The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-04-08
| recommended by the committee OF the whole
as amended by the House be adopted.

On motion Of Mr.. Ogden the bill was
ordered engrossed and passed to third read
ing
On motion Of Mr.. Davidson the bill was
made the special order Of tomorrow CTues-
day. Immediately after reading Of the jour
nal.
| SPECIAL ORDER.
House bill No. 104,
| An act to repeal act No. t0t. approved April
30, 1877, and TO provide for the appointment
of q registrar of voters for the parish of Or
leans. and clerks of registration throughout
the State; fixing their compensation; de-
fining their duties and powers; providing for
a new registration for the city Of New Or
leans: to provide for the keeping OF a registry
of legal voters; TO define the duties of GER
tain officers; to prescribe penalties for viola =
tlons of this act, and to regulate the manner
of registering voters throughout the State.
and to provide for the appointment OF special
canvassers, ETC.,
Being the special order, was taken up pend
| ing the consideration Of section 81.
The section was read and adopted.
Sections "a, %, "a, 49, 2e, az, 2s, 20, 80 and 81
were read and adopted.
| Section 81 was read.
On motion Of Mr.. Ourley the section was
| amended az follows:
In line 9, after the word ARTICLE insert
1885,"
The section was adopted az amended.
| Sections 80, "a and 80 were read and adopted.
Section 36 was read.
Mr.. Curley moved to amend as follows:
In line g. strike out "who shall be selected
by the opposing political party"
On motion of Mr.. Allan and by rising
vote OF So yeas to 90 nays the amendment
was laid upon the table.
Mr.. Kirk offered the following amendment:
In line 26. strike out "per annum" and in
sert "for each year In which general or
special election is held
The amendment was adopted.
On motion of Mr., Ogden the section was
amended as follows:
BY inserting ION his application.
Mr.. Munday moved to amend. as follows.
Strike out "$3" and insert "S2'
The amendment was not agreed to.
The section was adopted as amended.
Section 81 was adopted.
Section 80 was adopted.
Mr. Kirk offered the following amendment:
Strike out after ITO, J" In line T. TO the word
The" In line g. and insert 'revise the regis
tration books in his parish by erasing tn,
names of those who have died. left the parish,
or from any cause become Ineligible as cleo
have become entitled to register since last
registration"
The amendment was adopted.
Section 3s was adopted as amended.
Section 80 was read and adopted.
IN motion of Mr. Oodou m Fol1cvv;p,
added to the bill, becoming
Section 4n-That the clerk of the district
court of each parish of the State and the
clerk of the Criminal District Court of the
city of New Orleans shall keep book and
record therein Immediately after sentence OF
conviction, the name and residence of each
person who shall have been convicted of
treason, entertainment of public funds, NAL
feasance In Office larceny bribery, illegal
voting or other crime punishable by hard
labor or other imprisonment In the Peniten-
Hary, and 1t shalt be the duty of the super
visors of registration In the city of New Or
leans and the registrar of voters In other par
ishes to strike from the registration lists any
person who shall have been convicted OF the
foregoing crimes or misdemeanors.
(SeeuOn 40 becomes section al
On motion of Mr.. Ogden the following was
added to the end of the bill, becoming Sec
tion Az:
Be IL further enacted. etc. That any and all
elections held subsequent to the passage OF
this act, and prior to the general election,
shall be he held under the act No, 101 OF 1877. |
On motion Of Mr. Curley the following was
added to the end of the bill, becoming
SEC. A. Be 1t further enacted, etc, That it |
shall be the duty of the supervisor of regis |
tration and of the assessor of each parish, |
within five days after the close of the cleo |
ton, to forward to the Secretary Of State an |
ra tn nf NJ ,h,r IF ,rnI
voters In their respective parishes; the num-
Der of native and foreign born. and the num-
Der OF white and colored voters, respectively,
who write their names. and the number who
Of the Secretary OF State to furnish the Leg
isiature with tabuuted statement of said
report within twenty days after the meeting
thereof after each general election.
On motion Of Mr.. Curley the following was
added:
SEC. A. Be IL further enacted, etc. That the
supervisor of registration of the parish of
Orleans shall be empowered to employ por
ter for his office, at salary not TO exceed
forty dollars per month.
On motion of Mr., Curley the bill was or
Tered engrossed and passed to third reading.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
SENATE CHAMBER, |
New Orleans. April 8. 1880.
70 the Speaker and Members of the House of
Representatives.:
| have the honor to present, duly enrolled,
Senate bill No. 81,
An act relative TO clerks of district courts,
C 0ficio clerks of courts of appeals. e1 ofscio
PARISH recorders of couveyances, mortgages
md other acts, and er offcio notaries public
md to the official bonds to be furnished by
hem, the parish of Orleans excepted
Which has been signed by the Lieutenant
Governor and President of the Senate, and to
ssk the Speaker of the House to sign the
same.
Also to inform your honorable body that
he Senate has passed and asks your concur
enee In Concurrent Resolution relative to the
reditors of the Louisiana State University.
Respectfully, JOHN CLEIG,
Secretary of the Senate.
The above entitled Senate bill No. Sc was
cad to the House by Its title and signed by
he Speaker without delay.
On motion Of Mr.. Faulkner the House re-
olved itself into committee of the whole
House to take into consideration
House bill No 050 |,