New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-09-05
MESSAGES FRoM THE SENATE.


fed the House that the Senate had CON
CURED in the amendments to the registrs-
ton bill No. 81.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
Senate bill No. 10 being under considera-
ton, Mr.. Morey, of ouachita in the chair.
Mr.. Reese, of Lafourche, moved to recon
slider the amendment in the Fourth District.
Carried.
Mr.. Reese, of Lafourche, offered the fol-
lowing amendment:
That the Fourth District shall consist Of
the parishes of Caddo, Bossier, DeSoto,
Claiborne, Bienville, Sabine, Nachitoches,
VIM, Catahoula, and those portions of the
parish Of Rapides lying north of the Red
river.
The amendment was adopted, and the Sec
ton as amended was adopted.
Section third, Fifth District, was read. !
Mr.. Reese, of Lafourche, offered the fol
lowing amendment:
That the Fifth District shall consist of the
parishes of Union, Morehouse, Jackson,
Carroll, Madison, Tensas, Concordia, Qua
chita, Franklin, and Caldwell.
Mr.. Abbot and Mr.. Garstkamp called for
for the yeas and nays on the amendment,
which resulted as follows:
Yeas: Alexander, Antoine, Adolphe,
Brewster, Burrel, Calhoun, Carr. Crawford,
Cuny, Deslonde, Dufresne, De Grange,
Dupart, Faulkner, Gair. Hill, Honore,
Holland, Hall, Leroy, Lott, Morris, Mahier.
McNillen, Murrell, Melvin, Mercy, May,
Page, Raymond, Reese, Sterrett, Taylor,
Tureaud, Umphreys, Washington, William
G. Williams, H. Williams, d. Young-39.
Nays: Abbot, Bergeron. Collins, Dema-
rest, Evans, Garstkamp, Haskell, Hanlon,
Heidenhain, Kent, L'Hoste, McVean, Mo-
rand, Mathews, Noble, Pierce, Waters,
forke, Zoelly-l9.
The section as amended was adopted.
Section fourth was read. The amend
ments proposed by the Commute were
adopted.
Mr.. Kent, of st. Helena, offered the fol-
lowing announcements
Seventeenth line, after the word "Treas.
ury" insert belonging to the Levee and
Drainage Fund.-" twenty ninth line, after the
word treasury insert belonging to the
Levee and Drainage Fund"
The amendments were laid on the table.
Mr. Heidenhain, of Orleans, offered the
following amendment:
Eleventh line, strike out "6ve" and insert
'three."
Laid on the table.
Mr.. Page, of Jefferson, offered the follow.
ing amendments:
Fourth line, strike out all from the
word "engineer" to the second 1.-The" on the
ninth line; eleventh line, strike out "fve"
and insert "four;" eighteenth line, strike
out all after the word appropriated" to the
word "and' in the twenty-frst line; twenty
fourth line, strike out the word "their'' and
insert CHS
The amendments were laid on the table.
Mr. Gartskamp, of jefferson, offered the
following amendment:
Strike out all after the word 'annum' in
the twenty.first line to the word payable"
in the twenty.ffth line.
Laid on the table.
Section fourth, as amended by the com.
mittee, WAS adopted.
Sections fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and
ninth were adopted without amendments.
The bill was adopted as a whole and or.
dered to be sent down to the Senate as
amended
The Speaker resumed the chair.
BILLS on THEIR THIRD READING.
House bill No. 13l, entitled an act to
regulate and define the duties, and to stipu-
late the Jurisdiction and emoluments Of
Coroner, was placed on its third reading
and final passage, adopted by its title and
ordered to be sent to the Senate for concur
renee.
House bill No. $50, entitled an act relative
to marriage, was placed on its third read
ing.
Mr.. Gray, of st. James, moved to post,
pone its consideration until Monday next.
Carried.
House bill No. 1856, entitled an act to
regulate quarantine, was placed on its third
reading, final passage, adopted by its title,
and ordered to be sent to the Senate for con-
currence.
House bill No. 100, entitled an act for the
relief OF James L. Guthrie, safe Tax Col
lector for the parish of Union, was placed
on its third reading.
On motion OF Mr.. ~, the bill was laid on
the table. @ I'll
House bill, No. I72 entitled an act for the
relief Off. B. Love. OF Bienville, was placed
on its third reading and final passage,
sdopted by its title. and ordered to be sent
to the Senate for concurrence.
House bill No. l7s, entitled an act to
amend an act relative to public printing