New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-03-05

| House OF Representatives.
| The House met at u NJ, Mr.. Elan, Speaker PR
ten,., in the Chair
Prayer by Rev. Father Cornelius Moynihan.
| On motion of Mr. Deporter, the Senate bill rela
tive to judicial advertisements was taken up and
| substitute reported by the Judiciary Committee
was passed. The bill relates to advertising. I'm
der the act of 1859 on the subject, there is NJ
limit as to the charge of judicial advertising by
printers. The bill passed fixes the rate at one
dollar per square of one hundred words for thu
first insertion and fifty cents for each subsequen
insertion and provides that where the printing
cannot be procured at that rate the notices sough
to be advertised shall be posted in various place
in writing.
On motion Of Mr.. Solomon, the bill directing tn.
Common Council of New Orleans to make a dis
tinction between urban and suburban properties il
| municipal taxation was withdrawn from the Com
| mittee on Amendments to the City Charter or
dered to be printed and made the special order O
the day for Tuesday next.
Mr. Williamson's bill for the protection of emi
grants to the State, bill supplementary to the
one also introduced by Mr.. Williamson, and pre-
viously passed, was taken up and passed, with
some verbal amendments. This bill estab
fishes license system for emigrant board
ing houses and emigrant boarding house run.
ners, and imposes penalties upon such parties for
imposition or fraud upon the emigrant. The bill
also provides other regulations to protect the emf.
grant from injustice by transportation agents, and
an additional section, proposed by Mr.. McCloskey
and adopted, precludes coffee house or beer house
keepers from procuring licenses as emigrant
boarding house keepers, and prohibits those who
do
liquors in their houses.
On motion Of Mr.. Fenner, the Senate bill to
abolish the office Of State superintendent of pub
lie education, was referred to the Committee on
Education.
Mr.. Walker introduced a bill to extend the time
for the collection of taxes on gross sales aud re-
ceipts to the 18th instant, which was passed.
a message was read from the Governor, an
nouncing his approval of the subjoned acts:
l. To incorporate the town of Vienna, jackson
parish;
2. Providing for the election of municipal Off
GERS in the town Of Farmerve, Union parish
3. Relative to persons arrested in the parish of
Orleans;
4. For the relief of P. H. Rils;
5. To provide for the payment of contingent
expenses of the Assembly
6. Authorizing the Governor to provide buildings
for the use of the State
I. To change the name of Brownson Ker, son of
David ker, of ST. Mary to John Brownson ker;
8. Fixing the terms of district courts
9. To amend the act incorporating the town of
Farmerville, Union parish.
Mr.. VOORHEES, from the Committee on Commerce
and Manufactures, reported favorably Mr.. McCon-
nell's bill concerning the Masters and Wardens of
the port of New Orleans.
The House resumed the consideration of the
Senate bill making an appropriation for the relief
of the State Seminary of Learning and Military
Academy at Alexandria, and after lengthy dis
cussion, during which several amendments were
made to the bill, it was concurred in.
And the House then adjourned.