The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-04

ticle.
Delegate Knoblock moved 10 lay the motion
on the table. AdOpted-yeaS 60, nays 30.
Delegate Vance offered substitute for the
pending amendment, providing that the
clerical expenses and the expense Of employees
shall not exceed $e0 per day for the Senate
The substitute was adopted, and the article
as amended was then concurred In.
The ordinance was then ordered to be
printed for third reading.
PETITIONS, MEMORIALS AND RESOLUTIONS.
A memorial In pamphlet form was pre-
which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation.
REPORTS or COMMITTEES RESUMED.
| Delegate Richardson. chairman Of the Com
mittee on Parochial Affairs and Boundaries,
various bills submitted to the committees,
which was ordered to be published In bill
form.
port from the Committee On State Lends,
which was ordered to be printed In the Jour
Delegate Kidd, on behalf Of the COMMITTEES
on the State Debt, submitted q report pro-
Fiscal Agent for the years 1867 and 1865 the
same being just claim against the state,
The report was unanimous, and accompany
| Ing 1t was the following ordinance:
.ARTTc1El !. The debt due from the State To The
between the Board VI Liauidators and ne Fis.
cal AGENT under date May q. 1877, and under
proved June is 1878. Is hereby DECLARED to be
valid obligation Of the State. and the Legiela-
ture shall Of tts fret session. after the adoption
said Fiscal Agent shall be 81 the rate 81 iDT Der
TR o Set III sp Ss l. Hs shall not ),
iEom ths stats . ,6e fisoal AGENT Il psia Az
Of Fiscal Agent exeept on the condltion that be
outgoing Fiscal Agent. H.
The Ordinance relative to appeals trcn the
taken up. and on motion Of Delegate Blanch-
ard acting for the introducer, Judge Land,
II was indefinitely postponed.
The consideration of the report Of the Com
Il mittee on Taxation was postponed, on motion
Of Delegate Phelps, until Che report OF the
Committee on State Debt was taken up.
Delegate Kidd moved that the report Of the
COMMITTEES pr State Debt be made the special
diately after the reading OF the journal.
Delegate Knoblock moved to postpone the
consideration OF the report until Thursday
week. which motion was voted down.
II The main question was then ordered on the
motion to make the report the special order
for Tuesday, and the motion prevailed-yeas
30, nays IS.
copies Of the reports OF the State Debt Com
i mittee tomorrow.
The reports OF the Committee on State
Lands was made the special order for Thurs
day next.
A THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT..
Consideration OF the report OF the Commit
tee on Executive Department was resumed,
the pending question being q reconsideration
of the vote BY which the office of Huperintend-
ent Of Public Education was abolished.
Il fn f.oA anf4 ~
consider. He urged that skilled educator
n should be retained at the head OF the depart
ment of education and that the office
should be disconnected from politics. The
to replace the Superintendent Of Public Edu-
II cation, was necessarily politician. The peo-
pie of the State had suffered from the con
nection Of politics and education when Gen.
Il Parson Thomas Conway was at the head OF
the latter department and had his political
Iemissaries In every parish of the State He
then reviewed the school system Of the State.
Delegate Leake opposed the motion to re-
emit Of Public Education was not properly an
executive officer and should not be provided
for under the heading Of the executive de-
\ partment. The report OF the Committee on
again open up this question and the adoption
of the motion to reconsider ould simply con-
sumo time ut this stage.
Y Delegate Grimes favored the motion to re-
j Delegate Breaux moved TO postpone the
further consideration Of the rnotion to recon-
n slider until the Committee on Education shall
have submitted It's report.
\ Delegate George opposed the motion to
postpone.
The main question was then ordered and
thu motion to postpone prevailed.
Delegate Wells moved TO reconsider the
vote by which article three was adopted
i which motion was adopted.
The article as adopted reads as follows:
ART. t.. No person shall be eligible to the
II office OF Governor Or Lieutenant Governor who
Ra years den he 81 9 us sS
and resident of the State for the space OF i've
years next preceding his election.
4 Delegate Wells moved to amend by provld-
ing that no one shall be eligible to the office
OF Governor unless he has been resident OF
the State for ten years.
Delegate Warmoth moved to amend by In
serttng sixteen years, four months and
exactly that time, and wished to get just in
side the prohibition.
i Delegate Breaux moved to lay the amend
ment on the table. Adopted.
ment offered by Delegate Wells was q wise
and proper one, and should be adopted.
i Delegate Stamps was opposed to all such
extreme restrictions, and argued against the
i adoption OF the amendment.
4 Delegate Stone read from the constitution
OF Illinois to show that similar restriction
was engrafted In that instrument.
i The amendment was adopted by standing
vote of-yeas 49, nays ~.
j The article as amended was then adopted.
| Article 6 was read:
Art. In case of impeachment of the Cover
j nor, his removal from office, death. refusal or
| Inability to quality. resignation or absence from
| the state. the powers and duties OF the Office
shall devolve upon the Lieutt nant Governor for
| the residue Of the term or until the Governor,
absent or impeached shall return or be acauit-
! ted. In the event OF the removal. impeachment
qualify Of both the Governor and Lieutenant
Governor the President pro tenn Of the Senate
moved or for the residue of the term.
Delegate Blanchard moved to amend by in
sorting the words Cor to discharge the pow
ers and duties OF his Office" after the words
death, refusal or inability to qualify" and
the words cor the disability be removed"
after the word acquitted"