New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-03-27

derwent its several readings, was passed, and
ordered to be sent to the Senate.
On motion of Mr. Alyerson, the rules being sus-
pended, Senate bill No. $50, San act to authorize
the lease Of the Baton Rouge, Crosse Tete and
Opelousas Railroad" wastaken up on its reading.
Mr.. Durable offered the following amendment:
ProUided,' That at the election to be held to
take the sense of the stockholders on the pro-
prety Of leasing the said road the individual
stockholders Of said road shall only be allowed to
vote in the proportion of their stock actually paid
in. "."
The amendment was lost, and the bill was read
second and third time and eoncurred in. .,nr .
On motion of Mr.. Brown, the rules being sus-
pended, House bill No. 33l was taken up, as
follows:
An act to provide for excavatng or otherwise
rendering navigable during the whole year the
Bayou Plaquemine and its outlets to Grand Lake
The amendments Of the Senate were concurred
in and the Senate was notified Of such concurrence.
On motion of Mr.. S. Anderson, the rules being
suspended, Senate bill .s .r
No. 296-An act for the relief of State tax
collectors
Was taken up on its second reading, was read a
second and third time and concurred in
vi uOuOu Vi MGSDuHcilb VIC 1ulcs bcuk
suspended, Senate bill No. 81,
An act to abolish the board Of currency
Was taken up, read second and third time, and
concurred in. IH.. ..........
On motion of Mr.. McEnery, the rules being sus-
pended, Senate bill No. l9l,
An act relative to pledges,
Was taken up, and having undergone its several
readings, was concurred in.
On motion of Mr.. Sambola, the rules being sus-
pended, Senate bill No. 3S2,
An act to exempt from taxation certain grounds
and other property of the "Tememe Derech,'
Was taken up, read a second and third time,
and concurred in.
On motion of Mr.. Thieneman, the rules being
suspended, House bill No. $50,
An act for the relief of the Insane Asylum Of
Louisiana, at Jackson
Was taken up.
The rule requiring the House to resolve itself
into committee of the whole on appropriations
being suspended, the bill was read second and
third time, passed, and sent to the Senate.
SENATE MESSAGES. ..
A message was received from the Senate
through O. Arroyo, Esq, Assistant Secretary, an.
nouncing that that body had concurred in the fol-
lowing House bills:
No. l57-Joint resolution for the discharge Of
Ursn Jacob, sheriff and State tax collector in
and for the parish of St. John the Baptist, during
the year 1862, and for the cancelIing of his
bonds; D'H .a e.,
No. 341-Joint resolution providing for the pur-
chase and gratuitous distribution of spencer's
English grammar throughout the State;
No. 35s-An act for the relief of parties who
have not paid and those who have paid their taxes
to the Draining Company, in the parish of Orleans
and Jefferson;
No. 393-An act to provide for the payment of
the contingent expenses of the General Assem-
bly,.
No. 394-An act to amends one of an
act entitled
An act to authorize the sale of stamps to
vendors of lottery tickets, approved February %,
1866.
All Of which we've subsequently reported as cor
recty enrolled by Mr.. DeLabarre, chairman of the
Enrolling Committee, and signed by the Speaker
and sent to the Senate for the signature of the
Lieut. Governor.
Also No. 396-Concurrent resolution authoriz.
ing the special committee appointed to investigate
the affairs of the New Orleans Gas Light Company
w ei0 ouilnS tue loeoss VI tIe Ueneral AS
sembly AKA. a.. .,.. eg. vi,
And requesting the concurrence of the House
in the following entitled Senate bills
An act relative to convicts in the State peniten.
tiary.
And requesting the concurrence of the House in
the action of the Senate in ordering the printing
of $50 copies of the report of the commissioners
of the General Assembly to Washington.
And on motion Of Mr.. Halsey the action of the
Senate was concurred in. '-n"
A further message was received from the Senate,
through H. B. Kelly Esq, Secretary, announcing
that the President of the Senate had signed the
following enrolled House bills:
An act declaring the Bayou Rouge in the parish
of ST. Landry, navigable stream;
An act to establish, maintain and support the
University of Louisiana;
An act relative to a plank road from the east
branch of Red Chute, in the parish of Bossier, to
the east branch of Red River, opposite the city of
Shreveport;
And an act to fix the terms of the district courts
Of the fourth Judicial district of the State of Lou
siana.
And requesting the signature of the Speak er of
the House to Senate enrolled bills entitled
An act for the relief of Theodore Durel and r.
D. Hubbard late State assessors in and for the
city of New Orleans Is p ...
And announcing that the Senate insisted upon
its amendments to House bill No. so, -
An act to define the duties and fix the compen-
sation of the State Printer;
And requesting the appointment of committee
Of conference on the part of the House for the
purpose of adjusting the dsagreements on the
bill. -F' e. 7Fi5 En- 9'It,'3 -7.77' "&it t".''
And on motion of Mr.. Jonas, the House agreed
to the proposition. and the Speaker appointed
Messrs. Jonas, Alverson and Seaman on said COM
mittee of conference. 20 s77i7ba 's04'.i '''' %
Mr. Seaman moved to suspend the rules, in order
to take mp cut Of order House bill No. 1856
An act to amend the fifth section of an act emit
tied act additional to an act relative to and re-
gulating the collection Of municipal taxes in the
city of New Orleans, approved March Is, 1858,
and the rules were suspended f2s.}+Ri '13t '7h #a
Pending the motion to put the bill on its second
reading, on motion iof Mr.. Ditto, the House ad-
journed. 24Tg isspt1 A6AyAa % 53sia 7r3' '7T os
-,i,1sBoa EVENING SESSION. '45' soa Dc .
The House met at I O'Clock p NJ, the Hon. D. 8,
Cage, Speaker, in tho Chair. IS, s.u h ellz ma
On motion, the. call of the roll was dispensed
The minutes Of the morning session were ap
proved. s R Il S, iB,sf Ii ~ s54,a Il .t a5
Mr. Green offered concurrent resolution appoint