New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-07-24

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Referred to the Committee ON Paroohiai
| Affairs.
| BILLS OK THEIR SECOND READING.
By Mr.. May, OF Orleans:
Bill No. SIAN act to amend the second
clause of the thirty frst section of act No.
BAG. passed March is, 1866.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and
Means.
By Mr.. Milton Morris, of Ascension;
Bill No. 5S-An act to establish uniform
rate of taxes and licenses on trades profess
| slon5, and occupations throughout .he
cities, towns, villages, and parishes Of the
State of Louisiana.
Referred to the Committee on Ways aud
Means.
By R. H. Isabelle, of Orleans:
Joint resolution No. 58-Paying Mr.. W.
w. Hanlin his salary as Judge of the Third
District Court for the four months vacation
| of 1864.
BY Mr.. Deslonde, of Iberville:
Joint resolution No. 46, directing the ap.
pointment of a committee to inquire into
the best plan for supporting paupers.
Referred TO the Committee on Judiciary.
BILLS OF THE SENATE FOR CONCURRENCE.
The following entitled bills and Joint res
| olutions were placed on their third read
ing, concurred in, and notice ordered to be
sent to the Senate;
An act relative TO the First and Second
/
Orleans. By John Ray.
| An act relative to the trial of contested
| election cases. By John Ray.
| Joint resolution referring to the appoint
ment of joint committee to examine into
the accounts, vouchers, etc., of the offices
Auditor of Public Accounts and Treasurer
of the State. By Mr.. Lynch.
Joint resolution requesting the Warrant
Clerk OF the late Constitutional Convention
to furnish the General Assembly with q
statement separately of warrants issued by
him, to whom, etc. By Mr.. Lynch.
The Speaker ordered to be read the fol.
lowing communication, which was referred
to the Committee ON Election and Qualifica.
tiOns:
0PELoUsAs. La, July Is, 1868.
Hon. Charles W. Lowell, Speaker of the House OF
Representatives. state Of Louisiana:
SIR have the honor to for ward you. in
compliance with instructions, the following
resolutlons-the report of the Committee on
Petition-whiCh were unanimously adopted
by convention of the Republican party of
st. Landry, held yesterday, and respectfully
ask that it be presented to the honorable
body over which you preside.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
EMERSON BENTLEY,
Secretary of Republican Convention.
WHEREAS, At the late election certain
parties were elected to the various parish
offices, which they were disqualified from
holding by virtue of the reconstruction acts
and the new constitution of the State o.
, Louisiana; and,
Whereas, 1t is generally known, alleged,
/ and believed that numerous frauds were
committed by the parties conducting the
election; by allowing armed men to intimi
date peaceable voters; by allowing deputy
sheriffs to exchange ballots before deposit
ing; and by tampering with the boxes, thus
| dnT iuiu hn 1afa s,f
various offices to which they were elected BY
a majority of the people; and,
Where Is, Bands of men, armed and dis
guised, traverse the parish nightly, commit
ting murder and outrages with impunitl
from the penalties attached to their crimes
and by serving notices of a threateninl
character unOn leading Republicans anC
peaceable citizens deprive them of peace
liberty, and j :)DiHess; therefore be it
ReSotUed, by Gle Republican party of st
E Landry in convention assembled, That it il
+ the opinion OF this body that unless tn,
strong arm of the government be extended
to us, the loyal people of St. Landry
free speech will be dangerous, justice
at law a mOCkery, and the mate
rial interests of the parish will
| be depressed, and we respectfully petition
. our Legislature and his Excellency Cover
nor H. Q. Warmoth, for the sake of peace
law, order, and justice, to promptly take
such action in the premises as may be u
their power for our relief also be it
ReSOlCed, That the Secretary forward
copies of these resolutions to the presiding
officers of both branches of the Genera
Assembly, to his Excellency Governor H
G. Warmoth, } S. B. Packard, chairman o
State Executive Committee, and to the New
, Orleans REPUBLICAN for publication,
H. L. FRILOT,
Chairman;
! EMERSON BENTLEY,
Secretary;
WILLIAM MERCER,