The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-11
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
OF THE
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
- OF THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
seventeenth Days procse dinxs.

seventeenth Days PrOcee dinxs.
New ORLEANS, Friday, May Q. 1879.
The Convention was called to order at IL
o'clock m. Present: Hon. Il. A. Witt, Pres
ident, and 1A members.
Absent: Messrs Babcock, Bourgeois, Bu-
low, }. s. Davidson, Gaskins, Kirkman,
Finchback, T. Williams, d. Young
The proceedings were opened with prayer
by Rev. J. r. Davidson, OF Claiborne.
INTRODUCTION OF PETITIONS, MEMORIALS
AND RESOLUTIONS.
The President then announced the follow
Ing changes and appointments, to wit:
Mr.. Smith, Of Jackson, on the Committee on
Health, Quarantine and State Medicine, vice
Mr.. Kirkman, excused.
Mr.. Thompson, OF st. Tammany on the
Committee on Contingent Expenses, vice Mr..
Kirkman, excused.
BY Mr.. w. f. Loan, OF Orleans
Resolution requesting the Committee on
Parochial Affairs to inquire into the status o
the town OF Algiers, and to report to this Con-
vention whether it be proper or not to discon-
meet the same from the city OF New Orleans.
Lies over.
By Mr.. Bell, of Orleans
That the chair be authorized to appoint
three additional members on the Committee
on the Debt, Government and Drainage OF the
City of New Orleans.
Lies over.
BY Mr.. Henry OF Natchitoches-
Resolution making it the duty OF the first
Legislature under this constitution to inquire
into the Irregularities and abuses that exist
In this State In the sale OF cotton, sugar. rice
and other products, and to provide remedy
for the same.
Lies over.
PETITIONS, MEMORIALS AND RESOLUTIONS
ON THE TABLE.
The petition OF the butchers and others, in
troduced by Mr.. McGloin, was taken up and
referred to the Committee on Corporations.
Resolution Of Mr.. Chiapella concerning the
quarantine laws was taken up, and by re-
quest laid over.
Mr.. Ogden's resolution concerning the time
for the meeting OF the Convention was taken
up.
Mr.. Bienvenu moved to amend by striking
out stem o'clock" and inserting eleven"
which amendment was accepted.
Mr.. King moved to postpone the resolution
indefinitely, and the yeas and nays being
called the motion was lost by the following
vote:
Yeas-Messrs. Allan, Babcock, Bell, Bobie,
Breen, Burton, Caffrey, Cahen, Carey, Chaffe,
Collins, Colvin, Davis, Demas, Dickerson,
Estopinal, Favrot, Fontelieu, Forman.
George, Girard, ella, Grimes, Hazard, Henry
Knoblock, Land, Landry, LeGardeur, Jr,
Loan, Long, Luckett, Mentz, Moore OF La
fourche, Moore of st. Landry, McGloin, No
guez, Olivier, Pardee, Parlange, Poche, Reid,
Roach, Robertson, Smith Of ST. Mary, Stage,
Todd, Williams OF Ierrebonne-
Nays-Messrs. Augustin, Baskin, Ben
ham, Bienyenu, Blanchard, Bolton,
6slan 6asf Davidson ayrn # eea aborn
Denis. billiard, Edwards, Elan, Faulk, Gard
Howell Jenkins, Joffrion, Kemp, Kennedy,
Kernochan, liz hagan Hanaux' heake, Lott,
land, Munday, Mutt, Ogden, OFT, Phelps, Pom
Stone, StringfelloW, Sutherln, Thompson,
Vance, Watkins, Webb, Wells, White, Williams
Absent Messrs. Bourgeois, Breaux, Bridg-
er, Bulow, Chiapella, Davenport, j. s. David
son, EasterlZ Gaskins, Gneringer, Kidd,
Semmes. Stamps, Warmoth. D. Young.
Mr.. Brian then moved to strike out Mon
day, twelfth" and insert Monday. nine
teenth," which was accepted.
Mr.. Todd moved to insert "ten o'clock In
stead Of "eleven," which, on motion Of Mr..
Demas, was laid on the table.
The resolution as amended was then
adopted.
Mr.. Poehe moved reconsideration OF the
vote by which the last resolution was adopt
ed, which, on motion OF Mr.. Sutherlin, was
laid on the table.
The President laid before the Convention a
communication from the Secretary Of State,
accompanied by a tabular statement prepared
in compliance with resolution previously Of
fered by Mr.. Richardson.
On motion OF Mr. Richardson two hundred
copies of the statement were ordered to be
printed for the use OF the Convention.
The resolution of Mr.. Baskin relative to the
hours of meeting of the Convention was taken
up and by consent withdrawn.
The resolution Of Mr.. Oft, concerning the
lease of the New basin canal was taken up.
A point Of order being made that the reso-
luton was foreign to the purposes Of the Con-
vention, the point was sustained by the
President; but In order to obtain the sense Of
the Convention upon the propriety and rele-
vancy Of resolutions of similar character,
the President withdrew his ruling, where
upon, on motion OF Mr.. Heron, the further
consideration OF the question was made the
special order of the day for Monday, at
o'clock b. n.
Mr.. Phelps, Chairman Of the Committee on
Taxation, presented a report asking leave to
return certain ordinances 49, 129 and
33-which had been improperly referred TO his
committee; which report was received.
On motion Of Mr.. Matthews the Convention
went into committee Of the whole for the
purpose of considering Ordinance No. 1856.
MIR. Lyons in the chair
The committee OF the whole having had
under consideration articles and 8 of Ordi-
nance No. 1856, rose, reported progress, and
asked leave to sit again