The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-02

- th,a time was dispensed with, ana the
ssnate Withdrew to its own chamber.
AFTER JOINT SESSION.
At 80 D. m. the Senate returned from tne
House, and was called to order by the hon'
| Louis A. Wilt, Lieutenant Governor and Pfes'
ident OF the Senate.
On q call OF the roll the following Senators
answered to their names:
Messrs. Breaux, Benners, Bowden, Bryane'
| Cahen Ducros, Harding, Harper, HERON
Kenner, Mitchell, Norwood. Perkins S Sanal-
ford, Scanland Stamps nSey ,ln' % y "i'''
| Wells Wheeler, Williams, Iaeharle-zz. nj.
AbsentNM essrs. Cage, DeBouchel,, Della
| honssaye Fills. Fontenot, Garland, Ola,
Kelly Landry. Merkel Richardson, Stubbs,
sutton, Texada-14.
| Consideration was resumed OF senate OH
No 10. on the pending motion that the bill be
finally passed.
Mr.. Stamps demanded the yeas and nays
The roll being called resulted as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Breaux, Benners, Bowden.
Bryant Gage. Cahen, Delahoussaye. DH W,,s,
Kenner, Landry, Merkel,. Mitchell Norwood,
| Perkins, Sandiford, Scanland, Steven, Wales,
Wells, Wheeler, Williams, Zachare 81
Nays. Msssrs Harper stamps Snttoh aI9
Richardson. Stubbs, Texada-6.
And the bill was finally passed and its title
adopted, and the bill ordered to be sent to
the House for concurrence
MIR. Wells moved to reconsider the vote by
which the blllswas finally passed, and on his
own motion the motion to reconsider was laid
on the table.
Senate bill No f9l. entitled
"An act for The i'etat OF j. V calhoun"
Was taken up und,r tho favorable report OF
H.. NJ a. f,it .,ix,s<
amendment offered by the committee:
In line strike out the word money" and
insert In lieu thereof, revenues Of the year
1876"
The amendment was adopted.
On motion OF Mr.. Harding the bill was
taken as engrossed and passed to its third
reading.
The institutional rule being suspended by
q four-fifths affirmative vote OF the Senate,
, the bill was read q third time.
, MIR. Harding moved that the bill be finally
, passed.
Mr.. Garland demanded the yeas and nays.
The roll being called resulted as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Breaux, Benners, Cage,
Cahen, Delahoussaye, Han ding, Harper, Her.
: ron, Kenner, Landry, Merkei, Norwood,
] Stamps. Steven, Sutton, Texada, WALES,
, Wells, Williams Zachare-20.
Nays-Messrs. Bowden, Bryant, Ducros,
) Fontpnot, Garland, ella, Kelly, Perkins.
Richardson, Sandiford, Scaniand, Wheeler
IL. .
Absent-Messrs. DeBouchel, Ellis, Mitchell,
2 Stubbs-4.
: And the bill was finally passed and its title
: adopted.
. Mr.. Harding moved to reconsider the vote
8 by which the bill was finally passed, and on his
own motion the motion to reconsider was
laid on the table.
. SPECIAL ORDER.
House bill No. 142,
can act to impose a license tax upon trades
J professions and occupations for the bene
: lit of the general fund tax, and to provide
punishment and penalties for violation o.
the same; and to repeal act No. 26 OF thu
y extra session OF 1878, approved April n. 1878
and known as the 'Moffett register law
+ Was taken up, under the favorable report 0
. the Committee on Finance with amendments
the pending question being the following
amendment:
IL 26. Strike out all of section 7, and insert TIN
"a following In lieu thereof:
|. SEC. T. Be IL further enacted, ETC., That |
% shall be the duty OF the tax collectors through
- out the State whenever they effect thel
IL quarterly or final settlements, to render T.
v
r. complete list of the names, trades, profes
- sions or occupations carried on by any perSol
or persons, distinguishing between those WIN
Ill have paid and those who have not paid thel
IL licenses said list to be sworn to before an
one authorized to administer oatns, and to b
subject to public inspection at all times.
a. Mr. Cage moved that the amendment b
~ laid on the table.
~ Mr. Steven demanded the yeas and nays
O. The roll being called, resulted as follows:
~ Yeas = Messrs. Cage. Cahen, Harper
'7' Nays3Messrs. Breaux, Benners, Bowder
80 Bryant Delahoussaye, Ducros, Ellis, Fol
W Kenner, Landry, Merkel, Mitchell, Norwood
Richardson, Sandiford, Steven. Stubb
Texada, Wells, Wheeler, Williams, zachar
At, Absent Messrs. DeBouchel, Perkins, Scar
Is, land, Wales.
d, And the motion to lay on the table was los
5y, The amendment offered by the committe
~ was adopted.
IL On motion of Mr.. Steven, the bill was take
Ill, up paragraph by paragraph.
N Paragraph was read
e sv Mr.. Garland offered the following amen'
lie, ment:
m In paragraph 1, lines II, 70, 10, H. Is and
ai strike out the words "one-fourth of whit
shall be appropriated to the University
're New Orleans one fourth to the free publ
rai schools throughout the State and the balan
placed in the State treasury to the credit
'oi the city of New Orleans, and insert In Ill
thereof the words "ninety per cent of whit
shall be appropriated exclusively to the gu
port of public schools in the parish In whit
the sum is paid, and the balance placed
the State treasury to the credit Of the Chart
Hospital fund.-
ere [Mr. Harding in the chair.l
Mr.. Stubs moved that further consider
Ar ton of the bill at this time be dispensed wit
,er- and that the bill be made the special order
md the day for Friday, Immediately after t
reading Of the journals, and be printed.
yes Mr.. Zacharie demanded the yeas and ma.
~ The roll being called, resulted as follows
ell, Yeas-Messrs. Benners, Bowden, Bryal