The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-13

street to the centre of Washington street,
then following the upper boundary OF the
First District To Lake Pontchartratn. thence
along the shore OF Lake Pontchartrain to the
upper boundary lineof the parish OF orleans.
to the Mississippi river. thence along the
Mississippi river to the starting point at Up
perline street.
The subdivision of the city into wards and
precincts shall remain rs mt present coDSti-
tuted. unless otherwise ordered by tho City
Council.
Section was read and adopted.
Section 8 was rent.
Mr. Phillips offered the following amend
ment:
Strike out from line to line 81 inclusive,
and insert the following: "The Council shall
consist OF seven members, one from each mI-
nlcipal district of the city OF New Orleans.
OF the city for the term Of four years"
On motion Of Mr.. Devereaux, and by n rls-
Ing vote OF IL yeas toll nays. the amendment
was laid upon tho table.
On motion of Mr.. Letten the following
was adopted:
In line 80 insert Contracting the eighth and
ninth wards.
On motion OF Mr.. Richardson the section as
amended was adopted.
Section 6 was read and adopted.
Section was read.
On motion OF Mr.. Richardson the section
was amended rs follows:
In limo 81 strike out .'each house" and In
sert "the Council"
The section rs amended was adopted.
Section 3 was read and adopted.
Section 8 was road.
On motion Of Mr. Richardson the section
was amended ns follows:
In line Z, strike out the words "either branch
The section rs amended was adopted.
Section ten was read.
Mr.. Richardson moved TO amend tho section
asfolIowB:
In lIne 3, strike out weekly and insert
..semi-monthly."
The amendment was laid upon the table.
The section was adopted.
Section II was read.
On motion OF Mr.. Richardson tho section
was amended aB follows:
In line 3. strike out enacted" and insert
"ordalned.
The section as amended WAS adopted
Sections i2, Is, II, Is, 16, 17and IS wero read
and adopted.
Section 10 was read.
On motion OF Mr.. Richardson the section
was amended by adding at the end thereof
the words "by the Council"
The section rs amended was adopted.
Section 20 was read and adopted.
Section 81 was read.
On motion OF Mr.. Richardson the section
was amended rs follows:
In lines 10 and IA strike out ito the house
In which tho ordinance originated
And on motion OF Mr. Devereaux the Soc
ton was further amended by adding at the
end Of line IA the words TO the Council"
The section rs amended was adopted.
Section ~ was read.
On motion Of Mr.. Richardson tho section
was amended in lines 23 and "a, by striking
out "city custodian" and inserting Mayor
The section as amended was adopted.
Sections %, "a and Is were read and adopted
and ordered to be consolidated, becoming Sec
tion %.
Section "a was read and adopted.
A call OF the House was ordered.
The roll being called, the following named
members answered to their names:
:, Hon Robert s n: Ogden, Speaker, and
r buRef
billiard, Dudenhefer, ESSEX, Farmer, Franz,
Frazier, Feazel, Golson, Hathaway, Haney,
Herring. Heidenhain, Henry, Ives, Jones,
Jolfrion, Kavanaugh, Kleinpeter, Kirk,
laudon. Nixon. Morgan. Morel. Munday,
Mcdonald, Mcdowell, McLeroy, Newsom.
Pearce, Phillips, Pope, Pollard. Quinn, Rich
ardson, Robertson, Roche, Shepherd. Schnei-
Vincent, VOORHEES,, Weems Wise, Williams Of
Morehouse, Williams OF Terrebonne- Sc.
Absent-Messrs. Atkins, Billiu, Bulow,
Grain, Carron. Davidson. DIckerson, Delbel,
Faulkner, Gardner, Gibson, Hall, Harris,
Mary, Landry, Legendre, Lyons. Mccain.
ShaifTer, Stringfellow, St Clair, Yell, Young
OF Iberia, Young Of st. Landry-3o.
Mr. Morgan moved that the House do now
adjourn until tomorrow at ii O'Clock a. m.
On this motion the yeas and nays were
called, and resulted as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Allan, Aitken, Dudenhefer,
Frazier, Morgan, Roche, Williams Of Ierre-
bonne-7.
kim Buchanan. Bulger, Butler, Cade, Cayolle,
Cosgrove, Curley, Devereaux, billiard. Essex.
Farmer, Franz, Feazel, Gardner, Gibson,
Golson, Hall, Hathaway, Haney, Herring,
Heidenhain, Henry, Ives. Jones, Joffrion,
hstte na lyons Laeee Mahoney Manaen
Nixon, Morel, Munday, Mcdonald, Mcdowell,
McLeroy, Newsom, Pearce, Phillips, Pope
Pollard, Quinn, Richardson, Robertson, Shep-
herd, Schneider, Talton, yarnado, Vaughan,
Verret, Vincent, VOORHEES,, Weems, Wise, Will
liams Of Morehouse-62.
Absent-Messrs Armstrong, Billiu, Bulow,
Grain, Carron, Davidson, Dlckerson, Deibel,
Faulkner. Harris, Jackson of Natchitoches,
Jackson OF ST. Mary, Landry, Legendre, Nc
Cain, MCCULLOUGH. Ogden, Pnipps, Pritchard,
Shaiffer, Strtngfellow, St Clair, Yell, Young
of Iberia, Young OF st. Landry-27.
Mr.. Morgan moved that further considera-
ton of the bill be postponed until tomorrow
On motion Of Mr.. DevereaUx the motion to
postpone was laid upon the table.
Section % was read.
On motion of Mr.. Heidenhain the section
was amended as follows:
In line IS, after the word designation
strike out all down to the word ito" In line IS.
Mr.. Dudenhefer moved to strike out lines
81, 50, 50, 81 and So. .. M#a~.