Year: 1875

Senator Bnrch arose to a privilege cues


ton. and said he desired to make correc
ton Of the report given in the RE"UBLIcAN
OF Friday morning of his remarks made IN
the Senate on Thursday in relation to the
biI proposing to give concurrent jurisdic
ton in certain cases to the Fourth, Fifth
and Sixth District Courts of the city ol
New Orleans with the Superior Dis.ric,
Court. He requested the clerk 10 read from
ths REPUBLICAN,, as follows:


From political point of view. this cour,
was III measure necessary for the welfare


OF the Republican party in this State.


The Senator said this was directly con trar7
20 what he did say. What he said was, that
tile court Ill his estimation, was s>p' neces
narv for the welfare of the Republican party
IN this State; and that he re garded it as
essential for the welfare of the courts and
the peaceful administration OF Justice in
this city.


senator Detiege also arose TO question
Of privilege, and called the attention Of the
senate to the following remarks attributed
10 Aim by the Picoyure:


Detiege said that the existence OF the
superior Court was necessary for the pre-
sarvation of peace during the next cam
paigG, and ito perpetuate the Republican
party in power.


The Senator said he gave no such reasons
Cor supporting the present exclusive power
and Jurisdiction of the Superior District
Conrt, What he did say was that if lis
mimi was not fully fixed upon the subject,
ne might be influenced by the strong ap-
peal made by the Senator from the fourth
senatorial district Mr.. Eustis) IN favor of
giving the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth District
CoUrts of the parish Of Orleans concurrent
,1rlsd :ctiOn in certain cases with the Su-
perior District Court; but he has long since
been convinced that this court, as at pres
ent constituted was a public necessity as
means Of securing impartial justice. and
preventing those judicial conhictions that
II the past have so materially inter
Tered with the business of the courts
IN th!s city; that while he did not regard
II as necessary for the preservation OF
peace during the next campaign and to
perpetuate the Republican party in power"
ka did believe the existence of that court





tctS between the courts and insure judicial
peace n the administration of the laws
ihis. the Senator said, was his language on
Thursday, and he would repeat that while
he did not believe the Superior Court with
its present power and jurisdiction was nee
assarv for the peace and perpetnity of the
Republican party, he did believe it was ab-
lpNt taiy 30, 4
peaceful administration of the courts.


Senator Wharton called up Senate bill
No. q, an act supplemental TO act No. 3,
approved January "a, 1874, and to provide
COZ testing, at the instance of any taxpayer
n the courts of the State the legality and
validity of any items of State Indebtedness,
the legality or validity of which may have
been or may hereafter be questioned. etc.


The bill came up on its second reading.
4 number of amendments were made.
among them the fourth and fifth sections
we're stricken out. The fourth section pro-
vided that upon the passage of the bill it
shall be the duty of the said Board of
liquidation to select national bank in the
city of New Orleans which was 20
become the depository of all funds
of the State; and as soon as such
bank was selected, and the State Treasurer
notified, it became his duty within twenty
four hours thereafter to deposit in the bank
so selected, to his credit as State Treasurer,
al moneys of the State, all funds which at
that time he may have on hand, or may
have on deposit in any other bank; and it |
also made it the duty Of the State Treas |
urer thereafter, each day. to deposit in said |
bank all moneys belonging to any fund |
which he may have received within the |
previous twenty four hours. The section |
also provided that the said funds shall, at |
all times, be subject to the cheek of the
Treasurer for lawful payments to be made
BY him in his official capacity.


Senator Brewster opposed the section on
the ground that it was calculated to inter
ere with the powers and duties of the State
Treasurer, and upon his motion that section
,f the bill was stricken out


Alter considerable discussion the bill
inaily passed the Senate.


Senator Dumont called up Senate bill No.
|
,ottoa and woolen goods and of cot
on and woolen yarns in the State of
louisiana. and for other purposes. After
considerable discussion the bill finally
passed the Senate.


Senator Robertson called up House bill
20. S.. bill for the relief of the city of
law Orleans and other purposes. A read
~ of the bill was called for. Senator
lamps said as this was one of the subjects
lcluded in the Governors proclamation
alling for an extra session to be considered
V tho General Assembly, he would like to |
now the condition of the bill. He was
formed that it was upon it's second read
~.


After considerable discussion the bill was :
,ierred to the Committee on Corporation {
I'd Parochial Affairs. with instructions to :
sport as soon as possible. O
message from the House informed the i
,nste that that body had notified the I
overnor to take action against Charles c
nton, State Auditor, and his securities, | ?
BON the charges preferred against him by t
st body. +
House bill No. II. an act TO reduce the n
,penses of public printing by restricting Il
g publication of the proceedings of the D
eneral Assembly to the official journal n
lbiished at the seat of government, a
mo up on it's first reading There was mo- O
IN made to reconsider the bill, and a motion cl
table that motion was pending when the
nate went into executive session. After G,