New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-07-17
HOUSE OF RBPREsEETArIvFs.


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The House met pursuant to adjournment,
Speaker Lowell in the chair.
The roll being called seventy members
answered to their names, as follows:
Speaker Lowell, Abbott Alexander,
Antoine, Adolphe, Bennett, Buckingham,
Belot, Brewster, Barbee, Burrel, BergerOn
Collins, Calhoun, Cuney, Deslonde, Devices,
Dufreshe, DeGrange, Demarest, Dupart,
Evans, Esnard, Faulkner, Fouts, Guigonet,
Gair, Garstkamp, Guidry, Hill, Haskell,
Honore Harper Hutchinson, Holland,
Isabelle, Kent, Leblanc, Leroy, L'Hoste,
Lott, Morris, MolIere, McCullen, Mahier,
McVean, Murrell, Melvin, Mansion, Morey,
Pierce, Prescott Rey, SIaton, Smith, Ster-
rett, Taylor, Turesud, Washington, Wren,
Waters, Wilson, H. Williams, N. Young,
Zoelly-70.
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Kingston.
On motion of Mr.. Garstksmp, OF Jeffer-
son, the reading OF the journal was dis
The following corrections to the minutes
were ordered:
In the disposition of the bill reported by
the Committee on Education, it should have
been mentioned, that a suspension of the
rules had been asked and refused, and CON
sequently the bill lies over under the rules.
In the notice given by Mr.. Pratt, of Clai
borne, of his intention to introduce a bill
entitled an act to amend the twenty-ninth
article OF the constitution of the State, it
should have been the ninety.ninth article
instead of the twenty.ninth of the constitu.
ton of the State.
Under the head of notices Of bills, and
after the following paragraphs, the follow
ing bill should have been inserted.
Under a dispensation of the, rules, Mr..
Reese, of Lafourche, introduced the follow
ing bill, which underwent its first and
second readings, and was referred to the
| COrn nittoa on WpVs and Means
BY D. H. Reese, Of Lafourche:
An act to facilitate parish officers in fur
nishing bonds, and for other purposes.
SECTION l. 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 q sufficient
J amount of property within the State.
, 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 the
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 a 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
4 SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
! ifafter 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
Z failed to furnish the bond required by law,
such office shall then be considered vacant,
/ and it shall be the duty of the Governor tC
appoint some suitable person to perform
the duties of such office.
SEC 4. Be 1t further enacted, etc, That
$ this act shall take effect from and after it;
On motion a leave of absence of foul
days was granted to Mr., Mollere, of Assump
e ton.
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS,
a None.
Mr. Carr, of Orleans, acting chairman O.
the Committee on Elections and Quaifica
4 tions, asked to be relieved from further
services on that committee.
Mr.. Wren, of Bossier moved that tht
request be granted.
The motion was laid on the table.
RESOLUTIONS.
Mr.. Carr, of 0rleaus, offered the following
: resolution, which was read under dispen
sation of the rules:
=, ReSOtUed, That a committee of three mem
bers of this House be appointed by tht
Speaker to inquire and report as to tn
safety of the Canal street ferrybo plying
9 between this city and Algiers.
q Mr.. Pratt, of Claiborne, moved to sus
= pend the rules in order to place the abov,
resolution on its several readings and fna
passage, which was carried by rising Vot
| of SO yeas to 3 nays.
The resolution then went through its sew
eral readings and was adopted.
Mr.. Isabelle, of Orleans, asked permission
, TO introduce the folloRiag resolution All,
a. 4, I'D
4 to place it on its first reading.
The rules bRing suspended, the Resolution
was read as follows:
Joint Resolution of the Senate and Houst
. of Representatives of the General AS
sembly Of the State of Louisiana.
ReSolUed, That a committee to consist o
q two members of the Senate and three mem
; bers of the House Of Representatives be ap
/ pointed, which committee shall have au
e thority to take possession of the ballots cas-
at the election held on the 18th and 1871
d days of April, 1868, at the city of New Or
leans, for municipal officers thereof; to re
count said ballots; to take such action a
t in Acknowledgement as may enable them to as
certain the number of legal votes cast fo
each of the candidates; to investigate tn
conduct of said election; to send for per
sons and papers; to employ clerks, not tt
exceed twelve in number, to assist in carry
s ing out the objects Of this resolution; an,
at the earliest practicable moment to thi
e General Assembly the result of their labors
Il Mr.. McMillen, of Carroll, asked permis
8 sion to introduce the following resolution
8 and to have it read under a suspension o
g the rules.
Permission was granted, and the rule
suspended. The resolution was read a FRS
time and lies over:
Resotued, That the members of this Houst
and the citizens OF Louisiana, without dis
:. tinCtiOn of race and color, be invited anC
Il requested to join in the grand illumination
!, and celebration to come off on next Satur
9 day night, under the auspices of the Demo
e cratic party of this city, in honor of thu
restoration of Louisiana to the Union unde
n a Constitution guaranteeing equality of civi
and political rights to all citizens.
q Mr.. Lee, of St. Bernard, asked permission
to introduce the following joint resolution
e which was granted, and then underwent ii
several Tea1ings under suspension of thu
rules, adopted, and ordered to be sent t
}. the Senate for concurrence,
Joint Resolution for the State bonds, an(
d other property now detained at Wash
ington by the Federal authorities.
Be it resolved by the Senate, and Hous
e of Representatives Ofthe State of Louisiana
s in General Assembly convened
u thatl for the purpose OF recovering thl
State bonds, and other property now de
tanned at Washington by the Federal author
/. ities, the Governor of the State is hereby
authorized to communicate with sucl
authorities, and to appoint some pTopel
/ person to receive such bonds, and Othei
property.
il Mr.. Wren, Of Bossier, asked permission
to introduce the following resolution, and