St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-07-04
legislative Notes.

Defining and Furnishing the forgery
of railroad tickets. Passed.
Authorizing the governor to suspend
dcfaulting tax collectors. Passed.
Giving the mortgage taken by build
ing and loan associations the force and
effect of vendors privilege. This bill
was put back on its second reading in
order to amend il and It was then or
dered engrossed and passed to third
reading.
Providing for the collection of liz
cense due municipal corporations by
the summary process of rules. Passed.
Providing that all persons desiring
to sell property in town lots shall
plot the same and file the map with the
recorder of mortgages. Passed.
Providing the manner in which cities
and towns may obtain new char tiers.
Passed.
To exempt persons, firms and cor
porations doing business in the incor-
poratei towns Of the State from the
payment of parish licenses. After
some discussion the bill was passed.
For the relief of disabled confederate
soldiers or their widows in necessitous
circumstances, engrossed an1 passed to
third reading.
House bill No. 56-Au act making it q
misdemeanOr for any owner, lessee,
prophet or or manager Of any theatre,
hall, place, opera house or building
where theatrical or other performances
are given, and where an admission fee
is charged, to permit any person or
persons to wear during the perform
ancs in such theatre, hall, opera house
or building. hat sufficiently high SO as
to obstruct the view of persons sitting
behind, and providing penalty there
for. The bill was amended to
provide that no hats should he wore at
all, and that the managers Of theatres
shall provide receptacle for the hats
aud an attendant free Of charge to the
partrons of the establishments includ-
ed In this act. Passed-6l yeas 81
nays.
Empowering cities and towns of less
than 10000 inhabitants to pave and
otherwise improve streets and alleys
and levy taxes to defray the expenses.
Passed.
Allowing honorably discharge: ex.
confederate soldiers to peddle general
merchandise without license, pro-
vided the actual value OF the stock car
ried by them does not exceed in value
the sum of SIS. Indefinitely postponed.
The bill providing for the election of
Parish Assessors was indefinitely post
pOned.
Relative to preventing the destruction
of fish by poisoning, using dynamite.
trapping, hedging, gill netting or SEM
ing. and providing a penalty for the
same. Passed.
An act entitled an act to compel the
owners of horses, mules, hogs or other
animals infected with Charlton, CLAN.
ders or other contagious Diseases to
burn or bury said animals within four
hours after their death, and providing
q penalty for violation of the provis-
ions of this act. Passed.
A bill to prevent the adulteration
of butter, and provide penalty there.
for. Passed.
An act to abolish the Office of inspec-
tor of weights and measures in all the |
parishes Of the State, the parish Of
Orleans excepted, aud authorize the
police juries of sail parihes to provide
for said inspection. Passed.
Requiring the towns of the Stat. to
have made correc: maps showing the di-
mansions Of Its. etc., and to file the |
same with the parish record RS. Pass
ed.
An act to establish and improve q
system of public highways in the State
of Louisiana Passed.
An act to make aban lonment cause
for divorce, aud to regulate the own
ership of property acquired during this
period. Passed
To vest in police juries the power
and jurisdiction to suppress hunting
with dogs or guns on Sundays within
ono mile of any church or place of
public worship aud to provide punish
mcut therefor. Passed.
An act to adopt standard scale for
the measurement Of law logs, aud pro-
viding penalties for the same. Passed.
TO create the birthday OF Gen. Robt.
E. Lee, January -, q legal holiday in
this State. Passed.