The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-16


Representative
I am directed to Inform your honorable
be,ti y that the Senate has passed and requests
| your concurrence In senate bills, az follows
Benata bill No. 55,
Al act 10 facilitate the trial Of causes on tho
ordinary docket OF the Supreme COURT Of the
| State Of Louisiana.
Senate bill No 40,
| An act to rpadjust the State Land ONCE ,
| appointment Of u register: to fix his salary
| and the time aud manner of paying said
salary; 10 define the powers and prescribe
the duties III the Register: 10 fix the fees for
certificates and patents, and disposition
thereof; the price 81 lands and disposition Of
Accounts, State Treasurer, Attorney General
and The Governor; to provide for the pay
| ment Of salary and expenses Incurred In the
State Land Office; to repeal all conflicting
laws.
senate bill NJ. GO,
! An act to give Effect to article 81 Of the con
sutution Of 1879, providing Tor appeals on
questions Ut law.
| Respectfully,
| JOHN CLEGa,
| Secretary Of the Senate.
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING.
House bill No. IS,
An act TO create and establish Bureau OF
Agriculture; to define its objects, designate
its officers and fix their salaries: to punish
offensee under the same; and to make an ap-
preparation for the expenses Of said Bureau
o. Agriculture,
| Was taken up on lts third reading.
On the tlnal passage OF the bill the yeas
and nays were called for, with the following
result:
Yeas-Messrs. Archer. Armstrong, Atkins.
Aiken, Barry, Baskin. Billiu, Buchanan,
Devereaux, billiard, Deibei, Essex, Farmer,
Faulkner, Franz, Feazel,. Gardner, Gibson,
Hathaway, Haney, Herring, jackson Of st.
Mary. Jones, Joffrlon,. Kelnpeter, Landry,
Legendrs Lstten, L9eke, MillaHdon, Nixon.
den, pearce Pritchard, Pope. Pollard, Quinn,
Richardson, Robertson, Roche, bhaiffer,
Schneider, St. Clair, Talton, Vaughan, .vsrret.
VOORHEES,, Weems, Wise. Williams OF More
house, Young Of Iberia. Young Of 1t. Ian
dry-62,
Nays-Messrs. Allan, Carron. Dlokerson,
Hail, Heidenhain. Henry, Kavanaugh, Kirk.
Lyons, Morgan, Mccain, Mcdonald, Mo
Dowell. Phillips, Vincent. Williams Of rerre-
bOnne-l6.
The bill was passed by the required ma
jority.
| The title Of the bill was adopted.
Mr.. Hall, by consent Of the House. explained
his vote, a. follows:
| Article ITO " the constitution says "The
General Assembly shall create 2 Bureau o.
| Agriculture etc, at such time "a the financial
condition Of the State may warrant them In
their Judgment" I do not believe, In my
opinion, that the financial condition Of the
State at this time doea warrant the establish
fnent ct ~ agricultural bureau, therefore !
Mr.. Kirk, by consent Of the House, ex-
planned his vote "a follows:
Believing that the financial condition OF the
State does not warrant the General Assembly
at this time In making the expenditures nec.
essary for carrying out this act, vote NO"
Mr.. Ogden moved to reconsider the vote
just taken, and on his own motion the motion
to reconsider was laid upon the table.
House bill No. 1l3,
An act to amend and re-enaet sections 2 and
Of act No. tO4. approved May 81. 1871,
Substitute for House bill No. As.
This bill was taken up on its third reading.
Mr.. Curley moved to recommit the bill.
Mr.. Vincent moved that the motion to re-
commit be laid upon the table.
The motion to lay upon the table was lost.
The motion to recommit the. bill was car
| ried.
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING REPORTED
BY COMMITTEES
House bill No. Is.
municipal corporations In this State to re-
ceive for taxes or licenses due any parish or
municipal corporations prior to January i,
1879, all valid warrants, scrip or evidences Of
Indebtedness OF said parish or municipal
corporations.
This bill was taken up on Its second read
Ing under the favorable report Of the Com
mittee on Constitution, with an amendment.
The amend ment was read. az follows:
In the first section, insert after the word
indebtedness" In line g. the words except
jud9m ents."
The amendment OF the committee was
adopted.
The bill as amended was ordered to be en-
crossed for Its third reading.
On motion OF Mr.. Ogden this vote was re-
| considered.
On his further motion the last clause OF Sec
ton was stricken out.
Mr.. Henry moved to amend section by In
sorting the word valid before the word ''ob-
legations" In the third line from the end Of
the section.
The amendment was adopted.
On the motion Of Mr.. Devereaux the words
except judgments" were stricken out after
the word Indebtedness, and the same words
were inserted after the word Corporations"
in the next line.
The bill as amended was ordered to be en-
crossed and passed to third reading.
BY Mr.. Billiu-
House bill No. "a,
Anact to regulate judicial advertisements
In the French language, in the parish Of Or
leans, under the provisions Of article 154 Of
the constitution.
This bill was taken up under the favorable
report Of the Committee on the Judiciary.
On motion Of Mr.. Btlliu this bill was order
ed to lie over subject to call.
House bill No. 114
An act to provide for the payment OF J. a..
Cosgrove.
Substitute for House bill No. 81,
From the Committee on Appropriations,
was taken up on Its second reading.
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