New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-02-03

vorably.
Mr., CAN'T, on behalf of the special committe
consisting of the St. Landry delegation, to which
was referred bill entitled
An act to amend the charter of the Catholic
Church of Opelousas
Reported on the same favorably.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
The following bills were introduced, and on a
suspension of the rules were read twice and re-
ferred, as follows:
By Mr.. Tucker
An act 10 incorporate the National Land and
Labor Agency;
To the Committee on the Judiciary, with the ac-
companying memorial.
By Mr.. Solomon
An act supplementary to an act entitled " an
act providing for the registry of the names and
residences of all the qualified electors of the city of
New Orleans, according to article llth of the Con-
sttution of the State" approved March 20, 1856.
To the Special Committee of the House on
Amendments to the City Charter.
By Mr.. Theneman-
An act providing for the relief of aged and
infrm exjudicial functionaries.
To the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr.. Gates, on behalf of Mr.. Barry
An act to reorganize Franklin College.
To the Committee on Public Education
By Mr.. McEnery-
An act for the relief J. N. 7. Richardson.
To the Committee on Claims.
By Mr.. Gates
An act to define the duties and fix the compen-
sation Of State Printer.
To the Committee on Finance.
BY Mr.. VOORHEES,
Joint resolution relative to the State Legislature
of 1861.
To the Committee on the Judiciary.
BILLS INTRODUCED AND PASSED.
Mr.. Scott introduced bill entitled
An act to amend an act entitled ' an act relative
to justices of the peace for the parish of Jefferson
On suspension of the rules the bill underw en-
its several readings and was passed.
Mr.. Walker asked leave to call up out of its
regular order House bill No. "a, entitled
An act in relation to exemption from State,
parish and city taxes for the years 1862 1868 and
1854, in certain cases,
And the bill was ordered to be printed.
Mr. Mcconnell, on suspension of the rules
introduced a bill entitled
An act to authorize W. NJ. Goodrich to withdraw
from the records of L. T. Caire notary public, an
original act of SALE and substitute therefor duly
| certified copy.
Which underwent its several readings and was
passed.
The bill was ordered to be sent to the Senate.
sENATE MESSAGES.
Senate bill entitled an act to enable the Board
of Levee Commissioners to liquidate salaries and
debts contracted in the building and repairs of
levees, was taken up and read C first time.
4 The rule requiring the House to go into a Com
mittee of the whole House on appropriations was
suspended
| On the second reading of the first section, Mr.
Halsey moved to amend as follows:
Add as proviso the following:
Prouided That no additional appropriation is
made by this act, and that $500, 900 from the
" levee and drainage fund" be appropriated, il
lieu of the same amount of State bonds authorized
to be issued at the last session of this Legislature
Provided further That in order to meet tht
payment of the warrant directed to be drawn upol
the "levee and drainage fund.-, the Treasurer bt
and is hereby directed to place to the credit of tn
Ievee and drainage fund the amount now due to
from the general fund.
Mr.. Bailey offered substitute for the amend
ment of Mr.. Halsey the following:
Provided, The amount of s500,0o0 hereb,
appropriated from the swamp land fund, shall b.
returned to said fund from the proceeds of the sale
, of State bonds authorized to be issued by act 0
the General Assembly of Louisiana, approved
, December %, 1865.
!, Mr.. Scanlan moved that the bill and amendment
> be referred to the Committee on Finance.
l. Mr.. Eusts moved to amend the motion by instuct
:, ing the committee to report at II O'Clock M. to
> morrow.
l. Mr.. StilIe moved to amend by instructing tn
J. committee to report after three days, and tn
J. vote being taken on the said amendment it wa
! lost.
Mr.. Waggaman moved to amend by instruc
s. ing the Committee to report in forty-eght hours
d Mr.. Theneman moved that sixty hours b
allowed to the committee.
On motion of Mr.. snider the several motions fl
t. ing the time allowed to the Committee for repor
e ng were laid on the table.
E, Senate bill entitled
is An act to authorize the Police Jury of tn
1t parish of st. Mary to reduce the number of polio
jury wards in said parish to FIVE, and to fix tn
limits of the same,
D. Was taken up, and having undergone its severs
LII readings, was concurred in.
Senate bill entitled
a. An act for the relief of the sureties of A. .
of Law, late Sheriff of the parish of East Eel
le ciana,
Is Was likewise taken up, read a second and thir
W time, and concurred IN.
Senate bill entitled
Joint resolution dispensing with the publicatio
ID of the French journals of both Houses of tn
General Assembly,
er Was taken up.
n Mr.. Couvion moved that the bill be rejected
i'll Mr.. Bailey moved that the bill be committed.
Mr.. Mcconnell moved that the motion to con
D. nit be laid on the table. Carried.
On motion of Mr.. De Labarre, the considerable
at of the bill was indefinitely postponed
Senate bill entitled
An act to authorize John BELOW, Elizabeth Be
low, Michel Below Amelia BELOW, Joseph Bello
to to resume their original name,
to Was referred to the Committee on the Judicar
K On motion of Mr.. Kidd, House bill No. SO entitle
of An act to provide for the payment of the mer
e. bers officers and contingent expenses of the Ge
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana.
Was taken up out of its regular order on its Sc
m ond reading, read third time, the rule requirir
the House to resolve itselfin committee of Il
ed whole house on appropriations being dispense
a. with, and passed. The bill was ordered to be Sc