The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-04-10

for the various judicial and other officers OF
the parish Of Orleans.
House bill No. Gil.
An net To assign the clerks OF the city
courts Of the city Of New Orleans elected at
the general election on second December
1879. under the provisions Of tho constitution
OF 1879. and prescribing their oath.
House bill No. 27S,
An act for the issuance of warrants to school
boards for certain unpaid approximations fall
Ing due on or after January, 1874, up to Jan
uary 1879. and providing that said warrants
shall be- receivable for taxes or In exchange
for bonds In certain cases,
And has concurred In
Senate bill No. 1870.
An set prescribing the manner Of altering,
changing or amending tho charters OF cities
or towns In tho State Of Louisiana, the city OF
New Orleans excepted.
Also, to Inform your honorable body that
the Speaker of the House Of Representatives.
has signed enrolled
House bill No 1911. s
10 carry out provisions OF article of the
ordinance for the relief of delinquent tax
payers. etc.
House bin No. 223,
To provide an annual revenue for the State
OF Louisiana, by the levying Of annual taxes
upon all property not exempted by the CON
stitutlon from taxation.
House bill No. 2G2,
To put into Effect article 300 OF tho coneti-
tuition, relative to municipal and parochial
taxation.
Respectfully, etc.
PETER J. IRRELEVANT,
Clerk OF the House OF Representatives.,
SIGNING OF ENROLLED HOUSE BILLS.
House bills Nos. 10l 1913 and 262 were each
read by their title, aud tho Lieutenant Gov
ernor and President OF the senate affixed his
signature thereto In open session and with
out delay.
FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS.
Mr.. Leake obtained unanimous consent to
take up and consider at this time, without
prejudice to House bill No. $50 license blu,
House bills recorded In the Senate this day.
The following House bills were each road
the first time by title and referred to u com
mittee. M follows:
House bill No. 81,
An act to provide tho necessary stationery
for the various judicial and other officers OF
the parish Of Orleans.
To the Committee on city OF Now Orleans.
House bill No. 2l1,
An act to assign tho clerks OF the city
courts of the city of New Orleans elected at
the general election on second December,
1879, under the provisions of the constitution
OF 1879. and prescribing their oath.
TO the Committee on City OF New Orleans.
House bill No. 27S,
An act for the Issuance OF warrants to
school boards for certain unpaid appropria-
tions falling due on or after January, 1874, up
to January, 1879, and providing thatsaid war
rants shall be receivable for taxes or In ex-
change for bonds In certain cases.
To the Committee on the Judiciary.
LICENSE BILL.
Consideration of House bill No. $50 re-
sumed
Section 2 was read and adopted.
Section 8 was read.
On motion of Mr.. Robertson. the amend.
ments proposed by the Committee on Finance
to section 8 were adopted.
Section 8 as amended was adopted.
Section was read.
On motion of Mr.. Luckett the word press"
In section 4, line 5(printed bllD. was stricken
out and the word compress" inserted In lieu
thereof.
Mr. Steele moved to insert In line 5, section
4. after the word compress" the words scot
ton pickeries."
The motion was agreed to.
The following amendments were offered by
Mr.. Harris to sections:
Stacking" and insert the word docking"
Add after end OF line 80: provided that this
license for dtstilling and rectifytng alcoholic
and malt liquors. be graded at one-half the
rates herein established.
The amendments were agreed to.
Mr. Parlange offered the following amend
ment
Line II, after "as follows" Insert 'provlded
this section shall not apply to planters and
farmers grinding or refining their own sugar
and molasses, or ginning their own cotton,
orato work by machinery for plantation or
farm purposes"
Mr.. Fontenot offered the following as an
amendment to the pending amendment,
which was agreed to:
"And that no license shall be imposed and
on cotton gins not ginning over 800
bales OF cotton per annum for hire"
The question recurring on the adoption of
the amendment as amended, to section OF
the bill, 1t was agreed to.
On motion OF Mr.. Robertson section 4. as
was agreed to.
Section was read.
On motion Of Mr.. Robertson the amend
ments proposed by the Committee on FL
nance to section were agreed to.
Section as amended was agreed to.
Section was read.
Mr., Marston moved to strike out in section
). line 81, the Word flour" and insert in lieu
thereof the word "ten.'
Mr.. Walton moved to lay that motion on
The table.
By rising vote ofyeas Is to nays 8 the
motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
Mr.. Harris offered the following amend
ments:
Section 6, lines 2 and 8, strike out Tor COM
mission" and after the word business" In
sert whether as principal or agent, on COM
mission by auction Including real estate) or
otherwise"
Section 6, line 80, after word "retall," strike
out the words ''or. auction" and insert
whether as principal or agent, on commits
sion at auction or otherwise"
The amendments we're agreed to.