New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-02-07
HALL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
Saturday. Feb. Sd, 1866.

HALL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, |
s ssa Saturday, Feb. Sd, 1866. !
The House met at II NJ. y "
Present, Hon. D. s. Cage, Speaker, and Messrs.
Anderson j.. Anderson Samuel, Austin, Alverson,
Addison, Bailey, Barry, Bensel, Brown, Buie, Bru-
ton. Collins, Couvillon, Daigle, Deblanc Deporter
DeLabarre Ditto, DuHel, Dngas, Eastin, Eager,
Elan, Eldridge, Ewing, Edwards, Fisburn, Fulda,
Gates, Gasser, Can't, Green, Halsey, Harrison,
Head. Hatch, Hays, Hudspeth, Jonas, Kent, Kelly,
Kidd, Kile, Lagroue, Leblanc, Lewis, Lipscomb,
Martin, Meredith, McKelvey, McEnery, Mcdonald,
Moreland, Montgomery, Murray, Mutt, Ormond,
Phillips James. Powell, Pujo, Regenberg, Richard
| son, Ryan, Sambola, Seaman, simonds, snider,
Smith, Stille, Solomon, Theriot, Thieneman,
| Tucker. VOORHEES,, Walker, Wilmington, William
son, Waddell and Weeks rs Representatives.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. Father Cornelius
Moynihan. hNa2iH @9si7 r=1 m.yi2.-
On motion Of Mr.. Mcdonald, the reading Of the
journal of yesterday was dispensed with. I
Mr.. Williamson, in view of an inadvertent error
in the report made in one Of the morning papers
of his remarks the introduction of his bill to re.
| peal the militia law of 1865, asked and obtained
leave to have his remarks, as made, spread upon
| the Journal, as follows
said that desired q suspension of the rules Of
| the House, that | might introduce, out of order,
with view to its immediate passage. q bill to re-
peal the militia law of 1865; that / held in my
| hand letter from Colonel Edmonston, of the New
Orleans militia, to the Chairman Of the Finance
Committee, and his estimates Of the expenses of
organizing and keeping up the regiment of militia
| in this city for forty,6ve days; that these esti-
mates showed this expense would exceed $500 /;
that at the request of the Finance Committee, be-
fore whom these estimates had been laid, intro.
dneed the bill to repeal the militia act of 1865,
because it was liable to great abuse, and if such
expenses were to be incurred the State would be
irretrieyably ruined that the shortest and best
way to stop the expense is to repeal the act
authorizing such extravaganza.
Mr.. VOORHEES, presented the memorial of the Or
phans and Managers of the Orphans Home, ask.
ing an appropriation in aid of that institution
which was referred to the Committee on Charitable
Institutions. 7t45g. ....y. s5..,,a. -.-..s
Mr.. Tucker offered the following resolution:
In view Of the ardhous and almost unremitting
duties imposed upon and faithfully performed by
the Chairman Of the Committee on Enrolment in
addition to his duty as a member of this House
therefore be it Is r. III X i 4Esss n "A 7ts
| Reselued, That the Chairman of the Committee
O. Enrollment be and he is hereby allowed an ad-
ditionai per diem Of eight dollars from the begin
mug q the present session, to be paid out of the
APPROPRIATION for the contingent fund of the GEN
w, assembly,. any resolution heretofore adopted
20 the contrary, Notwithstanding.
oar. Head moved to amend BY providing that the
extra compensation should be four dollars ner
! day.
. ga motion of Mr.. Kidd, the resolution and
amendment were laid on the table. :
The following communication was received from
his Excelency, the Governor: