The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-07

fund,
Was taken up, under the favorable report
OF the Committee on Finance, and read In
full. s=.
Mr.. Robertson offered the following amend
ment, which was agreed to:
Strike out all OF section after the enacting
clause and Insert In lieu thereof that oil
laws and parts OF laws In conflict with this
act be and the same are hereby repealed"
On motion Of Mr.. Walton the bill as
amended was ADOPTED, and ordered engrossed
and passed to third reading.
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING.
Senate bill No. 129,
An act empowering police iuries to declare
hedges and fences made of posts, planks or
barbed wire to be lawful, and empowering po-
lice iurles to authorize the use Of the same,
Was read third time.
Mr.. Watkins moved that the bill do now
finally pass.
The roll being called resulted as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Ably, Augustin, Brian, But
flngton, Campbell, Cunningham, Fontenot,
Foster, .Hagan, Harris, Kidd, Luckett, Mars
ton, Montan, Mutt, Parlange, Pollock,
Robertson, Rogers. Steele. Settoon, Story.
Walton, Watkins-A.
Absent Messrs. Cahen. Davey. Demas, Es-
top'nal, Leake, Lucas, Newton, Nunez,
Stewart, SHINES, Vance-11.
And the bill was finally passed.
The title was adopted.
Mr.. Walton moved to reconsider the vote
by which the bill was finally passed, and on
his own motion the motion to reconsider was
laid on the table.
Senate bill No. 12e,
An act to regulate the manner OF making
advertisements in judicial proceedings. or
sales OF property under judicial process. or
any Other legal proceedings In all parishes,
regulating the price therefor. and repeating
all laws or parts OF laws In conflict herewith,
Was taken up on third reading and laid
over on the calendar.
ed up
Senate bill No. "a,
An act providing for funding certain obllga-
tions OF the State; designating a board to
fund the same and prescribing the character
of the bonds to be Issued; authorizing the
procurement OF books and blanks; creating
q board OF examiners, ana authorizing the
employment Of q clerk; designating certain
warrants as prima facie valid warrants"
defining the intent and meaning OF the term
valid warrants" providing that bonds Is
sued In accordance with this act and tunda-
BILE warrants, or certificates issued In lieu OF
fundable warrants, shall be receivable for GER
tain delinquent taxes and licenses, and for
the purchase of property sold to the State
for taxes; providing for the destruction OF
warrants when funded; creating a fund for
theredemption OF the bonds herein authorized
I,ol oo,, od md F,rf hn - ho In
terest thereon when due; and repeating all
laws and parts Of laws in conflict With the
provisions Of this act,
Being special order, and on motion OF the
same Senator the bill was recommltted to
the Committee on Finance.
Senate bill No. SO.
An act defining the duties Of district attor-
neys throughout the State and fixing their
fees,
Reported back from the House OF Represen-
atives. with the following amendments:
In section 4, lines and Z, strike out upon
due application made" and insert at end OF
section upon due application made" strike
out conpensatloa except as provided for In
To be section 3: BE ii further enacted, etc..
That the district attorneys throughout the
State shall be entitled to receive, In addition
to their salaries as allowed by 1.-THE con-
stitution, the following fees. to wit: Five
the accused is finally sentenced only
to pay fine; $40 for each conviction on
which the accused is finally sentenced to i'm
prisonment In jail; SIS for each conviction
on which the accused is finally sentenced to
imprisonment In the penitenttary fOr4 term
shorter than life; $40 for each conviction on
which the accused is finally sentenced to Inn
prlsonment In the .penitentiary for life, and
for NH nj NVaN ktnh thr
Is finally sentenced to death. He shall re-
cetve only one fee In any case and shall not
be paid his fee until the sentence has become
final on appeal or otherwise"
Section $. line g. after the word "boards."
insert the words, "and on all suits success
fully defended, and In, all cases where there is
no money demand, such an amount as may be
fixed by the police jury"
vided. that In those parishes where said dis
trict attorneys do not reside, the police juries
of said parishes shall have the right to en-
ploy an attorney living within the parish to
advise or represent them, and provided, also,
that said attorney shall not receive any
greater or any other compensation than that
allowed to district attorneys"
Was taken up, and, on motion OF Mr.. Cum
ningham, further consideration OF the bill was
postponed until to- morrow, Saturday.
SECOND READING OF HOUSE BILLS.
House bill No. III,
Joint Resolution requesting our members
OF Congress to use their influence to obtain
the passage of bill to secure from loss the
depositors In the Freedmen's Bank and Trust
Company,
Was read second time, and, on motion OF
Mr.. Robertson, was referred to the Committee
On the Judiciary,