New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-03-14

The journal of yesterday was read, corrected
and approved.
On motion of Mr.. Montgomery, leave of absence
| was granted to the Hon. H. w. Drake, of Tensas,
on account of serious illness of members of his
family.
On motion of Mr.. Mcconnell, it was
| Resolred, That Ex-Governor Robert G. Wick
| life be invited to seat upon the floor OF this
| House.
Mr.. DeIIabarre, chairman, on behalf OF the Com
mittee on Enrolment reported as correctly en-
rolled the following, to-wit:
An act relative to judicial advertisements;
| An act to authorize the common council OF the
CITY of New Orleans to divide said city in urban
and rural parts, and to levy tax in said portion
of the CITY, for the purposes hereinafter set
forth;
| An act for the relief of A. B. HALEY;
1 An act to regulate the commissions of State tax
/ collectors in certain cases;
An act to incorporate the town of Tangipahoa,
| in the parish of St. Helena;
An act to amend an act entitled an act relative
to district courts for the parish and city of New
Orleans, approved March 10th, 1866;
On motion of Mr.. Brown Senate bill No. 325,
Gan act requiring the assessor Of the parish of
the year 1885," was taken up out of order, and
under suspension of the rules was read second
and third time and concurred in.
On motion of Mr.. Eldridge it was .-
Resoloed, That when this House adjourn, it ad
journ to meet at II o'clock on Monday next, and,
at the same hour each day thereafter during the
session, and that the order of the day shall be
called at IL O'Clock instead of O'Clock.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Snider on behalf of the Committee on the
Judiciary, reported on House bill No. 26l ian act
giving the right of certain parties to purchase
from the State certain lands, }" favorably by sub
stitute entitled: San act giving the right of prefer
ence to certain parties to re-enter from the State
certain lands"
On two House bills, Nos. 294 and 29s, ssan act to
authorize the taking of testimony in civil cases in
the parish of Orleans +sr
And an act to provide for the taking of testi-
mony of witnesses by commission in other cases
than those enumerated in articles 430 and 440 of
the Code of Practice of the State of Louisiana;
Fayorably, by substitute for both bills, en-
titled
An act to authorize the taking of testimony in
civil cases.
Mr.. Walker, chairman, on behalf of the Com
mittee on Finance reported favorably on House
bill No. 800, m..
An act to exempt from taxation certain property
used by the New Orleans School of Medicine for
educational purposes;
Fayorably.
He also presented number of bills of proprie-
tors OF newspapers for advertising the sale of
bonds of the State and moved their reference to
inc Committee oA Printing, and they we're SO re-
ferred.
REPORT OF A SPECIAL COMMITTEE.
Mr.. Halsey, chairman, on behalf of the special
committee appointed for the purpose of obta ming
from the board of levee commissioners report
of their operations since the establishment of The
board, presented report, accompanied by a re-
port from the chairman Of said board.
On the motion of Mr.. Halsey, two hundred
copies of the reports were ordered to be printed
asea BILLS INTRODUCED. a-
Two bills were introduced, as follows:
By Mr.. Jonas
An act for the relief of the succession of Juan
Y. DeEgana.
By Mi. Snider- sAs"
An act to amend and re-enact the third section
of an act entitled act giving to police jures the
exclusive privilege of establishing fences and toll
bridges, approved March l6, 1856;
IL Both of which, under suspension of the rules
were read a second time, and referred to the Com
nittee on the Judiciary.
Mr.. Decker introduced ~
An act for the relief of certain veterans of 1914
and 1916;
Which, under a like suspension of the rules and
second reading was referred to the Committee on
Claims. @
RESOLUTION.
Mr.. McCloskey offered the following:
Resosued That this House meet at o'clock, in
evening session, every day during the remainder
Of the session, and that all bills on the calendar
shall have preference over any bill that may be
hereafter introduced.
Lies over.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
The order of the day, the unfinished business of
being the bill No. 270 of the House,
entitled " an act founding Soldiers Home for
Louisiana" was taken up on its second reading.
Mr.. Eldridge offered an additional section as
follows:
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted etc., That the
beard of directors be instructed to inquire into the
expediency of establishing a permanent location
for the Soldiers Home on the track of land be-
longing to the State, near Clinton, Louisiana, on
which the State factories were intended to have
been erected.
The amendment was lost. ~
Mr.. Head moved to commit the bill to the Com
mittee on Finance, on which motion Messrs
Thieneman and Peterson called for the yeas and
nays with the following result:
Yeas-Messrs Anderson j., Barry, Blackman,
Couvillon, Daigle, Delamore, Deporter, DeLabarre,
Drew, Ditto, Durable, Eastin, Ewing, Edwards,
iIalsay, Head, Hays, Holt, Kent, Labranche, Le-
Blanc, Mcdonald MCGEE, Powell, Pujo, Richards,
Ryan, Snider, Theriot, Walker, Williamson and
Waddell-32 yeas.
Nays-Messrs. Anderson Samuel, Alverson Ad.
dison Bailey, Bensel, Brown, Collins, Duffel, Dugas,
Eldridge, Fenuer, Freret, Fishburn, Fulda, Gates,
Hanlon, Harrison, Hatch, Jonas, Kelly, Lagroue,
Leeds, Lipscomb, McEnery, Mcconnell, McClos-
key, Moreland, Montgomery, Peterson, Phillips
James, Phillips Alf., Samboa, Scanlan Smith,
Scott, Solomon, Thieneman, Tucker and Wagga-
MANS nays. And the motion to commit was
lost
onmotlon ofMr. Couvllon, the following amend
ment was adopted:
Be 1t jartlse, enacted, etc., That whenever such
person or persons as indicated in this bill, shall
have family, and residing in the country, by ap-
plcation made through the police jury to the said
board for relief to the said person. it shall be the
duty of the said board to grant relief to the same
Such relief shall be approXimated on the yearly