The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-14
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
STATE OF LOUISIANA.

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O'Clock, nj.
Present. 1.-THE Hon. LA. witt, President, ana
r,,a hundred And twenty eight members.
Ahsont tieasrs. j. y. Davidson. Gasklns,
Inndrv teiardenr and bemtles.
pra var vas offered BY the Hev.J. u. David
aop. Of Claiborne.
The journal of May 10 was approved.
Mr. Leaardeur was excused fpr absence on
account of sickness
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
rhr unfinished business on which the Com
ventjon was engaged ut the time Of its ad-
iournment Oh May 10 was taken UP. being
amendments to article 3, Of Ordinance No. 98G.
The pending amendments were read.
MIR. Demas moved that all pending amend
ments and substitutes BIO laid upon tho table.
on which the yeas and nays were called for,
with the following result.
Yeas Messrs. hugustin. Babcock, Baekin,
Bienvenu, Bolton. Bourgeols, Brldasr
port. Davidson Of claiborne, Davis. Der
mas, Dlekerson, billiard, Easterlg, Elani.
Tanik, Favrot, dardner, dirard, Cow
ers, Grmes,. Inward, Henry. q Cameron,
Henry n hatel,. ih mos land m,' faae
Loan, Luckett, Marshall Matthews, Mentz,
Willard, Moore of Lafo,irohe. Moore OF St
Landry, Manday, Nog',sz. 0tt, Ii pa ptas
pssp f hshasss rq ss P so st 'a b
jackson. smith Of 1t. Mary, stagg Steele,
Stevenson. Stewart, StIlle, stllngfellpw,
Htrovich, sutherlln, Thompson, Todd. Watt
kiDH, Webb, Wells, White, Williams Of Grant,
W W. Of Terrebonne' Young Of ooneor-
Nays = Msasrs. Allan, bell, He'll. Ben
ham, Blanchard. Bobie, Breaus, Brssn,
Byrne, Cafrrey, Chaife, Claiborne, ~
Edwards, Estoplnal, FonteIleu. Forlnar.
George, HERON, Howell, Jenkins, Joiffion,l
Kelly, Kemp. Kennedy. kirkman, Laga,ni,
Long, Lott Lyons, Moreland. Mcconnell,
.Mctlloin, Mutt Ogden, Olivier, parlanse'
Absent -.sMeasrs. Bnlger, Bulow, Burton,
Collins, Denia, GaakDa, Gin, Gueringer,
Jastremeki, Landry. Ledardeur. Fri. Marks,
Roach, Semmes, Stamps, Warmoth. Young OF
East Baton Rouge -1s.
The motion To table was carried.
Mi. Leake offered the following amend
ment:
Article s.--The General Assembly shall
have no power to release or extlngutsh, or
authorize the releasing or cxtlnRulBhifg, IN
whole ur Iii part, tho indebtedness liabilities
or obligations of any corporation or indi-
vidual to this State, or 10 any parish pr other
municipal corporation therein, except penal
tiee. Interest, costs, fees and commissions On
taxes due prior To the first day Of January,
1870, and drainage taxes on assessments In
excess oi the benefit conferred
Mr.. Claiborne offered an amendment 70 the
amendment of Mr. Leake, as follows i.=A@
Add the words. provided taxes OH OVER
flowed property may be exempted"
Mr. Fprman moved to amend by inserting
stakes and striking out the words "due pre-
vions TO tho first Of January, 1870"
MIR. Lyons moved to postpone the further
consideration of article and the amend
ment thereto until the report of the Commit
toe on Taxation, Equalization and Exemption
shall be presented.
MI. Blanchard moved that the article and
the pending amendments thereto be referred
10 tho Committee on Taxation, Equalization
and Exemption, and on that motion the pre-
ylous question was moved and seconded by
the Convention.
The motion to refer by a rising vote Of o.
yeas 10 Az nays, was carried.
Article was read.
Mr.. Calrrey offered the following amend
ment:
After the word flaws. 81 In line three strike out
& ali that follows Down to article 10, and Insert,
sunless notice Of the intention TO apply there
for shall have been published IN the locality
where tho matter Or thing to be affected Is
situated, which notice shall state the sub
stance III the contemplated law, and shall be
published ut least thirty days prior TO the In
Production into the General Assembly Of such
bill, and In the manner W DC provided by
On the motion Or Mr.. Ogden the amend.
ment Of Mr.. Caffrey was laid upon the table.
The article was taken up item BY item.
Mr. King offered M q substitute for the en-
Tire article the following:
Where general law can be made applica-
bln no local or special law shall be enacted; ,
and whether a general law could have been
made applicable ia any case Is hereby de-
clared a judicial question.
On the motion OF Mr., Blanchard the amend
ment Of Mr.. King was laid upon the table.
On the motion Of M Land the introduce
tory words OF article D were amended SO II to-
read az follow: "The General assembly shall
not pass any local or special laws on the fol-
lowing specified Objects
Mr.. Cunningham moved to amend the first
item by adding at the end thereof the words.
I'm State and parochial elections
The motion to amend was lost.
Mr.. Blanchard moved tn amend by chang
ING the word place" to places
The motion was lost and the item was
adopted.
The second and third items were adopted.
Item was read.
Mr.. King moved that the item be stricken
out.
On the motion OF Mr.. I. ID. Moore the mo-
ton Oh Mr.. King was laid upon the table.
On the motion OF Mr.. Lagan the word
sselosing'' was inserted between the word
s.opening" and the word altering
On the motion of Mr.. Lyons the following
words were added at the end of the item: or
relating to ferries and bridges, or inoorpor-
ating bridge or ferry companies" The item
was adopted as amended.
Item ), on the motion Of Mr. Poole was
amended by adding at the end the words cor
the emancipation of Minors The item was
adopted as amended. S..
Item was read.
Mr. Mc(Ilain mnyad that fha itam ha