New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-08-30
Mr. smith: I ofFer the fOllowing amend.

Mr. braughn: move to lay the amend.
ment on the table.
Mr.. Whitney: call for the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered, result
ing:
Yeas: Bacon, Beares, Blaekman, Braughn,
Coupland, Day, Egan, Foute, e. l.. Jewell,
r, L. Jewell, Ray. Thomas, TOdd-l3.
Nays: Campbell, Darrall, Francois, Kelso,
Lewis, 0'Hara, Pollard, Smith, Whitney,
Wilcox, Wittgenstein- Ill.
The amendment was laid on the table.
+ Mr.. Campbell I offer the following
amendment:
Be ii further resotUed, That the committee
Re empowered to inquire whether any
Senators are connected with secret political
societies, whose object is to unlawfully in
iuence the Senate by bribery, menaces, or
armed resistance to the laws, or whose
members have made such attempts.
Adopted.
+ Mr.. O'Hara offered an amendment
Mr.. Ray: | call up the order of the day.
( The resolution of Mr.. Bacon lies over.
BILLS ON FIRST READING.
House bill No. Clan act for the relief of
Margaret 7. Murphy was read.
MIR. RAY ask for suspension of the
rules to put the bill on its second reading.
Rules suspended and the bill read.
The bill was considered engrossed.
Mr.. Lewis-I move that the rules be sus-
pendeded to put the bill on its third reading.
The President ordered the yeas and nays:
Yeas: Blackman, Campbell, Coupland,
Day, Eagan, FRANCOIS, Kelso, Lewis, O'Hara,
Pollard, Ray, Thompson, Todd, Whitney,
Wilcox, Williams. Wittgensteln.-17
Nays: Bacon, Braughn, E. L. JEWELS.
The rules were suspended.
The bill was read and adopted finally, with
its title.
House bill No. 1874, an act to provide for
certain appropriations was taken up.
Read twice and referred to the Finance
Committee.
Mr.. Lewis: ask for suspension of the
rules to introduce bill.
Rules suspended.
An actor the relief of Assessors of taxes
in certain parishes.
Committee.
Mr.. Thompson: ask for suspension of
the rules to introduce q resolution.
Rules suspended.
WHEREAS, The Committee on Elections
has five or six cases pending before them
for investigation; and
Whereas, The case of Mr.. Sambola VS..
Mr.. Campbell is the last one on the docket,
and that there is no prospect of said case be-
ing reached or taken up or investigated by
said committee before the end of the present
session of the General Assembly, be it
RESOLVED, That a special committee of
three be appointed to investigate the case
of Sambola vs.. Campbell, and report as
early as possible.
Mr.. O'Hara: I move to lay the resolution
on the table.
Mr.. Bacon: call for the yeas and nays.
Yeas: Blackman, Campbell, COPELAND,
FRANCOIS, Kelso, Lewis, 0Hara, Packard,
Poindexter, Todd, Whitney, Wilcox, Viii
liams, Wittgenstein-l5.
Nays: Bacon, Beares, Braughn, Day,
Egan,. Foute, Futch, E. L. Jewell, Ray,
ThompsoH-l0.
The resolution was laid on the table.
Mr.. Blsckmsn: move a reconsideration
| of the vote just taken to offer substitute
| providing for the appointment of an addi-
| tional Committee an Elections and Returns
to whom may be referred any case of con
tested election.
Mr.. O'Hara: I move to lay the motion on
the table.
The motion was laid on the table by a
rising vote of IL yeas to nays.
Mr.. Wittgenstein; I ask for a suspension
of the rules to offer joint resolution.
Rules suspended.
| Be it resolved by the Senate and House Of
| Representatives, That the General Assembly
take recess from Saturday the nineteenth
ofSeptember, to Monday, the nineteenth o.
October, 1868.
| Lies over.
Mr.. Ray: ask for suspension of the
rules to introduce bill.
Rules suspended.
An act to create Metropolitan Sanitary
District and Board of Health therein for the
preservation of life and health, and to pre-
vent the spread of disease.
Read twice and referred to the speeia
Committee on Health.
Mr.. Todd: ask for a suspension of tn
rules to call up bill.
Rules suspended.
Senate bill No. 143, an act to create Me
tropolitan Sanitary District and Board 0
Health therein for the protection of lif
and health, and for the prevention snt
spread of disease, was read and referred t
the special Committee on Health.
| Mr.. Braughn; I ask for suspension 0
the rules to call up bill.
Rules suspended.
Senate bill No. 81, an act for the relief c
Pierre Soule, Attorney-at-law, was read.
Mr.. Braughn: l move that the bill /
considered eHgrossed for third, reading
| Adopted.
On suspension of the rules the bill wa
read a third time, and finally adopted wit
its title. .-.--5y-.-.s
Mr.. Bacon: ask for suspension of th
rules to introduce a bill.
Rules suspended.
An act additional to and amendatory I
the acts now in force, relative to and regu
lating the collection of municipal taxes
the City of New Orleans was read.
Mr.. Bacon: ask for further suspensio
of the rules to put the bill on its secon
: reading.
Rules suspended and the bill read.
; Mr.. Lewis: move that the bill be prin
!, ed and made the special order of the da
ON Monday. -.=..
g Adopted.
Mir, Wilcox; / ask for suspension Of IL
n rules to call up bill.
Rules suspended, and the bill read.
|. An act 70 incorporate the New Orleal