New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-09-01

To the Honorable Speaker and Members Of the
House OF Representatives:
The undersigned members of the Commit.
tee on Elections aud Qualifications respect
fully represent TO your honorable body that,
after consideration of the condensation CT
the parish of Lafayette, wherein Michael
Casey contested the seat of J. N. Judice,
they do report that said Casey has not pro-
duced sufficient evidence to justify your
committee in reporting in his favor; and we
also recommend that J. n. Judice be con-
hrmed in his seat as Representative from
the parish of Lafayette.
- JAMES McCULLEN.
Mr.. Reese, OF Lafourche, moved to adopt
the majority report.
Mr. Kavanagh, of st. Landry, moved that
the further consideration of the reports be
postponed, and that the testimony in the
case be furnished to the House.
Mr. Murrell, of Lafourche, moved to lay
the motion on the table.
Carried.
Mr.. Gray. of st. James, moved that Mr..
Casey state to the House the circumstances
by which he was obliged to leave heparish.
Carried.
Mr.. Casey declined to speak.
Mr.. Burrel. Of St. John, moved the pre-.
vious question on the adoption OF the report.
Main question ordered.
Mr.. Curell, Of Orleans, called for the yeas
and nays on the adoption of the report, re-
sulting as follows:
Yeas: Abbot, Alexander, Adolphe, Be-
| lot, Burrel, Calhoun, Evans, Guigonet,
Harper, Hutchinson, Holland, Hall, LIE
Blanc, Leroy Lott, Morris, Murrell, Math-
| ews, Page, Raymond, Reese, Rey, Taylor,
Cmphreys, Wm. c. Williams, H. Williams,
| Yorke-27.
Nays: Bennett. Buckingham, Barbee,
Bergeron, Carr, Curell, Devices, Demarest'
Dupart, Esnard, Faulkner, Gair, Gray,
Haskell Hanlon, Heidenhain, Isabelle,
Kent, kayanagh, Landry, McCullen, Ma,
| bier, McMiilen, McYean, Mercy, Morand,
Magee, Noble, Pearce, Sterrett, Tureaud,
| Walsh, Washington, Wren. Wilson, Waters,
n. Young, D. Young, Zoelly-39.
| The report was not adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Carr, of Orleans, the
reports were recommitted to the Committee
on Elections and Qualifications.
The Committee on Judiciary submitted
the following report, which was received
and agreed upon;
| JUDICIARY COMMITTEE Room, ,
August %
| To the Honorable Speaker and House of Representa-
| tives:
| GRNTLEMEN-In case of House bill No. 80
IAN act to amend article 1l2O of the Civil
Code,' your Committee on Judiciary report
unfayorably.
P. HARPER,
\ Chairman Committee on Judiciary.
| MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
The Secretary ofthe Senate was announc-
ed asking concurrence in Senate bill No. 81
and also informed the House that the senat,
had concurred in House bill No. 81.
MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, STATE OF LOUISIANA,
| New Orleans, August q, 1868.
| To the Honorable Speaker and Members of tn
House of Representatives:
transmit herewith for the information
and action of the General Assembly, a cop,
OF letter addressed to me by P. Fishburn
President of the Board of Administrators o
the Insane Asylum at jackson.
AS it appears by this communication tina
there is total absence Of provision for th
expenses OF the Insane Asylum, the Stat
having passed from under military rule t.
the civil authorities, and the aid aforde,
by the military having been stopped there
by, | would respectfully urge the impor;
ance of immediate provision by the Legsla
lature to meet the necessities of this insti
tuition.