, Byrne, Davidson Of Clai
borne, Edwards, George, Kennedy, Kidd
King, Kirkman, Knoblock, Lagan, Land
Long, Luckett, Lyons, Marks, Millard, Og
len Olivier, Parlange, Semmes, Steele
moth, Williams of Grant 50.
The substitute was adopted in lieu Of arti
Gle 27.
Messrs. Poche and M eGloin gave notice thai
1t some future time they would move recon
,ideration Of the vote just taken.
Leave Of absence was granted to Mr.. War
moth.
On the motion Of Mr.. Caffrey, the Commit
Zee on Investigation was increased to nint
the Chair appointing Messrs. Mar
shall and Fontelieu.
Mr.. Robertson moved that the Convention
Jake recess until I 80 o'clock this evening
IN which motion the yeas and nays were
called for, with the following result:
Yeas Messrs, Allain, Babcock. Baskin
Benham, Bienvenu, Blanchard, Bolton
Breaux, Bridger, Bulger, Bulow, Byrne
Jhiapella, Claiborne, Collins, Cunningham
Demas, Denis, Dickerson, billiard, Easterly
Elam, Estopinal, Gardner, Girard, Covers
Grimes, Gneringer, Henry Of Cameron, Henry
# Natchitoches, Howell, Jenkins, Joffrion
Marshall Matthews, Mentz, MoreIand, Moore
if Lafourche, Mcconnell, Noguez, Pinchback
son, Self, Smith Of jackson, Smith of st. Mary
stamps, Stewart, Sutherlin. Thompson, Vance
Watkins, Webb, Young OF Concordia- 50.
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