The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-02
OFFICIAL .JOU RN AL
OF THE
FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Sixty .iaurth Days Proceedings.

The II onse WAS called 10 order etf1 'lb g. m.
Press as-Hon. r. N Ogden. Speaker, and
Messrf / Aitken, Allan, Archer. Armstrong,
askR ssrrk BssiG Gsas u arron Gayoe
Dew sssmIx, Diokerson. billiard, Dudenhafer.
Esss 6, Farmer. Faulkner, Feazel; Franz, Fra
ller Gardner. Gibson, Golsan, Hell, Haney,
rip g., ives, jackson Of st. sMary, Jackson Of
Rsiahoohes, Joffrion. Jones, Kavanagh,
h&, Kleinpeter, Lancaster. Landry. Le-
2 epsiro. Letten, Lucke,. Lyons, Mahoney.
aasIdons Nixon, Morsl. los Morgan Mnnnus' mnnuay'
Mo1,eroy, Newsom, Ogden Of Eossier, Phlpps.
PollGrd. Pope, Pritchard, Quinn, Richardson,
.RObertson, Roche, Schneider, Shaifer, Shep-
herd, st. Ulair, Talton, Vaughan, varnado. ".
'yNret, Vincent VOORHEES,, Weems. Williams
sof Terrebonne Williams Of Morehouse, w ise.
Yell, Young OF Iberia, Young of St. Landry
9S.
Absent Messrs. Pearce, Phillips, String
fellows.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. DR.. Walker.
The journal OF Tuesday, March 80, was
read and adopted.
Mr.. Billiu moved to suspend the rules In or
der to take up
House bill No. 306,
An act 10 enforce the provisions OF the ordi-
nance of the constitution relative to the In
debtedness of the State to its fiscal agent, by
providing for the due ascertainment and
liquidation thereof, according to the require
ments of said ordinance, and by the Issuance
OF bonds OF the State and Auditors warrants
for that purpose, and by appropriating the
sum of SIG, 500, or as much thereof as may be
necessary, to pay the interest due the fiscal
agent up to April 1. 1880, and to appropriate
~rA n F-, %t,n ON ,frfy
the bonds to mature April 1, 1881, and April L,
1852, to pay the interest for two years on the
bonds to be issued under this act and remain
Ing unpaid.
By rising vote of Sc yeas to nays the
motion was agreed to.
The above entitled House bill No. BOG WAS
taken up on second reading, under the favor
able report OF the Committee on Appropria-
tions.
On motion Of Mr.. Farmer, the House re-
solved itself into q committee Of the whole
House, to take into consideration the above
entitled House bill No. 306.
HOUSE BUSINESS RESUMED.
The committee OF the whole, on rising, re-
Eorted through its chairman, Mr.. Buchanan.
that they had had under consideration the
r,ends to the House the adoption and pas
sage Of the bill.
On motion OF Mr.. Heidenhain the bill was
ordered engrossed and passed to third read
ing.
On motion of Mr.. Billiu the bill was made
the special order OF the day for tomorrow,
Thursday. immedistely after the reading Of
the journal.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ENROLMENT.
Mr. Mccain, chairman, on behalf OF the
Committee on Enrolment, reported as fol-
lows:
NEW ORLEANS, March 80, 1880.
To the Speaker and Members Of the House OF
Representatives:
am instructed to report as correctly en-
rolled
House bill No. IS,
An act to create and establish Bureau OF
Agri culture; TO define It's objects, designate
Its officers and fix their salaries; to punish
offenses under the same, and to make an ap-
preparation for the expenses OF said Bureau
of Agriculture.
Respectfully,
H v. MCCAIN, Chairman.
The above entitled House bill No. 73 was
read to the House by its title and signed by
the Speaker without delay.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
The following messages were received from
the Senate:
SENATE CHAMBER,
New Orleans. March 81. $780, J
To the Speaker and Members OF the House Of
Representatives:
am directed to inform your honorable
body that the Senate concurs In House bills,
as follows:
House bill No. 22S,
An act to provide an annual revenue for the
State Of Louisiana, by the levyiDg Of annual
taxes upon ali property not exempted by the
constitution from taxation and by prescrib
ing the methods of assessing and collecting
the same and of enforcing payment thereof,
With amendments, as annexed to the bill
and as shown by the accompanying printed
bill.
House bill No. 100,
An act to amend section $3.50 of Rays Re-
vised Statutes,
with amendments, as annexed to the bill.
House bill No. 1874,
An act to create the Fourth City Court OF
New Orleans and defining Its jurisdiction
fixing and providing for Its location, and the
salaries Of it's officers and manner OF their
payment; defining qualifications of its judge,
clerk and constable. and providing for their
appointment and the election of their success
sors; and providing for the transfer thereto
of certain cases from the Seventh and Eighth
Justices and the Third District Courts OF the
parish of Orleans,
House bill No 224,
An act making the necessary appropriation
for the repair OF the State House at Baton
Rouge.
House bill No. 254,
An act to provide for the payment of the
expenses incurred by the State for stationery
and printing In the general election held No
vember Z, 1875.
And
House bill No. l73,
An act to authorize the city of New Orleans
to fund It's debt, to provide for the issuance
of bonds therefor, to make such bonds re-
ceivable for certain back taxes and for the
purchase price Of property sold for certain
back taxes or other wise, and to provide for
the interest on such bonds, and for their ulti-
mate payment.
Also, to inform your honorable body that
the Senate concurs in the amendment by the
House to
Senate bill No. 129
An act empowering police iuries to declare
hedges and fences made OF posts, planks or
barbed wire to be lawful, and empowering po-
lice juries to authorize the use OF the same.