New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-09-30

ADOPTED.
| RESOLUTIONS. ...-
| Mr.. Futch: ! move the adoption of the
following resolution:
Be it resolved, That the Senate Commit
tee on Public Buildings be authorized to
visit, during the recess of the Legislature,
the public buildings and to report upon the
reassemblng of the Legislature.
Mr.. Pinchback: move to lay the resolu.
tion on table and call for the yeas and nays:
The yeas and nays were ordered, result
ing:
Yeas Antoine, Brsughn, Coupland, Oar
rail-, Day, Kelso, Lewis, Lynch, O'Hara,
Packard, Plnchback, Randall, Ray, Thomp-
son, Whitney-15.
Nays: Bacon, Beares, Blackmsn, Fran
cois, Futch, jerks, Ogden, Poindexier Poi
lard, Todd, Wilcox, Wittgenstein-l2.
The resolution was laid on the table.
Mr.. Day; I ask for suspension of the
rules to introduce bill.
Rules suspended.
An act for the relief of the succession of
c. C. Breckinridge, S. H. 3. Schoonmaker
and others. ... .-
Read twice under a suspension of the
rules and referred to the Committee on
Claims. .-
Mr.. Lynch: ask for suspension of the
rules to take up Senate bill No. 235, an act
making appropriations for the general ex-
penses Of the State for the unexpired term
of the year ending the thirty.frst day of
December, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-eight.
Rules suspended and bill read.
Mr.. Lynch: move that the bill be made
the special order of the day on Wednesday,
after action on the supplementary act rela-
tive to registration.
1lr. Whitney: ask for suspension of the
rules to take up bill. ..r
Rules suspended.
House bill No. 17G, an act to fix and deter
mine the salaries of the Board of Police
Commissioners of the city of New Orleans,
establishing Board of Police Commissioners
for the city of New Orleans, approved July
8, 1868, reported favorably upon by the FL
nance Committee, with amendments, was
read.
The bill was taken up section by section.
The first section was read and adopted.
The second and third sections were read
and adopted as amended by the committee.
The fourth section was read and adopted.
Mr.. LyRch: move the adoption of the
bill as whole.
Adopted.
The bill was considered engrossed.
a eYcpapeipn Of tba rr1ae ho hill
was read a third time and finally concurred
in with its title.
Mr Ray: I ask for suspension of the
rules to take up bill.
Rules suspended.
Senate bill No. 247, an act to authorize
ofthe State was read.
Mr.. Ray; l move that the bill be consid
cred as engrossed for third reading.
Adopted.
Under suspension of the rules the bill was
read third time and finally adopted with
its title.
Mr.. Braughn: ask fer suspension of
the rules to introduce resolution.
Rules suspended, and the following read:
WHEREAS, The House of Representatives
has appointed special committee of three
on the revision of the charter of the city Of
New Orleans, and whereas said committee
| should be composed of members from both
branches of the General Assembly.
ReSOiUed, That the Senate of the State OF
Louisiana, appoint special committee OF
three to revise the charter Ofthe city of New
Orleans, and that said committee meet the
special committee from the House, in order
to form q Joint committee.
Be it further resolved, That said Joint
committee have the power to send for per.
sons and papers. and that il shall hold its
.eral Assembly, and until its labors are COM
pleted.
Mr.. Braughn: l ask for suspension
of the rules to put the bill on ito second
reading. .-y
Rules suspended, and the bill read.
The resolution was considered engrossed.
Under suspension of the rules the reso
luton was read third time, and finally
adopted with its title
Mr.. Campbell: ask for a suspension O.
the rules to take up bill.
Rules suspended. ........,
Senate bill No. 231, an act relative tc
elections in the State of Louisiana, and tC
enforce article 103 of the Constitution of the
State, was taken up at section seventeenth
where the bill was left yesterday. -Df.
Mr.. Campbell l move the adoption oi
section seventeen. Age
Adopted.
Section eighteen was read.
Mr.. Ogden; move to strike out the whole
section. kan
Dir. Campbell: call for the yeas and nays
The yeas and nays were ordered, result
ing: .s,
Yeas: Anderson, Bacon, Blackmsn,
Braughn, Day, Foute, Futch, Ogden, ThOmp'
Nays: Antoine, Campbell, Coupland, Oar.
rail-, FRANCOIS, jerks, Lynch, Monette,
O'Hara, Packard. Pollard, Randall, Ray,
Todd, Whitney, Wilcox-l6.
The motion to strike out was lost
Section eighteen was then adopted. a
The nineteenth section was read and
adopted.
Section twenty was read. sr,
AIr. Campbell; / move to strike out all
after the word "that" in line second to the
end of seventh line; to strike out the words
sin such town or city, in line eight; to
strike out the words ''at the precinct" in
line nine and insert the words ''in the par.
ishr instead, and to strike out all of the
section after the word ''residesr and insert
in lieu thereof the words ''and at the cleo
tion precinct of which he shall be regis
tayod voter -