New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-03-13

| a HENRY B. KELLY, w.
Secretary Of the Senate.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES..
HALL OF THE HOUSE OF Representatives !
Friday, March 8, 1866.
The House met at IL o'clock NJ.
Present the Hon. j. B. Elan, Speaker pro tenn
| and Messrs. Anderson j., Anderson Samuel, Aus
tin, Alverson, Addison, Bailey, Barry, Bensel
Blackman, Bonnabel, Brown, Bruton, Collins
Couvilion, Daigle, Delamore, Deporter, DeLabarre
Decker, Drew, Ditto, Durable, Duffel, Dugas
Eastin, Eager, Eldridge, Ewing, Edwards, Fenner
Freret, Fshburn, Fulda, Gates, Gasser, Can't
Green, Hanlon, Halsey, Harrison, Head, Hatch
Hays, Holt, Jonas, Kent, Kelly, Kile. Labranche
Lagroue, Laurent, Leeds, Leblanc, Martin, Mere
dith, McKelvey, MeEneIy, Mcconnell, Mcdonald
McCloskey, Moreland, Montgomery, Murray, Mel
ligan. Mutt, 0rmond, Peterson, Phillips James
Powell, Pujo, Regenbsrg, Richardson, Richards
Rogers. Ryan, Seaman, simonds, snider, Smith
StiIle, Scott, Solomon, Tete, Texada, Theriot
Thieneman, Tucker, VOORHEES,, Walker, Whiting
ton, Waggaman, Williamson, Waddell and Weeks
95 Representatives. @-p..
Prayer was offered by the Rev. DR.. Mccoy.
The journal of yesterday was read and ap
proved ss r syf NJ
On motion Of Mr.. Kent, the rules were sus
pended, in order to take up Senate bill No. $40
" joint resolutions relative to the public hnilding
and property of the State located at Bato1
Rouge" and the bill was taken up, and having
undergone its several readings, was concur
red in.
Mr.. s. P. DeLabarre, chairman of the Commit
tee on Enrollments, on behalf of the COMMITTEE
on EnroHments, reported as correctly enrolled
the following, to wit:
An act to organize the Supreme Court and tt
fix the terms thereof''
4" An act to provide for the election and com
mission by the Governor of justice of the peace
for the town of Monroe in the parish of Ouachita
and to define his powers;' teE s-.Ee
Y IAN act to authorize Mrs. Louisa Bourgeois
wife of Thomas Taquino, to sell portion of her
dotal property"
San act for the relief of purchasers of the six
teenth sections" also
s3Joint resolution instructing the Attorney Cen
eral to institute certain legal proceedings in
regard to the steamboat canal from Vermillion
Bay to Sabine river.
On motion of Mr.. Thenenaa, House bill No.
s7o, se
i An act founding soldiers home for disabled
soldiers of Louisiana; "a -..-.-.s, ---s
Being the bill reported by the special committee,
was taken up out of order, on its second reading,
and the rule requiring the House to resolve itself
into committee of the whole on appropriations
being suspended fysr-
On melton of Mr. CoaBillon, the first section was
amended by striking out in the thirteenth, four
teenth and fifteenth lines, the words Gin any of
the past or future wars wherein Louisiana has or
may participate )"
And the section as amended was adopted.
Section second was adopted
Pending the motion to adept the third section,
the
ORDER OF THE cay
Was taken up being House bill No. 46:
An act to take the sense of the people en- the
expediency Of calling convention to form Con-
stitution, and to provide for the election of dele
gates and for the holding of the convention
Pending the motion that the bill be read third
time and passed, the following Geographic com
munication from the commissioners appointed by
the General Assembly, was laid before the House
by the Speaker:
M WASHINGTON, March s, 1866.
To Hon Albert yeorhes President of Senate and Hon
B. Elan, Speaker pro tenn House of Representatives
Wehaye had long and agreeable interview with
the President to-day, which was evidently pleas
ing to him likewise. Our coming here was oppor-
tune, and may avert great embarrassment. We
also had an interesting interview with the Secretary
Of State, and are to have another interview with
the President on Saturday, by appointment.
{Signed) W. B. EGAN.
~ D. s. CAGE,
- j. B. EUSTIS.
lpon the journal.
Messrs Tucker and Mcdonnell presented tele.
sraphic communications on the same subject mat
er, which, on motion of Mr.. Mcconnell, were
rdered to be spread upon the journal as follows
WASHINGTON, March s, 1866
Q Hon Saa Mcconnell, House of Representatives at
After an interview with the President and Sec
etary Seward, we advise no action favorable to
convention.
slc D. S. GAGE,
Sfss sess j., B. EUSTIS.
WASHINGTON, March s, 1865.
70 hon- a L. Tucker, House of Representatives:
Afoer interviews with the President and SecTe
Try seward, we are thoroughly convinced that |
prshef agitation of the convention question will |
emoarrass the Presidents reconstruction
policy. - - ss 49,
n p. s. CAGE,
j, B. EUSTIs.
1mr. MeConneii moved that the bill be laid upon
be table, subject to call. s8sa|@
Mr.. Bailey moved that the further consideration
i the bill be postponed indefinitely.
The motion to lay on the table prevailed.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Mr.. Fenner introduced bill entitled
An act to amend an act entitled an act to consol.
late the city of New Orleans and to provide for |
le government Of the city of New Orleans and
le administration of the affairs thereof;
And the rules being suspended, the bill under
emit it's several readings and was passed.