The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-08-02
STATE LEGIsLATURE.
THIRTIETH DAY.
Senate,

reported progress.
Mr.. Packard, from the committee on contingent
expenses, reported favoraby on a bill providing
for the compensation of officers and employees of
the General Assembly.
Mr.. Day, from the committee on enrolment, re-
ported duly enrolled an act relative to bonds of
parishes.
Mr.. Lynch, from the committee on printing, re-
ported substitutes TO two bills on printing.
Unfavoraby TO House bill on printing, and re-
port to repeal sections providing for publications
in French.
Mr.. Todd moved that the Senate elect chap
lain.
Mr.. Ray moved to amend by instructing the
president to select chaplain for the balance of
the term.
Mr.. Todd moved to lay on the table. Lost.
Mr.. Bacon said that, in the event of the failure
to pass Mr., Rays amendment, he would move to
dispense with chaplain.
The amendment of Mr.. Ray passed.
On motion OF Mr. Ray, the compensation was
Mr.. Jewell, OF Orleans, moved that the chaplain
pray for the president of the United States. He
had noticed that the president had been neglected
on many occasions.
The president said that he would instruct the
chaplain to pray for the president.
Mr.. Campbell gave notice of resolution on
Monday relative to Judge Gates, who refuses to
give ny his office.
On a suspension of the rules, on motion of Mr..
Packard House bill No. 81. relative TO the com
peDsatOn of the officers and employees OF the
General Assembly, was taken up and read.
Mr.. Packard M owed TO suspend the rules for a
third reading.
Mr.. Day objected.
The rules being suspended, Mr.. Packard moved
that the bill pass.
Mr.. Bacon objected, and referred to the extrava-
gabce Of the expense.
Bills were being run through the Senate CON-
mittees and without giving the members an OPP
poTtnnity to examine into their merits.
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title.
Mr.. E. L. Jewell according to previous notice,
introduced bill repeating the act licensing the
sale Of lottery tickets.
Mr. Jewell asked for q suspension of the rules
for a second reading.
The Senate refused to suspend the rules.
Mr.. Campbell, according TO previous notice
introduced a bill to define the duties and fix the
| salaries of State tax collectors.
Pending the reading of the bill, Mr.. Campbell
asked that the further reading Of the bill be dis
peDsed with. Adopted.
On a suspension of the rules the bill was read
second time by its title and referred to the finance
committee.
Mr. Wittegenstein asked for suspension Of
the rue s 10 introduce a motion to increase the
compittee on public buildings from three to five.
| Rules suspended and motion adopted.
Mr.. Bacon. on q suspension OF the rules, offered
a resolution providing that, on Friday next,
| the Senate draw for the long and short terms.
| Adopted.
| Mr.. Day, with permission, reported as Ouly en-
rolled joint resolution asking military assistance
to the civil authorities of the State to suppress
| disorder and murder.
Mr., Pollard. on a suspension of the rules intro
duced resolution removing the seat OF just OF
Madison parish from - 10 Delta, on the Mis-
| ssssippi river.
The rules we're suspended and the bill read.
| Mr. Jewell moved 10 amend by providing that
the matter be submitted to the people of the
| Mr.. Lynch and Mr.. Pollard argued that the
people of Madison asked for the change.
| On motion of Mr.. Ray, the bill, under suspension
| of the rules, went through its second and third
readings, and was finally passed and adopted by
| its title.
| UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
Senate bill No 81. Majority report an act to
create board Of registration, was then taken up.
Section was read.
Mr.. Ray moved to adopt the section.
| Mr.. Blsekman regretted that be had again to
arise and object TO the bill. This section meant
/ any and everything. 1t gave the board the power
OF making all rules and regulations to carry out
| the requirements Of the Constitution. They could
| make by the section any regulations that would
| exclude large number Of qualified voters. BE
| did not speak with partisan feelings, but the sec
| tion gave too much power to the registrars.
| Mr.. Ray said that the section meant TO provide
| that the registrars shall make rules and regula
tions to govern themselves and not to decide who
| shall and who shall not register. he would begin
| TO believe that the gentleman was csptious Il he
persisted in making objections which were IN
| tenabe. Congress always embodied such expires
soDs in bills organizing bureaus.
The section was then adopted.
| Section was read.
Mr.. Ray offered lengthy substitute for TIE
whole section, and moved its adoption.
Mr.. Brsughn said that he had come here THU
morning prepared to discuss the good and bad
features of the section, which was the most i'm
porant Of the BILL as it provided for the manner
which electors ere 10 be qualified. DE had CON
1fFwTn nfafn in a
original section, which disfranchised citizens fol
having voted against the Constitution. Mr.
Braugbn made some other appropriate remarks
and finally moved to postpone consideration o.
the bill until Monday next.
Mr.. bay said that the substitute was suostan-
| tally the same IS the original section, with ne
difference except in its phraseology, the introdnc
ton Of few more paragraphs, and the striking
out of a few others. He objected to the post
ponement, because he thought that the intention
was only to staye off the consideration OF the sec
Ghe clerk of the House appeared, and an
nounced concurrence of the House IN Senate bill
NO.7)
Messrs Foute and Bacon spoke in opposition
to the bill.
MIR. Raw said that since the resolution had pro
voked such an extensive debate he would with
draw it.
The original section was then taken up.
| Mr. smith offered to amend the second section
by including the following oath: 81 &C
knowledge the civil and political equality OF al
men,
Mr.. Blaekuian moved to lay the amendment Of
| the table.
Mr.. smith called for the yeas and nays. Yea
% nays s.
| The amendment was laid on the table.
| Several other amendments were proposed
giving rise TO lengthy debates, in which Messrs
Ray, Jewell, Bacon, Lynch and others paruc
| pated. ....-.
Finally, Mr.. Campbell offered substitute fo
the section, which, together with the bill, wa
made the special order OF the day for Monday.
| The Senate then went into executive session an
adjourned Immediately thereafter.
House of Representatives.
The House met at noon, Speaker Lowell pr
siding, and sixty five members present.
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