New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-10-05


The House met pursuant to adjournment.
Speaker Lowell in the chair.
The roll being called, thirty.four members
answered to their names.
There being no quorum, on motion Of Mr..
V. NJ. Lange, of East Baton Rouge, the
House took recess until twelve o'clock N.
At the expiration of the recess, the roll
was called and sixty-three members an
swered to their names:
Speaker c. W. Lowell. Alexander, An.
tome, Adolphe, Buckingham, Brewster,
Burrel Bergeron, Collins, Carr Curell, Cuny,
Deslonde, Devices, Dufresne, Simms, Dema.
ner, Guigonet, Gair, Garstkamp, Hill,
Robert Lange, Crawford, Harper, Holland,
Isabelle, Leroy, L'Hoste, Lott, Morris, Mol.
lere, Mahier, McVean, Murrell, Melvin,
Mansion, Morey, May, Mathews, Noble,
John Pearce, Pratt, Page, Raymond Rey,
Slaton, Hall, Sterrett, Taylor, Tureaud,
VIM. G. Williams, Il. Williams, Waters,
D. Young, Heidenhain-64.
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. satchell.
Leave of absence was granted to the fol.
lowing members:
Mr.. Fouts, of Winn, four days
Mr.. Young, of Vermilion, ten days.
Mr.. Murrell, OF Lafourche, ten days.
On motion Of Mr.. Noble, OF Orleans, Mr..
Witt, of Orleans, was sworn in by the
| Speaker, and took his seat.
Mr.. Eager, of Orleans. having resigned as
| member of the special committee 10 investi-
gate the issue of levee bonds, the
Speaker appointed Mr.. Curell, of Orleans,
| to fill the vacancy.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
The Committee on Internal Improvements
submitted the following report, which was
received and accepted
To the speaker and Members of the House of Repre-
| sentatiVes:
GESTLEMEN-Your Committee on internal
improvements, to whom was referred House
bill No. $50, a Joint resolution relative to a
survey Of the Bayou Manchac, to ascertain
the practicability Of opening the said bayou,
beg leave to report favorably, and recon.
mend that the blanks be filed by two
from the House and 'onen from the Senate
and that the committee be instructed to
make this survey during the recess or after
the adjournment, and report to the next
| session OF the Legislature.
A. DEMAREST,
Chairman;
W. G. MELVIN,
NJ. RAYMOND, ...
W. c. WILLIAMS, .
DAVID YOUNG,
7. B. SINIMS.
o. II. HEMPsTEAD, Secretary.
The bill was referred to the Committee OIL
Ways and Means.
| The same committee submitted the fol
lowing report, which was received and &C
| cepted:
10 the Honorable Speaker and Members of tn,
House OF Represe entatives:
| GEHTLEMEN-Your Committee on Interna
improvements, to whom was referred the
petition of Louis Tregre, praying for privi
lege to eXcavate the bar of the Mississippi
river, most respectfully report unfavorably
to the granting OF the same, for the reason
that the United States, and not the State o
Louisiana, has jurisdiction of the mouth 0
Al. DEMAREST,
VIM. c. Williams,
w. q. MELVIN,
| NJ, RAYMOND.
DAVID YOUNG,
L. B. SINlMS.
The report was agreed to.
The Committee on Claims submitted tn,
following report, which was received ant
accepted: ...-
COMMITTEES Rooms,
October, 1868,
To the Honorable Speaker and Members Of tn
| House of Representatives:
| GENTLEMEN-Your Committee on Claims
to whom was referred House bill No. 254
| entitled an act for the relief of j. Edmond
ston, appropriating eleven hundred ant
thirty-three dollars (Sll33), to pay certifi
cate of State Indebtedness issued by tn
Auditor of Public Accounts. duly auditet
and settled by G.. NJ. Wickliffe, with all tn
requisite vouchers on file at his office, i
hereby favorably reported upon by SAT-
committee.
J. H. MCYEAN, Chairman.
The bill was referred to the Committee O
the Whole.
The Committee on Enrolment submitte,
the following report, which was receives
and accepted;
ENROLLING DEPAsTMFNF,
| House of Representatives.
New Orleans, October 3, 1868.
To the Honorable Speaker and Members of til
House of Representatives:
| Your Committee on enrolment nave tn
honor to report that the following bills hay
been duly engrossed to wit:
House bill No. 230, joint resolution re
questing the Senators and Representative
from Louisiana in Congress TO propose al
act repeating any laws now in force By Cor
gress prohibiting the State from organlzin
State militia.
House bill No. 215, an act to provide 70
the sale of the one million five hundred an
eighty-siX thousand dollars in bonds undis
posed of, issued in accordance to the pro
visions of the act entitled an act to proVid
means for the construction of levees by tn
issue of bonds of the State for four million
OF dollars and to provide for the redemptio
| Of coi1 do annroHyad March OF 1897 n