The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-07
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on Agriculture, as follows:
The Committee on Agriculture beg leave to
respectfully report:
various petitions and ordinances referred to
Them and after due consideration report the
following ordinance, which they recommend
to be embodied In the present constitution OF
'n's e'a1 w n s. 5e1 HDWAKbs, Chairman.
ORDINANCE.
The General Assembly may create Bureau
of Agriculture, define Its objects, designate
Its officers and fix their salaries.
The report lies over. 5.M:..
Ordinances Nos. 1852, 37e and 1856, and thir-
teen petitions were returned with the fore
going report. =u@
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.
F The special order of the day, being the con-
sideration OF the report Of the Committee on
State Lands conceI ming the New Basin canal.
The ordinance reported by the committee
was taken up, becoming @
Ordinance No. 405,
Concerning the New basin CANAL
Mr.. Leake offered the following substitute
for the ordinance:
ARTICLE /. The New Basin Canal and Shell
Road, and their appurtenances, shall not be
leased nor alienated. The General Assembly,
this constitution, shall provide by law for q
superintendent, to be appointed by the Gov
ernor, upon the recommendation OF the cap
tains and owners Of vessels plying In said
canal, to manage the same, and shall enact
such other laws for the regulation. matnten-
ance and management OF the said canal and
shell road; provided, dues shall not exceed
ten cents per ton on the measurement tonnage
Of all vessels entering therein.
F,14
ment:
Add: "Hrovided, that the Governor, Audi
tor and Attorney General be and they are
hereby constituted ex- oficio board, and that
they are hereby given authority to appoint
from the citizens OF New Orleans five persons,
who shall make an appraisement OF the value
Of said property, and the same shall be Of
fered- for public sale by the said ex-ofIiciO
board, after thirty days public advertisements
and the same shall not be sold unless tt shall
bring at least twO-thirds OF its appraised
value, and the same restrictions shall rest
against the purchasers Of said property as are
hereby provided for In this ordinance for the
rates and tolls"
On tho motion OF Mr.. Sutherlin the motion
to amend was laid upon the table.
Mr.. Mcconnell offered the following amend
ment:
Add after the words "owners OF vessels the
words "and merchants doing business on the
canal"
The amendment was accepted by Mr..
Leake.
Mr.. Lagan moved to amend the substitute
by adding:
When the revenues shall exceed the ex-
penses Of keeping the canal, wharves and
other property In good repair, the toll duties
shall be reduced In proportion to such excess.
Mr.. Thompson moved that the substitute
and amendment theretos be laid upon the
table. L
On which motion the yeas and nays were
called fer, with the following result:
Yeas Messrs. Baskin, Bienvenu, Breaux,
Breen, Bridger, Bulow, Byrne, Carey, CIai-
borne, Colvin, Cunningham, Davidson Of Clai
borne, Davidson Of Iberville, billiard, Ed
wards, Elan, :, Ga, Covers, Gnerlnger,
tremski, ,Joffrion, Kemp, Kennedy, Kirkman,
Moore q St. Landry, McGloln, Noguez,,
Ogden, OFT, Parlange, Ponder, Reid, Rivet,
Smith of st. Mary, Stone, stringfellow,
Sntherlin, Thompson, Vance, Webb, Williams
Of Grant, Young OF Concordia, Young Of East
Baton Rouge-55.
:. Nays Messrs. Allan, Benham, Blanchard,
Chiapella, Collins, Davenport, Davis, Demas,
Dickerson, Estopinal, Faulk, FavrOt, Fonte-
lieu, Forman, Gardner, George, Girard,
Grimes, Henry Henry Of Cameron, Hough, Howell,
Leake, LeGardeur, Jr, Lott, Luckett,
Matthews, Willard Moreland Moore of La
fOurche, Munday, Mcconnell, Mutt, Olivier,
Pardee, Phelps, Poche, Richardson, Roach,
Simon, Stevenson, Stewart, stille, Strovich,
Todd, Warmoth Watkins, Wells, White Will
liams OF Terrebonne-59.
Absent-Messrs. Babcock, Bell, Bobie, Boil
ton, Bulger, Cahen, Denis, Easterly, Gaskins,
Kidd, KING, Landry, Long, Marks, Mentz,
Plnchback, Stage. Stamps, Steele-19.
The motion to lay upon the table was lost
Mr.. Semmes offered the following as an
amendment to the amendment of Mr.. Lagan:
That no contract shall be made concerning
works on said canal whereby the State shall
pc bound to payment from any other source
that any excess of revenues derived from
said canal, over expenses, shall be annually
paid to the city of New Orleans to be exclu-
sively applied to the drainage of said city.
Mr.. Robertson offered the following amend
ment:
Add at the end of the substitute: ssThe
depth OF water in the canal shall be MAIN
talned at not less than eight feet low tide
level, and the bar at its mouth kept dredged
to that Depth"
On the motion of Mr.. Matthews the pend
ing amendments to the substitute were laid
upon the table.
Mr.. Moore, of Lafourche. offered the fol-
lowing amendment:
Insert at end of substitute aand. proyided
farther, that the superintendent shall hold
office tor two years, with salary not to ex-
ceed ttteee hundred dollars per annum, and
he shall be allowed five assistants who shall
not receive more than fifty dollars per month elL
each" r. 1-Ao-AsAA
Mr.. Benham offered as an amendment to
the amendment:
Strike out fifteen hundred and insert zone
thousand" - -
On the notion of Mr.. NJ Connen the amend
Inent Of Mr.. Moore and the amendment Of
NJ. Benham were laid upon the table.