The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-23
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
OF THE
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
s OF THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
seventy -eishth Days Proceedings.

line convention met III y eloch h' LIE
Persecution. A. II. Witt, President, and
lab members.
Absent Messrs. Benham, Davis, King,
Marshall, Ponder, m. M. Smith, Steele, War
moth, r. B. Williams.
Prayer was offered BY the Rev. j. 7. David
son, OF Claiborne
The journal Of July 10, morning and even
linz sessions, was corrected and approved.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
81 The unfinished business on which the Con-
Yention was engaged ut the time Of its last
adjournment, being the consideration Of Or
#dinanea No. AS. Concerning free school
fund, Seminary fund, and Agricultural and
Mechanical College fund.-" upon its second
reading, was resumed.
u Mr. butherlin offered the following amend
i ment to clause as amended:
Strike out the words, lone hundred and
eighty two Thousand three hundred and thir-
teen dollars and three CENTS ana lnsert III
1 lieu thereof the words, "two hundred and five
thousand two hundred and eighty dollars
BY rising vote Of 80 yeas to 36 nays the
amendment was adopted.
Bya rising vote Of 43 yeas to 80 nays clause
was adopted as amended.
Mr.. Claiborne moved that the fourth clause
Mr., Lyons offered the following substitute
for clause 4:
The interest provided for by this ordinance
ahall be paid out OF any tax that may be
levied and collected for the general purpose OF
i public education.
MT. Matthew's offered the following amend
ment to the substitute:
After the word final, insert the words by
preference"
Mr.. Claiborne moved that the substitute
]. and the proposed amendment thereto be laid
upon the table.
The motion to lay upon the table was lost.
On the motion Of Mr.. Lyons the amendment
of Mr.. Matthews was laid upon the table.
The substitute offered by Mr.. Lyons was
adopted on second reading.
mr.. Lyons in the chair.l
Mr.. Forman moved that the vote by which
the third clause was adopted be reconsidered.
On the motion of Mr.. Cunningham, by a
rising vote of 81 yeas to 81 nays, the motion
to reconsider was laid upon the table.
The ordinance was adopted on Its second
reading.
By 4 rising vote Of S4 yeas to II nays, the
rules were suspended and the ordinance was
placed upon its third reading and final pas
sage.
54 Mr.. Laake moved that a separate vote be
taken on the third clause, commencing with
" line So.
The motion prevailed. ...M.u...
Mr.. Heron moved to reconsider the order
\ just made.
ll The motion to reconsider, by rising vote
& Of 10 yeas to 60 nays, was lost.
On the final passage OF the third clause the
veas and NAYS resulted as follows:
Yeas-Me ssrs Allan. Blanchard. Bourgeois,
claiborne, Collins, Davidson OF lberville,
Dickerson billiard, Easterly, sFavrot, Fonte-
lieu, Gsrdner, George. Heron, Hough, zen
kins, Kemp, Kirkman, Lanaux, Loan, Mat
Munday, McGloin, Noguez, Mutt, Ogden,
h Pardee Phelps. Poche, Richardson, Robert
son, Self, Semmes, Simon, Smith OF st.
Mary s sPrs gane W StsTh1 S Staas
{ Wells. Williams Of Terrebonne-. 4s.
Nays Messrs. Baskin, Bobie. Breen,
Briager Burton Byr1ne Carey nntag;na Go I'm,
man. Covers, Gueringer, Hazard, Henry Of
L Cameron, Henry OF Natchitoches, Howell,
Joffrion, Kelly, Land, Leake, LeGardeur, IT,,
Luckett, Lyons, Willard Moore Of ; st. Laandry,
s Sri ils = THOMPSON, White.s7..
Absent Messrs Baboock, Bell, Benham,
Bienvenu, Bolton, Breaux, Brian, Bulger,
Bulow Caffrey, Gahen C larn Gh9Hp s lie
II Demas Denis, Faulk, Gaskins, Girard, Ola,
Grimes. Jastremski, Kennedy, kernochan.
& Kidd, King, Knobock, Lagan, Landry, Long,
Lott Marks Marshall Meoon 1eaas oHn add
Warmoth, Williams of Grant, Young OF Con.
cordia, Young Of East Baton Rouge-47.
Less than a majority of all the Delegates
elected to the Convention having voted III the
affirmative. the clause was lost.
On the final passage of the balance of Or
tlinance No 445, the yeas and nays resulted
N as follows:
yeas-Messrs. Allan, Babcock, Baskin
Blanchard, Bobie, Bourgeois, burton, Cltl
borne, Collins. Colvin, Davenport, Davldsol
81 Claiborne, Dekslson, Dliato F haseIiay
Gardner. George Covers, HAvard, Henry 9
Natchitoches, Heron, Hough, Howell J astrem
Ski, jenkins, Joffrion Kelly Kemp keTnoehan
Jr. Loan, Lott, Luekett, Lyons, Matthews
Miilard. Moreland, Moore Of Lafourche Moor
Of st. Landry, Munday, McGloin, Mutt Qg
den, ott Pardee, Parlange, Pinchbaek, Poems zen.
Self, Semmes, Simon, Smith Of st. Mary
Stage, Stevenson, Stewart, StringfelloW Stre
vich, Sutherlin, Todd. Vance, Watkins. Webt
Wells. Williams Of Terrebonne, Young OF Con
Nays Messrs Bienvenu, Breaux, Breer
Bridger, Byrne, Carey, Davidson of Ibervillt
Edwards, Forman, Ola, Grimes, GuerIngel
Henry of Cameron Stone, Thompson-T.
Absent -Messrs. Bell, Benham, Bolton
Brian, Bulger, Bulow, Caffrey, Cahen, Chaff.
Chiapella, Cunningham, Davis, Demas, Denis
Gaskins, Girard, Kennedy, Kidd, King Knot
lock, Lagan Landry. Long, Marks, Marshal
Mentz Mcconnell Noguez, Olivier, Phelp:
Ponder, Smith Of jackson, Stamps. Steel
Warmoth, White, Williams Of Grant, Youn
OF East Baton Rouge-3S
More than majority of all the membe
elected having voted in the affirmative II
ordinance was finally passed.
Mr., Leake moved to reconsider the vote
which clause was lost on third reading al
final passage.
More than forty-nine having voted for t
motion to reconsider, 1t was carried.
IN tha motion of Mr.. Blanchard the NC