The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-05
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
or THE N M
SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
SENATE.
Twenty-Third Days Preceedinss.

Liz osHaht WIS cHlheu bO DTaBT ~ IN CLOCK
IN. by Hon. Louis A. Wilt, Lieutenant Gov
ernor and President OF the Senate !.
On call OF the roll the following Senators
answered to their names:
Messrs. Breaux. Benners, Bowden. Bryant,
Cahen Deahoussaye, DucrOs. Ellis. Fonta.
not, Garland, Ola, Harding, Heron Ks,fS-
kenner, Landry, Merkel, Mitchell, Ni,,,~naS
Perkins, Richardson, Sandiford Ycar,a IN
stamps, Steven, Sutton, Tenxaadao 0 WaiIea
Wells Whealer William -. zacharie. -
Stnbbe :. T. Gage DeBouchel, Harper,
fJafHfer was offered by Rev. Father Hubert.
" CONSIDERATION OF HOUSE MESSAGES.
r. House bill No. co. entitled
can act to make mechanics and builders
lien, and to provide for the manner Of record
ing and enforcing the same"
Which had been finally passed by the House,
was read the first time.
The constitutional rule being suspended by
O four-fifths affirmative vote Of the Senate,
Che bill was read q second time and referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary.
SPECIAL ORDER.
House bill No 1i2,
IAN act to impose a license tax upon trades,
professions and occupations for the benefit Of
Che general fund tax, and to provide punish
ment and penalties for violation Of the same;
and to repeal act No. 20 Of the extra session
OF 1878, approved April ~, 1878. and known as
the Moflett register law"
The special order for Immediately after
reading the journal, was taken up on It's sec
ond reading, and was considered paragraph
by paragraph, the pending question being
the following amendment, offered by Mr.
La. ,,Ia n, nh 4 ~ hA
bill:
In paragraph /, lines II, II, 10. IA, Is and
10, strike out the words, "one-fourth Of which
shall be appropriated to the University OF
New Orleans, one-fourth to the free public
schools throughout the State. and the bal
ance placed in the State treasury TO the credit
OF the city of New Orleans" and insert in lieu
thereof the words, ninety per cent OF which
shall be appropriated exclusively to the sup
port OF public schools In the parish In which
the sum Is paid, and the balance placed In
the State treasury to the credit Of the Charity
Hospital fund.-
Mr.. Garland demanded the yeas and nays
.son the adoption of the amendment
The roll being called, resulted as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Bowden, Bryant, Cahen,
neahoussaye. Ellis, Fontenot, Garland, Gla,
W
Richardson, Sandiford, Scanland, Stamps
Sutton Wales, Wells, Wheeler-2i.
Nays-Messrs. BreauY, Benners. Ducros,
s HsTSShlasW Hsrrsn asy Kenner Steven
Absent -Messrs. Gage, DeBouchel, Merkel.
Texada-4.
And the amendment was adopted.
MIR. Garland moved to reconsider the vote
by which the amendment was adopted, and on
his own motion the motion to reconsider was
laid on the table.
Paragraph was adopted as amended.
Paragraph was read and adopted
Paragraph WAS read.
Mr.. Richardson offered the following amend
rment, which was adopted
Insert in line 33, paragraph g. section l, the
words, "Who sells over twenty-five hundred
dollars worth of lumber annually"
Mr. Harding offered the following amend
ment, which was adopted:
Strike out "for' and insert "from" In line.
Paragraph was adopted as amended.
Paragraph was read and adopted.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.
message was received from the House
through its Chief Clerk, Mr.C NJ. Pegues an
nouncing that the House had finally passed,
and asking concurrence of the Senate In,
House bill No III, entitled
IAN act cedipg to the United States the
dominion and jurisdiction over all levees con-
structed and repaired by the United States in
the State of Louisiana"
On motion OF Mr.. Zacharie consideration of
House bill No. 142 was postponed In order to
take up at this time House bill No. III, just
received.
The rules were suspended and House bill
No. III was read the first time.
The constitutional rule being suspended by
a four-fifths affirmative vote Of the Senate,
the bill was read second time and referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Consideration was resumed of House bill
No. 49, and paragraph was read.
Mr.. Kenner offered the following amend
ment:
Strike out in line As 'three hundred dol
lars" and insert zone hundred dollars"
On motion of Mr.. Stubs, by rising vote
of 10 yeas to 14nays, the amendment was laid
on the table,
Mr.. Kenner offered the following amend
ment, which was adopted, to wit:
Strike out in line 81 the words ''or sirups,"
and insert in line so the word ''or," after the
word liquors"
MIR. Harding oiiered tne louoWing amend
ment which was adopted:
In line SO, strike out 'for' and insert
from"
Paragraph was adopted as amended.l
Paragraph was read and adopted
Paragraph was read.
MIR. Steven offered the following amend
meat, which was adopted:
In line 50, insert the words land fifty after
the words two hundred"
The hour of II o'clock m, having arrived
the Senate proceeded in body to the House
of Representatives
JOINT SESSION.
The Joint Assembly Of the Senate and of
the House of Representatives of Louisiana
was called to order by the Hon. Louis A.
Wilt, Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate, who announced that the object If