The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-18
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
or THE
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
or THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
seventy .fourtn nays rroceedinEs.
Evening Session.

EV6IIIUk 06bSlOus
NEW ORLEANS. Tuesday, July 10, 1879.
II The Convention was called 10 order at III
O'Clock p. m.
Present Hon. L. A. witt, President, and
B7 members.
Absent Babeock, Benham. Bourgeois,
Breen, BuioW, Burton. Cahen. Carey, Chaffe,
Collins, j. y. Davidson, Davis, Dlckerson,
billiard, EstopInal, Faulk, George, Covers,
Jastremski, Kelly, Kernochan, King, Kirk
man, Knobloek, Lanaux, Landry, Legar-
deur, Jr., Long Lott, Marks, Matthews,
Nent1, Ponder, Reid, Richardson, Koach,
IN. nj. Smith, Steele Stewart, Todd, War
motl Webb, R b. Williams, b. Williams
ID Young,
The unfinished business, being the consider
afiona OF Ordinance No. AL, was taken up,
pending the motion of Mr.. Blanchard to re.
consider the vote whereby article 26 was
adopted.
The motion was carried.
MI. Blanchard now offered the following
amendment.
Add hit the end Of the article: q They shall
MISC have authority to issue wr1ts OF naa,t-
ttUnsts. prohibition and CerttOrnrt;; only, how
ever, iii aid OF their appellate Jurisdiction
The.demand by Mr.. Blanchard for the pre-
vious question being seconded BY the Conyen-
don. the amendment was adopted, and article
~ as amended was readopted.
Article 53 WIS read.
Mr. Stringfellow now called up Ordinance
NO. 44G, Concerning homesteads, 1t being the
apecIal order fixed for this hours o'clock
b. ID. and on his motion the further eonsid-
eration Of the ordinances was postponed. and
III was made the special order Of the day for
fc-morrow Immediately after the reading OF
the journal.
The consideration Of the ordinance on
Judiciary was resumed.
Mr.. Ogden moved to insert election" after
sthe,n Iii line Q OF article 80.
by rising vote of J5 yeas to 1G nays the
amendment was adopted.
Mr.. Breaux moved to strike out, In line Il,
s.tilis article and add, ''the provisions spe-
Oially relative to said court"
The amendment was adopted.
On motion OF Mr.. Cunningham the article
was further amended BY adding, 4'and the su-
preme Court shall ct once transfer said causes
tO the Court OF Appeals
Oil motion vi Mr.. McGloin article SO as
amended was adopted.
Article 81 was read.
Mr.. Land moved It's adoption.
Mr.. Davidson, OF Claiborne, offered the fol
lowing amendment:
In line IA, strike out five and insert
flour"
MI. Sutherlin offered as an amendment to
The amendment To strike out "four thousand
md Insert twenty five hundred"
The demand for the previous question by
Mr.. McGloin was seconded, and the amend
ment Of Mr.. Davidson was adopted.
The call for the yeas and nays by Mr.. Suth.
Arlin was refused, and article 81, as amended,
was adopted.
Mr.. Forman moved to reconsider the vote
Just taken.
Mr.. Robertson moved to lay the motion on
the table.
The yeas and nays were ordered, with the
= following result:
Yeas--Messrs. Allan, Baskin, .Bobie, Boil
Chiapella, Claiborne, Colvln, Cunningham,
Davenport, Davidsunof Claiborne, Dickerson,
d Easterly, Edwards, Elatn, Fontelieu, Gard
ner, Gaskins, Grimes, Gueringer. Henry OF
] cameron, Henry q Natchitoches, Heron.
Noguez Ogden, Pardee, Parlange, Plnchback,
Rivet, Robertson, Self, Smith OF st. Mary,
Stamps, Stevenson, Stewart, StriDgfellow,
Thompson, Vance, Wells, Young OF East Baton
Nays NaysEMessrs. Bell, Blanchard, Breaux,
Caffrey, Demas, Favrot, Girard, CHA, Hayard,
Joffrion, Lagan, Land, Leake, Luckett, Moore
OF Lafourche, Moore Of st. Landry, McCon-
Stacy, Stone sutherlin, Watkins, White-3O.
Absent-Messrs. Babcock, Benham, BEN
venu, Bourgeois. Breen, Burton. Cahen
Carey, Chaffe, Collins, Davidson 81 Iberyille
Davis, Denis, billiard, Estopinal, Faulk, For
man, George, Covers, Howell, Jastremski,
Kelly, Kennedy, Kernochan, Kidd, King,
Kirkman, Knoblock, Lanaux, Landry, LIE
Gardeur, Jr., Long, Lott, Lyons, Marks.
Mentz, Olivier, OFT, Ponder, Reid, Richard
: son, Roach, Simon, Smith Of y, jackson, Steele
Strovich, Todd, Warmoth, Webb, Williams Of
Grant, Williams Of Teirebonne, Young Of Con.
cordiar-50.
And the motion to lay on the table was lost
mr. Lyons ii the chair.l
On the motion Of Mr.. Leake, the maiI
question was ordered, and article 81, by 9
rising vote Of 56 yeas to % nays was recon
sidered.
Mr.. Forman offered the following amend
ment: Insert at the end Of line -, the sale
judges shall be appointed By the Governor
by and with the advice and consent OF the
Senate" and demanded the previous ques.
ton on the amendment.
The previous question was seconded by the
Convention and the yeas and nays were called
as follows:
Yeas Messrs.. Bell, Blanchard, Bobie, Boil.
Ton, Breau ,ss; Brian, oaffrey chiapella, Clai,
claiborne, Demas, Easterly, Edwards, Elan
Favrot, Forman, Girard, Grimes. Guerlnger