New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-09-11

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conduct of the late election, &C., and move
its adoption.
The resolution was adopted by rising
vote of l2.yeas nays.
Mr.. Poindexter: offer the following re-
solution and move its adoption:
WHEREAS, In view of the difficulty Of
realizing the full amount of the warrants
for the, pay Of the members of the General
| Assembly, be it
sResolUed, That the Warrant Clerk
be and he is hereby authorized to draw
warrants for the per diem of members tc
include the sum of twenty-five per cent in
addition to the ordinary allowance.
And be it further allowed, That the War
rant Clerk be and he is authorized to draw
his warrants for sum of twenty-five per
cent in addition to the ordinary allowance
to the employees of the General Assembly as
their per diem.
Read twice under suspension of the rules,
and referred to the Finance Committee.
The Clerk of the House appeared with a
message from that body, and asked concur
renee of the Senate in House bill No. 1913,
an act authorizing the Police Jury of the
parish of Jefferson to order the making of q
shell road.
Mr.. Ray: ask for suspension of the
rules to take up a bill.
Rules suspended.
Senate bill No. 2O6, an act authorizing the
issue of two hundred thousand dollars war
rants by the Auditor on the Treasury OF
the State to provide, by the sale thereof. to
meet the expenses of the General Assembly,
was read.
The bill was taken up section by section.
The first section was read and adopted.
The second section was read.
Mr.. Blackman: l offer the following sub
stitute for the second section:
Be it further enacted, ETC., That the War
rant Clerk of both Houses of the General
Assembly be and he is hereby authorized
and required to sell said warrants at their
highest marketable value, not to exceed ff.
teen per cent discount, and to place the pro-
ceeds thereof in the treasury to the credit
of the general fund.
Mr.. Pinchback move that the Treasurer
OF the State be named to act in conjunction
with the Warrant Clerk
Mr.. Blackman: l accept the amendment.
The substitute was adopted.
The third section was read and adopted.
The fourth section was read.
Mr.. Coupland: move to strike out the
entire section.
Mr.. Thompson: move to lay the motion
on the table.
The Senate refused to table the motion.
Mr.. Thompson; | call for the yeas and
nays on the motion to strike out the section.
The yeas and nays were ordered, result
ing
Yeas: Bacon, Day, Foute, Todd.
Nays: Anderson, Beares, Blackman,
Braughn, Campbell, Darrall, Egan, Fran.
Pollard, Ray, Thompson, Whit ney, Wilcox,
Wllliams-ls.
The Senate refused to strike out the rec.
ton.
The section was adopted.
Mr.. Day: move the adoption OF the fol
lowing: Provided that the provisions OF
the section shall not apply to warrants al
ready disposed Of by the members and en-
ployees,
MIR. Ray: I move to lay the proviso on the
table.
Mr.. Thompson: I call for the yeas and
nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered, resulting:
Yeas: Anderson, Blackman, Braughn,
Campbell, Darrell Egan, Foute Francois,
kelso, Monette, Packard, PinchbaGk, Poin-
dexter, Pollard, Ray, Smith, Thompson,
Whitney, Wilcox, Williams, Wittgenstein
20.
Nays: Bacon, Day, Ogden, and Todd.
The fifth section was read and adopted.
The bill was adopted as whole.
Mr.. Ray: l move the bill be considered
engrossed for third reading.
Adopted.
Under a suspension of the rules the bill
was read a third time and finally adopted
with its title.
Mr.. Todd: give notice that will move 8
reconsideration of the final adoption of the
bill tomorrow.
Mr.. Blaokman: move to reconsider the
vote Immediately.
Mr.. Packard; move to lay the motion
of Mr.. Blaekman on the table.
Adopted
Mr.. Day: I ask for a suspension of the
rules to take up bill.
Rules suspended.
Joint resolution No. -. regulating the
time of settlement of State Tax Collectors
was read.
Mr.. Thompson: move to insert 'thirty
first of December instead of '.thirty-frst o
November
The bill was read second time under a
suspension of the rules and referred to the
Judiciary Committee.
Mr.. Smith: l ask for suspension of the
rules to offer resolution.
Rules suspended and the following read:
Resolved by the Senate, That the Com
mittee on Elections be and they are hereby
authorized and directed when any member,
not less than three months, to proceed and
take the testimony of any witness or wit
nesses who may attend.
Mr.. Poindexter: move to amend By
making the committee consist of five
instead of seven members.
Mr.. Todd: move to lay the whole matter
on the table.
Mr.. Smith: call for the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered, resulting
Yeas: Anderson, Day, Egan, Foute, ant
Todd.
Nays Braughn, Campbell, Coupland
Darrall Francois, Kelso, Monette, Packard
| Pinchback, POindexter, Pollard, Ray, Smith
Thompson, Whitney Wilcox, Williams
| Wittgenstein-S,
The Senate refused to lay the whole mat
ter on the table.
MI, Poindexter's resolution was not en-
tertained, he having not received second