New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-02-16

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| Favorably by substitute. T.
/ Mr.. Walker, chairna9, on behalf of the Com
mttee Gu Finance, introduced a bill entitled
Jointresolutions relative to leave of absence t.
the Stats e1reasurer. 4.
/ On motion by Mr.. Walker, the bill was read
second time, adopted, ordered to be engrossed
read q third time, passed, and was ordered to bs
| sent to tho Senate.
BILLS INTRODUCED. .5l ii
The following bills were introduced, and, on
suspensioi, were respectively referred as follows
after second reading:
By Mr.. snider--
An act!o render interested persons cempeten
| witnesses; a -y4 1f
| To the Committee on the Judiciary. 4.
By Mr.Nutt--
Joint resolution accepting donation of land
granted by act of Congress, approved July 2
sse2, for the benefit of agriculture and the me.
chan;c arts; sat9
10 the Committee on Public Education.
BY Mr.. Thieneman,- ~ a9 %a asAh
An actreative to the commission of syndics, ad
ministrators executors and curators;
To the Committee on the Judiciary.
nmoton of Mr.. Austin, House bill No. 80, en-
titled ee
An act to define the duties and fix the compen.
sation Of state Printer,
Was taken up under a suspension of the rules
and, on bis further motion, was made the special
order of the day for Friday next.
Mr. Walker moved a suspension of the rules in
order to take up Senate bill entitled @
An actto ratify and confirm the appointment o.
'leyee commissioners professionally made by the
Governor, and to continue their functions.
The House refused to suspend the rules. 81, sas
Mr.. Hasey moved to suspend the rules in orde,
to take uphill No. a. IAN act to extend the limits
of Donaldsonville."
The House refused to suspend the rules.
The Speaker presented the following:
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 7th, 1866.
Hon Speaker Of the House Of Representatives Lon
Honorable Sir-In compliance with a resolution
passed BY the Hebrew Association "Tememe
Derech," was instructed to request you for the
autographic signatures Of yourself and all the
honorable members Of the House of Represent.
atives of the State Of Louisiana written on parch
ment, as the above society concluded to Law the
corner stone Of their synagogue on Carondelet
street, between Poydras and Lafayette Streets on
Tuesday, the 9th inst, and desire to deposit the
list therein. 5.-4 5a -S4.,s-.3,.,. .,sg
The contents of the corner stone will be read be-
fore depositing, and as all documents and C. T.
shall be ready in time, you are respectfully re-
questedto send your list in on or before the 25tb
inst, to Mr. Louis KAISER, No. AZ Chartres street
PresideHtof the Association. @
have the honor to be,
Yours, very respectfully,
L. MYERS, Secretary.
And On motion of Mr.. Scanlan, the request was
granted ,and the sergeant-at- Arms was directed
to procure parchment for receiving the said sig.
natures. gss- = =
ORDER OF THE DAY. .'-
The Unfinished business Of yesterday, Senate bill
entitled 0
An ad for the relief of the taxpayers of the
State,
Was tken up. Pending the amendment offered
!by Mr. Bailey to section first, to strike out the
words municipal taxes'' in the fourth line,
Mr. nLabarre called for the previous question,
and the call being seconded by the House, the
amendment of Mr.. Bailey was put to the vote of
the House, the yeas and nays being called for by
Messrs. Bailey and Witt, with the following re-
suit: .ei"#7
Yeas-Messrs. Anderson j.. Anderson s., Addi-
son, Bailey, Blackman, Brown, Buie, Bruton, Col
Inns, Deblanc. Decker, Ditto, Durable, Eastin,
Elan, Hdridge. Edwards, Fishburn Gaisser,
Green, Gottsehalk, Hanlon, Harrison, Head, Hen
derson, Higgins, Hudspeth, Jonas, Kile, Leeds,
Leblanc, Meredith Mcconnell, Mcdonald McGee,
Mutt, Peterson, Phillips Alf., Powell Pujo, Re.
genberg, Richardson, Richards Rogers, Ryan,
Snider, Stlle, Thieneman, Tucker, Voorhies, Will
hanson and Weeks-52 yeas. ..t ,5
Nays-Messrs. Bonnabel, Couvillon, Davenport,
Daigle, Delamore. Deporter, DeLabarre, Eager,
Fagot, Freret Fulda, Hatch, Holt, Kelly, Kidd,
Labranche, Lagroue, Lewis, Lipscomb, McEnery,
MeCloskey, Moreland, Ormond, Phillips j., Scan
Ian, Smith, Simonds, Snider Tete, Therot, Walker,
Wilmington, Wiltz and Waggaman-32 nays.
And the amendment of Mr.. Bailey was adopted
On motion of Mr.. Tucker, the vote by which the
House seconded the call for the previous question
was reconsidered
Mr.. Scott moved to amend section two by adding
the words .-.
Prooided, That the collection of all slave taxes
by suit or otherwise for the years 1861, '62, 'G3
and 64, whether State, parish or municipal, be
and the same is hereby suspended.
Pending the consideration of said amendment,
Mr.. ELAN moved that the bill be referred to
special committee of seven;
/ Whichwas adopted.
And the Speaker appointed on the said commit.
Zee Messrs Mcconnell, Elan, Jonas, Sambola,
Bailey, Austin and Eustis.
.a MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
A message was received from the Senate,
hroughH. B. Kelly, Esq, its Secretary asking
,he concurrence of the House in Senate bill en-
titled
An act ordering an election for municipal officers
n the city of New Orleans;
Which, after passing in both Houses, had been
nbmttsd to his Excellency the Governor for ap-
'roval, had been returned unsigned by the
1oVernor, with his objections, and had been this
lay passed in the Senate by vote of twothirds of
III the members elected to that body, and was
low submitted to the House, accompanied by the
Message of the Governor containing his objections
The House Immediately took up the bill from
he Senate, which was read, as follows: IT, r
IN ACT ORDERING AN ELECTION FOR MUNICIPAL
OFFICERS FOR THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS,
WHEREAS. by the laws consolidating the city of
View orleans' and providing for the government
't said city and the ADMINISTRATION of its affairs tits
expressly provided that the mayor, controller
street commissioner, recorders, aldermen and as.
istant aldermen, shall be elected by the people of
aid city and, gs'- '-a.er.--.-s
WHEREAS, the present incumbents hold com
Missions OF a temporary nature, granted only for
he purposes of the time being; and, .9 ~
/ WHEREAs,itds eminently proper that the munich
'al government of said city should be again com
nltted to the people, under and In accnrdsnce