New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-10-01
Q F. Fl 10 I "A L.
PROCEEDINGS
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA.


n Messrs. Anderson, Antoine. Bacon, Beares,
Brsughn: Campbell, CouPland, Darrall, Day,
route, FRANCOIS, Futch, jerks. Jewell,
Lynch, Ogden, O'Hara, Packard, Pinch
Todd, Whitney Wilcox, Williams, Wittgen-
stein-2s.
Prayer by Rev. DR.. Newman.
Reading of the minutes was dispensed
with.
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.
Mr.. Campbell called up the Election bill.
Substitute to section eight was read.
Mr.. Campbell: moved to amend the sub
stitute by inserting in line 1O9 the follow
ing proviso:
Provided, that until the finding of the
Judge in such cases as are above provided
shall have been officially transmitted to the
Governor no returns thus had in question
shall be counted for any candidate, and that
If such finding shall not be SO transmitted
until after the expiration of the time pre-
scribed by law for the official promu CATION
of the result of election, no returns SO
questioned shall be included in such pro-
mitigation, but such returns shall be held
null and void"
The amendment was adopted.
Mr.. Campbell: move that the substitute
be adopted as amended.
Adopted.
The eighth section was adopted as
amended.
A message from the Governor was re-
ceived.
Mr.. Campbell: offer the following as an
additional section-thirty move
its adoption.
SEC. 81. Be it enacted, etc. That any
civil officers or other persons, who shah
assume or pretend to act in any capacity as
officers of election to receive or count votes,
or to do any other acts toward the holding
or conducting of elections in violation of or
contrary to the provisions of this act, shall
be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished by i'm
prisonment in the penitentiary for a term
not exceeding three years nor less than one
year, and by fine not exceeding three
hundred nor less than one handred dollars.
Adopted.
Mr.. Campbell: move the adoption of the
following as an additional section:
SEC. SO. 1t shall be the duty of the Com
missioners to receive the ballots of all legal
| voters who shall offer to vote, dcsposit the
same in the ballot box to be provided for
that purpose, and to keep duplicate lists
thereof.
Immediately after the closing the polls,
|
| with open doors, and make duplicate re-
turns of the number of votes poled for each
candidate, making mention of the name of
| the candidate and the Office voted for; they
shall then deliver one of the lists and one
of the returns to the Deputy Sheriff or other
officer in attendance, whose duty it shall be
to convey the same without delay to the re-
| turning officer or officers OF the parish.
B 1t if no Deputy Sheriff or other officer be
in attendance, such return shall be con-
veyed to the returning officer or officers of
| the parish by one of the Commissioners of
Election for that precinct, to be selected by
those who have presided at the election.
The bill was then adopted as whole and
considered ehgrossed.
Mr. Campbell ask for a suspension of
the rules to pubNthe bill on its third read
ing.
Rules suspended and the bill read.
The bill was read a third time and finally
adopted with its title.
Mr.. Campbell: move that Mr.. Turner,
the Chaplain, be granted ten days leave of
absence.
Adopted.
/ STANDING uoMMrTTEEs.
Mr.. Ray, from the Judiciary Committee,
reported favorably upon Senate bill No. 254.
an act to quiet the title to public lands sold
during the late war and Senate bill No. 257s
an act to regulate plSces OF public amuse--
ment W -5F=
MIR. Lynch, from the Committee on
Finance, reported Ifayorably, with amend.
ments, upon Senate bill, No. 249, an
act to provide the means of pro-
tecting the swamp and alluvial lands of
Louisiana from inundation by the issue of
the bonds of the State to the amount of $5,-
O00,o ,o00 and for the redemption of the same.
MIR. Lynch: l ask for suspension of the
rules to take up Senate bill No. 249, above
named bill.
Rules suspended, aud the bill read.
Mr.. Lynch: move that the bill be order
ed to be printed, and made the special or--
der of the day on Friday next. :
Adopted.
Mr.. 0'Hara from the Committee on
Claims, reported favorably upon Senate bill
No. 49, an act for the relief of James L.
Cole; also upon House bill No. -, an act
to provide pensions for the veterans of 1914
and 1916.
Mr.. DarralI, from the Enrolment Com.
mittee, reported as duly enrolled Senate
bills Nos. 1872 and 1874.
Mr.. Ray: ask for a suspension of the
rules to take up House bill No. -.
An act to provide pensions for the yeter-
rams of 1874 and 1916. T.ssH
Rules suspended and the bill read.
The bill was considered engrossed.
Under a suspension of the rules the bill
was read third time, and finally adopted
with its title.
MIR, Ray: ask for suspension of the
rules to introduce bill.
Rules suspended.
An act to amend an act entitled an act to
regulate the practice and dispatch of busi--
ness in the District Courts of New Orleans.
approved September 3, 1868, was read.
Mr.. Ray: | ask for a further suspension
of the rules to put the bill on its second
reading.
Rules suspended, and the bill read. @
The bill was considered engrossed.
Under a suspension of the rules the bill
was read third time, and finally adopted.
with its title. sg5 -.
,4 REGULAR SPECIAL ORDER a
Senate bill No. 256 was then taken up.
An act to repeal section one of an act en-
titled an act to define more fully the powers
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