New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-03-04
NUMBER 2a6.
Louisiana Legislature,

FEinAY, Feb. 2eth- senate.-The Senate baId q
snerh session to-day and adjourned to Monday with.
out tfansactng any business Of Importance,
House-An act to increase the nurnlar ~ o,oo.;,n
precincts in the parish Of Orleans as aid oyer
ordered to be printed. @ 'fSA 'S @n"
A resolution was introduced providing that NJ
more business should be brought before the Hose ne
after the -- day of March next the Renorter
is not mistaken the blank was filed by inserting the
ifth.J = =
Mr.. Mcdonald, according to previous notice, intro
duced bill for the repeal Of the Pension laws.
An act to incorporate Pelican Hook and ladder
Company of New Orleans was referred to the Jndcia.
ry Committee. %SSES sS$E
An invitation from Committee To Tie Legislature
to attend the exercises at Centenary College, the
9Th and 7tfl of March, was read by tile Secretary
The joint resolution of the Senate fixing the 2Oth
of March as the day for adjournment, was adopted.
An act authorizing the Secretary of State to ap-
point an Assistant, and an act to authorize the Gov
ernor to appoint State Treasurer and Superntend-
ent of Public Education in certain cases were re-
feFred. 9,51$1'7 E@T
Mr.. Smart called up the act to amend afli reenact
the act providing for the Of te Chari
ty Hospital and the collection of its revenue After
long debate the bill passed.
An act providing for the administration Of the
government Of New Orleans came up. l@
A member moved that the House adjourn until
o'clock this evening for the purpose Of considering
enls act. Adjourned accordingly.
iourned. -
narCn nl-HOnSe.-Ile following reSO-
lutlons were adopted: ,p,r, ..,., . -
~ Mr. Semmes, aresolutioninstructing the Com
mlttee On Enhance to inquire into and report the
amount OF expenses incurred by AIessrs Kearney and
and, ,Brce.
BY Mr. Harper, a resolution instr1etiae the Com
mtee on Printing to inquire into and report on what
account the journals Of the House and the printing
have not been done according to law
= Mr. Van sWinkle, Chairman Of the Committee on
PUBLIC Lands, reported two bills of an inportant
character-one bill securing to actual settlerson
swamp lands certain pre-emption rights; (Which was
ordered to be prnted and the other bill providing
for system Of levying draining and reclamillg the
swamp lands of the State. The committee could not
agree in regard to this last mentioned BILL and recon-
mended its consideration in Committee of the Whole
Mr. Mcdonald gave notice that he would, on Mon
tday, introduce bill to repeal the quarantine Law
now in force
Mr.. Brice gave notice Of bill, to be forthcoming,
for the creation of additional Criminal Court and
an additional District Attomeyship, in and for the
Parish of Orleans
A bill, reported favorably upon by the Judiciary
Committee was called up by Mr. Duperier which u1-
derwent lengthy consideration, to-wt A bill pro-
Yidlng that hereafter physicians surgeons and apoth
ecares, shall obtain license to practice in
tive branches of the medical profession from Board
OF Medical Examiners in the city of New Orleans.
A long debate upon the bill ensued at the close Of
which it was laid on the table subject to call. hi
bill providing for the government of the city ei
New Orleans etc. was taken up, land, after receiving
decided opposition from MIR. Semmes, was made the
| special order for the following Wednesday, and the
! House then adjourned.