The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-05
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
Or THE
CONVENTION
OF THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
sIxty-third pays Proceedings.

IueIuDbIB
Absent-Messrs. Willard, stille and Steele.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. J. 7. David
son. of Claiborne
The reading OF the journal was postponed
thirty minutes.
| Leave Of absence was granted to Mr.. Bur-
| ton for O. few days.
ORDINANCE INTRODUCED.
| Mr.. Claiborne, by unanimous consent, in.
troduced an ordinance Which was read and
placed on the calendar as
Ordinance No. 431,
| Providing for the free school funds, the
seminary fund, and the Agricultural and Me-
chanical College fund.
| Under suspension OF the rules the ordi-
nance was passed to It's second reading and or
dered to be printed In bill form, and made the
special order OF the day for Tuesday, July s.
after the reading Of the journal.
/ ORDINANCE NO. 422 RESUMED.
| In pursuance of it's order of June 80, the
Convention resumed the consideration Of Or
dinance No. 422, Concerning general provi-
sions."
| Article 8 was adopted.
| Article was adopted.
Article s was stricken out.
| Article 6 was adopted.
| Article was amended, on motion OF Mr..
SutherIin, by adding at the end thereof the
word "only," so as to read as follows
! The laws, public records and the judicial
and Legislative written proceedings OF the
| State shall be promulgated, preserved and
conducted In the English language only.
! The article was adopted as amended.
| Article was amended, ON the motion of
Mr.. Moore, OF Lafourche, by inserting the
word previously" In the last line, after the
word Compensation"
| Mr. Watkins moved to amend the article
by inserting the words cor retroactive" after
the phrase tee post facto, in line 1.
By rising vote OF 40 yeas to 35 nays the
amendment was laid upon the table, and ar
ticle s was adopted as amended.
| Articles 9, 10 and il were adopted as
printed
| Article IL was read.
| Mr.. Parlange offered the following amend
ment:
This provision shall apply to parochial and
municipal officers as well as t. offices estab-
lished by this constitution.
| To this amendment Mr.. Sutherlin offered
the following amendment:
Strike outthe words Officers established by
this constitution" and insert State offices"
The previous question being moved by Mr..
Demas, and seconded by the Convention, the
motion to amend by Mr.. Sutherlin was lost.
The motion OF Mr.. Parlange to amend, by a
rising vote of IA yeas to CT nays, was lost.
| And article u was adopted as printed.
Articles Is, IA and Is were adopted as
printed.
| r.
Mr.. Parlange offered the following amend
ment:
Strike out the words "shalI make 1t obliga-
tory upon each parish. and insert the words
4 'sshall delegate to the parishes the power, In
| lieu thereof.
1 On the motion of Mr.. Todd, by rising vote
of 66 yeas to26 nays, the motion to amend was
laid upon the table.
Mr.. Warmoth moved that article Is be
stricken out.
Mr.. Richardson offered the following amend
ment:
After the word "all,' in line 8, insert the
words "infirm, sick and disabled"
Mr.. Demas moved the previous question
which was seconded, and the amendment
offered by Mr.. Richardson was adopted.
On Mr.. Warmoth's motion to strike out
article 16 the yeas and nays were called for,
with the following result:
Yeas-Messrs. Baskin. Bell, Benham
Blanchard, Bolton, Breen, Buiow, Byrne,
Cahen, Carey, Chaffee, Claiborne, Cunning
ham, Davis, Edwards, Elan, Faulk, Favrot,
Of Natchitoches, Hough,. Jenkins, Kernochan,
Marshall, Moreland, Moore of Lafourche,
Munday, Mutt, Parlange, Ponder, Rivet,
Richardson, Stage, Stevenson, Stringfellow,
Webb. White, Williams Of Grant, Young 81
Nays-Messrs. Allan, Bienvenu, Bobie,
Boy Bourgeois, 1l Brsaux, BFidger, Caifrey,
Dickerson, billiard, Easterly, Estopinal,
ella, Crimes Henry of Cameron, Howell,
Jastremski, Joffrlon, Kelly, Kemp. Kennedy,
Mentz, Moore Of ST Landry, Mcdonnell, Nc
Gloin, Noguez Olivier, OFT, Pardee, Phelps,
Pinchback, Reid, Roach, Robertson, Self,
Semmes, Simon, Smith Of jackson, Smith Of
Todd, Watkins Wells, Williams Of Terre-
bonnie, Young Of Concordia-63.
Assemblies srs. Babcock, Brian, Bulger,
Burton, Davidson OF Claiborne, Forman, Her.
ron, Kidd King, Lagan, Lanaux, LeGardeur,
Stille-19.
| The motion to strike out was lost.
By rising vote Of So yeas to 81 nays the
article was adopted as amended.
Mr.. Young, of Concordia, moved to recon-
slider the vote just taken, which, by rising
vote Of 46 yeas to 20 nays, was carried.
Mr.. Caffrey offered the following amend
ment:
Provided, that in every municipal corpora
ton in parish where the powers of the police
jury do not extend, the said corporation shall
support Its own paupers.
On the motion of Mr.. Parlange, accepted
by Mr.. Caffrey, the amendment was amended
by inserting before the word "pauper'' the
words "intirm, sick and disabled"
The previous question being moved by Mr..
Demas and seconded by the Convention, the
amendment was adopted.
4 Mr. Young nf Concnrdia Ynovad that tho