The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-08
I,FFICIAL JOURNAL
- or THE 80
INSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
OF LOUISIANA.

gTATE Or LOUISIANA.
~h,rty.ntuth Days Proceedings.
xvw ORLEANS. Wednesday, June 4, 1870.
ii. fonyentlon was called to order at II |
Eyaock .. N.
ssssat,t Hon. T.. a. Witt, President. and
a uenbers. n
q .iaant Messrs.I Easterly, Gaskins, King,
,sns Marks, Stegg, Warmoth.
IN, NM reading u the journal Of yesterday was
pggponed.
1's UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
xte unfinished business on which the Con-
..llor WAS engaged on june of the time Of
adjournment was taken UP, being the con-
[sa.ration of article of Ordinance No. $3.50,
|.eerrIng the Executive Department.
lrticle was adopted.
lrticle 10 was read.
IN. Heron offered the following substitute:
4 mia Governor shall have power to grant re-.
Ives until the end Of the next session Of
|EsiaeneraI Assembly for all offenses against
~ HtHte; and, except In cases Or lmpeHon-
mi. shall, by and with the advice ana con-
tof the Senate have power to Kr ant par and
n
[ssAHires utter conviction.
ma motion to adopt the substitute was
M Robertson offered the following amend
[nent:
I,ter the word "the," In line Z, add the
,eFds amaiorlty Of board Of pardons."
MI. blanchard offered Us a substitute to
s.ert after the word "had," IN line 10, the
.ards ..or any two Of them"
rhe substitute offered BY Mr.. blanchard
xas adopted.
N the motion OF Mr.. Pardee the article was
farther amended, as follows:
u line 3 strike out the words commute
E.sntenees,' and insert the same words at the
| III of line 10.
III. semmea moved that the words Lieu
tuant Governor" In line ', be stricken out.
XII. Webb offered the following substitute:
an the motion oil Mr.. Breaux the substitute
IN amendment were laid upon the table, and
E.ttiee 10 was adopted us amended.
Article II was read.
Mr, Thompson offered the following amend
! nsnt:
IN Ina strike out five and insert -four"
Mi, OFT moved rs an amendment to the
recruitment OF Mr.. Thompson to insert
kthree.s
MI, Davidson, OF Claiborne, offered the fol-
EhWlng asa substitute for the pending amend
nsnts and article:
The Governor shall receive salary OF not
M than three thousand dollars per annum,
SpT more than four Thousand, payable quar-
#ekly on ~ owl Walaahc'
Mr.. Byrne moved that the substitute anu
/ amandments be laid ON the table.
ma son : and navs we're called for IN this
- ,r;th tha fal,ow,nr reault.
49, 49, n w.. AI,a,n p.hooo,r Rraa,r
Rvrna f1nllins. Fontalieu. Norman. George,
Chimes, Gueringer,. Howell Kernochan,
!anaux, LetsaTuenr, VI, L 90 Loto' A1ucAeee'
w. M Massrs' Baskin. Benhan. BLANCHE
ia, bobie, Bolton, Bourgeois, Brldger, Brian,
Mlger Oahen. Carey, OhaiIe, cla,oorne, Vol ~
KIN ,a,h oun.anf hsndsan ~ YhervilIe Davis
nsnias. DENIS Diekerson, billiard, Edwards,
Elsm' Estopinal. Faux, Gardner, Girard,
Covers, Hazard, Henry OF Cameron, Henry
a Nstchitoches, Hough, Jastremski, Jenkins,
gosrIon. Kelly. Kemp, Kennedy, Kidd, Kirk
NM Knoblock. Lagan, Land, Leake, Lyons,
Narks, Marshall, Willard, Moreland, Moore
Laiourche, Moore Of g.. Landry, M " dag,
PsrIange. Phelps, Plnchback, Poche, Ponder,
Red, Richardson, Rvet, Roach, Robertson,
Delf, Semmes, Smith Of jackson, Smith OF
~ Mary, Stamps, Steele, Stewart, Stille,
none, stringfellow, Strovleh, Sutherlin,
wis White. Williams 81 Grant, Young u
hat Baton Rouge-90.
Absent - Messrs. Bell, Bienvenu, Breen
Eulow, Burton, Caffrey, Chiapella, Easterly
hSrot, Gaskins, Ola, Heron. King, Landry
Loan. Matthews. Mentz, Mutt, Stage, Steven.
nn Warmoth. Williams Of Terrebonne,
5olnr Of Concordia-23
M r !, !, ~ ,,non tba fable WINS ,oat
- NY n.o..on w lay ~ noasaa 49, ., .
sh me motlon o. w.. DeHas 1lle alnen y.
nent Of Mr.. Davidson was laid upon tnt
t,hla.
~ oaaa,, oa,,aa -, - ,,rov,oue ,,astion
III ~. ogdell calieo ior Lne previous aueel'on
which was seconded by the convention.
On the main question the motion Of Mr.