The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-18
LEGISLATURE OF LOUISIANA,


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Governor McEnery punctually at noon. twenty
one Senators. quorum. present.
! An invitation from the medical department ol
the Louisiana University to attend their COM
mencement exercises. on Friday next. was read.
The Senate then took up the special order Of
| the day. Senate bill No. e8-the fee bill.
Mr.. Leake's amendments OF the previous day
to tho first section. reducing the rates Of charges
reported By the Judiciary Committee. were
adopted.
After the reading Of the fourth section an at
tempt was made to reconsider the bill, but
failed. the vote being 10 yeas to 20 nays.
Marston, 10 make the mileage Of sherifis to con !.
vey oonyicts and insane persons ten cents mile
or sne est Gne n1nared miss and ays cents
The bill was engrossed and read third
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
miaee, svorabiy. With smendmsnts, nd an on pS sen.
ate bill No. 9e. relative to liens and privileges OF
physiclane on crops.
general law conserving lottery charters
Senator AbS's resolution, providing for the
I printing OF al Senate M bills. came up on mo-
jected. The motion to reconsider was lost.
REPAIRED TO COMMITTEES.
Senate bill No: 175. to require the sheriff Of
JACKSON parish TO receive Sta.e warrants and
bonds for certain Judgment. To the Judiciary
senate Bill No. 17e to repeal sections 1896. 1865
and 1887 of the Revised Statutes. relative to
Senate bill No. III. to create an additional
xaTd 81 NatShltoohes. 70 the judiciary Com. On.
senate bill No. 17s. authorizing the State
Board OF Education TO sell certain property for
the use OF normal schools. To the Committee
Senate bin No. l7e. relative to the militia. Re-
ferred to the Committee on Militia.
sHaSs 1 ss o ss4sd ssayi e s
tee on Parochtal Affairs,
REGULAR ORDER.
Senate bill No; 157., relative to the sale Of
property forfeited TO the State for taxes. Or
senate bill No. 80. TO punish embezzlement by
merchants and agents selling on commiss Ion.
reported unfavorabiy upon By the judiciary
Senator Lucas took the floor to say that with
due respect to the Judiciary Committee. be was
5 fz E eed 2s osS hsxe q TS &n
to suppress fraud on the part Of agents and
merchants who sell on commission. The bill
that it was frequent practice q certain 1T Hesu mer
chants and agents to buy and sell for their
principals. and to make fraudulent reports of
Q grave charge 10 make against an importent
class Of the citizens OF New Orleans. He did
not ma make M ths charge ssainst the maEehants as
chants 70 do So. His attention. he said. had
been called to the fact By practical exDerlence
IN ssss % ana biz es f.
eourse and oi he ss q lon
Should Ss deSss paah i sadR HDR0nTaHss Tss
statutes were fllled with provisions to punish
the poorer classes. Why. then, should there
ossse S ana thieves es Re2e daa
punished. Why, should not those who steal
bale Of cotton for $50 or purchased gin-stand
for $3.50 and reported to bis principal that the
so for 31 g. and the Latter nd
commission merchants generally, for he knew
that there were honest men among them. but
NJ watkins opposed The T b aod defended
the report Of the Judiciary Committee on the
that there we q present lay
70 punish severely al cases Of embez
element and breach Of trust: The present
Law also would facilitate eonyictions ms IN this re-
ment and the proof was larceny, q conviction
for the latter would be Valid. A com mission
merchant is 80 liable II he use funds belonging
But II commission house buys with It's own
mt 10 dae
and there Is no crime. But the advocates Of
this tn a,d btil ask why are commission men never
There are two causes e-one is. they are rarely.
Il ever. prosecuted; the other reason is this:
ment and places the proceeds In bank to his
own credit and renders you account. stating
ne oWes yon re ne true amount m IN ana ~ consent
such merchant becomes your debtor and you
become his creditor, by your own act. In that
s psoy @
proceeds in bank to your own credit and In
your name, 80 as to identity your own money,
cover ali necessary cases II applied. The Su-
preme Court of Louisiana has decided s..ch
debt was q trust debt. and could not be freeed
senator Lucas. again speaking to the bill. re-
lated that on certain occasion he had sought
to purchase gin stand from dealer IN this
price. he wanted Mr.. Lucas to say whether It
was for himself or for = commission merchant.
6epd ens 5 d ho sse e
dealer had to do with the question as TO whom
he wanted It for: To this the dealer had replied
mission merchant Of 10 per cent. This. added
Mr.. Lucas. although there is distinct under.
standing between the planter and hls commits
actly what was paid for the article by the for
mer. Respectable houses follow this rule, but
sa tas 6
Senator Watkins. there must be some grave de-
I0CLS IN C0GSO lAWHs SkUC0 30 muCu 4d0 U0ou
done Of the nature complained Of and nothing
had come out OF It.
Senator Settoon took q different view of the
question. There were enough honest mer
chants for the planter to deal with, and II one
gess s9od h's asif 5 another Hence there was
senator Marston. In his usual emphatic style.
took issue with the Judiciary Oommittee. and
spoke In favor OF passing the bill IS the corree,
State. The rebafes practiced In commerce he
termed as leealized robberies. The condition
the city alone among steamboatmen. insur-
ance comDantes and merchants. but & throsgh,
wished this bill to pass to show that these re-
baies were considered infamous. He could cite
know much about the laws that migkt exist
against these practices. bur he had known 9S NJ, ne
them TO prepare satisfactory law on the sub.
ject.
gentleman from Bed River had caused him to