New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-02-03
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

HALL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Tuesday, January 80, 1866. !
The House met at II o'clockA.H.
Present, Hon. D. S. Cage, Speaker; and
Messrs. Alverson, Bailey, Barry, Blackman, Brown,
Buie, Bruton, Collins, Davenport, Deblanc,
DeLabarre, Ditto, Duffel, Dugas, Eastin, Elan, Ed
ridge, Ewing, Edwards, Fagot Fishburn,
Fulda, Gates, Hanlon, Halsey, Head, Hatch
Hays, Holt, JONAS Kent, Kidd, Kile, Leblanc,
Lewis, Martin Meredith, McEnery, Mcdonald.
McCloskey, Moreland, Montgomery, Murray,
Ormond, Phillips JAS, Powell, Pujo Prudhomme,
Regenberg, Richardson, Richards, Rogers, Robin
son, Ryan, Scanlan, Smith, Stle, Scott, Solo
mon, Tete, Theriot, Thieneman, Tucker, Voorhies,
Walker, Wilmington and Weeks-6s Representa-
tiyes.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. Father Chalons.
The journal of Monday, 29th inst, was read
and approved.
Mr.. McCloskey offered the following:
Resolved, That from and after Thursday next,
each and every member of this House who will be
absent on two consecutive days without leave,
Except on account of sickness) shall forfeit his
per diem for every day he will have been absent
during the session.
Lost.
mar relative to the protection of the State from
overflows, and, on his motion, it was
Resoloed, That the communication herein an
nexed on "the means to relieve the State OF
Louisiana from inundation 8" be referred to the
Committee on Lands and Leyees, with instructions
to examine the merits of the proposed plan and to
report by bill or otherwise.
On motion of Mr.. Green it was
Resolued, That the Judiciary Committee be and
they are hereby instructed to inquire whether q
law can be constitutionally framed, giving power
to justices of the peace to inflict summary pun
ishment for petty offenses, and to report by bill
OF otherwise.
Mr.. DeLabarre asked and obtained leave of alb
sence for Mr.. WiItz for period of ten days.
Leave of absence was granted to Mr.. McGee, al
the request of Mr. Kent
r REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Scanlan presented the following:
The Committee on Contingent Expenses, te
whom was referred the act entitled "an act tc
provide for the payment of the contingent ex
penses of the General Assembly of the State o
Louisiana" beg leave to report favorably and re
commend the adoption of said act.
| P. s. WILTz, Chairman.
| Mr. Walker, chairman, on behalf of the Con
mittee on Finance, reported the following bills:
| An act to amend section first of an act entitled
ian act to define the duties and fix the compensa
ton of tax collectors and
An act to raise revenue to the State by mean
of stamps and stamped paper, making appropria
tions for the purposes of the act, and proydin!
penalties for violating the provisions of the act
and for counterfeting or fraudulently imitatn,
the dies or stamps or other apparatus authorize,
by the act, and for wilfully destroying or defacin
the stamps imposed under the act.
Two hundred copies each of the above bill
were ordered to be printed for the use of th
house.
Mr.. ELAN, on behalf of the Committee on til
Judiciary, reported on
An act to amend and re-enact the lS0th articl
of the Code of Practice.
UnfavorabIy by majority of the committee.
| An act to amend and re-enact an act entitle
q an act to amend the Sl2th article of the Code
Practice, 2 approved soth April, 1858, .l
| UnfavorabIy by majority of the committee.
An act to repeal chapter seven, title "exee'
tory pFocess of the Code of Practice ofthis STATE
! Unfayorsbly by q majority Of the committee