The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-13

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An act to levy, collect and enforce payment
Or al annual license tax upon all persons. as
sociations Of persons and corporations pur-
suing any trade, profession, vocation, calling
or business except those who are expressly
exempt from such tax by articles 206 and 2O7
OF the constitution.
TO the Committee on Ways and Means.
BY Mr.. Vincent
House bill No. 252,
| An act relative to seizures.
10 the Committee on the Judiciary.
BY Mr.. Vincent
House bill No. 259,
An act to prohibit the shipping OF any I'M
branded cattle III this State. and to provide
a penalty for violating tho same.
/ To the Committee on Paroohial Affairs.
by Mr.. Harris
/ Hou-te bill No. 254.
| Anact TO provide substantial artificial limbs
| for the citzens Of this State who lost a limb
or limbs In tho military service of tho Con-
federate States.
| To the committee OF the whole house, and
made the special order OF tho day for Sat
urday next ut y. m.
| Leave VI absence was granted Mr.. Arm
strong for one day.
! On motion of Mr. Farmer
| House bill No. 223.
| An net To provide an annual revenue for the
State Of Louisiana, by the levying OF annual
taxes upon al property not exempted by the
constitution from taxation, and by prescribe
j ing the methods OF assessing and collecting
tho same, and OF enforcing payment thereof.
| Was made tile special order Of the day for
| tomorrow ut 2. III.
| REPORTS or COMMITTEES.
| MIR. Feazel, chairman, on behalf Of tho
Committee on Appropriations, submitted tho
| following report, accompanied by a bill, which
was read by its title. ordered to be printed
reading. as
House bill No 260
An act making an appropriation to defray
the ordinary expenses OF the government; to
pay the interest on the public debt; to sup
port the public schools and public charities
in the State of Louisiana. for the year ending
December 81, 1880, and for the year ending
December 81, 1851.
The report Is as follows:
New ORLEANS, March II, 1880.
| TO tho Speaker aud Members OF the House OF
Representatives.:
Your Committee on Appropriations beg
leave to make the following report with bill,
They make no appropriation to defray the ex
penses Of the General Assembly for the year
1850 AS act No. q passed Mt the present SEES
sion and approved by the Governor and pro-
mugated according to law, makes Its appro-
priation for said expense. In making appro-
priations, or rather fixing the amounts to pay
| the salaries or constitutional officers, they
have fixed the amounts under the old law
| from the first Of January, 1880, up to the time
when the officers elected under the present
constitution assumed their respective official
duties. This OF necessity caused the commit
| tee to carefully calculate the proportionate
| amounts for each State officer, and made tho
salaries larger than they would have been
| had the salaries Of the new officers begun On
| the first OF January OF the present year
| As article 81 of the constitution prohibits
any appropriation under the head OF contin-
geneies. your committee deemed 1t advisable
| to allow for each department or office Of tho
State officers reasonable amounts for fuel,
gas postage, kilograms, stationery, etc, ex-
| cept for the State Treasurer's office and for
| the Office OF the State Superintendent Of Pub
| lie Education, from which officers they have
not been furnished with an estimate Of these
expenses. In this allowance for these offices
| your committee do not undertake nor wish to
carry out the provisions OF article AZ OF the
| constitution. which require special act
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place the amounts for fuel stationery, etc, to
serve as a guide by which these Items Will be
furnished when the provisions OF article AZ
OF the constitution shall have been put into
ries of district judges, parish Of Or
1885, the sum Of $3.50, for the
reason that the territorial jurisdiction
OF the Second Judicial District Court has been
held to embrace portion OF the parish OF
Orleans. The Judicial District Court under
the old regime ceasing to exist on the first
Monday In April. and the district courts for
the parish OF Orleans on the first day 81 AL
gust, 1880, about one-third Of the territorial
Jurisdiction OF the Second judicial District,
from first Monday In April to first day OF
August, Is unprovided for under the new
regime.
For q like reason your committee increased
the amount for salaries of district attorneys,
parish Of Orleans from January to August,
1850, the sum OF S162 80.
INTEREST ON STATE DEBT.
Your committee, In preparing the general
appropriation bill, In strict conformity with
article 50, constitution, and section / OF ordl.
nance relative to State debt OF the
constitution, have allowed an amount
the coupons Of the consolidated bonds Of
the State falling due July |, 1880, January l,
1882, July /, 1882 and January l, 1888. said
per Ceut ptlllo cdSL up Cu eile consequence
bonds as reported by the Auditor Of Public
| Accounts. They make no allowance In this
amount for the refunding OF old bonds at
/. seyenty-tive cents on the dollar, and for the
payment of the coupons of the new issue, un.
der the provieo Of section of debt ordinance
because they did not believe that 1t was nee
eSSary.
Your committee are willing to make allow
ance for the payment OF the interest OF the
State debt as fixed by the constitution, and tc
pay the per cent on the new issue as per the
prov1so Of debt ordnance when the exchange
Is made, or II there were any certainty that
, said exchange OF bonds would be made. But
they deem it unsafe, dangerous, to make ap'
preparation for mere probabilities
| CURRENT SCHOOL FUND.
Your committee have fixed the amount fol
support of public schools, as they deemed
large enough to cover the revenues for free
public schools In the State upon the basis OF i
one mill tax. They leave out the amounts Is
be appropriated to the Louisiana State Uni
versity and Mechanical College and the Uni