The Daily Telegraph

THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE,

FAVORABLY REPORTED

BATON ROUGE, May 27.—The committee report favorably on Senator Foster's railroad bill requiring public carriers to settlers at the point of delivery for all freight they may fail, refuse or neglect to deliver and for all damages done while in transit, and conferring jurisdiction on courts of the domicile.

Also a favorable report on the same Senator's bill, authorizing the institution of suits for the recovery of certain claims before courts having jurisdiction of the property when the owners are not domiciled in the parish where the property is situated.

Also favorably on an act to prohibit the malicious discharge of firearms in the near vicinity of private residences, churches, etc.

Favorable report will also be made on House bill No. 70, to shift the burden of proof in suits for damages against railroad corporations.

Mr. Murdoch, of the House, appeared before the committee and opposed the bill relative to public carriers, on the ground that it is unconstitutional.

Before the Claims Committee came up the old act making an appropriation to pay the fees of the counsel employed by Gov. Wiltz, in May, 1880, to represent the State in the Supreme Court, Col. Breaux, made an argument in favor of his claim which was laid over by the committee.

The Committee on Labor and Capital took up Downing's bill creating the State Board of Control of the Penitentiary. Downing held that the State could at any time abolish the contract with the lessees. The session of the committee was consumed in the reading of the bill, which will come up again.

The Sunday law passed by the house, requires the closing of all stores, shops, saloons and places of public business on Sunday except, drug stores undertaker shops, public and private markets, bakeries, livery stables, railroads, hotels, boarding houses, steamboats, warehouses, restaurants, telegraph offices and barber shops. No alcoholic liquors shall be disposed of in hotels or boarding houses, except for table use, and no liquors shall be sold or given away in any place on Sunday. An amendment to the bill excepts places of amusements where no intoxicating liquors are sold.

Senator Gaskin offered a resolution requesting our senators and representatives in congress to ask for legislation to search the title of parties owning lands on the line of the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific railroad, having purchased same in accordance with an act of congress passed in 1856.

Senate bill passed relative to power of attorney relative to placing obstructions on railroad tracks.

The Sunday law passed by the legislature will kill Sunday and Monday morning papers unless published before midnight Sunday and after midnight Monday. Newsdealers are not affected.

Monday evening the railroad men will be given a hearing by the railroad committee.