The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-13

Ds'IEn II tvaa aart. Iark N, n COMMITTEES. tbs
Same dleoussion would come up again when
n VIVA again reported. Nothing would hs ah-
vanepd hy such reference, and he was Ia IN
yor Of settling the question now
Delegate steele favored Immediate action.
| He Thought the Convention could now ssttss
| that the Legislature shpuld not remit taxes
after 1870. Snch Il limitation WIS right anu
proper and he hoped II would prevail me
| question or back taxes could he referred W
| the Committee on Taxation, for report at ~
| future day.
The main question on tho motion 70 refer
the whole subject to ths Gnmtnittrs o., Inx I,
| ton WINS ordered nnd the Convention decided
| to refer by n standing vote Of yaas 62, nays A.
Article II III ths report " tho COMMITTEES 81
Limitation WINS then taken up. 1T reads MS
| follows:
| Arr. D. The General Assembly shall not
pnss any local or special laws
| Fer the opening and conducting Of elnc-
tlons. or fixing or changing The place Of
| voting.
| Changing the venue in civil or criminal
Authorizing tho laying out. opening, alter
| ing or maintaining roads, highways, streets
| or alleys.
Authorizing the adoption or legttlfnhtlbn Of
| children.
| Granting divorces.
Changing tho law Of descent on succession.
| Affecting tho estate OF minors or persons
/ IUtiGf HItiihDltlklFE. III
Kemitting fines, penalties and rorfeiturag
OF refundlng moneys legally paid into tbs
/ TREASURY.
Authorizing the construction Of street pas
snnger railroads In Incorporated towns or
cities without their consent.
Regulating labor, trade. manufacturing or
| agriculture.
Creating corporations, or amending renew
Ing, extending CT explaining the charter
| thereof: DyOpiticd TINT This shnll not apply to
i tt,,.x r he n New flfeufia
| Granting To any corporation. naaoentlnn or
Individual any special or exclusive right,
| privilege " immunity.
| Declaring any named person Of Hge.
/ Extending tho time for tho HasfssneHt Or
collection II taxes. u otherwise relieving any
aesessor or collector Of taxes from tho due
performances Of their oflical duties, ~ thoir
securities from liability, nor shall any such
b. passed by amy political corporation q this
| State
Regulating the practice OF Jurisdiction of
4 changing the rulas of evidence In any judicial
proceeding Or inquiry before courts, Justices
III tho peace 0r other tribunals. 81 providing
! or changing methods for tho collection ~
debts or tho enforcement Of Judgments or
prescribing tho effects III judicial snles.
| Fixing the rate Of Interest.
| Esemlting property from taxation, except
such ns nre actually employed for religious
| or charitable purposes.
| For limitation VI civil Or criminal action.
| diving effect 10 Informal or Invalid Wills or
deeds.
Regulating The management Of public
schools tho building or repairing 81 school
houses, md the raising Of money for such
purposes.
LeRallzlng the unauthorized Or Invalid net.
Of any officer, sefvnnt or agent Of the States,
Or Of any parish o. municipality thereof. ln
Ill other cases where u general Inv can be
made applicable. no local or special law shall
IN enacted; and whether u general law could
have been made applicable In any cass Is
hereby declared 2 Judicial question. md ~
such shall be- judlcialy determined without
regard to any Legislative assertion on that
subject.
providing that no special or local law
shall be made unless thirty days notice
thereof has been given IN the locality before
such law Ii introduced IN the Legislature. md
argued In favor OF his Substitutes. He be-
lieved Ii wo,ld answer tho end proposed by
the committee.
He did not think IL obvlated the evils the gen
| tleman admitted grew out Of the power Of
the Legislature to pnss special laws. He be-
lieved that power should BIO restricted In n
specific manner, as was proposed IN tho ar
| tiele and MS was done IN other States.
Delegate Moore, Of Lafourche, favored the
article III reported A II the subjects enumer-
ated in the report could be reached by gem
ernI law, md IL was tho purpose Of the COM
mlttee to entirely restrict the power OF the
| jects. The committee further Oh had provided
| for the passage of special laws upon other
subjects, after notice, but upon the subjects
| stated IL wns the purpose to prohibit 1t from
passing any special law.
Delegate Todd favored In the main the ar-
ticle ms reported by tho committee. lie did
not think TINT tho time u the Legislature
should be taken up In the consideration Of Il
local law upon my ono Of the subjects emu
mern'ed, and should support tho article ~ IL
| stands.
Delegate White supported the article, with
n few amendments. He WAS ono OF those
| who believed TINT the hands Of the LcgiEla-
ture should be tightly tied up. Heretofore
the Legislature hnd been binding the hands
OF tho people; now the people proposed to tie
the hands Of the Legislature. Tho fact that
those hands Ind not been bound heretofore
was the cnuse Of the present condition OF the
State. For one he should Insist upon tying
up tho Legislature for the future H. there
| fore, should favor the limitations proposed in
the article under consideration, with some
amendments.
Delegate Ogden moved W Ivy on the table
the substitute Of Delegate Caffrcy. Adopted.
Delegate King offered as substitute Tor
the whole article another providing thnt no
special law should DO passed when general
law could be made applicable, and the ques--
tion Of such applicability should be decided
by the courts. Upon the substitute heargued
Mt some length.
Delegate Mciloin opposed the amendment.
He argued to show why the special subjects
upon which the power Of the Legislature to
make special laws was prohibited In the nr-
tiels.
Delegate Blanchard opposed the substitute
and moved To lay 1t On the table. Adopted.
On motion OF Delegate MeGioin the article
was then taken mp section Ivy section.
Delegate Lnnd moved to amend the pream-
bic by inserting after laws the words upon
the following specified subjects" Adopted.
Delegate Cunningham moved to amend the
first section IVY. adding tho words Sin State
and parochinl elections"
Delegate Heron favored the section as re-
ported.
Delegate Forman also advocated the orig
| inal section
The amendment was voted down.
Delegate blanchard moved W amend the
section by substituting the word places" for
place" Lost.
The first section was then adopted.
/ Delegate Land moved TO strike out the
second sectiofr on the ground that name
could not be changed except by special net.
Delegate Sutherlin opposed the amendment
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