The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-05
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
OFFICIAL AL
OF THE
FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
SENATE.
Sixty-sixth Days Proceedings,

Newton, Nunez, Mutt Perry, Robertson
Stewart, Settoon, SHINES, Vance, Waltot
Watkins-4.
Demas, Estopinal, Fontenot, Kidd, Parlang,
Pollock, Rogers, Steele, Story-12
On motion of Mr.. Marston the reading G
the journal In detail was dispensed with.
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.
Mr.. Newton presented the petition of @.
Dunn. praying for relief.
On motion of Mr.. Newton the petition wa
referred to the Committee on Finance.
| REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Watkins, chairman of the Committe
on the Judiciary, submitted the following re
port:
To the President and Members of the Senate:
am directed by your Judiciary Commit
tee, to whom was referred
Senate bill No 102. being
An act to provide for the setting apart
valuation and registration of property
claimed ms homestead,
| And
Senate bill No. 96. being
An act TO carry out articles 219 220, 221, 22t
and 223 Of the constitution, relative to home
| steads and exemptions.
To report both the above named bills By
| substitute.
House bill No. 262, being
! An act to put into force and effect article
2O9 of the constitution of the State OF Lou
| isana,
To report the same favorably, with the fol-
| lowing amendments:
First amendment:
Amend the title by adding the words,
relative to the rate OF parochial and muni-
cipal taxation"
Second amendment:
Section Lime %, after property" insert
except"
Third amendment:
Section Lime %, after 5000" insert "214
and 242," and add 's' to "article."
Respectfully submitted,
J. D. WATKINS, Chairman.
Mr.. Mutt, chairman Of the Committee on
Corporations and Parochial Affairs. submit
ted the following report:
To the President and Members of the Senate
Your Committee on Corporations, Parochial
and Municipal Affairs, to whom was referred
Senate bill No. 226, being
An act granting the right Of way over any
land belonging to the State OF Louisiana to
any company duly Incorporated In this State,
To report the same favorably.
Also to report, as emanating from the COM
mittee,
An act to amend and re-enact section 1878 OF
the Revised Statutes of 1870, relative to the
public roads.
Respectfully submitted,
L. M. MUTT, Chairman.
Under the standing rule Of the Senate, the
bill reported this day as emanating from the
Committee on Corporations and Parochial
Affairs becomes
Senate bill No. 228.
An act to amend and re-enact section 1878.
Revised Statutes Of 1870, relative to the pub
lie roads.
Which was read the first time.
MEMORIAL.
Mr.. Ably obtained unanimous consent to
present at this time the following memorial.
which was read:
To the Honorable General Assembly of Louisf-
ana:
The undersigned members of the school
board OF the parish Of Ouaehita address this
to your honorable body In behalf of
the interests committed to their charge.
There ought to be now In active operation
thtrty-five public schools In this parish,
as a matter of fact, only ten are
open. The reason is, that the fund raised by
ordinary taxation is long since exhausted, |
and not dollar ls left to cover the necessary
more serious, there is no better prospect |
ahead Of US. The tax of one mill allowed |
Tor school purposes will not raise fund half |
rs large as is necessary to keep up the public .
schools, and the result must be that the chill |
1ren of the poor white and coored people all |
citizens and voters without even the rudi-
nents of an education. The undersigned OBJ |
'erve that our present constitution,
~ article 1877, gives your honorable
,ody full power to grant lottery licenses for
he benefit Of the public schools, and they
urther observe that a bill to carry that ar
icle into effect Is now before you for action.
Jnless help shall come to us from that
ource our scheme OF public education must
all, and therefore the undersigned, as the
representatives of part of our public schools,
respectfully urge that your honorable body
will take such prompt and favorable action on
he said bill that 1t may become law before
he adjournment of your present session
+. ENDOM,
President Parish Board.
to. STANDIFER,
w, G, HUNT
Secretary School Board Public Education.
0. B. TROUSDALE,
RICH. w. DARLINGTON.
On motion of Mr.. Ably the memorial was
eferred to Committee on Public Education
nd ordered printed In the journal
INTRODUCTION OF BILL.
Mr. Walton obtained unanimous consent to
1troduce at this time, without previous no.
Ice, the following entitled bill:
Senate bill No. 229.
An act entitled "An act to amend and re-
nact section 1852, Revised Statutes of the
tate Of Louisiana,
Which was read the first time, and placed
n the calendar for second reading.
EPoRT OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON
HOUSE BILL NO. 260.
Mr. Robertson, on behalf of the committee
I conference on House bill No. 260 (appropri-
tion bilD submitted the following privileged
eport:
o the President and Members Of the Senate:
Your committee, to whom was referred
House bill No. 26O,
An act making appropriations for the wears
$50 and 1881 respectively,
Recommend that the following action be
AIKEN on the Senate amendments to said
Ill:
Lines go and 81, first amendment, be re-
eded from by Senate