The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-30

Mr.. Atkins moved to suspend the rules II
order to introduce bill
BY d rising vote Of az yeas to 30 nays thu
House refused to suspend the rules.
Senate bill No. 90,
An act to restrict the employment Of sailors
and crews Of foreign sea-going vessels from
rolling cotton, hauling cargo, or laboring on
the wharves and levee OF the city of New Or
leans beyond the end of the ships tackle,
Was taken up on second reading, under the
favorable report OF the Committee on the Ju-
dietary.
On motion Of Mr.. Devereaux further con-
slderation OF the bill was postponed unit
Monday next, and made the special order OF
the day for that day at o'clock p. N.
MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR.
The following message was received from
tho Governor:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.,
state Of Louisiana.
New Orleans. March n. 1880.
TO The Speaker; and Members Of the House Of
1 return to your honorable body, without
House iii No. s5, entitled
An act for the relief Of the heirs Of persons
whose property may have been Goniiscated
by the Hnttea S.a b y b dp ,,nan
such cOnf1soated property. while 1t was or
may be In the possession Of the purchaser at
lts oonfiscation sale. Or his successors and
assigns"
title and the body OF the sct, the title indi--
Gates the act to be within the constitutional
provisiop. while the act itself is viOlative OF
article 81, which provides:
'rho General Assembly shall have no
power 10 release Or extingnish, or to author
or In part, the Indebtedness, liability. or Oh
legation OF any corporation or individual to
this State or to any parish or municipal cor
pOration therein; provided the heirs to con-
taxes due thereon at the date Of Its reversion
to them."
The proviso and reservation In the above
article are In the nature OF ar exception.
The intention to exempt from taxation must
u every case oe exprassed 10 t alear , sno IMAM
tion is the exception. AL exemptions are to
be strictly construed. They embrace only
what is within their terms, and In every case
the intention Of the State to bind itself by an
symptoms are against H.. The reservation In
the constitution made In favor OF heirs, at the
date of the reverBiOn OF the cOnfiSCated es-
tates Of their ancestor to them. cannot by
any rational construction, when the character
OF the exemption lie considered, be 30 con-
strued as to include within It's provision the
successors and assigns Of the heirs entitled
to the reyolsiOn. The meaning apparent on
the face Of the constitution is the one which
alone we are at liberty to say was Intended to
struction. That which the words declare is
the meaning Of the article and Its provisO,
and We ought neither to add to or take away
from that meaning.
The act under consideration, examined and
tested by the foregoing principles. clearly
exemption to class neither within the letter
nor the spirit OF article 81 Of the constitution.
very re IRouis <. WILT, Governor.
On motion Of Mr.. Ogden consideration OF
the above message was postponed until Mon
day next, and made the special order Of the
day for that day at II o'clock N.
On motion Of Mr.. Bulger, and by rising
vote Of 81 yeas to 10 nays, the rules were sus-
pended in order to take up
House bill No 29l,
An act to establish board OF flour inspec-
tors for the city and port Of New Orleans.
The bill was taken up and made the special
order of the day for Wednesday next at
o'clock p. m.
On motion Of Mr.. Davidson, and under q
suspension Of the rules,
House bill No. $50,
An act to amend and re-enact act No. 10 OF
acts Of 1877, approved February %, 1877,
Was taken UP on second reading, under the
favorable report Of the Committee on the
judiciary.
On motion of Mr.. Faulkner the bill was
ordered engrossed and passed to third read
ing.
COMMITTEE APPOINTED.
The Speaker announced the appointment Of
Messrs. Joffrion, Robertson and Harris az q
committee on the part Of the House to exam
Inc into the affairs and condition Of the Louis
lana State University and Agricultural and
Mechanical College at Baton Rouge.
Senate bill No. lie,
An act to amend and re-enact sections Z and
8 Of act No. So OF the General Assembly Of
1879, being entitled IAN act to repeal act No.
s of the extra session Of 1878; to create q
board Of State engineers; to define their
powers and duties; to levy tax Of one mill
for levee and public Improvement purposes !;
to divide the State into levee districts; to pro-
vide for the appointment Of boards OF levee
commissioners therefor, and to prescribe their
duties and powers; to authorize the imposi-
ton 81 district levee tax, not to exceed five
mills on real estate and taxable property; to
vest the control Of levees and completed pub
lie works throughout the State In police
juries; and to impose certain duties on the
Governor Of the State"
Was taken up on It's second reading, under
the favorable report OF the Committee on
Public Works. Lands, Levees and Railroads,
with amendments. -5
Mr.. Pope moved that the amendments Of
the committee be adopted.
Mr.. Cosgrove moved as q substitute that
further consideration Of the bill be postponed
until Thursday next, and that the bill be
printed and made the special order for that
day at o'clock p. ID.
The motion was agreed to.
Senate bill No. 129,
An act empowering police juries to declare
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