The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-05

Joy all the rights and privileges conferred
upon the same by said acts
On motion OF Mr.. Faulkner the House re-
solved itself into q committee OF the whole
house to take into consideration the above
entitled Senate bill No. t16.
HOUSE BUSINESS RESUMED.
The committee on rising reported through
Its chairman, Mr.. Richardson that they had
had under consideration the above entitled
Senate bill No. t16 and recommends to the
House that the bill be amended as follows:
La line 10. strike out the word "seven," and
insert In lieu therein, after the word ''dis-
tricts,'' the words and sub-districts as
hereinafter described"
In line 4e. strike out the word "and;" strike
out "part of Riehland" and insert 'all OF
Richland."
In line 70, Insert after the word "Catahou-
la,' ito include that part OF Catahoula par,
the hill portion of Catahoula parish from the
operation Of this bill"
In line 80, paragraph 6, insert excluding
all the hill portion of Caldwell parish and
west of Ouachita river"
MR.. oGDEN's AMENDMENT.
Strike out all In lines 76 to 10 inclusive, and
insert: "For the parishes OF Caddo, Bosster,
Red River, De Soto, Natehitoebes and Rap
be appointed; but each of said parishes shall
form separate sub-distriet, and In each OF
these sub-distrlots the police jury shall dis
charge separately for their own parish the
sloners In the other districte; and they are
hereby empowered to act separately or
jointly when public levees are to be erected
by authority OF the police jury OF either OF
gineers shall. IL required, furnish plans and
specifications OF the work, and shall annu-
ally apply at least five per centum OF the
levee or general engineers fund to the build
parishes, to be determined by the said
board of engineers, by the Importance and
urgency OF the work required to be done; and
that the Board OF State Engineers Is hereby
directed to make survey and examination
OF the country on the east bank Of Red river,
lying In the southern portion OF the parish OF
Bossier, between said river and Lake Biste-
neau, and including the tributaries OF said
lake. The object of said survey shall be to
determine whether by the leveelng of the
various bayous flowing out OF Red river
through it's east bank in the southern por-
tion of said parish, the navigation In Lake
Blsteneau will be interfered with or dimin-
ished
That said survey shall be completed on or
before the first of August, 1880, and report
thereon be made to the Governor. Ii said re-
port should show that no material damage or
interference would result to the usual navi-
CATION In Lake Bisteneau by the closing or
leveeing of any or all of said described
bayous, and that on the contrary large body
OF productive lands would be thereby re-
claimed for agricultural purposes, then and
10 that case the Governor Of the State shall
be and ls hereby authorized to empower any
association OF individuals to proceed with
such work, or any portion OF 1t, as may have
been recommended In the report Of the Board
of Engineers, to furnish the lines and levels
for said work, and after Its completion the
same shall become and form part OF the
public levees of the State.
And that the bill as amended be adopted.
The report was received
On motion of Mr.. Kavanagh the recon-
mendation contained In the report OF the
committee were adopted.
On motion OF Mr.. Williams, of Morehouse,
the bill was passed to it's third reading.
Mr.. Ogden moved to reconsider the vote by
which the bill was passed toits third reading,
and on his own motion the motion to recon-
slider was laid upon the table.
On motion OF Mr.. Devereaux, and under
suspension Of the rules,
House bill No. 266,
An act to provide for present and future re-
pairs to buildings belonging to State Peni-
tentiary,
Was taken up on third reading and read In
full.
The yeas and nays on the final passage OF
the bill resulted as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Allan, Archer, Armstrong,
Cade, Carron, Cayolie, dosgreve, Deibel,
Devereaux, Dickerson, billiard, Dudenhefer,
Essex, Farmer, Faulkner. Feazel, Franz,
Frazier, Gardner, Gibson, Golsan, Hall,
Henry Ives, jackson Of St. Mary, jackson Of
Natchitoches, Joffrion, Jones. Kavanagh, Kirk,
Kleinpeter, Lancaster, Landry, Legendre,
Letten, Lyons, Mahoney, Mllaudon, Nixon,
Morel, Morgan, Munday, Mccain. e MsCul- 60
som, Ogden of Bossier, Pierce, Phillips,
Phipps, Pollard, Pritchard, Quinn, Robert
son, Roche Schneider, Shatffer,, Shepherd,
st. Clair, Talton, Varnado, Vaughan, Verret,
Xoorhies, Weems, Williams OF Terrebonne.
Williams of Morehouse, Wise, Yell, Young
of Iberia, Young OF st. Landry-82
Nays-None.
Absent-Messrs. Aitken, Atkins. Barry,
Butler, Grain, Curley, Davidson, Herring,
Lucke, Pope, Richardson, Stringfellow, Vim
cent-13.
The bill was finally passed.
The title Of the bill was adopted.
Mr.. Devereaux moved to reconsider the
vote by which the bill was finally passed, and
on his own motion the motion to reconsider
was laid upon the table,
On motion OF Mr.. Farmer, and under SuS"
pension OF the rules,
Senate bill No. 1866,
An act to provide for the establishment Of
an insane asylum Of the State of Louisiana,
to be located In the city OF Natchitoches, and
to provide for the administration thereof,
Was taken up on second reading, read byits
title, and under further suspension of the
rules the bill was referred to the Committee
on Appropriations.
Senate bill No. 210,
An act to provide for the stamping or ez-
change OF the consolidated bonds OF the State
of Louisiana, In accordance with the ordi-
nance relative to the State debt,
Was taken up on second reading. read byits
title, and under a further suspension OF the
rules the bill was referred to the Committee
on Wavs and Means.