New Orleans Republican., 1868-08-25
HOUSE OF nEPHEsENTAT1vEs.
Forty.NInth Days session.

FOrty-Ninth Days Session.
MONDAY, August q, 1868.
The House met pursuant to adjournment.
Speaker Lowell in the chair.
The roll being called ffty.two members
answered to their names:
Speaker Lowell, Abbot, Alexander,
Adolphe, Bennett, Buckingham, Belot,
Brewster, Barbee Burrel, Collins, Carr.
Cuny, Dupart, Evans, Esnard Faulkner,
Guigonet, Gray, Hill, Honore. Harper, Hol-
land, Hail. Isabelle, Leroy, Lott, Landers,
Morris, Mollere, McCullen, MoYean, Melvin,
Morand, Magee, Noble, Pearce, Page, Ray
mond, ,Rey, ,Slaton, Sterrett, Taylor, ,Tureaud,
Umphreys, Washington, Wilson, H. Will
liams, N. Young, Yorke, D. Young, 70
elly-j2.
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Stubbs.
On motion of Mr.. Tureaud, of St. James
the reading of the journal was dispensed
with.
Under suspension of the rules, Mr.. Isa-
belle, of Orleans, introduced the following
resolution, which was adopted:
ReSolUed, That the Committee on Elec-
tions and Qualifications be instructed to re.
port in three days upon the cases of con-
tested elections from the parishes of St.
Landry, st. Martin, and Lafayette.
The Speaker stated that the motion was
not necessary, that any member wishing to
be discharged from the said committee, could
be relieved by giving his reasons to the
Chair.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
The Committee on Elections and Qualid-
cations submitted the following majority
report, which was received and accepted:
To the Honorable the Speaker and Members of the
House of Representatives Of the General As
semblg of the State OF Louisiana:
The undersigned Committee on Elections
and Qualifications appointed by your hon.
orable body do report that they have inves-
tigated the case of contested election of
Representative from the Eighth Representa-.
tive District, parish Of Orleans.
They report that Frank Bor@e, whose
election as Representative has been an
nounced by the commander of the Fifth
Military District is disqualified from holding
said office by reason Of having been regis.
tered enemy of the United States.
That article eighteen of the Constitution
of the State of Louisiana provides that
"every elector under this Constitution shall
be eligible to a seat in the House of Repre-.
sentatiyes, yet Frank Borge has not pro.
duced evidence showing that he has com.
piled with the conditions prescribed in ar
ticle ninety.nine of the State Constitution,
to wit: That no person who, prior to the
first of January, 1865, favored the execution
of the laws of the United States
popularly known as the reconstruction
acts of Congress, and openly and actively
assisted the loyal men of the State in their
efforts to restore Louisiana to her position
in the Union shall be held to be included
among those herein excepted" and hence
was not an elector under the constitution at
the time Of his election.
And they do further report that the con-
testant, Augustine Maurice, has not pro-
duced sufficient evidence of fraud to entitle
him to seat as Representative of the
Eighth Representative District of the parish
of Orleans,
The vote in the Eighth Represep
District stood as follows:
Frank Borge received 974 votes, Augustine
Maurice 62S; majority for Borge $40.
Wherefore, the premises considered, we
respectfully recommend that new election
be ordered In said representative district.
Respectfully submitted,
(signed) P. JONES YoRKE,
.- JAMES S. MATTHEW'S
HENRY LOTT,
DENNIS BURREL.
Mr.. An .oine, Of Orleans, member of tn,
ABOVE mentioned committee, submitted th'
loilo 1ing minority report, which was re
Ve we'd and accepted;
70 the Honorable Speaker and Members Of N
House Of Representatives OF the State OF Lou
We, the undersigned, members of the Com
mittee on Elections and Qualifications, az
pointed by your honorable body, beg leav
to submit the following minority report j
the contested election case Of the Eight
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