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

| with reference to said compromises; to pre-
scribe the conditions on which this act Ia
passed and is to have effect and to require
and prescribe the mode In which the benefits
of the act shall be accepted,
To the Committee on Finance.
On motion of Mr.. Robertson the Senate
went into executive session.
AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Upon the opening of the doors, the Lieu
tenant Governor and President of the Senate
In the chair, the following named Senators
were present.
Messrs. Ably, Augustin, Brian Burlington,
Cahen, Campbell, Cunningham, Davey, Esto-
pinai, Fontenot Foster, Hagan, Harris, Leake,
Lucas, Luckett. Marston, Newton Nunez,
Mutt, Perry, Robertson, Rogers, Steele, Set
toon, SHINES, Story, Vance, Walton, Wat
Absent - Messrs. Demas, Kidd, Montan,
Parlange. Pollock, Stewards.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Robertson, chairman of the Committee
| on Finance, obtained unanimous consent to
submit at this time the following report
| To the President and Members Of the Senate:
| Your Committee on Finance, to whom was
referred
House bill No 322,
| An act to enable the Citizens Bank Of Lou
lslana to make compromises and settlements
| with It's mortgage stockholders; TO enable
said stockholders to free their real estate
| from said mortgage: to secure the appiioe-
| tion OF the amounts realized from said mort
cages to the payment of the State bonds Is
| sued In aid of the bank, and to the legal la
bilities and necessary expenses Of said mort
gage stock department; to Increase the di-
rectors for the State on the board OF said
bank, and to confer on them certain duties
and powers with reference to said compro-
mises; to prescribe the conditions on which
this act is passed and is to have effect, and to
require and prescribe the mode In which the
benefits of the act shall be accepted,
| Report the same favoraby.
| Respectfully submitted,
W, A. ROBERTSON, Chairman.
Mr., Leake, chairman of the Committee on
Public Education, obtained unanimous con-
sent to submit at this time the following re-
port:
To the President and Members of the Senate:
am instructed by the Committee on Pub
lie Education to whom was referred
House bill No. 235,
An act to regulate public education, etc..
TO report the same favorably, with the fol-
lowing amendments:
First Amendment-T Title-Strike out of the
title the following words, "and city OF New
Orleans"
second Amendment-Se Section g. paragraph
4. line 8. strike out all after the word "as, y
and insert "it may determine"
Respectfully submitted,
w. w. LEAKE, Chairman.
Mr.. Harris, chairman of the Committee on
City of New Orleans. obtained unanimous
consent to submit at this time the following
report:
To the President and Members Of the Senate:
Your committee to whom was referred
Concurrent Resolution
Granting the use of rooms Nos. 6 and z, In
| tb.,T It,ix it1,h of no nj
mon and Baronne streets, to the New Or
leans Academy of Sciences.
Beg leave to report the same favorably.
Respectfully submitted,
Mr.. Perry obtained unanimous consent to
take up and consider House bill No. 235, ae
contained In the report Of the Committee on
Public Education, received In the Senate this
day.
House bill No. 235.
An act to regulate public education In the
State of Louisiana and city of New Orleans
and to raise revenue for that purpose,
Was taken up and read In full.
On motion of Mr.. Davey the bill was or
dered to be laid over on the calender and To
be printed.
| MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.
The following message. received from the
House of Representatives, was read:
| HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, /
| April q. 1880 !
To the President and Members of the Senate:
/ am directed to inform your honorable
body that the House of Representatives has
| finally passed and asks your concurrence In
the following House bills:
House bill No. 257,
An act to enforce the provisions of the ordi-
nance OF the constitution entitled loan by
Fiscal Agent and to provide for the pay
ment Of the certificates OF indebtedness is-
sued for said loan, and to appropriate $40, 600.
or 80 much thereof as may be necessary for
that purpose.
House bill No. 25s,
An act to enforce the provisions of por-
tion of ordinance 267 of the constitution and
to provide for the payment of vouchers issued
by the chairman of the Committee on Contin-
gent Expenses of the Constitutional Conven-
tion, and to appropriate $4,000, or so much
thereof as may be necessary.
| House bill No. 299,
Making the necessary appropriations to
remove the archives of the State to Baton
| Rouge.
House bill No. 24O,
An act making an appropriation to pay
balance OF salaries due parish judges for the
year 1879.
House bill No. 293.
An act to empower the Governor to con-
tract for the employment OF special counsel
In certain cases, now pending In the Supreme
Court Of the United States, and which are or
may be pending, or which he may deem
proper to institute or prosecute or defend In
the courts of this State or of the United
States: to stipulate for the payment of GER
| tain fees contingent upon the success therein,
and to appropriate two thousand dollars for
the payment costs of court and for the
travelling expenses of the said special eoun-
sci when employed, on purely contingent
| fees.
| Senate bill No. 249,
| An act to provide for the stamping or ex-
change of the consolidated bonds of the State
of Louisiana, in accordance with the ordi-
nance relative to the State debt.
Respectfully, etc,
PETER J. IRRELEVANT, Clerk.