The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-09
LEGISLATURE OF LOUISIANA.


MONDAY. March g. 1880
The Senate assembled precisely at noon. un-
der the presidency OF Lieut.. Gov. McEnery.
Twenty Senators present and quorum.
The reading OF tho journal OF the previous
day was dispensed with.
SPECIAL ORDER or THE DAY.
Senate bill No. %. substitute for House bill
No. 12s. together with Senator Marston'y mi
nority report. all relating to the interest tax
fund for the payment OF the coupons on State
bonds which fell due On the FIRST day OF Jan
sary 1880.
Senator Kidd moved to adopt tho substitute.
Senator Robertson moved to indefinitely post.
none the substitute. Adopted.
Senator Marston then offered his minority
repnrt. Senate bill No 81. us substitute for the
Tie The substitute was adopted ii The following
~ II enacted bp The General Assembly Of the
state Of Louisiana, That the Auditor and
general fund Of 1880 Ill the money that has
heen or mny be collected to NEE! tho interest
pe 81 mr. a and 70 devo " thn nne
to tho payment OF the expenses of government
aerrulng since first January. 1880.
Senator Marhton offered m amendment. which
WINS rejected. and the substitute in the shape re-
fsrrea TO nhove. was engt ossed and passed to IT,
third reading.
Irhe clerk 81 the House appeared and asked
concurrence Ia tho House concurrent resoIn-
tion instructinR the Attorney General To H.
vestigate the atfairs Of the Carondelet Canal
Company
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS
Senator Ably presented q memorial from the
directors OF the Louisiana State University and
Mechanical and Agricultural College. in favor
OF senate bill No. 100. IN act TO reor0anizs the
senator Luckett presented two memorials
from alumni and cadets and from citizens in
OPP sitiou to the bill Referred to the Commits
tee ON Pablo Education.
: Senator Luekett presented q memorial from
Thos. 4. nuraDt. Eau. Referred TO the Commit
tee on Federal Relations.
Tho Senate. on motion OF Senator Robertson
went Into executive session.
After the session Senator Robertson offered
the following statement Oh tho part OF the
Republican members held In contempt
To tho President and Members OF the Senate:
The undersigned Senators. declared by resn-
luton Of the Senate 70 be 70 contempt by reason
OF their signatures to u certain memorial pre-.
aentsd to the Senate Of the United States on the
twelfth day ot February. 1880. III the interest Of
Hon, VIM 7. Kellogg, respectfully declare that,
when they signed said memorial. they intended
Senate. 1t was presented to them for their aig-
natures while In their seats In the Senate,
attending upon tho session. when they had
contents, but supposing its author. would
not embody anything improper In tho
memorial. they signed the snme rs partizans.
in ths .interestta they Intended and snpposedl
memorial. as found In the Con0rassio nal Record
OF the thirteenth OF February they find It con-
tatne some VERY. grave charges. about the truth
fad that II 10 disrespectinl TO and In contempt
Of this honorable Senate and It's members and
they regret having signed a memorial contain.
Ing such objectionable expressions.
Trusting this explanation Will prove Gatisfac-
tory ~ this honorable Senate we are very res
pechfuly