New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-02-12

Brnsle. Campbell, Coco, Duyigneaud, Ellis, Fonte,
Gibson, Kelso, I1apeyre, Mohan Munday, Nielsen,
Palfrey, Scruggs, Taylor, WEIGH and ,WilcoNon--
20 Senators
Nays Messrs. Abney,s Kayanaugh, kenner,
Lott, Newton of jackson, and Poche--6 Senators
The bill consequently passed.
s. On motion of Mr.. Mohan the Senate adjourned
until tomorrow at l. O'Clock NJ.
HENRYB KELLY,
Secretary of the Senate.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
HALL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
Wednesday, Feb. 1850.
| The House met at II 0 o'clock NJ.
| Present the Hon. J. B. Elan, Speaker PRO tent,
and Messrs. Anderson Samuel, Austin, Alverson,
Addison, Bailey, Blackman, Bohnabel, Brown,
1 Buie, Bruton, Collins Daigle. DeBlanc, Deamore,
/ DeLabarre, Ditto. Durable, Dufel, Dugas Eastin,
I Eager, Eldridge, Eustis, Ewing, Edwards, Fagot,
/ Fepner, Freret, Fishburn Fulda, Gates, Gaisser.
Can't, Green, Gottschalk, Hanlon, Harrison, Head,
Hatch, Hays, Henderson, Higgins, Holt Jonas,
4 Kent, Kelley, Kidd, Kile, Labranche, Lagroue,
4 Leeds, Lemarie, Leblanc, Lewis, Lpscomb, Mar
tin, Meredith, McKelvey, McEnery, Mcconnell,
i Mcdonald, McGloskey, Moreland, Montgomery,
Murray, Michigan, Peterson, Phillips j, Phillips
I ALI, Powell, Pujo, Regenberg, Richardson,
sESRfchards, Roman, Ryan, Sambola, Seaman,
sinaonds, snider, Smith, stille, Scott, Solomon,
/ Theriot, Thieneman, Tucker VOORHEES,, Walker,
! Wilmington, Waddsll and Weeks--es Representa-
| tives.
II Prayer was offered by the Rev. Mr., Hedges.
The Hon. Speaker PRO tenn. asked the indulgence
Of the House in consequence of indisposition, and
/ at his request Mr.. Head took the Chair. s,. y
| The journal Of Tuesday, february 9Th, was read
and approved.
| Il Mr.. Stille asked and obtained leave of absence
for the period of ten days, for the Hon. H. Y.
Waddell, Of Vim.
4 Leave of absence until Monday next was
granted to Hon. NJ Richardson, of St. Tammany.
At the request Of Mr.. Gates, leave Of absence
was granted to the Hon. y. Delamore, Of Orleans.
| On motion Of Mr.. DeLabarre, it was I3s
1 Resolued, That Monday of each week shall be
set apart for the consideration Of bills of local
| or personal character, and each member, in the
order his name stands upon the roll, shall be per
mitted to call up one bill only, until every mem
| ber's name shall have been called.
4 On motion of Mr.. lie Blanc, leave of absence for
ten days was granted to Hon. +. Martin, Of Lafay-
4 cite. Z ay#
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. sga
! Mr.. Regenberg, chairman, on behalf Of the
| Committee on Public Education, reported I'M
1 fayorably on a lgE
| An act for the relief Of purchasers of sixteenth
/ sections; s5SsisI ,s55{ 5 $.ss ~ 4
And an act to ratify the lease Of the Franklin
College, at Opelousas, to Rev. Benz. r. White.
/ And favorably on VI 45
! An act to reorganize Franklin College. -
/ Mr.. Walker, chairman, on behalf of the Com
nittee on Finance, reported favorablys with
amendments, on Senate bill entitled
An act to authorize the lease of the new canal
! On Mr.. Walkers motion, the rules being waiY
4 ed, the bill was taken up for immediate action.
1 The amendment proposed by the committee te
/ the first section was adopted, as follows Add, al
the end Of the section, the following: Provided
hoarerer, that nothing in this act shall be SO con
srued as to have the effect of releasing the Cana
and Banking Company from the obligation Of re
turning the property herein described in the goot
IA order and condition provided for in their charter.
:, And the section as amended was adopted,
\ On motion Of Mr.. DeLabarre, the second section
was amended by inserting after the word char
ter in the tenth line, the words: except slxt
\, feet Immediately adjoining Cypress Grove am
II oodecemeteries, towards the canal, whicl
is hereby reserved by the State Of Louisiana TO
4 the use Of the Fremens Charitable Association o
i the city of New Orleans" #t4g J.
4 The following amendment, reported by the Com
| mttee on Finance, was adopted, as follows
\ After the words &C for the lease of the same, y
add the words provided that the lessee shall be
required to make the repairs described by specf-
cations and plan in the report Of the State Engi
neer to the Governor dated January the 18th, 1866
which shall be made part of the lease; that he
will also be required to keep the canal shell road
and all other property in good working order ani
| condition, as is provided by the charter of thu
/ canal company; that the cost of the repairs, tt
the extent of SOS ,o00 shall be allowed to the lessee
in three equal amounts, to be deducted, one thirt
/ each year, from the annual rent that the repair
and improvements provided by this section shall
/ be made subject to the approval of the State En-
4 glneer." 55, .,5 Z 455ssl5..ss- .g.r
i And on motion of Mr.. Walker the following ad
i ditional proViso was adopted 7l- s5G2@
stP1ouided further, That it be made condi
ton of the lease that the lessee shall permit thu
4 culverts now receiving the waters of the secont
Drainage District to remain open"
The amendment of the committee to sectio1
third was adopted as follows: MI s,55
Add to the end of section third the following
| g Prorided, That upon the opening of such pro
! posafs, If the Governor and Senate shall deeid
t that none Of the proposals are advantageous t,
the State, the Governor and Senate is hereby au
thorized and empowered to readvertise the same
for the space Of thirty days. in the newspapers TIL
Governor may seleettin the city of New Orleans.
And prouided stu further, That in case tn,
, Governor is not satisfied with the proposals to- b.
received under the second advertisement, he i
!, hereby authorized and empowered, if the senat
be adjourned, to lease the same after twenty days
\ public notice to the person or persons who vii
i offer the most for the said canal for lively,
i Imonths.n 5syts@
4 Mr. E!dridge offered the following amendment
j which, on motion Of Mr.: Stille, was laid on tn,
l table !: stF* ,55-5E4: ft41.p ,---
. And after said canal, together with its rights
) property and privileges shall have come into TIN
Possession Of the State, the Governor, Attorney
i General, State Treasurer and Auditor Of Publ
1 Accounts shall be and hereby are constituted
] committee to accept such proposals as they ma
a deem most advantageous to the State, and sal
/ proposal shall be put in the form of a contract.
& The bill as amended was adopted on its secon
reading and on the motion that it be ordered to
T engrossed, the yeas and nays were called for b
Messrs. Stille and Walker with the followin
q iras, ,lf. IeI q Y, = t.