New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-07-18

r. G. UERSIONDEs
JOSEPH MANSION
W. H. PIERCE.
The Committee of Ways and Means re.
ported the following House bill No. q, here
tofore referred 10 them, and recommended its
passage:
By D. H. Reese:
An act to facilitate parish officers in fur
nishing bonds, and for other purposes.
SECTION |. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives Of the State
ofLouisiana in General Assembly convened,
That it shall be lawful for all persons elect
ed or appointed to Office in any parish of
this State, who by the laws thereof are re-
quired to furnish bonds, to furnish as
bondsmen any person or persons resident
Of this State, and owning sufficient
amount of property within the State. And
when such bondsmen are residents of the
parish for or within which the officer is
elected, the approval of the Parish Judge of
said parish of the sufficiency of such bond
shall only be required.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc, That
in all cases where an officer furnishes bonds
men from without the parish in which his
Office is located, it shall be the duty of
Clerk of the District Court, or Parish Judge
of the Parish in which the property of the
said bondsmen is situated to certify to the
sufficiency of the bond, and the certificate,
or certified copy thereof, together with
the bond, shall be filed in the office of the
Clerk of the District Court for the parish
in which the Office aforesaid is established,
SEC. s. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
If after the expiration of thirty days from
the passage Of this act any officer who was
elected to office on the seventeenth and
eighteenth days of April, 1868, aud has
failed to furnish the bond required by law,
such Office shall then be considered vacant,
and it shall be the duty of the Governor to
appoint some suitable person to perform
the duties of such Office,
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
this act shall take effect from and after its
passage.
Mr.. Noble, of Orleans, offered the follow
ing amendment;
In the third section l move to strike out
the words appoint some suitable person" :"
and insert tissue writs OF election" in order
that the vacancy may be filled, and insert
after the word 'officen the words may be
elected as required by law"
Mr.. Gair, of East Feliciana, moved to lay
the amendment on the table.
Mr.. Lee, of St. Bernard, moved that the
bill be placed on its second reading.
Carried,
Mr.. Lee, of st. Bernard, moved that the
bill be placed on its third reading.
The rules were not suspended, and the bill
was ordered to be engrOssed.
Mr.. Harper, chairman of the Committee
on JUDICIARY reported progress
NOTICES OF BILLS.
BY Mr.. May, of Orleans:
An act to amend the second clause of the
| thirty.hrst section of act No. SAG, passed
March Is, 1855.
By Mr.. Isabelle, of Orleans:
An act to provide for the registration of
all qualified voters in the State, the con-
duct of elections, and the mode of contest
ing elections.
By Mr.. Calhoun, of Rspides:
An act to organize the Supreme Court and
| to fix the terms thereof.
| BY Mr.. Washington, of Assumption:
! An act extending protection to laborers
| upon plantations.
| BY Mr. Wren, of Bossier:
| An act to increase the revenue of the
| State of Louisiana by authorizing the
alienation of plantations and other real
estate therein by lottery.
BILLS PRESENTED.
The following bills passed their first read
By MIR. Garstkamp, of jefferson;
House bill No. S0-An act relative to the
Insane Asylum of the city of New Orleans
By Mr.. Devices, of Bienville:
House bill No. Sian act to repeal article
l6l of the Louisiana Code OF Practice.
BY Mr. May, of Orleans:
House bill No. 32-An act to amend ar
ticle l120 of the Civil Code.
By Mr.. McMillen, of Carroll:
House bill No. 33-Au act relative to the
Master and Wardens of the port OF New Or
leans.
By Mr.. Reese of Lafourche:
House bill No, 34-An act to fix the terms
of the District Court in the Third Judicial
By Mr.. Isabelle, of Orleans:
An ect to authorize the Governor of the
State to appoint provisional Board o
Levee Commissioners
By Mr.. Wren, of Bossier:
House bill No.S6-An act for the improve
ment of navigation in Lake aBistoneau
and Loggy Bayou.
BY Mr.. Rey, of Orleans:
Ad act to empower the State Superintend
ent of Public Education to hire suitable
building for his office and to appoint one
tary.
House bill No. 3S-An act to amend al
act entitled an act to organize the polio
juries of the State.
By Mr.. Wren, of Bossier, for Mr.. Gray, o
st. James:
An act to establish school for pharmac
: and public dispensary.
ByMr. Hutchinson, of st.jTammany:
House bill No. 40-An act relative to rt
moving distractions and wrecks from tn
Boguefalaya river, parish OF st. TsmmanJ
BY Mr.. Harper, of st. Charles:
House bill No. 4l-Joint resolution ter
Z dering tine thanks of the General Assembl
l of Louisiana to the Chairman and member
: of the Board of Registration.
, By Mr.. Cuney, of Rapides:
! House bill No. 42-An act to re-establis
the burnt records of the parish of Winn
By Mr.. Guigonet, of Avoyelles:
House bill No. 43-An act to abolish cap
ital punishment.
BY Mr. Melvin, of Natchitoches:
House bill No. 44-An act declaring, cor
stituting, and making the Clerks of tn
District Courts in the several parishes of tn
= State ex officio Clerks of the Parish Courts
By Mr.. Melvin, of Natchitoches:
r House bill No. 49, An act relating to Stat
! and Parish Tax Collectors.
BILLS ON THEIR SECOND READING.
!, By Mr.. Deslonde, of Iberville:
y House bill No. 22-Referreo to the Con
= mittee on Internal Improvements.
BY Mr. Devices, of Bienville:
u House bill No. 25-Referred to the Con
: mittee on Judiciary.
Q BY Mr.. Washington, of Assumption:
!, House bill No. 27-Referred to the Con
u mittee on Judiciary.
: By Mr.. Isabelle. of Orleans;
D. Joint resolution relative to the reeountiI
b of votes in the late election.
d Referred to the Committee on Judiciar
Under a suspension of the rules, the fl
lowing bills passed their second reading;
By Mr.. Gray, of st. James:
; House bin No. S9-Referred to the Co
oi mittee on Charitable Institutions.
By Mr.. Isabelle, of Orleans:
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