New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-01-31
HOUSE OF REPREsENTATIv


The House met at IL o'clock NJ.
Present, Hon. D. S. Cage, Speaker; and
Messrs. Alverson, Barry, Blackman, Brown,
Buie, Collins, Davenport, DaigIe, Deblanc,
Decker, Ditto, Dugas, Eastin, Elan, Ed
ridge, Eustis, Ewing, Edwards, Freret, Fish
burn, Fulda, Gates, Green, Halsey, Harrison,
Head, Hatch, Hays, Hudspeth, JONAS Kent, Kelly
Kidd, Kile, Labranche, Lagroue, Leblanc, Lewis
Lipscomb, Martin, Meredith McKelvey, McEnery'
Mcdonald, McGee, MeCloskey, Moreand, Murray,
Mutt, Ormond, Peterson, Phillips Alf., POWELL
Pujo, Prudhomme, Regenberg, Richards, hogers'
Ryan, Scanlan Seger, simonds, Smith, stllie'
Scott, Solomon, Tete, Theriot, Tucker, soorhies,
Walker Wilmington, Wilt, Waddell and Weeks
76 Representatives.
PRAYER was offered by the Rev. j. K Gutheim.
The journal of yesterday was read and
approved.
The Speaker appointed on the concurrent reso-
tlution of Mr., Freret on the n 0. Draining Com
pany, the following committee on the part of the
| House: Messrs Freret, Delamore, Fuda, Sol
omon and Peterson.
| And as committee to examine the Tressurer's
report Messrs. Halsey, Wiltz, Scanlan, Mcdonald
and Deporter.
| On motion of Mr.. Murray, the vote by which the
House adopted on the 25th instant the resolution
u
| Concurrent resolution appointing joint COM
| mittee to examine, revise and amend the city
charter, was reconsidered.
Mr.. Solomon moved that all bills relative to the
revision of the charter of the city of New Orleans
be referred to a joint special committee.
Mr.. Murray called up out ofts regular order Senate
resolution for the appointment of joint committee
to report amendments to the charter of the city
81 oh in thoh lap1-
being filled with the word seven, and the Speaker
| appointed on said committee on the part of the
| House, Messrs. Murray, Leeds, Bailey, Eusts,
Jonas, Solomon and Deblanc.
| On motion of Mr.. Kidd, it was
| ResoEved, That during the remainder of the
session of this House, the regular hour to which
the House shall adjourn from day to day, shall be
eleven o'clock A.
| Mr.. Couvillon offered the following preamble
and resolution:
| inasmuch as we have accepted the position that
we now hold, as members of the Legislature of
the State of Louisiana, by having been elected by
the people, by virtue of proclamation issued by
his Excellency, Governor James Madison Wells
holding his authority as Governor of this State by
virtue of the Constitution of eighteen hundred
and sixty -four, us64,) which instrument provides
that the Constitution may be amended by legsla
tive act; therefore,
Be it resolued, That the Committee on Amend
ments to the Constitution be and is hereby re
quested to report to this body, on Monday next
the 10th inst, what amendment or amendments
may or should be made to the aforesaid Constitu
ton, to suit the wishes of the sovereign people OF
this State and also agreeable to the spirit of the
Constitution of the United States of America, as
| of late amended by Congress-
/ Mr.. Scott offered the following as subs ttute
| for the resolution of Mr.. Couvillon:
1 Be 1t resolued, etc., That the Constitution of
1864, as whole, be and is hereby referred to the
House Committee on Amendments to the Cons1itu-
| ton, for the purposes of revision and amend
ment.
| Be it further resolued, etc., That said committee
be instructed to report upon all matters concern
| ing amendments before them, on Friday, the I'd
| of February proximo, or as soon thereafter as
practicable.
MIR. Kent offered the following amendment
| That the committee be required to report on the
4th day of March next.
| Mr.. Kidd moved that the resolution, substitute
and amendment be laid on the table, on which mo-
ton Messrs. Couvillon and Edwards called for the
yeas and nays, with the following result:
| Yeas-Messrs. Austin, Alyerson, Barry Black
man, Buie, Davenport, Daigle, Deblanc, Deporter,
| DeLabarre, Decker, Ditto, Duralde, Eastin, Eager
Fam, Eldridge, Fishburn, Fulda Gates, Gaisser
CAN'T, Green, Halsey, Head, Hatch, Hudspeth
Jonas, Kent, Kelly, Kidd Kile, Labranche Leeds
| Lemarie, Lewis Lipscomb, Martin, Meredith, NC
KeIyey, McEnery, Mcdonald, McGee, McCoskey
Moreland, Murray, Mutt, Ormond, Peterson, Phil
lips James Poweii, Pujo, Prudhomme, Regenberg
Roman, Ryan, scan1an, seger, smonds, Smith
Stille, Theriot, Thieneman, Tucker, Voorhes
Walker, Waggaman and Weeks-6s. y
| Nays-Brown, Couvillon, Dugas, Ewing, ed
wards, Fagot Harrison, Lagroue, Leblanc, Rich
ards Rogers, Scott, Solomon, Tete, Wilmington
and Weeks-l6.
Mr.. McCloskey offered the following resolution
Resolued, That any action, either in regard to
calling a convention, or amending the constitution
of 1864, be postponed until the regular session OF
1867.
4 Laid on the table.
i On motion of Mr. McEnery, it was
Il Resolped, That the Committee on Finance be and
is hereby instructed to ascertain the amount Of
imoney which has been paid into the Treasury &C
lcruing from the tax of one per cent per pound or
cotton, imposed by the act approved April 4
i 1865, whether said tax has been regularly col
4 lected and if not by whose fault the collection
/ has been omitted; what amount of said tax now
remains in the hands of the factors of this city
and to collect all information on this subject with
in their power, and toreport at early day to this
House such information in the matter as may come
j into the possession of the committee.
/ At the request of Mr.. Walker, on behalf of the
Committee on Public Works, Lands and Leyees
authority was granted to said committee to employ
a clerk.
| At the request of Mr.. Kent, leave of absence
was granted to Mr.. Addison.
| REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
| Mr.. Fishburn, on behalf of the Committee OF
Charitable Institutions presented the printed re
port Of the Board of Administrators of the Insane
Asylum at Jackson, La which was referred to sale
J committee.
Mr.. Elam, on behalf of the Committee on ths
Judiciary, reported on r
2 An act relative to the publicity of tacit mort
b cages
? An act to define the jurisdiction of the Second
7 District Court Of New Orleans
: And joint resolution for the payment of 1896 to
Z / Ursin Jacob.
Il Unfavorably.
I On an act for the relief of j. Q. Prescott. Of the
/ parish Of Bienyille.
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