New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-07-26
HOUSE OF REPREsENrATIvEs.
Twenty-fourth Days session.

Twenty-fOurth Days Session.
SATURDAY July Is, 1868.
The House met pursuant to adjournment.
Speaker Lowell IN the chair.
The roll being called, sixty.fve members
answered to their names.
Speaker Lowell, Alexander. Antoine,
Adolphe, Bennett, Buckingham, Belot,
Barbee, Burrel. Bergeron, Collins, Calhoun,
Carr, Quincy, Devices, Dufresne, DeGrange,
Dupart, Evans, Esnard, Faulkner, Guigonet,
Gair, .Garstkamp, Guidry, Hill, HonOre,
Hutchinson, Isabelle Kent, Leblanc, Lee,
Leroy, Lott, Landers, Morris, Mahier,
McNean, Melvin, Mansion Morey, May,
Magee, Noble, Pearce, Pratt, Page, Pierce,
Raymond, Reese, Rey, ,Slaton, Smith, ,Sterrett,
Taylor. Walsh, Wren, Wilson, Umphreys,
II. Williams. Waters, N. Young, Yorke,
d. Young-Gj.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Kingston.
On motion OF Mr.. Garstkamp, of Jeffer
son, the reading Of the journal was dis
pensed with.
On motion of Mr.. Bennett, of Claiborne,
| by Chief Justice Hyman, and took his
seat.
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.
Mr.. Hutchinson, of st. TammaIy, pre-
| sented petition of John K. Breeland a
veteran of 1914 and ISIS, praying for pen.
sion.
Referred to the Committee on Pensions
RESOLUTIONS.
Under suspension of the rules lIr. Faulk.
ner, of Caldwell, offered the following mo-
| tiou:
That the Porters that have been employed
| by standing committees be paid for the
| services already rendered by sai0 Porters,
| and that the chairmen of said committees
| be and hereby are authorized to approve of
their accounts; and thai the Chairman on
Contingent Expenses be and hereby is au-
thorized to. approve for payment of said
accounts of said Porters; and that the
Chairmangof Contingent Expenses be and
hereby is authorized to approve of the &C.
| count of the Assistant Clerk of the Commit.
tee on Public Printing.
MIR. Gray, of st. James, offered the follow
| ing amendment:
That no officer of this House who has not
already been reported to the Clerk shall be
included in this resolution.
On motion of Mr.. Demarest, of ST. Mary,
the resolution and amendment were laid on
the table.
Under a suspension of the rules Mr..
| Gray of St. James, offered the following
resolution which was laid on the table by
a rising vote Of 30 yeas to l6 nays.
| ReSOyUed, That any chairman who has
employed a porter without the sanction of
! the House pay said porter for services rem
| dered.
REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
Dir. Carr of Orleans Chairman of the
| Committee on Commerce and Manufactures,
submitted the following report;
To the Honorable Speaker and House of Represen.
| tRtives:
Your committee have the honor to report
that they have carefully considered House
| Bill No. SO, entitled an act relative to the
| Masters and Wardens of the port of New
Orleans, and hereby report the same for
the action the House with amendments
added thereto.
On motion of Mr.. Isabelle, of Orleans, the
report was received and accepted, and the
amendment reported by the committee
adopted.
Mr.. McVean, of Caddo, moved that the bill
be made the special order of the day for
Tuesday next at one O'Clock P. M.
Carried.
One hundred and fifty copies ordered to be
printed.
REPORT OF SELECT COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Mcvean, of Caddo, chairman, sub
mitted the following majority report:
To the Speaker and Honorable Members of the
House Of Representatives.:
GENTLEMEN-Your committee beg leave to
submit the following report on the act
making new division of the State of Lou
isiana into five Congressional districts:
After careful examination they report
back the bill to the House with the follow
ing amendments, and recommend the pas
J.H. W. EVANS,
Chairman;
CHARLES LEROY,
DENNIS BURREL,
A. L. LEE. ...
Mr.. Noble, of Orleans, submitted the fol.
lowing minority report:
MINORITY REPORT.
To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
House of Representatives OF the State OF Lou
isiana:
GENTLEMEN-I oppose the "act making a
new division of the State of Louisiana into
| five Congressional Districts as o whole,
and each division therein proposed, and
for the following reasons:
l. The addition of large number of en-
| franchised citizens to the voting population
does not require new division into Con-
gressionel Districts until such time as the
census of the United States shall determine
| the total population of the State, and the
representation shall by these conclusions be
accurately fixed.
2. As the theory of representation in Con
| gress is based upon the total population of
the State, and not upon the number OF
voters, it is premature to proceed to a di'
| vision into Districts until this total resident
population shall have been fixed In accord
ance with law. w. POPE NOBLE,
Tenth Representative District, orleans
On notion both reports were received.
Mr.. Carr moved that the bill be considered
eugrossed and placed on ITS third reading
and final passage. ..-
Carried.
Mr.. Pratt, of Claiborne, called for the
yeas and nays en- the final passage ofthe fol
| lowing bill;
An Act making new division of the State
of Louisiana into FIVE Congressional D 5.
tricts.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
| of Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
| That until otherwise directed by law the
State of Louisiana shall be divided into FIVE
| Congressional Districts, and the qualified
electors of each district shall choose one
Representative to Congress as follows:
The First Congressional District shall
comprise all that portion of the parish OF
Orleans On the fright bank Of the Mississippi
river and SO much Of said parish on the left
bank of said river as Is below and east OF
Canal street, in the city of New Orleans,
comprising the Fourth. Fifth Sixth,
Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Representa-
tive Districts of the parish Of Orleans and
the parishes of st. Bernard, Plaqueminesi
st. Tammany, Washington, and st. Helena:
The Second Congressional District shall
comprise all that portion Of the parish OF