The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-31

twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, six.
t8enth, seventeenth, eighteenth and nine
+ teenth days proceedings, being of date
January Is, 20, "a. 20, "A, 25 and ~, be approvet
as printed.
The motion prevailed.
CONSIDERATION or MESSAGES FROM Thu
HOUSE.
The following entitled bills, received Ii
message from the House. were read the frs
time.
The constitutional rule was suspended as Il
each bill, and 1t was read second time ant
referred rs follows:
House bill No. g6,
IAN act to repeal act No. 5 Of the extra SEES
sion OF 1873; to create Board Of State En-
gineers; to define their powers and duties; 70
y levy tax OF one mill for levee and public I'M
provement purposes; to divide the State into
levee districts; TO provide for the appoint
Ment Of Boards Of Levee Commissioners
therefor, and to prescribe their duties and
powers; to authorize the imposition OF dis
trict levee tax not to exceed five mills on real
estate and taxable property; to vest the con-
troll OF levees and completed public works
throughout the State In police jurles, and to
Impose certain duties ON the Governor Of the
State
TO ths Committee on Public Lands and
Levees.
House bill No. 1873,
IAN att relative to the State Printer, the
official journal Of the State, and to the public
printing; to regulate and define the prices Of
public printing; to prescribe the manner In
which the same shall be done; to regulate the
manner Of making advertisements In judicial
proceedings. or sales of property under judi
Cial process, or In any other legal proceedings
In oil parishes; regulating the price therefor;
directing the manner and price at which con-
tracts shall be made by police juries and mu-
nicipal corporations for public printing; to
provide for the printing OF the annual reports
Of the various heads Of State departments and
directors OF certain public institutions; pro-
vidlng for the sworn affidavit to be made to
bills before being audited; fixing the penalty
Tor perjury, and repeating all laws or parts of
Laws In conflict herewith"
To the Committee ON Printing.
House bill No. 157,
IAN act to adjust the indemnity due to the
State Of Louisiana, accruing from the sale Of
swamp lands by the general government
local officers since 1B4s and 1850; to obtain
from the general government the final adj
justment OF the Houma conflicting claims,
the settlement Of all controversies in regard
to shallow lakes ETC.; to appoint an agent,
appropriate s25OO, and fix the compensation
and declare the disposition OF said funds"
TO the Committee on Public Lands and
Ievees.
House bill No 159
IAN act to amend and re-enact sections and
Of act No. &c. extra session OF 1877, and pro-
viding an annual assessment in the parish Of
Orleans"
To the Committee on Finance.
REPORTS or COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Garland, chairman Of the Committee ON
the Judiciary, submitted the following report,
which was received:
10 the. Honorable President and Members Of
the Senate:
Your committee. to whom was referred
Senate bill No. 70, entitled
An act to amend and re-enaCt section 1903 OF
act No. 90. approved April 20, 1877,
Having considered said bill. have instructed
me to report unfavorably on said bill. The
provisions oil the law proposed to be changed
ere. In the opinion Of the committee, wise and
definite postponement Of this bill
H. Il. GARLAND, Chairman.
3 Mr.. Zacharie chairman OF the Committee
on Claims, submitted the following report,
which was received
40 the Honorable President and Members of
the Senate:
Your Committee on Claims. to whom was
senate bill No. 1o1. entitled
An act for the relief Of Geo. w. Dupre, |
State Printer
Report the same favorably, with the follow
Ing amendments:
Btrike out the whole of the preamble.
Strike out the whole Of section /.
Make section section OF the bill.
Strike out section 8,
Make section A section2.
Your committee recommend the striking |
out Of section /, which authorizes the pay
ment OF forty thousand one hundred dol
lars Of warrants already issued and the pay
ment Of which has been enjoined by the
United States Circuit Court, for the reason
reference with the judiciary in attempting TO
make the Treasurer do that which he has
been prohibited from doing by court Of |
competent jurisdiction, or at least competent
untiI otherwise decided, THUS dissolving an
IN .unseemly conflict between the State
Legislature and the Federal judiciary, and
which should be avoided If possible.
They recommend the striking out Of section
kallty or equity ola claim for damages aris-
ing out OF the depreciation Of State warrants
below par. All contracts with the State are
supposed to be on cash basis, and If the
combined In this section were re-
oognized there would be no end OF claims Of
this description against the State.
With the amendments suggested your
committee recommend the passage of the
Bill
AL oil which is respectfully submitted.
Your committee report back. without ac-
tion,
"petition for relief Of A. w. HYATT,
And recommend that 1t be referred to the
Committee on Auditing and Supervising the
Expenses Of the Senate.
On the
"Petition for the relief Of j. v. Calhoun
And the accompanying
Senate bill No. 106. entitled
An act for the relief OF J. V. Calhoun"
Your COMMITTEES report ,favorably, with the
amendment:
In line strike out the word money" and