Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-01-28
THE LEGISLATURES.
BATON ROUGE, Jan. %.
Senate.

VIVA ~ u"
Senate.
The standing committees were appointed
The following are the most important:
On Claims-Boatner, Braud, Taylor
Public Education--Wickiffe, DeRussy
Moore, Evans, Key.
Inter nal improvements and Swamp Lands
and Levees--King, DeRussy, Hcbert, Moore,
Scott, Defreese, Kittidge Griffin, Richardson.
Judiciary--Lacey, King, Hodge, Boatner,
Mckay.
Commerce, Agriculture and Manufactures
Brand, Pollerin, Lauve.
Federal ReIations-Mckay, Bayan, Tru.
dcau.
Finances--McMurdo, Clifton, Kenner, Pal
frey, Munday.
Charitable institutional unday, Lacoste, Ev-
ans.
Amendments to the Constitution--Martel
Ryan, Lacey.
Parochiai Affairs-Grifin, Defreese, Martel,
Scott, Kittridge.
Banks and Banking--Ciifton, Kenner, Nc.
Murdo ,Palfrey, Wickliffe.
Mr.. Mckay, Of New Orleans, gave notice of
a bill regulating judicial sales in the parish of
Orleans.
A motion by Mr.. Wicklife, of West Fell.
ciana, to pay $500 to Gen. II. Davis, for his
services as Secretary of the present Senate,
was opposed by Mr.. King, of New Orleans,
and finally referred to the Committee on Con-
tingent Expenses.
On motion of Mr.. Rivers, of Concordia, a
resolution that no officer of the Senate be al
lowed extra compensation, was adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Trudeau, of Jefferson, a
resolution for the appointment of a committee
to inquire into the best means Of preserving
the health of the State, was adopted; and
Messrs. Trudeau, Braud and kittridge were
appointed the committee.
Mr.. King, of New Orleans, introduced a
bill to abolish the Board Of public works pro-
vided by the Constitution. Referred to the
Committee on Internal Improvements.
The Senate then I'D journed.
House.
Mr.. Morris offered a joint reohtion to in
struct our delegates in Congress to use their
influence to secure the passage Of laws by
; congress to donate lands to railroad companies
in this State. Laid over.
Mr.. Kimball offered n resolution instructing
the judiciary committee to report a bill to make
it penal for any officer to charge or receive any
| fee or compensation not allowed by law. Laid
over.
A joint resolution, offered by Mr.. Phillips,
for the appointment of a joint committee to
apportion the State, was adopted, and the num-
Der of the committee on the part of the House
was fixed at nine.
Mr.. Mcdonald gave notice Of q bill to amend
the law to provide for the sale of the swamp
and overlooked lands granted to the State by
Congress.
Mr.. Smart gave notice Of a bill to amend
the Constitution so as to change the basis of
representation from a population to an electoral
basis.
Mr.. WALES gave notice Of q bill to allow all
persons having claims against the State of
Louisiana to prosecute the same in the Courts
of the State.
Mr.. Morris gave notice of a bill to create a
new Parish, of territory to be taken from the
Parishes of Ouachita, franklin, Morehouse and
Carroll.
Mr.. Baird gave notice Of a bill to creates
new parish. of a portion OF the Natchitoches'
DeSoto, Caddo, Bosier and Bienville parishes.
Mr.. Philips gave notice of a bill to author.
ize persons injured by Raccourci cutoff to sue
the State for damages.
Baron ROUGE, Jan. "a, l8S4.--ln the
Senate, to-day, Mr.. King, Of Orleans, introduced
an act for the recording Of mortgages in favor
OF minors and married women.
A bill to regulate mortgage privilege and
liens, to deprive synGics, executors, &c, of
the power of raising the m
The Apportionment bill was introduced into
both Houses. The ratio Of representation is
seven thousand, which would give eighty eight
members in the House, of whom twenty-four
would be for the parish of Orleans. The
Tn ird Representative District loses three men,
be rs in the House and five Senators. This
bill will pass.
Col. Campbell introduced a joint resolution
in the House to appointa committee with full
powers to examine into the affairs of the Great
Northern and Western Railroad Companies,
and report the result of their Investigations at
an early day.
The Committee on Internal Improvements
reported a bill TO change the city subscription
to the Great Northern and Western Railroad
Company from a tax on property to a subscrip-
ton in city bonds.