The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-04-08


pension of the rules,
House bill No. 223,
An act to provide an annual revenue fof
the State Of Louisiana, by the levying OF am
nual taxes upon all property not exempted by
the constitution from taxation, and by pre-
scrlbing the methods of assessing and COLI
Letting the same and Of enforcing payment
thereof,
Was taken up, coming from the Senate,
with amendments.
On motion of Mr.. Henry consideration OF
the bill was postponed until Wednesday next,
and made the special order immediately
after the reading of the Journal
| MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE
The following message was yed from
the Senate:
| New ORLEANS, April 8, 1889
To the Speaker and Members of the Houss Of
Representatives:
| 1 am directed to inform your honorable
body that the Senate has passed the follow
| ing bills.
House 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 ordt-
nance relative to the State debt,
| With amendments as annexed to the bill
| House bill No. 800,
| to remove the archives OF the State To Baton
| Rouge.
| House bill No. $50,
| An act to amend and re-enact act No. 18 Of
| acts OF 1877, approved February 40, 1877
With amendments as annexed 70 the bill.
t HOUSE bit No. 655.
| An act to empower the Governor TO contract
for the employment OF Special counsel in GER
| tain cases now pending in the Supreme Court
| OF the United States, and which IRE or may
| be pending, or which he may deem proper TO
| institute or prosecute or defend la the courts
of this State or OF the United States; to slip
uIate for the payment OF certain feps eontin-
gent upon the SUCCESS therein, aud to sppr0@
| pirate two thousand dollars for the payment,
costs OF court, and for the travelling e1 pegses
of the said special counsel when employed, On
purely contingent es.
| House bill No. 1853,
| An act to enforce the provisions of por~
| ton OF ordinances 267 OF the constitution, and
| to provide for the payment OF vouchers issued
| by the chairman of the COMMITTEES on Contia-
gent Expenses OF the Constitutional Oonven-
ton, and to appropriate $4,000, or so much
| thereof as may be necessary.
| House bill No. 257.
| An act to enforce the provisions Of the ordi-
nance OF the constitution entitled "LoaD by
| Fiscal Agent" and to provide for the pay
rnent OF the certificates OF indebtedness is-
sued for said loan, and TO appropriate $50, 900,
or so much thereof as may be necessary, for
| that purpose.
| House bill No. 322,
An act to enable the Citizens Bank Of Lou
| isiana to make compromises and settlements
| said stockholders to free their real estate
from said mortgages; to secure the appliea-
| ton of the amounts realized from said mort
cages to the payment OF the State bonds is
sued in aid OF the bank, end to use the legal
| liabilities and necessary expenses OF said
mortgage stock department; to increase the
directors for the State on the board OF said
bank, and to confer on them certain duties
and powers with reference to said eompro-
| mise, to prescribe the conditions on which
| this act Is passed and s to have effect and to
require and prescribe the mode la which the
benefits OF the act shall be accepted.
JOHN CLEGG, Secretary.
REPORT OF ENROLMENT COMMITTEE
| Mr.. Mccain, chairman, reported as follows:
| New ORLEANS. April s, 1880.
To the Speaker and Members OF the House OF
Representatives:
| am instructed by the Committee on En-
rollement to report as correctly enrolled
| House Concurrent Resolution,
| Requesting the Senators and Representa-
| tives OF Louisiana In Congress to provide In
any act comforting upon any railroad COM
pany ali the rights, privileges and franchises
heretofore conferred upon any defaulting rail-
road com pany that any bona fde settler upon
nulled be entitled to all the rights OF pre-
emption, homestead and purchase as to sold
tract as is issued to him by chapter 4, Pre-
emption, United States Revised Statutes and
other laws Of the United States.
House bill No. 262.
An act to put into force and effect article
200 OF the constitution OF the State OF Lou
isiana,
| House bill No. BOG,
| An act to enforce the provisions of the ordf-
nance OF the constitution relative TO the tn~
| debtedDess OF the State to It's fiscal agent, by
providing for the due ascertatnment 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 $4,000, or as much thereof as may be
necessary, to pay the interest due the fiscal
| agent up to April 1, $780, and to appropriate
| the sum of $4,000 for the purpose OF paying
the bonds to mature April |, 1881. and April 1,
1882, to pay the interest for two years on the
bonds to be Issued under this act and remain
| Ing unpaid.
House bill No. 260,
An act making an appropriation to defray
| the ordinary expenses OF the government
| TO pay the interest on the public debit 70
support the public schools and public chart
| ties In the State OF Louisiana, for the year
ending December 81, 1880, and for the year
| ending December 81, 1881
Nv. MCCAIN, Chairman.
The above entitled Concurrent Resolution
and House bills Nos. 262 BOG and 2o6 we're
read to the House by their titles and signed
| by the Speaker without delay.
On motion of Mr.. Davidson and under
suspension Of the rules
House bill No $50,
| An act to amend and re-enact act No 10 OF
acts OF 1877, approved February %. 1877,
| Was taken up coming from the Senate with
| the following amendments:
| At the end of section add: Provided that
any pers n or persons who shall be bona tide
| owner or possessor OF any tract of land sit
uated within said parish, for longer period
| than ten years, shall make an affidavit before
any Judge, clerk OF court or justice OF the
peace of said parish, describing the land and
the time Of his or their possession. OF the
same as nearly as practicable, attested by the
declaration under oath Of two freeholders and
residents Of said parish, declaring the same
facts, which affidavit and attestatioD, upon