The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-10
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
Eli OF THE
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
State or LOUISIANA.
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st.ty-seyenth nays rroceeainEs.

NEW ORLEANS, Monday, july I, 1870.
u.he Convention met at 40 o'clock d. m.
v Present lIon. u. "A. Wilt, President. and
72u members.
Absent MassfH. Brian, King, Marks, Pom
der. Steele, Btillean Warmoth.
Prayer waH offered by the Hev. j. T.. David
Eul, uf Claiborne.
Tho journal Of July was approved.
ORDINANCE NO. 42B.
On the tnuiiorl of Mr.. Kidd.
Ordinance No, a2J,
4 Concerning the funding of tho floating In
debtedness Ut The State,
BAing one of the special orders Of the day
fur this day. WIS postponed and fixed for the
special order OF the day Immediately after
tile disposition Of Ordinance No 424.
Mr. Claiborne submitted statement Of
John iii. Kennnfd. Treasurer OF The Board
of Administrators Of the University Of
Louisiana, of the warrants held BY The
Treasurer OF the University 81 Louisiana
which was referred 10 the Committees on
Finance.
SPECIAL, ORDER Or THE DAY.
Ordinance No 424. Concerning aState Uni
varslty.as submitted by the COMMITTEES on
Hubble Education as substitute for Ordinances
No. gi4 being the special order Ut the day for
ttlig day, was taken TIP On its second rendlng.
1sI,e substitute fo, article q Ut Ordinance
Np. ALL. recommended by Messfs. butherlin
and tia. minority of the COMMITTEES on
public Education was read.
Al memorial III citizens Ut New Orleans,
uraying that The acateinical department. Of
ths University Of Louisiana be- kept III New
Orleans, was read.
Un Tho molten Of Mr.. Pinehbaek 1t WIS
ordered that The ordinance he considered
article by article.
~ artiele Mr. Plnchback offered the fol-
lowing amendment
Add at ths end Of Che article, The words
ssThnrlH shall be established IN the city ct New
Orleans a State University Tor tile etlueatloh
III persons vi color"
MEL. Eutherlin offered article of the ordi-
nanee recommended by tile minority Ut the
Committee Dbl Public Education as d substi-
tute Hull article 1T Ordinance No. AL. as fol-
lows:
Arr. ~. There shall be established and
maintained d State university, consisting 81
aratinlnlpnI. normal and Industrial depart.
melltH. which shall be- located in the city VI
Batnn Rouge, and law and medical depart.
IneIlts, which shall BIO located LII the city OF
II New Orleans.
The Louisiana State University and Agri-
cultural aud Mechanical College now eslab-
lIHheu and located III The city uf Baton Rouge.
shall constitute the aeademieal. normal and
industrial departments Of said diversity,
md dill revenues derived and tD be derived
from tire sales of land OIL land scrip donated
blythe Uaitsd States to the State uf Lontsi-.
nila. for the use uf u seminary 81 leafning alld
agricultural mud mechanical college, shall by
appropriated exclusively To the maintenance
and support of sud acadqmlcal, normal and
Industrial departments Vt said university. :.
The inv aid medical departments Ut the
ItIivsreity I'll Louisiana. now established and
located LII the city Ut New Orleans, shall con.
Btitnte Tho law and medical departments ct
shii State University,
Tho General Assembly shall, from llne 10
time. make such provisions for the proper
Ruverntnent, mnintahanee and SUPPORT of
aMld State University, and oil the depart.
mants thereof. Us the public necesslties anu
the well being OF the people oil the State 81
Luuislunn may require
Mr.. Jastremskt offered the following
amendment to the foregoing suhsttute:
In lne I, after the words medical depart-
rapnt. add Tile words land the acanenical
department III the University OF Louisiana ~
Ht present organized shall be lnade and coli-
Htituteu into and designated as the City Col
legeof New Orleatls.
merit tie words "anu the academic depart
Ynpnt III the University Of Louisiana rs ut
present organized shall hereafter DO consul
tuted into and known Us the City College of
u New Orleans.
Strike out article q.
lNIr. Lyons in the chair
Mr. Ogden moved to reoommt the whole
subject matter back to the Committee on Ed
ucation, with instructions to report an ordt-
nance establishing the University Of Louis
lana, and locating the law and medical depart
ments Ia the city of New Orleans and the
normal andindustriai departments In the city
oil Baton Rouge, and establish branches Of the
nsadelnical department at both places, and
any money appropriated to tho aeademical
4 department. o be equally distributed between
i the two branches
On the motion Of Mr.. Poche the motion to
recommit was laid upon the table.
Mr.. Claiborne moved that the substitute
offered by Mr. Sutherlin to article Of ordi-
nance No. AGA. aud the amendment thereto
offered by Mr.. Jastremski, be laid upon the
table.
Upon that motion the yeas and nays We're
called FOR, with the following result:
Yeas Messrs. Alain, Babcock, Benham,
Rienvenu. blanchard, Bourgeois, Breaux,
Breen, Rulger, Byrne, Cahen, Carey, Chaffe,
Chiapella, Claiborne. Collins, Colvin, Daven.
port, Dasidsonp oil Claiborne, Davidson OF Iber-
vile, Davis, Denis, Dicketson, billiard, Elan,
Estopinal. Favrot, Fontelieu. Gardner, Girard,
Ola, Covers, Grimes. Gueringer Henry of
Cameron, Hough. Howell. Jenkins, Joilrlon,
Kelly, Kennedy, kernochan, Kidd, Kirkman,
Lagan, Land, Landry, Leake LeGardeur, Jr
Lyons, Marshall. Matthew'S Willard. Moore
OF Lafourehe, Munday, Mcconnell. Mct4loIn,
Noguez, Olivier, OFT, Pardee, Parlange, Phelps,
Poche, Reid, Richardson, Riyet, Robertson
Semmes, Simon, Smith Of st Mary. stagg,
Stamps. Stevenson, Stewart. Strovich, Thomp-
son, Todd, Vance, Watkins, Webb, Wells, Will
Jams Of Terrebonne. Young Ut Concordla
Nays-Messrs. Baskin. Bridger. Easteriy
Edwards, Gaskins, George, Hazard. Heron
Jastremski, Kemp, Lott, Luckett, Moreland
Moore OF st. Landry, Mutt, Ogden, Self
Smith of Ja kson. Stone. Sutherlin, Young VI
East Baton Rouge-2l.
Absent MessIs. Bell. Bobie. Bolton. Brian,
Rulow, Burton, Cat.rey, Cunningham, Demas,
Faux, ForRan Henry OF Natchitoches, King,
KnohIoek, Lanaux. Loan, Long, Marks,
Mentg, Pinehhaek. Ponder, Roach. Steele,