The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-22

struet legislation cannot on every frivolous
pretext, ny calling the yeas and nays. delay
delay caused thus being reduced To minute
or 80. such practices would become more and
more rare and finally fall into diause. leaving
the yeas and the nays to bo called only when
| Your COMMITTEES 70 III opinion. also, that the
minds OF members would remain more thor
oughly concentrated On the business before
them were this machine In use. since during
| the lulli In business produced ny ro,I-ch'l the
| members naturally, while waiting. commence
/ to think about other matters, and. Conae.
| q,iently. often have To he called once or twice
before hearing their names, AMI sometimes
| have To b. told what question IL before N"
| House. By using this machine each member
| Votes hs soon M the question la put before he
| has time to think OF other matters ana
/ Willis tho subject ia fresh upon his
mind. This fact would reduce the demands
made upon the time Of mombers by persons
| who are called lobbyists" who ar" very ford
1T selecting These pl',a's In business while
/ tha roll IA being called rs the time 10 urge
| meInhers to support their private bills aud
measures in which they are Interested. u
tina machine bs adopted, eurh per.nI's Will
/ hnva M excuse for inttndinE upon insInt@rH
during ths aossion of the House. This ms
chine will be uf great service to tn" clerk In
4 keeping true records ~ the proceedings 0
| the House. Owing to tho h,lstl" AMI eoiI-
4 fusion always attendant upon taking the
yeas and nays under tho system now In
vogue. In spite of tn" greatest care nnh A.
| truLion, the Clerk cAnnot avoid, OCCASION
ally. making q mistake "a H. stat"
ments M To how m.'Dhers voted
nn certain quaatiOna. Such mistakes will bt'
much rAror II tts machine he used, 81 that
the time and trouble now given To Correcting
! them will be saved. The apparatus has bs*'u
exhibited and exclaimed 10 your commits"
aud to many me,nb''rs Of thu HOUSE, md
i there Ia m unanimous expression III approval
i nj ,f u It,aivA ~ H. ntDuttNt. Any
| Der of the General Assembly who may wiah
| 10 $50 IL will ha accommodated b applying
| to your committed A. u tho expense Al Y.
Carroll states that. ~ FAR AS BE- can ascertain.
II machine for tn" House Ot Representative y
| would coat about $3.50, or say $450W. allow
| Ing $3.50 for any items not Included Ia the cs-
iim,t,'. and he also atida. that being q cltizsn
l of Louisiana and desiring to have this mn
| chine first adopted here before submitting H.
| IT, Congress- aud to other StNtse Urom which h.
,Xpects To make u prnHi), hs IL willing u
| have n machius conai rlict.Ni for tho Hn, ~ on
payment ~ him of $t50o. provided hia Offer be
| accepted ut ouce. 30 that tn" lnnchlue may bn
| constructed and operated here ~ Il ,On ~ pos
siblr. and the fact of such operation mny b.
lsad To nasi-t him in Introducing the inven-
ton elsewhere. The Rrehtor part of tho ma
| chine would have t. bs constructed In New
York. ana 1t can be finished III about thirty
| DAYS.
Ia conclusion, your committee would say
| that they have satisfied themselves or the
merits o this machine. and consider that it,
| adoption will cause annually II very large
| HnvinK Of time and money. bs u great Conve-
nimcs To the members individually, check
| iiltbnstering, reduce lobbying and aid the
| Clerk In keeping accurate records. Consider
| ing these facts. as well as tho further fact
| that our constitution requires tho yeas and
| nays to be taken on every law, they nnhesita-
tinKly recommend that MT. Carrolrs inven-
ton Il worthy Of the support aud patronage
| If all parliamentary bodies, whether State or
national. ana VIZ recommend II vote VI thanks
| to betendered to him for tho liberal terms
| on which he offers To grant the General Az
semhly Of Louisiana tho privilege OF using
| his invention.
G.. W. MUNDAY. Chairman.
rREroRrs FROM THE TABLE.
The following report WAS taken up:
MIR. Billiu. chairman, on behalf or the Com
mtteo on the Judiciary, submitted tho fol-
lowing report:
New ORLEANS. February IS, 1880.
TO the Speaker and Mombets OF the House or
Representatives.:
Your committee, to whom was referred the
following bills, beg leave to report ~ follows
House bllls Nos. 33 and G5, introduced by
MIR. Richardson, recommitted to the COM
mitteo for consolidation. report favorably by
substitute,
An net to regulate the number OF employees
| or tho recorder or mortgages for the parish
Of Orleans. fix their salaries: establishing
Office hours for the recorder Of mortgages.
and fixing his bond.
On Senate bill No.22,
An not to amend AMI re- enact section G92 OF
the Revised Statutes.
Favorably, with the following amendments
In line 8, after the word "the, insert gen
eral or special"
In line 16. after tho word franchises" In
sert fright VI way"
In line II, after the word property" Insert
"and privileges"
And recommend to the House that they do
finally pass.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN s. BlLLlU. Chairman.
The substitute was read and on motion was
adopted. becoming
House bill No. III.
BY Mr.. Blliu. chairman
An act to regulate the number OF employees
OF tho recorder OF mortgages for the parish
Of Orleans; fix their salaries: establishing
Office hours for the recorder Of mortgages and
fixing his bond.
The bill was placed upon the calendar for
second reading.
Senate bill No %.
An act to amend and re-cnact section Coz of
the Revised Statutes.
The rules were suspended and the bill was
taken up, with the following amendments:
In line s, after the word the insert gen
cral or special.
III line 16, after the word franchises" IN
Sert right OF way.
In linr II, after the word property insert
and privileges .=. -m#
On motion, the amendments were adopted
and the bill was passed TO third reading
Mr.. Young, of st. Landry, asked and OBJ
tanned leave to take up at this time the fol-
lowing resolution:
Bc II Rssolrcd, That the members Of the
General Assembly b. furnished with n copy
Of Voorhees, Revised Statutes OF the State Of
Louisiana.
Mr.. Curlcy moved to lay the resolution
upon the table.
On this motion the yeas and nays were
called. and resulted as follows:
Yeas Messrs. Armstrong, Atkins. Billiu,
Buchanan, Cosgrove, Curlry, billiard, Feaze,
Gibson, Haney, Harris. Herring. Jackson Of
Natchitoches, Jackson Of St. Mary Jones'
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