The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-03-08
ORLEANS LEGLSL ATU-E COUNCIL.
FRIDAY, Oecemher I. 1901.


FRIDAY, December 7. 1904.
DIR. Watkins from the committee appointed
for that purPolc, on tn 9th inf. reported rules
of proceeding TO be obferved in the council :
which were ievera!ly read and adopted.
RULES.
| l. No motion lhaIl be debated in the council
uu;il it be fecouded.
| ii. When a motion firaii De made and fccf,nti
ed 1t ihall be reduced to writing, if required by
any one of the members.
III. When motion is made and feconded,
1t hail.receve determination by the queftion,
or be laid aide by general content, or poftpon-
ed by the previous queRion, before any other
motion be received.
| ~. Every member, when he fpeaks, fhal
rife from his feat, and addrefs himfelf to the
chair.
v. When the council is fitting, no member
man ipeak TO another, 10 as to interrupt any
member who may be fpeaking in the debate.
VI. No member ihal fpeak twice upon any
fqueition in debate, until levery member who
chootes, iha have fpokcu once upon the fame.
VII. When two members rife together, the
prehdent fhali name the perfon to fpeak.
| VIII. When any bill is offered for the conf
deration of the coancil, motion hall be made
for leave TO bring in the fame and the member
who makes tuch motion, ihail explain general
ly, the nature and object of the bill which he
propoies.
*. When leave has been given to bring in
bill, 1t mult be afterwards read and aoproved of.
three times with an interval of at leaf one day
between the readings, before it can be pailed by
the comucii for the povernor' 5 APPRECIATION.
| <. The PRECEDENT may deliver his opinion on
every qucieion in debate: He may not howe
Ver vote on any Gucftion; unlefs when the vote
on If be equally divided in which cafe he ihalI
have eating vote.
| HI. No debate lhaIl take place, unlefs upon
Tome queltion broughtreguiarly before the coun-
! Gil.
XII. No petition, memorial or other addrefs,
except tnch ds may be tranimitted by his excel
lency the governor, the honorable the fipreme
court, or the municipal bodyof the city of New
| Orleans, ihaiI be received by the council, I'M
lefs preftnted BY one of its members.
! XIII. Whoever apprehends that he NAV be
aggrieved or damnafed by any bill, public or
private, under the confederation of the colhcil,
may be heard by council againit the fame, on
motion duly made and approved of.
/ XIV. The doors of the council chamber nIall
be open, whenever the council is in FELTON,, un-
lsis when it de!iberates on confidential COM
nunication from the governor, or when a ma
! l1r'ty determines that the proceedings lhould be
| iccret.
XIV. The members ofthc committee fall be
| appointed by tie council, on the nomination of
| the pref1eut.
The bill entitled "An 1tf regulate the mode
, taking exam nation in criminal cafes" was
Dead the irit time.
lr Mr.. Donciere moved for leave to bring in a
i II for the regulation Of the militia Of tits ter
ritory and leave was granted.
| MdNDAY, December 10.
! Mr.. Wicofi moved for leave to bring in a bill
! for removing the obfrn6tons in the navigable
waser5--tor opening new roads add contributing
! bridges TO as to facilitate the communication be-
tween inefficient parts of the territory.--Leaye
was granted.
Ordered, tLat Mefrs. Morgan, Pollock and
| Watkins, be committee TO draught citil code
for the territory, and bc authorized TO t.nDlsv
couniel to aihd them.
| Adjourned until "Wednesday next.
WEDNESDAY, December II.
| RJjoi@ed, That there be printed in the En-
glib and ALTO in the French language, five hun
bred copies Of the contribution of the United
States-tbe treaty bv which the province of
Louihana was ceded TO The United Sta.es-the
act OF congref5 erecting Louitians into two ter
ritores, and providing for the temporary go
yernment tbtreof-of all the acts of congrefs
which by the fad are extendcd 20 and have
l''N fN'~t Nii'et III tNt hDJFt tGfTlfO
rlcs, and OF all the a6Is which The lcgi0ature OF
. this territory lhal paf.
Ordered that Metre. Donciere and Watkins
be committee to carry the foregoing rciolu-
ton into eftta.
! letter from thc committee OF health oftbe
! city ct New ORLEANS, was read, Eating their
inability to carry INTO efcci an ordinance Of
the municipal body, relative 10 the exannnst,.
on Of medical practitioners. and dehring 70 he
furni0icd with tie means OF cGeduany rrylnc
the csGfss Of bsmauiry.