New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-03-21
HOUSE OF REPREsENTATIyEs.
HALL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Saturday, March II, 1866.

| HALL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
| Saturday, March II, 1866. {
| The House met at IL A. M.
Present, Hon. j. B. Elan, Speaker pro tenapore
Messrs., Anderson j., Anderson Samuel Austin
Aiyerson, Addison, Bailey, Barry, Bensel, Black
man, Brown, Bruton, Collins, Couvillon, Davenport
Daigle, Deblanc, Delamore, Deporter, LeLabarre,
Drew, Ditto, Durable, Dugas Eastin, Eager,
Eldridge, Ewing, Edwards Fenner, Freret, Fish
burn, Fuda, Gates Gaisser, CAN'T Green, Colts
schalk, Hanlon, Halsey, Harrison, Head, Hatch,
| Hays, Henderson, Hudspeth, Jonas, Kent,
Kelly, kile, Labranche, Lagroue, Laurent, Leeds,
Lemarie, Leblanc Martin, Meredith, McEnery,
Mcconnell, Mcdonald MCGEE, McCIoskey, More.
land, Montgomery, Mutt, Ormond, Peterson,
| Phillips James, Powell, Pujo, Prudhomme, Regen
berg, Richards, Roman, Rogers, Ryan, sambola,
| Seaman, Seger, Simonds, Snider, Smith,
Stlle, Scott, Soloman, Tete, Theriot, Thieneman,
Tucker, VOORHEES,, Walker Wilmington, Wagga-
| man, Williamson, Waddeu and Weeks-94 Rep
resentatves
The journal ofyesterday was read in part and on
motion of Mr.. Halsey, the reading of the remain
der was dispensed with and the whole was on fur
Their motion of Mr.. Halsey approved.
BILL INTRODUCED AND PASSED.
Mr.. Gates asked and obtained leave to introduce
a bill, out of order, entitled an act to amend an
act entitled an act relative to judicial advertise
ments in the French language, .r
Which, the rules being waived, was read Sec
ond and third time, passed and ordered to be sent
to the Senate.
On motion of Mr.. Seaman, House bill No. 2l2,
an act to provide for the protection of immigrants
| to the state Of Louisiana, was taken up out of
order, on its third reading, and further motion,
the amendments made by the Senate were con.
cured in.
On motion of Mir. Harrison, House bill No. 196,
an act for the protection of the aluvial lands on
Bayou Macon and Boeuf River, was taken up out
of its regular order.
Mr.. Eldridge offered the following amendment:
Strike out the second section of the bill and
insert IN lieu thereof the following .a
SEC 2. Be 1t further enacted, etc., That the
sum of fifty thousand dollars shall be and is here
by appropriated to the use of the board of levee
commissioners, or SO much thereof as may be
necessary to effect the purpose indicated in the
first section of this act the said sum to be refunded
to the State out of the swamp land fund and the
levee and drainage fund.
Mr.. Harrison moved the previous question.
which was seconded by the House and the amend
ment was adopted. The bill as amended was
ordered to be engrossed. Mr.. Harrson's motion
to suspend the rules in order to put the bill upon
its final passage was not agreed to.
Mr. DeLabarre, chairman of the Committee on
Enrolment, reported as correctly enrolled,
No. 173--An act for the relief of S. L. Slack;
No. 275-An act to provide for supplying the
loss of the public records and other papers burned
and otherwise destroyed in the parishes of Madi-
son, Concordia Carroll and Tensas
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE. &c..
Mr.. H. B. Kelly, Secretary of the Senate, asked
the concurrence of the House in the following Sen
ate bills:
Aa act to organize the militia of the State
An act to authorize John G. Sinnott and James
Accloskey to remove certain obstruc tons in
Holmes Bayou;
An act to amend the seventh paragraph of the
first section of the act entitled an act fixing the
terms of the district courts, approved March ser.
! end, eighteen hundred and sixty.six.
An act relative to official and iudicial bonds and
| securities:
An act for the relief of Edward F. Moreheaa
and Patrick Wood;
An act for the relief Of Abraham Penn, Of the
parish of st. Tammany
An actto exempt from taxation certain grounds
and other property Of the Tememe Derech;
And Mr.. O. Arroyo announced that the Presi.
dent Of tho Senate had signed House bills No. 2ls,,
An act to organize bureau Of immigration, to
prescribe the duties thereof, and to fix the salary
of the commissioner;
No. S6--An act for the relief of B. Bloomfield;
No. S56-Joint resolution instructing our Sega
tors and requesting orr Representatives aleyt tn