New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-01-29

Robinson, Ryan, bcanlan, Smith, Stille Solomon I
Tete, Theriot Thieneman, Tucker, VOORHEES,, Wal |
ker, Wilmington, and Weeks 81 Representatives.
Prayerswas offered by the Rev. Mr.. Hedges.
The journal Of Tuesdaywas read and approved.
The Speaker appointed Messrs. Walker, Tucker,
iEustis, simonds, Mcdonald, Gates, Montgomery,
Scott. Halsey and Fenner las members, on the
part of the House of the joint committee pro.
vided for by the concurrent resolution Of Mr..
Walker, as adopted yesterday by the House, to in
quire into the justice, expedency and legality Of
relief against debts and obligations created for
slaves and other property set. free and destroyed
by the affects Of the late war. III
Mr.. Eustis offered the following A
Resolved, That 8 joint committee composed Of
nine members Of the House and = of the Senate
be appointed to report any necessary changes and
amendments to the Constitution of 1854, and that
all proposed amendments be referred to this COM
m ittee. s.,- , a@55 4 ;
Mr.. Jonas moved to lay the resolution Of Mr..
Eustis on the table, on which motion Messrs. Stlle
and Lagroue called for the yeas and nays with the
following result :, gi,g &
IN Yeas-Messrs. Austin, Blackman, Collins, Dsven-
port, Deblanc, Delamore, DeIabarre, Durable,
Eager, Fenner, Freret, Fishbnrn, Fulda, Green,
nlsey, Head, Hudspeth, Jonas, Kelly, Kidd,
Labranche, McEnery, Mcconnell, McCloskey,
Montgomery, Murray, Peterson, ]. Phillips, A..
Phillips, Powell, Regenberg Robinson, sambola,
Smith, Theriot, Thieneman, Tucker and VOORHEES,
SO yeas. es,g s5$9Ss sa NJ
Nays Messrs. Alverson, Bailey, Barry, Bensel
Brown, Couyillon, Deporter, Decker Drew, Du-
gas, Eastin, Elan, Eldridge, Eustis, Ewing, Ed
wards, Gates, Gaisser, Gault, Hatch, Hays, Hig
gins, Kent, Kile, Lagroue, Leblanc, Meredith,
McKelvey Mcdonald, MCGEE, Moreland, Ormond,
Pujo, Prudhomme, Richards, Roman, Rogers, Ryan,
Seaman, stille, Solomon, Tete, Walker, Whiting
| ton, Witt. Waggaman and Weekly nays.
So the House refused to lay the resolution on
| the table.
Mr.. Jonas offered as substitute to the resolu-
ton Of Mr.. Eustis, the following:
| RESOLVED, That all proposed amendments to the
Constitution of 1864 be referred to the House Com
mittee on Amendments to the Constitution.
Mr.. Elan moved to lay the substitute on the
table, on which motion Messrs. Elan aud Couyillon
called for the yeas and nays, with the following
result:
Yeas-Messrs. Alverson, Bailey, Barry, Bensel,
Blackman, Brown, Couvillon, Deporter, Decker,
Dugas, Eastin, Elan, Eldridge, Eustis, Ewing,
\ Fishburn, Gates, Gaisser, Hatch, Higgins Kent,
Kie, Lagroue, Leblanc, Meredith McKelyey Nc
| Donald, Ormond, Powell, Prudhomme, Regenberg
Richards Rogers, Seaman, Smith, stille, Tete
Walker, Wilmington, Witt, Waggaman and
\ Weeks 3 yeas.
i. Nays-Messrs. Austin, Delamore, DeLabarre
Durable, Egan, Fenner, Freret, Fulda, Green, Hal
sey, Head, Eays, Hudspeth, Jonas, Kelly, Kidd
Labranche, McEnery, Mcconnell MeCloskey
Montgomery, Murray, Peterson, A. Phillips, j
Phillips, Robinson, Ryan, sambola, solomon
1 Theriot Thienemann, Tucker and Voorhees,;
mays. {
1 So the substitute was laid on the table. N,
4 Mr.. Mcconnell requested that the Honse woult
excuse him from serving as Chairman of tn,
4 Committee on Amendments to the Constitution
The request was granted. ss&
Mr.. Waggaman moved that the vote BY whic]
the substitute resolution of Mr.: Jonas was laid o.
the table be reconsidered, which was agreed t
by rising vote of So yeas to 36nays, the Speake
voting in the affirmative.
On motion Of Mr.. Fenner, the House adjourne
until tomorrow, Thursday, at u o'clock NJ u I
THOS. L. MAXWELL, j
Clerk House of Representatives.
/ HALL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, !
| New Orleans, Jan. 35, 1866. I
The House met at IL N. WI
Present Hon. D. s. Cage Speaker, and Messrs
Alverson, Bailey, Barry, Blackman, Brown, Buie
Collins, Couvillon, Davenport, Deblanc, Deporter
DeLabarre, Decker, Durable, Dpgas, Elan
Eldridge, Eustis, Ewing, Fenner, Fshburn, Fnlda
Gates, Gaisser, CAN'T, Green, Halsey, Head
4 Hatch, Hays, Henderson, Higgins, Hudspeth
Jonas, Kent, Kelly, Kidd, Kile, Lagroue, Leeds
Lemarie, Leblanc, Meredith, McKelvey, McEnery
Mcdonald, Moreland, Montgomery, Murray, Nelli
gan, ormond, Peterson, Phillips j., Powell, Pujo
Prudhomme Regenberg, Richards, Rogers, Ryan
Sambola, Scanlan, Smith, Stille, Scott, Solomon
Tete, Theriot, Thieneman, Tucker, VOORHEES,
Walker, Wilmington and Weeks-75 Representa-
tives. ,s@tt 5ae s
Prayer was offered by the Rev. Mr.. Walker.
Mr.. Deporter asked suspension Of the rules, ii
order to move reconsideration of the vote b,
which the House adopted, on the Esd inst, til,
= resolution of Mr. Fagot, relative to extra compen
sation to the chairman of committees.
Not granted. = H. ia 'Eagsaa4G
Mr.. Green offered resolution to provide for fur
nshing the clerks of district courts throughout tn
State with copies Of the official paper of the Stat
during the session of the General Assembly
Lost i. ,ls.5s,. - {sl5.5 -.ts.i
On motion of Mr.. Richards, chairman Of tn
special committee appointed at the late specia
session to select site for State House, it was |
RESOLVED, That the special joint committee O
the part of this House appointed at the recent OK
ira session of this Legislature to take into conside
ration the subject Of the Governors massage re
lating to site for State House is hereby cont
nued, with the same power and authority as here
tofore conferred on it. T
Mr.. Stille, chairman, on behalf the special CON
mittee appointed at the late special session to il
. vestigate the claims of Messrs. Hahn and Cutie
to seats in the United States Senate presented til
report of the said committee, and offered the fo
lowing resolution, which was adopted: I
/ Be it Resolred blythe House, (the Senate col
curring,) That five hundred copies Of the repol
of the joint committee to investigate the claim
of Messrs. Hahn and Cutler to seats in the Unite
States Senate be printed, and that the Governor
requested to forward one hundred copies of til
printed report, and also the original report an
documents, to Messrs. Hunt and Boyce, I'll
e Senators elected by the present General Assembl
to the United States Senate, after the adoption
the same by the General Assembly.
Mr.. Richards, on behalf of the special cor
mittee to select site for State House, presentt
report with a bill entitled
Joint resolutions to proyide for the araction ~