New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-09-21

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warrants for the payment of the per diem
of members.
Read twice under suspension Of the rules
and referred to the Finance Committee.
House bill No. l65, an act repeating an
act supplementary to the several acts relat-
ing to the town Of Franklin, in the parish
of st. Mary, and fixing the salary and com
pensation of the Mayor and Councilmen of
said town.
Read twice under suspension of the
rules and referred to the Committee on Cor
porations.
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.
Senate bill No. 1sl, an act in relation to
interpretations for agricultural purposes
was read.
Mr.. Campbell: move to refer this bill to
Special Committee Of seven.
Adopted.
Mr.. Lewis. ask for suspension of the
rules to take up Senate bill No. l9l, an act
relative to and requiring the inspection
of beef and pork.
Rules suspended aud the bill real.
Mr.. Braughn: l move that the bill be ,ost-
poned indefinitely and call for the yeas and
nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered, result
ing;
Yeas: Anderson, Bacon, Blackmau,
Braughn, Coupland, Day, Egan, Jewell,
Lynch, Packard, Pinchoack, Randall, Ray,
Todd, Williams, Wilcox-l6.
Nays: Campbell, Kelso, Lewis, Pollard.
Smith and Wittgenstein-6.
The bill was postponed indefinitely.
House bill No. 9S, an act authorizing the
Police Jury of the parish of Jefferson to
construct shell road, was read.
Mr.. Todd: move that the bill be post
poned indefinitely and call for the yeas and
nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered, re-
sulting:
Yeas: Anderson, Blackman, Brauqhn,
Day, Egan, Lewis, Monette, Pollard, Ran
dali, Smith, Todd, Wilcox, Williams, Witt
genstein-14.
Nays: Bacon, Coupland, Jewell, Kelsc,
Lynch. Packard, Pinchback, Ray, and Whit
ney-9.
The bill was postponed indefinitely.
Senate bill No. 1ls, substitute, an act to
limit and control the assessment of parish
and municipal taxes in this State, was
read.
Mr.. Day: move that the bill be consider
ed engrossed for q third reading.
Adopted.
Under a suspension of the rules the bill
was read third time and finally adopted.
Mr.. Day: l move to amend the title by
striking out the words "in this Staten auG
inserting Sin the parish Of East Bator
Rouge
Adopted.
The title was adopted as amended.
Mr.. O'Hara: ask for q suspension Of thC
rules to take up q bill.
Rules suspended.
House bill No. 1917, an act relative to tn
administration of the public schools o
| New Orleans, was read.
Mr.. Lynch: Imove that the bill be printe,
and made the special order of the day o.
Monday.
Adopted.
ELLIS ON SECOND READrEG.
Senate bill No. 94 an act to amend an nc
entitled an act relative to the inspection c
tobacco.
The bill was taken up section by section
The first section was read.
Mr.. Ray: move that the word "three,
in line fourteen, be stricken out aud til
word 1--WE" be inserted instead.
Adopted.
Tie section was adopted as amended.
The second to the fifth sections, inclusive
were read and adopted.
Mr.. Ray: move the adoption Of the bi
as whole.
Adopted.
The bill was considered engrossed,
Under suspension of the rules the bill vi
read third time and finally adopted wit
its title.
Mr.. Lynch; ask for a suspension of til
rules to introduce bill.
Rules suspended.
An act making appropriations for the gel
eral expenses of the State, for the une1
pired term Of the year ending the thirt.
first day of December, 1868.
Read twice under suspension of the rul,
and referred to the Finance Committee.
The Senate went into executive session.
The executive session being raised, NJ
Braughn was granted three days leave
absence, and the Senate adjourned.
CHAS. H. MERRITT,
Secretary of Senate.
In the Senate on Wednesday, Septen
ber lG:
Mr., Blackman: I move that a delay
three days be granted in the case of G..
Antoine VS.. Reuben White before it
taken up.
| will state as reason for this motto
that several members are absent from u
city, and others can not be in their seats T.
day day; III / therefore hope this delay will
Mr.. Smith; move to lay that motion o
the table.
The yeas and nays being ordered, th
motion to postpone was laid on the table.
Mr.. Braughn: Mr.. President rise to
personal explanation. was in hopes ths
the Senate, on the grounds stated by th
Senator from Claiborne, would postpone a.
ton upon Mr.. Whites case. We desired
because five Democratic Senators are tC
day absent from their seats, an
l understand that four Of them ar
absent without leave, Senator Futc
being the only one of them who saw prope
to obtain leave from the house before at
sentipp himself. l desire it, sir, to b
placed on record that do not wish to
held responsible Tor the neglect and absenc
of Democratic Senators representing thei
constituents upon this floor. My family, sii
has been absent during the greater part {
the summer, and the attraction for me t
90 and stay with them has been equally q
4 great as that which has actuated other ger
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