The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-01
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
OF THE
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
or THE
lS
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
eighty First Days Proceedings.

EtEHty-FlF&b Wal FNvsc1MhNs.
NEW ORLEANS. Wednesday, July %, 1870
The Convention met ut 10 o'clock q. m.
present-Hon. t. A. Wilt, President. and
Lii members.
Absent, Messrs, Benham. Colvin, Davis
billiard, Kidd King. Kirkman, Marks, Mar.
shall Mcconnell, Ogden, Ponder, N. M
Bmith, Steele, Stringfellow. Warmoth, Webb
PRAYER was offered by tho Rev. J. Il. David
son, OF Claiborne.
The journal Of July 81. evening session
was corrected and approved.
The journal Of July %, morning and even
Ing session, was corrected nnd approved.
CITY Affairs.
Tha special order OF the day being ordinance
No. 44s, concerning the dsbt. government and
proper drainage Of the city Of New Orleans,
j was taken up on second reading.
The ordinance was read.
Mr.. McGlon offered the following substi-
lutte for the ordinance:
ARTICLE /. The citizens Of the city of New
Orleans shall have the right OF appointing the
several public officers necessary for the ad-
ADMINISTRATION Of the police Of said city, pnrsn-
ant to the mode OF election which shall be
provided by the General Assembly.
SA~ ART. 2. The General Assembly, ut It's next
session after the adoption Of this constitution,
n shall enact such legislation as may be proper
to- liquidats the Indebtedness Of the city Of
New Orleans and apply Its assets to the sat
Agfactiun thereof. 1t shall have authority to
cancel the charter Of said city, and remit its
Inhabitants to another form Of government II
necessary. La any such new form of govern
mHnt no salary shall exceed $500.
Mr.. Robertson moved to amend tho substl-
tt1te by adding the following:
Arr. 81 The General Assembly shall pnas
necessary laws to prevent sailors or others of
tho crews Of foreign vessels from working on
the WhaTves and levees OF the city of New
4 Orleans; prOrided, there ID no treaty between
the United States and foreign powers to the
contrary.
On the motion Of Mr.. Forman, article was
amended by inserting, after "Orieans.' In
line 2, the words, "or any municipal corpora
tton which may be crested within It's limits.
by q rising vote Of 53 yeas to 81 nays, the
amendment Of Mr.. Robertson was adopted.
On the adoption Of the substitute Of MI
McGloin, as amended, the yeas and hays were
called for with the following result:
Yeas--M essrs. Baskin, Bell Blanchard, Boil
10n, Breaux, Breen, Brdger, Bulger. Burton,
4 Byrne, CaHrey. Carey Chatle, Chiapella, Clal-
borne, Collins Cunningham, Davenport Da-
Estopinal, Faulk, Favrot, Formari, George,
Glrard, Covers. Grimes, Gueringer, Havard,
Henry Of Cameron, Henry Of Natehitoches,
Heron. Howell, Jastremsk, Jof1rion, Ken
needy, Kelly Kemp Kernochan, Knoblock.
I4agan, Land, Leake, LeGardeur. Jr. Lott,
Iuchett, Lyons, Millard, Moreland. Moore OF
Lafourche. Moore Of st. Landry, Munday, Nc
&ilOin, IN oguez, Mutt, Olivier, Parange, Phelps,
poche, Reid, Richardson. Rivet, Robertson,
Stone, Sutherlin, Thompson, Vance, Watkins,
Wells, White. Williams OF Grant. Young of East
Baton Rouge--7s.
Nays-Messrs. Allan. Babcock. Bohie,
Cahen, Davidson OF Iberville, pemas, Decker
eon, Fontelieu, Gardner. Hough Loan, Mat
thews, Mentz, PHrdee, Roach Smith of st.
Mary, Stamps, Watkins, Williams of Ierre-
SRonne, Young OF Concordia-20.
II AbSent-Messrs. Benham, Bienvenn Bour-
geois, Brian, Bulow. Colvin, Davis, billiard,
Elan, Gaskins, Ola, Jenkins Kidd, King.
kirkman, Imnaux, landry, Long, Marks,
Marshall, Mcconnell, Ogden, OFT. Pnchback
Etringfellow, Strovich, Todd. Warmoth
4 The substitute was adopted on second read
Ing.
II On the motion Of Mr. Forman, by rising
vote Of % yeas to Il nays the rules were sus-
pended and the substitute was passed to It's
third reading. 5..=
BY request, separate vote was taken on
the final passage of article of the substitute,
which resulted as follows Yeas a. nays 30
More than the required majority having
voted In the affirmative, article was finally
passed.
On the final passage Of articles and 2, the
yeas and nays resulted us follows:
Yeas Messrs. AIlain Babcock, Baskin.
Bienvenu, Blanchard, Bobe. Breen, Bridger.
Hnlpw, Byrne, Cahen, Carey, Chaffe. Chiapella.
nfYhn hat. Ne,
OF Claiborne, Davidson of lberville, Demas,
Easterly, Edwards, Estopinal, FauIk, Favrot,
E0ntelleu, Forman, Gardner, George Girard,
Ela, Covers, Gueringer Hazard, Henry Ut
Howell, Jastremski, Joifrion, Kelly, Kemp,
Kennedy knoblock, Lagan, Lanallx, Land,
Leake LeGardeur, IT., Loan, Lott, Luckett.
Lyons. Mentz, Willard, MoreIand, Moore 81
6t Landry, Munday, McGloln, Noguez Mutt,
Olivier Pardee, ParlanRe, Pinchback, Poche,
Reid, Richardson, Rivet, Roach, Robertson,
Self. Simon, Smith of st. Mary, Stage
Stamps, Stewart, Stone, Strovich, Thompson,
Todd, Vance, Williams OF Grant, Williams of
Nays Messrs. Bell Bolton. Burton, CAT
frey, Denis, kernoehan, Stevenson Sutherlin,
Watkins. Wells White, Young. OF Concoraia,
Young Of East Baton Rouge r.
Brssaa Basn bp Ben9 caLorna bours sn
Davis, Diekerson. billiard, Elan, Grimes,
Jenkins. Kidd, King. Kirklnan, Landry
Marks, Marshall, Matthews, Moore of La
44o s Mcdonnell, Ogden, Ott Phelps,
fonder, Semmes, Smith Of jackson, Steele. |
6tringfellow, Warmoth, Webb 80.
More than the required majority having
voted In the affirmative, articles and we're
finally passed.
IMPEACHMENT
e Ordinance No. i52,
Concerning impeachment and removals
from Office"
Was taken up on third reading.
d Mr.. Caffrey moved that the vote bv which
article was lost, on a separate vote july % /
be reconsidered.
The motion TO reconsider prevailed.
y MIR. Robertson moved to reconsider the vote
by which a separate ballot was ordered On
Article6.
. The motion to reconsider prevailed
MIR. Watkins moved that a separate ballot
~ taken IN article