New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-02-27
HOUSE OF REpREsENTAT1vEs.

Il
e Secretary of the Senate
n HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
HALL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
Friday, Feb %, 1866.
The House met at 10 O'Clock NJ.
Present, Hon. D. s. Cage, Speaker, and Messrs
Anderson j. Anderson Samuel, Alverson, Addison
,, Blackman, Brown, Bruton, Davenport, Deblane
Deporter, DeLabarre, Decker, Ditto, Durable, Eas
tin, Eager, Elan, Eldridge, Eustis, Ewing, Ed
: wards, Fenner, Freret, Fshburn, Fulda, Gates
Gasser, Gnatt Green, Halsey, Harrison, Head
Kelly, Kidd, Kile, Labranche, Lagroue, Leeds
Leblanc, Meredith, McEnery, Mcdonald, MCGEE
McCloskey, Moreland, Montgomery, Mutt, ormond
Peterson Phillips James, Powell, Pujo, Regen
> berg, Richardson, Richards, Rogers, Ryan, Scan
Ian, Smonds, snider, Smith, Stile, Scott, Solomon
Tete, Texada, Therot Thieneman Tucker, Voor
HES, Walker, Wilmington, Williamson, Waddel
and Weeks-75 Representatives.
The journal Of Wednesday was read, amended
and approved.
Leave of absence was on motion of Mr.. Ed
: wards granted to the Hon G.. Couvillon of Ayoy
elles.
Mr.. DeLabarre, chairman, on behalf of the Com
lnttee on Enrolment, reported as correctly en-
rolled:
An act relative to suits for for the ejectment Of
tenants W...
Mr.. Kidd presented the memorial of citizens Of
| Claiborne, Union and Jackson, asking the forma-
ton of new parish, which was referred to the
Committee on Parochial Affairs.
Mr.. Decker presented the petition of Jacques
Barthelmy and Francois Barthelmy, veteran sol.
diers of the war of lSl4-l5, aged respectively IA
and II years. praying for legislative aid Referred
to the Committee on Claims.
Mr.. Decker presented similar petition from
Barthelmy Fontenelle, Jean Rouquille and Andre
Cass6 of Paquemines, which was referred to the
same committee.
On motion Of Mr.. VOORHEES,, leave of absence
was granted to the Hon. T, Murray Of Orleans.
REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEE.
Mr.. Elan, chairman, on behalf of the committee
on the Judiciary, reported as follows:
On an act to refund to taxpayers, costs, inter
ests and charges on State, parish, and municipal
taxes for 1851 62, '63 and '64, and to relieve from
payment of such costs, interest and charges those
who have not paid the same !;
And an act to authorize John Q. Prescott to sue
the State
Favorably.
On an act to interpret section l of San act to
regulate corporations generally" approved March
Is, 1856;
Favorably, with an amendment, which consists
in striking out the preamble.
On an act to legitimate Geraldine Clark Osborn
and Charlotte Dozarie Osborn, wife of Justin Der.
nard, natural children of Daniel Clark Osborn, of
the city of New Orleans and to confer on them
the rights of forced heirs
Favorably, with an amendment.
On House bill No. So: an act to amend and re-
enact an act entitled
An act relative to forced surrenders and the
mode of making the same.
Favorably, by substitute, with the following
title: an act to amend the first section of an act
entitled
An act relative to forced surrenders and the
mode OF making the same, approved March 18th,
1856;
On Senate bill No. 1866:
An act to repeal an act approved on the 18th of
March, 1859, entitled
n An act to amend an act entitled an act relative
to judicial advertisements, approved on the 18th
of March, 1856
And to re-enact the third section of the act en-
titled
An act relative to judicial advertisements, ap-
proved on the 18th of March, 1856;
Favorably by substitute, entitled
An act relative to judicial advertisements,
An act to legitimate Georgana Dease, etc..
Favorably with amendment.
On an act relative to costs in courts of Justice,
Adversely, as it is unnecessary.
The sheriff and clerk, under existing laws, have |
only the right to require security for costs, and
not to demand any cash advance, and in case of an
oeals from justices of the peace, to deposit ten
lollars. This we think right
REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE,
Mr.. Walker, chairman, on behalf of the special
to which was referred the memorial of
he inhabitants of st. Bernard and Plaquemines,
elatiye to the Mexican Gulf railroad, presented
eport accompanied by bill, and on his motion
our hundred copies of the report were ordered to
re printed, with the accompanying documents
PERSONAL EXPLANATION.
MIR. Eager rose to personal explanation, and
eferred to an error committed in the unofficial re
'ort of his remarks in one of the newspapers, At
lis request, his explanation was ordered to be
pread upon the journal of the House as fol-
ows:
-" In the proceedings during the discussion upon
r. Eustis' bill to excavate the mouth of the Mis-
issippi, I am reported to have said that applied
% be sixth man at the rate of one million dol
airs in this monopoly, but was refused. said no
uch thing; but did say l had asked Mr. Eustis, as
ne bill called for company of not less than five
persons, if there was room for the sixth man. He
eplled there was room for hundred. also said
looked upon the bill as proposing most gigan-
ic monopoly, and was satisfied that could take
he bill, should it pass, and sell it for one million
dollars bonus CA, EAGER.n
SENATE BILLS CONQUERED IN.
Senate bill entitled can act to amend an act en-.
tiled an act to amend an act entitled an
lct 10 consolidate the city of New Or.
cans and to provide for the government of the
ty OF New Orleans, and the administration of the
mars thereof" was, on motion of Mr.. Fenner,
AIKEN up out Of order, and On his motion that the
'll be adopted on its second reading the yeas and
Jays were called for by Messrs. Thieneman and :
richardson, with the following result:
Yeas-Messrs Anderson j., Anderson s. Ad. :
lson' Bruton, Deblanc, Deporter, Ditto, Eastin,
lager Elam, Eustis, Ewing, Edwards, Feuner. !
'reret, Fishburn, Gates, Green, Halsey Head,
onas, kile, Lagroue, Leeds, Leblanc, Martin, ,
leredith, Mcconnell, Mcdonald, Niece, More
md, Montgomery, Michigan, Mutt, Pujo, Regen. I
erg, Richards Rogers, Ryan, seger, simonds, ,
nider, stills, Scott, Solomon, Tete, Texada. The.
lot, Thieneman, Walker, Wilmington, Williamson,
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