The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-15
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
or THE
STATE OF LoUrsIANA.
SENATE.


Messrs Breaux, Bowden, BryanL, Cage
Ellis. Fontenot, Garland. Ola, Harding, Har
per. HERON. Kelly, Kenner, Landry, Merkel
Norwood. Perkins, Richardson, Sandford
Stamps, Steven, stubbs, sutton, Texada
Absent Messrs Benners, Mitchell, Scan
land, Zacharie-4.
On motion Of Mr.. sandiford, Mr.. Mitchell
was excused on account Of illness.
Prayer was offered by Rev. DR.. r.. A. Young
Of Nashville, Tesn.
On motion Of Mr.. Steven, the reading OF the
Journal In detail was dispensed with.
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.
Mr.. Heron presented the
"Memorial of Frank Huguet. Of the parish
Uf East Baton Rouge"
The petition was referred to the Committee
on Claims.
REPORTS or COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Garland. chairman of the Committee
on the Judiciary, submitted the following
report:
Rooms OF COMMITTEE ON THE JuDrcrARy.l
New Orleans. January 49, 1879.
TO the Honorable President and Members Of
the Senate:
Your committee. TO whom was referred
Senate bill No. IS, entitled
"An act to amend and re-enact article 1852
of the Revised Civil Code OF Louisiana
Have, after consideration thereof Instructed
me to report unfavorably upon said bill.
The change proposed by this bill, In the law
which secures to q widow and to minor chill
dren right to Thousand dollars Of the Ms
ssts Of an estate insufficient 10 pay Oh debts,
In the present distressed condition Of our
people, now, more than ever, do the widows
and minors need the protection Of the law.
Your committee, TO whom was referred
Senate bill No. IL entitled
IAN act giving the justices OF the peace for
the ninth, tenth and eleventh wards, parish OF
AvOyelles, concurrent jurisdiction, and
making the Justices court In the corpora
don q Evergreen, tenth ward. parish of
4 AvOye1les, q court OF record
Have instructed me to report said bill I'M
favorably, because.
1. There are provisions In this Dill which
would be Unconstitutional.
2. II Is impoltic to 1egislate ut the present
session upon any subject which may be con-
sidered In the constitutional convention 70 be
held
3. The jurisdiction Of courts OF the same
grade should be alike In all the parishes.
4. The territorial Jurisdiction Of Justices
courts is by statute delegated TO police
juries, who are presumed to be better In
formed of the limits which suit the conve-
nience of their people.
on memorial Of John ]. Taylor. Phoebe Ann
Duncanson and Mary Jane Rogers, report
that with all due diligence 70 the action q the
Senate, the labor OF investigating the facts
and the laws which are alleged as basis for
relief sought devolves upon another commit
tee Of your body.
Your committee beg to be allowed TO return
the memorial to your honorable body and to
be discharged from further consideration
thereof.
Also. your committee to whom was referred
Senate bill No. 10. Titled
An act for the relief OF w. Scott Keller, an
futnr11icfafi peraOn /"
HAVING considered the same, have instructed
me to report substitute for said bill.
This substitute Is an amendment and a
re-enactment Of act No. % Of the regular SEES
sion of 1878, so az to cover all cases similar to
that which II presented to your honorable
body by the bill referred.
Your committee take this occasion to ex-
press their opposition to the enactment Of
private acts. Among other reasons Ia this
The enactment Of any act involves expense,
and those for private purposes do not justify
the expenditure OF public money, ~
Chairman.
On motion OF Mr.. Garland the rules were
suspended, in order to take up at this time
the report Of the Committee on the Memo
rial Of John J. Taylor. Phoebe Ann Duncan
son and Mary Jane Rogers" reported by the
Committee on the Judiciary, and on his fur
Their motion the memorial was referred to the
Committee on Claims.
NOTICES or BILLS.
The following Senators gave notice that
they would on some future day introduce
the following entitled bills, to wit:
BY Mr.. Breaux-
IAN act to provide for the retirement OF all
The floating liabilities OF the State issued up
30 the thirty-first of December, 1878; to pro-
vide against the Issue OF warrants and other
promises to pay, unless against funds in the
Treasury; to provide against the illegal In
crease Of the State debt; to provide proper pen
alties and to restrain the Auditor thereon; to
provide for the funding Of all floating indebted
other purposes"
BY Mr.. Delahoussaye-
"A bill to authorize the Police Jury Of the
parish Of st. Martin to levy an additional tax
10 pay Its back Indebtedness"
Also,
IAN act to amend and re-enact section Of
net No. 100 Of the General Assembly OF the
State Of Louisiana, approved March Is, 1878.
incorporating the town of Jeannerette. in the
parish Of IBERIA"
INTRODUCTION oE BILLS.
The following named Senators obtained
unanimous consent to introduce. without pre-
vious notice. the following entitled bills,
which were read the first time, the constitu- |
donal rule was suspended as to each bill, and |
1t was read second time and referred
By Mr.. Bowden-
Senate bill, No. "A, entitled
IAN act to amend and re-enact article 72l |
OF the Code of Practice"
To the Committee on the Judiciary.
BY Mr.. Delahoussaye-
Senate bill No. Is, entitled
IAN act to repeal section 2750 Of the Re-
vised Statutes of Louisiana"
To the Committee on the Judiciary.
BY Mr.. Kenner-
Senate bill No. 26, entitled
An act to direct and authorize the pay
ment In part, from the taxes as collected and