New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-03-30


Mr. Iappan offered the following amendment
The First District shall be composed of the par
Zines o. Flaguemines, ~ Bernard, Orleans, right
BANK, the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh Eighth and Ninth
Repre- NATIVE Districts Of New Orleans the par
ishes Of ~. Tamrnany Washington, ST. Helena and
Livingstone
Mr.. Lawrence moved the previous question.
| The chair (Mr Texada in the ehairJ then stated
the question "shall the previous question be
now put? And it was decided in the affirmative
The question then required on the adoption of
Mr.. Herron's substitute.
Mr.. Marks, Of Orleans, called for the yeas and
nays; they were ordered and being taken, resulted
| as follows, to wit
Yeas :sMessrs. Barbin, Bienvenu, Davidson Of
Livingston, Fuqua, Gardere, Griffin, Heron, Lewis
Of Claiborne, Lewis of Orleans, Marks of Orleans,
McCoskey, Miles, Norton, o'Bryan, Patterson,
! Perkins of Orleans, Richardson, RoZier, Scott of
Claiborne, Scott of East Felfciana, stocker, War
rem, Williams Of st. Helena and York-2l.
| Nays: Messrs. Bermudez, Bonner, Briscoe, Bur-
ton, Batter, Caldwell, Cook, Connolly DeBlane,
Dupre, Estlin, Gaudet GLADDEN.. Gill, Grard, Gray,
Hodges, Hongawcrth, Kennedy, Labatut, Law
renee, Lagroue, Manning, Marshall, Marrero, Marks
Of Caddo, Martin Of Assumption, Martin Of Car
roll, Mcclellan, McNeely, Miller, Moore, Olivier
Peck, Provosty, Roselius, Semlnes Slawson, Smith,
Smart, Stewart, Swayze, Tappan, Todd, Towles,
Valentine, Wilkinson and Wiltz-48.
| Yeas, "a; nays, 48.
So Mr.. Herrons substitute was lost.
The question was fhen taken ON the adoption of
Mr.. Tappan's substitute.
On motion by Mr.. McNeely, Mfr. Tappan's sub
sttute was ordered to lie on the table.
Mr.. McNeely moved the adoption of the ordin-
| ance as whole.
Mr.. Bienvenu called for the yeas and nays; they
were ordered and being taken, resulted as follows
| to-wit: 0-0o..... .g ...a.m .5
Yeas: Messrs. Barbin, Barrow, Bermndez, Bon
ner, Brscoe, Burton, Butler, Caldwell, Cook, Con
nelly, DeBlanc, Dupr6, Estin, Fuqua, Gardere, eau
Diet, GLADDEN., Gill, Girard, Gray Griffin, Hodges,
Hollingsworth Kennedy, Lawrence, Lagroue,
Lewis of Claiborne, Manning, Marshall, Marrero,
Marks of Caddo, Martin of Assumption, Martin
of Carroll, Mcclellan, McNeeley, Miller, Moore,
Olivier, Patterson, Peck, Provosty. Roselius Scott
of Claiborne, Scott of East Feliciana, Semmes
slawsor, Smith, Smart, Stewart, swayze, Taylor
of St. Landry Texada, Todd, Towles, Valentine
| Warren, Wilkinson, Wilt and York-60.
Nays: Messrs Benvenu, Davidson of Livingston
Lewis of Orleans, Marks of Orleans, McCloskey,
Miles, Norton, O'Bryan, Perkins Of Orleans,
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Williams of St. Helena-15.
Yeas, 60; nays, Is.
So the ordinance was adopted.
Mr.. Martin, of Assumption, moved to reconsider
the vote just given on the passage of the ordin-
| ance.
!, On motion by Mr.. Lawrence, Mr.. Martins mo-
ton of reconsideration was rejected. &
On motion by Mr.. Moore, the Convention pro.
ceeded to the consideration of the following ordin
ance, to wit:
AN ORDINANCE concerning Electors the President ant
yiee-President Of the Confederate states. ~
The People of the State of Louisiana, in ConUea
| ton assembled. do declare and ordan and it il
hereby declared and ordained, as follows:
l. That for the purpose of choosing electors fol
the President and Vice-Presdent of the Confede
rate States of America, the State shall be divided
into Six Electoral Districts corresponding with the
Six Congressional Districts ordained by this Con
vention, as follows
The First Congressional District shall be tn,
First Electoral District.
The Second Congressional District The Secon,
Electoral District o.@
The Third Congressional District the Third Flee
toral District.
!, The Fourth Congressional District the Fourt
Electoral District.
, The Fifth Congressional District the FIT
!. | Electoral District
y The Sixth Congressional District the Sixt
,, Electoral District
2. Be it further ordained That one elector frol
:. each Of said Districts and two electors from I'll
State at large, shall be elected, by general tickle
v by the vote of the whole State until otherwi:
D. provided by the Legislature.
On motion by Mr.. Lewis of Claiborne, the abo1
ordinance was adopted as a whole.
- On motion by Mr.. Roselius, the ordinance el
titled An ordinance relative to the Judiciary,
was ordered to be made the special order of til
y day for tomorrow at IL o'clock A. M
Il Mr. Fuqua moved to take up the ordinance r.
, ported by him, as chairman of the Committee
revise the ordinances, entitled "an ordinance
repeal certain ordinances and to amend other
heretofore adopted"
Pending which, on motion by Mr.. Lawrence tn
Convention adjourned until tomorrow at 10 o'clocl
A. NJ
J. THOS. WHEAT, Secretary.