The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-23
THE NVENTION.
Final Passage Of Number of Or
dinances.
The Work of the Session Almost Com
pleted-Probable Adjourn
ment To-day.
TUESDAY, July ~.

m6uL IO-DAy.
TUESDAY, July ~.
The Convention met at o'clock, President
Wiltz In the chair and quorum present.
CORPORATIONS AND CORPORATE RIGHTS.
The report OF the Committee on Corpora
tions and Corporate Rights WAS taken up on
It's third reading.
Delegate Forman called for separate vote
upon article IA, relative to the appointment
OF inspectors OF merchandise and weights and
measures by parish Or municipal authorities.
Delegate Breaux sent up to the clerks desk
and had read memorial from produce ner-
chants, protesting against the adoption OF the
article, as It's provisions would prove disas~
trous to the business community.
The yeas and nays we're called, and the
article was defeated yeas Z, nays 80.
Delegate Cafrey moved to reconsider tha
vote by which article IL, relative to the es-
tablishment of offices for the transfer OF
railroad and other corporation stock was
adopted. Laid upon the table yeas 81, nays
1s.
Delegate Caffrey called for q separate vote
on article 4, which the Convention refused to
order.
The ordinance was then adopted as a
Whole-yeas 81, nays 8.
REVENUE AND TAXATION.
The report Of the Committee on Taxation
was taken up on Its third reading.
Delegate Cunningham moved to reconsider
| the vote by which article s, relative to the tax
i limit, was adopted
/ The motion to reconsider prevailed, and
| Delegate Cunningham offered the following
substitute for the article:
/ ART 8 The State tax On property for all pur- !
poses whatever. including expenses Of govern
ment, schools levees and interest, shall not ex-
eeed la Sd " one year six mills on ths dollar Of
assessed valuation IL the ordinance regarding
the bonded debt OF the state ~ adopted and
not adopted and ratified By the peopte the State
tax for al purposes as aforesaid shall not ex.
s aas ID G ms be oa e and
parish or municipal tax for all purposes what.
soever shall exceed ten mills on the dollar OF
Of erecting and CONSTRUCTING public buildings.
bridges and works of public improyementin In
parishes and municipalities the rates Of taxa
ton herein limited may be- increased when the
rate Of s4eh increase aud the purL ose for which
it il intended shall have been submitted TO-
/ vote of the property taxpayers OF such parish
or municipality entitled to a vote under the
election laws Of the Sta.e. and . majority Of
same voting at such election shall have voted
Therefor.
yeas 66, nays II.
Delegate Bolton moved reconsideration Of
the vote by which article was adopted, with
a view to offering an amendment providing
that the Legislature shall enact laws for the
collection Of the poll tax.
Il The motion to reconsider prevailed and the
, amendment was adopted.
Delegate Elam moved q reconsideration OF
, the vote by which article six was adopted on
second reading. Laid upon the table.
| Delegate Henry, Of Cameron, called for
separate vote on article 6, which WAS ordered
yeas 46, nays 20.
Delegate Lyons called for q separate vote
on article r. which was ordered.
Delegate Wells called for separate vote on
article 8, which was refused.
A separate vote was then taken on article
6, relative to the exemption OF certain species
!, Of property. The call OF the yeas and nays
I. resulted-yeas So, nays 40, and the article
was defeated, less than sixty-eight members
voting in the Affirmative
81 A separate vote oeing taken on article IL re-
sulted-yeas ~, nays 4, and the article was
adopted.
The ordinance as whole was then adopted
!. on q call OF the yeas and nays-yeaS w,
nays %.
Delegate Jastremski moved to reconsider
the vote by which article was defeated.
Adopted.
The article was then placedon It's second
: reading.
Delegate Jastremski moved to amend By
providing that steamboats, and vessels Of all
kinds owned and registered In the State shall
t be exempt from taxation
III Laid on the table-yeas 43, nays 34.
) Delegate MeGloin moved to amend by
making such verbal changes as were neees-
! sary to make it clear that private schools and
: colleges were exempt from taxation, as was
the intention OF the article. Laid on the table.
The article was then placed on Its third
reading and finally adopted-yeas 80, nays Il.
THE SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY,
9 being the ordinance concerning elections and
suffrage was taken up on it's third reading.
Delegate Blanchard called for separate
vote on article 2, relative to suffrage auatln-
| cations. which the Convention refused to order.
The yeas and nays were then taken on the
ordinance as whole, Tesultlnfg-yeas Y, nays
| 8, and the ordinance was finally passed.
Delegate Heron, from the Committee on
Schedule submitted report, WHICH was OF
dered to be printed.
THE BILL OF RIGHTS.
? The ordinance reported by the Committee
on Bill OF Rights was taken up on it's third
On The call of the yeas and nays the ordi-
nance finally passed-yeas So, nays 0.
EXEMPTION OF MANUFACTURES.
The ordinance exempting certain manufac-
lures from taxation was taken up on Its third
: reading.
+ On motion, the vote by which the article
was adopted on its second reading was recon-
Sidered, and a number OF amendments
adopted.
The ordinance was again placed on Its third
reading and was defeated-yeas 63, nays 81,
, not 6s voting In the affirmative.
Delegate Chiapella moved reconside deration
of the vote just taken.
Delegate Knoblock moved to lay the motion
! to reconsider on the table. Lost-yeas ~,
t nays 81.
I Delegates Mcconnell, McGloin and Stamps
favored the motion to reconsider, Wn1cn was
| adOpted-yeas 81, nays N.
| TIE article vas then placed on it's second