Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-12-22
The House committee to confer with
tho Senate op tho general appropriation
bill reported that they were unable to
agree and asked to meet again.
SENATE,


The Senate was called to order by
President Robertson at II O'clock, TWEEN
ty-fve Senators, and quorum present.
Mr.. Newton offered Q concurrent res
olution, which was adopted, requesting
our Representatives in Congress to urge
the passage of national law appropri-
ating thu sum of 500, 900 for the repair
and keeping in order the Possum Fork
Levee, in Arkansas county, Ark. This
work is Of great Importance, as it pro-
tects thousands Of acres of the best
lands in Northern Louisiana and South
ern Arkansas.
Mr.. Fontenot in the chair.
Senate bill No. 6, entitled can act to
transfer certain unappropriated balan-
ces now in the hands Of the State Treas
urer and to accrue" came up on it's sec
ond reading.
Sections l and 2, the former, that
$l475 now in the hands of the State
Treasurer, belonging to the militia fund,
be transferred to Tho fund Of 1882 for
the maintenance, arming and equipping
of the State militia; and the latter,
that 1884 "a, now in the hands Of the
State Treasurer belonging to the State
House fund, be transferred to the gen.
eral fund were adopted unanimously,
but upon the following section there
was some opposition:
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That all moneys to accrue to said funds
from collections not yet made, in excess
of the interest due at two per cent. per
annum on the consolidated State bonds
of the State of Louisiana, and in excess
of four per cent. per annum on the
State bonds that may have been con-
verted into bonds at the rate seventy
five cents on the dollar, as proposed by
the ordinance relative to the State debt
at the time of the PRONUNCIATION Of this
act, are hereby transferred to the gener-
al fund of the years for which the Same
have been or will be collected.
Mr. Parlange offered the following
provisO, which being accepted. the
Senate adopted the third section as thus
amended:
provided, sufficient of said moneys
shall be retained in the interest fund to
pay interest on the consolidated bonds
at the rate of two per cent. per annum,
up to the time any consolidated bonds
may have been converted into the new
series of bonds at seventy-five cents on
the dollar, and to pay interest at the
rate of four per cent. per annum from
the time of such conversation until the
first Of January, 1882"
Mr.. Leake announced that members
of the committee on the part of the
House on the general appropriation bill
were upon the floor Of the Senate, and
moved that the Senate take recess for
half an hour in order that the confer
ence committee on the part Of the Sem
ate might hold conference with the
same.
The motion was adopted, when the
Joint committee on conference with
drew.
After an hour of deliberation, the SEN
ate Conference Committee returned rec
ommending that the Senate insist upon
its amendment.
The House having insisted upon their
side of the question, a second confer
ence committee. WAS appointed as fol-
lows: Messrs. Cunningham, Walton,
Watkins, Davey and ParlaDge, when
another conference was held, after
which the Senate, without further ac-
ton thereon, took recess until half
past7 o'clock.
After being called to order by Presi-
dent Robertson, the Senate went into
executive session; after which, House
concurrent resolution, extending the
business Of the present extra session
over to another extra session, provided
the latter be called within thirty days
after the expiration of the former, was
taken up for action.
Mr.. Watkins moved to amend by
striking out the word thirty" and in
sert thereof five.
The motion was lost by lonays too
yeaf.
The concurrent resolution was then
adopted, when the Senate took q recess
until 10 O'Clock, for the purpose of
awaiting the arrival from the House
! of the enrolled general appropriation
bill.
At that hour, the Senate was again
called to order, when the Chief Clerk of
| tho HOuae was apnoupcad hoar,no f1,a