The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-04
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
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FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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STATE OF LOUISIANA.
SENATE.
Eighteenth Days Proceedings.

SENATE CHAMBER. NEW ORLEANS, [
saturday. January 81. 1880.
The Senate was called to order at IL o'clock
m. by the Hon. s. D. McEnery, Lieutenant
Governor and President of the Senate.
On a call Of the roll the following named
Senators were present:
Messrs. Ably, Augustin, Brian, Campbell,
Cunningham, Davidson. Demas, FOntenOt,
Foster Hagan, Harris, Kidd. Lucas, Llckett,
Marston, Newton, Nunez, Mutt, Parlange.
Pollock, Riard, Robertson, Rogers, Stewart.
aeeih,, SHINES, Story, Vance, Walton, Wat
kins-3O
Prayer was offered by the Rev Is. +. Brian.
or the Senate
On motion of Mr.. Stewart the reading Of the
Journal In detail WAS dispensed with.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Mr. Watkins, chairman Ut the Committee
on the Judiciary, submitted the following re-
port:
New Orleans. January 81. 1880.
70 the President and Members Of the ~ nate:
am instructed by the Committee on the
Judiciary, to whom was referred
Senate bill No. Is, being
An act to amend article 237 OF the Code OF
Practice.
To report the same iavorably, with the fol-
owing amendments.
1. Amend title by inserting the words s'and
rp-9nAct AFTER tho WOTu amend.
2. Strike out all Or line "a, and insert n lieu
thereof the words cor a legal holiday"
3. In lines 80 and SO strike out the words
land all laws on tho same subject matter
Senate bill No. 10,
An act concerning the rate or interest,
To report the same unfavoraby, for the
reasons that the present law allows any rate
Of interest or discount agreed upon; the
only prohibition Is against accruin9 interest,
that the law Is sufficient as 1t now stands and
has been interpreted.
Respectfully submitted,
j. ID. WATKINS, Chairman.
Mr. Steele chairman OF the Committee on
Auditing and Supervising the Expenses of
the Senate, submitted the following report:
Rooms COMMITTEE ON AUDITING AND J
Supervising he Expenses OF the Senate
New Orleans. January 81. 1890
To tho President and Members of tho Senate:
Your committees having had under con-
slderation House bill No 50, report the same
fayorably, with the following amendment:
Strike out section 3, and insert as SubSti-
tute therefor as followa:
"SECrTION 8. BE IL further enacted. etc., That
the aforesaid warrants shall be paid out of
any moneys In the treasury not otherwise
appropriated, and the Treasurer is hereby
required to pay said warrants out OF the first
moneys paid into tho treasury on licenses
due In the year 1890, md on taxes which fall
due In tho year 1880, by preference over all
other warrants, except warrants for tho saa-
ries OF the constitute NAL officers OF the State
for the wear 1880 which shall be concurrent
with the warrants provided for In this act"
Respectfully submitted,
Chairman.
On motion of Mr. Steele tho rules were
suspended ID order to consider the bill and
report at this time.
;,,r,tr r}aI Jrxyt rrn-
mittee was read and agreed to without OBJ
lection.
On motion OF Mr.. Steele the bill was or
dered read the third time. as amended.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
Mr.. Kidd obtained unanimous consentltO
Introduce at this time. without previous no
tce, the following entitled bills:
Senate bill No. As,
An act to regulate the proceedings OF tho
Criminal District Court Of the parish OF Or
leans In the matter Of grand and petit jurles,
and to provide for the division of the court
into two sections, etc,
Which was read the first time and In full.
Senate bill No. 40.
An act to provide for the trial OF appeals
from tho parish courts and to provide for
the removal of appeals in the district courts,
under the constitution Of 1868, into the courts
to be organized under the constitution OF
1879, and to provide for the removal Of causes
In the parish courts to the courts to be organ
lied under the constitution Of 1879, and to
provide for the trial thereof,
Which was read the first time.
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Mr.. Augustin, chairman of the Committee
ON Militia, offered the following concurrent
resolution:
Resotyed, That committee OF five men,
bers, two from the Senate and three from the
House, be appointed for the purpose OF ex-
amininK the accounts of Gov. r. /. Nichols
relative to the militia fund, with view OF
the transfer OF said fund into the hands OF
Gov. J.. A. Wiltz, II any at the credit OF said
fund.
Under suspension Of the rules tho resolu-
ton was taken up, and on motion OF MIR.
Augustin was agreed to.
Mr. Robertson moved to reconsider the vote
by which this resolution was adopted, and on
his own motion the motion to reconsider was
laid on the table.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
When the Senate adjourned yesterday 1t
had under consideration
Senate bill No. 10.
An act to create a Bureau Of Agriculture
and Immigration: to appoint commission
er; to fix his salary and define his duties,
etc.
The bill was taken up under the favorable
report Of the Committee on Agriculture and
Commerce. with the amendments proposed
by the committee.
The pending question was the adoption o.
the first section OF the bill as amended.
Mr.. Vance moved to strike out Ia sectionI
all after the word to-" In line Il. down to
the word provided" iI line %, and Insert
the words:
Purchase a tract of land all In one body;
divide the same into small tracts. not more
than forty acres iii each tract, and give the
same to actual settlers who may immigrate
to the State and settle therein. Said emlKrant