The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-03
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Upper Bethel on Monday evening, the first Of
March. at7h o'clock.
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.
Mr.. Burlington submitted petition OF Rich
ard s. McCulloch, Professor OF General and
Agricultural Chemistry in the Louisiana
State University and Agricultural and Me-
chanical College, praying for the reorganiza-
ton OF that institution and the passage Of
Senate bill No. LOG.
Also, a petition from citizens Of East Baton
Rouge OF the same nature.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.
The following message was received from
the House Of Representatives and read:
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
State OF Louisiana.
New Orleans, March l. 1880.
To the Senate OF the State OF Louisiana:
/ am directed to inform your honorable
body that the House OF Representatives mas
concurred 10 the following Senate bills:
Senate bill No. 81,
ney General to employ assistant counsel
to represent the State In the Supreme Court
OF the United States In the case OF State OF
New Hampshire va. State Of Louisiana,
With amendments.
Senate bill No. "a,
TO carry into effect article 1888 Of the con-
stttution, etc,
With amendments.
Senate bill No. SO,
To define the qualifications OF and duties OF
the constables Of city courts Of the city OF
New Orleans, etc,
And to inform you that the House has
passed and asks your concurrence In the
following House bills:
f. amend s article 41e of theCode OF Prac-
tioe.
House bill No. 1870,
Defining certain misdemeanors arising out
Of cruelty to animals, etc.
House bill No III,
To regulate the number OF employees OF
the recorder Of mortgages for the parish OF
House bill No 1872,
For the relief OF securities on official bonds
Ia all cases where good and sufficient cause
Is shown, etc.
Also, that the House has concurred In Sen
ate amendments to the following House bills:
House bill No. 50,
Joint Resolution authorizing the Governor
to institute proceedings to recover certain
swamp lands.
House bill No. 154.
To prohibit the dischar9ing OF any ballast,
gravel or other material suitable or used 1or
filling or grading purposes into the Mtssis-
sippi river or tributaries thereof, except In
certain cases, etc.
And to ask the concurrence OF the Senate In
House Concurrent Resolution asking Con-
gress to appropriate the sum OF $4,000 TO inn
prove the navigation Of Bayou Carline.
PETER J. IRRELEVANT.
Clerk Of the House OF Representatives.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Walton, chairman Of the Committee on
Agriculture and Commerce, submitted the fol-
lowing report:
To the President and Members OF the Senate:
The Committee on Agriculture, Commerce,
ETC., have instructed me to report
Senate bill No. 76, entitled
An act to provide for the protection Of labor
contracts,
UnfavOrably.
/ am also instructed by the committee to
report
An act to legalize hedges and other fences
In this State when made OF post, plank and
barbed wire or barbed wire and post only,
By substitute.
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. L. WALTON, Chairman.
Under standing order the substitute was
read. rr-
| On motion Of Mr.. Walton the substitute
was accepted In lieu Of the original bill and
becomes ."..s
| Senate bill No. 1919,
An act empowering police jurles to declare
hedges and fences made Of posts, planks or
barbed wire to be lawful, and empowering
police turtles to authorize the use OF the
same.
| Mr.. Leake, chairman OF the Committee on
Public Education, submitted the following
report:
NEW ORLEANS, March /. 1880.
/ To the President and Members of the Senate:
I am directed by the Committee on Public
Education, to whom was referred Senate bill
| No. 107, to report the same unfavOrably. The
bill is special Legislation, and is not accom-
/ t1On.
w. W. W. LEAKE, Chairman.
Mr.. Mutt, on behalf Of the Committee on
Corporations and Parochial Affairs, reported
on
House bill No. 1856,
An act to prevent the destruction of fish by
poisoning, trapping, hedging or gill-netting,
and providing penalty for the same,
Favorably.
NOTICES OF BILLS
Mr. Rogers gave notice that he would at
some future day introduce the following en-
titled bills:
An act for the prevention of cruelty to
minors and to define and punish misdemean-
ors arising hereunder.
An act to authorize bodies corporate and
polite created by act OF the General Assem-
bly, to, In certain cases, change their corporate
name and seal.
An act to repeal sections 4, s. 9. 10 and II OF
act No. 112. approved March 2Ss1 1874.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
The following named Senators obtained
unanimous consent to introduce, without pre-
vious notice, the following entitled and num-
bered bills, each OF which was read the first
time and placed on the calendar for second
reading:
Mr.. Robertson, by request
Senate bill No. 100, entitled
An act to provide for the gauging and in
spection OF oils and fluids derived wholly or
In part from coal or petroleum; to establish
Ror IN TO do for hoo INF