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committee beg leave to offer the following reso-
luton. Z. 5. WlLII,
Chairman.
Resolved. That the Committee Contingent
Expenses be, and is hereby requested to allow Sc
per 100 copies for all city newspapers furnished
to the members of this House.
The resolution was adopted.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Mr.. Tucker introduced bill entitled
An act to take the sense of the people on the
expediency of calling convention to form Con
stitution, and to provide for the election Of dele
gates and for the holding of the convention.
Lies over.
Mr. Scanlan introduced bill entitled
Joint resolutions making an appropriation for
the extra expenses of the Hon. Randall Hunt and
the Hon. Henry Boyoe, United States Senators
elect for the State of Louisiana.
Lies over.
Mr. Powell introduced bill entitled
An act to authorize Notaries Public to celebrate
marriages.
Which, on suspension of the rules, was read
second time, and referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.
Mr.. Peterson introduced bill entitled
An act to create two Sheriffs for the parish of
Orleans and define their duties.
Read twice, and referred to a special committee,
consisting of the New Orleans delegation.
Mr.. Hudspeth introduced bill entitled
An act to ratify the lease of the Franklin Col
lege at Opelousas, parish of St. Landry, to Rev.
! Benz. F. White.
| Lies over.
Mr.. McEnery introduced bill entitled:
| An act for the relief of r. G. Cobb.
| Which was read twice and referred to the Com
mittee on Claims.
BILLS PASSED.
| Mr.. Sambola introduced bills entitled
| An act to repeal an act amending Article 1868
of the Civil Code and,
An act relative to suits for the ejectment of
| tenants.
Which severay underwent their first, second
and third readings under suspension of the rules,
and were passed.
Mr.. Kent introduceda bill entitled
An act authorizing the election of an additional
Justice of the Peace and Constable for the Seventh
Ward in the parish of St. Helena.
! Which was read, and on q suspension of the
rules was read second and third time and passed.
| SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.
Senate bill entitled
An act ordering election for municipal officers
for the City of New Orleans,
Being the special order of the day, was read
second and third time.
| Mr.. Jonas moved that the House concur on
| which motion the yeas and nays were called for
by Messrs. DeLabarre and Delamore, with the fol-
| lowing result:
| Yeas-Messrs. Austin, Alverson, Bailey, Bensel,
| Blackman, Brown, Collins, Couvlon, Davenport,
| Deblanc, Delamore, Deporter, DeLabarre, Decker,
| Durable, Eager, Elan, Eldridge, Eustis, Ewing,
| Fagot Fenner, Fishburn, Fulda, Gates, Gaisser,
| Green Gottschalk, Hanlon, Harrison Head, Hatch
| Hays, Henderson, Hudspeth, Jonas, Kelly, Kidd,
Kile, Labranche, Lagroue, Leeds, Lemarie, Le-
| Blanc, Lewis, Lipscomb, Meredith, McKelvey Nc
| Emery, Mcdonald, McCloskey, Moreland, Mont
gomery, Murray, Mutt, Ormond Peterson, Phillips
James, Powell, Pujo, Prudhomme, Regenberg,
| Richards, Roman, Rogers, Ryan, Sambola, Scan
Ian, Simonds Smith, Scott, Tete, Theriot, Theme
| man, Tucker Voorhies, Wilmington, Witt, Wag-
| gaman, Waddell and Weeks-sl.
| Nays-Messrs. Barry, Daigle, Dugas, Eastin,
| Edwards, CAN'T, Kent, McGee, Stille Solomon and
Walker-12 nays.
| Concurred in and ordered to be sent to the
Senate.
On motion of Mr. Fenner House bill No. S,
An act to license the vending of lottery tickets,
Was taken up out of its regular order.
Mr.. Kent moved to amend by providing that the
s5o,0O0 be divided equally among the Charity
Hospital, the Deaf Dumb and Blind Asylum, and the
Insane Asylum.
| The amendment was, on motion of Mr.. agroue
laid on the table.
| Mr.. Kent moved to amend section nine as fol
J lows:
Strike out the words ito pass into the general funds
of the State II and insert the words to be divided
| equally between the Insane Asylum and the Deaf,
Dumb and Blind Asylum, provided that not pore
than $50 900 shall be appropriated from this fund
to either institution in any one year, the balance
to constitute fund for charitable purposes"
| Mr.. Mcconnell offered the following amendment:
Insert at the close of section g. the words " after
the payment of $4,000, the balance of the pro-
ceeds arising from the sale Of lottery tickets as
Aforesaid, be appropriated for the benefit of the
fund created by an act of this General Assem-
bly, at its recent extra session. for the benefit of
! the wounded and disabled Louisiana soldiers, or
the widows and orphans of such Louisiana soldiers
Mr.. Elan moved to amend by inserting prov
sion that all proceeds of license, etc., shall go
into the general fund.
Pending the foregoing amendments a message
was receivedfrom the Senate, through H. B. Kelly,
its Secretary asking the concurrence of the House
in six Senate bills, entitled
An act to authorize the Police Jury of the par
ish of st. Mary to reduce the number of police
jury wards in said parish to five, and to fix the
limits of the same.
An act for the relief of the securities of A. J.
Law, late Sheriff of the parish of East Felicana.
An act to provide for the liquidation of certain
banks
Joint resolution dispensing with the publication
of the French journals of both Houses of the Gen
eral Assembly.
An act to authorize John BELOW, Elizabeth
BELOW, Michael BELOW, Amelia Below and
IJoseph Below to resume their original names
And an act to enable the Board of Levee COM
missioners to liquidate salaries and debts con-
tracted in the building and repairs of levees.
On motion the House adjourned until tomorrow
morning at II o'clock.
TH0S. L. MAXWELL,
Clerk of the House of Representatives.