New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-08-09

tenth, at one O'Clock, in Committee of the
Whole.
Mr.. Harper. of st. Charles, moved to re
consider the vote taken yesterday on House
bill No. SO, allowing two additional clerks
and two messengers to the State Auditor.
Mr.. Belot moved to lay on the table the
motion to reconsider.
Mr.. Harper called for the yeas and nays
which were ordered, resulting as follows:
Yeas: Adolphe, Belot, Barbee, Fouts, Hill,
Haskell, Hanlon, Kent Leblanc, McCullen,
Mansion, Magee, William G. Williams, Wa
tiers, d. Young-15.
Nays: Abbott, Alexander, Antoine, Ben.
nett, Buckingham, Brewster, Burrel, Col
Inns, Calhoun, Carr, Cuney, Deslonde, De-
wees, Dufresne, Demarest Dupart, Evans,
Esnard, Faulkner. GsrstkSmp, Gray, Guidry,
Honore, Harper, Hutchinson, Hall, Heiden-
hahn, Isabelle, Lee, Leroy, Lott, Landers,
Morris, Mollere, McVean, MuIrel, Morey,
Morand, Mathews, Pearce, Page, Raymond,
Reese, Ray, Smith, Sterrett, Tureaud, UT-
Wren, Zoelly-53-
Mr.. Zoelly, of Orleans, moved to amend
the bill by striking out 1.-TWO Clerks and
two Messengers" and inser ting zone Clerk
and one Messenger"
Lost.
Mr.. Belot, of Orleans, moved to allow the
State Auditor fifty clerks instead of one.
Lost.
Mr.. Harper called for the previous ques-
ton.
Main question ordered on the final pas
sage.
The bill was then adopted and ordered to
be sent to the Senate for concurrence.
NOTICES OF BILLS.
By A. l.. Lee, of st. Bernard:
An act to protect the rights of litigants in
certain c4ses.
By Mr.. De Grange,o of Orleans:
a bill for the incorporation of the Savings
and Pawners' Bank.
By M. Morris. of Ascension:
A bill appointing Parish Judges auction
GERS at all sales.
By 81. Eeidenhain, of Orleans:
A bill to confer citizenship on aliens after
one years residence in the State.
By Mr.. Hill, of Ascension:
A joint resolution to empower the Gov
ernor of the State to appoint competent
committee to proceed to Washington City to
investigate into soldiers claims and boun-
ties.
Under suspension of the rules the fol-
lowing joint resolution passed its second
and third readings, final passage, and or
dered to be sent to the Senate for concur
renee:
Joint resolution Appropriating exclusively
the balance of one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars for the payment of the
members and officers of the General As
sembly.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of Louisiana
| in General Assembly convened, That the
balance of the appropriation of one humid
red and fifty thousand dollars to pay the
per diem and mileage of members, officers,
/ aud employees, and contingent expenses OF
the General Assembly, unexpended, be and
is hereby appropriated exclusively to pay
the per diem and mileage of members, off
| GERS, and employees of the Senate and
House of Representatives.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
By Mr.. Wren, of Bossier:
An act for the relief of the city of New
Orleans.
By Mr. Calhoun, of Rapides:
House bill No. rs, an act for the relief Of
the Office of Attorney General of the State
of Louisiana.
Mr.. Calhoun submitted the following let.
ter from the Attorney General of the State:
ATTORNEY GENERAL's OPTION
l State of Louisiana
New Dreams, August lses
| To the Honorable the Members of the General As.
/ sembly of the State of Louisiana, New Orleans.
beg leave to call your attention to the
| necessity of an appropriation for the relief
| of the office of Attorney General.
There are no books, reports, statutes, OF
papers of any kind in the Office, as the law
entities 1t to, and upon inquiry, find my
predecessor had none to turn over.
The Importance and responsibility of the
| office fill requires that he furnished with
books, such as our reports, statutes, and the
| general laws of the United States. have
| many serious questions presented to me as
| the law officer of the s ate more serious
than any of my predecessors, and must be
provided with every facility to discharge my
duties as becomes the dignity OF this great
State. There are no works of this kind in
the State Library. When once purchased,
they will serve the Office for many years.
The State has also TO provide me with an
Office. And as there are none in the Insti
tute at all suitable for this office, and ia
| truth none at all, l must ask YOU to allow
assure you shall be procured at the most
reasonable rates, if you accord me this
| privilege. go
There are other expenses which / mus,
incur, such as clerk hire, which will, with
stationary, sumup one thousand or eleven
hundred dollars.
| have therefore made the estimate as
follows:
Office rent per year. ......,...........s1 2OC
DOOh1.. . lEul
Stationary, clerk hire. ............,... ll0O
Total. $500
This Ia very moderate estimate, but will
no books will have to be purchased, when
the Office is once provided. = -
find vast amount Of labor in my Office,
and as desire to make report to you al
your next session complete and full, / shall
be compelled to employ assistance in
the way of clerk hire. aud incur other ex-
penses above enumerated.
The accompanying bill, under the most
economical calculation, will not be more
than sufficient to put the office In such con.
diiion as necessity and the dignity Of the
State require.
submit 1t TO you with Che hope that the
relief sought will be given.
Respectfully submitted.
SIMEON BELDEN,
Attorney General. State Of Louisiana.
MESSAGE FRoM THE SENATE.
The Secretary Of the Senate was an
nounced, asking concurrence in Senate bin
No. %. and informing the House that the