[322] This bill immediately upon its appearance from the committee was made the special order for a certain date, but does not reappear in the Journal after Feb. 10. Sen. Jour., 1870, 102. Election law appeared Feb. 1, Sen. Jour., 73.
[323] Passed by the Senate Feb. 16. Sen. Jour., 131; by the House, Feb. 18, House Jour., 157.
[324] Sen. Jour., 220; House Jour., 222. Passed by both houses Mar. 2.
[325] Even during this session fourteen new parishes were proposed.
[326] House Jour., 68.
[327] The governor asserted that there was not the slightest possibility that those roads would be built, and that if every one were built, the State would be amply secured from ever having to pay the indorsement, as the road would be worth four times the amount guaranteed. Sen. Repts., 42 Cong., 2 Sess., No. 41, Pt. i, 197.
[328] Ibid., 193. The governor’s figures vary slightly in different statements, 194.
[329] The following total compiled by Secretary Bragdon for the governor is suggestive:
| Public debt for | 1860 | $10,099,074.32 | |
| 1868 | 14,347,051.02 | ||
| 1870 | 23,427,952.29 | ||
| 1871 | 22,357,999.05 | ||
| 1872 | 23,045,790.00 | Ibid., 200. |
[330] Sen. Repts., 42 Cong., 2 Sess., No. 41, Pt. i., 205.