New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-08-22
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Williams, Wittgenstein-2s.
Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. Mr.. Turner,
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Ray, from the Committee on Judi.
eiary, reported favorabiy with amendments
upon Senate bill No. 1875, an act to provide
for taking the testimony of Witnessed suits
pending in the courts of this State, and
moved that it be printed and made the
special order of the day for Monday next.
Adopted.
Mr.. Smith, from the Committee on Elec-
tons, presented the following report;
SENATE COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS
New Orleans. August 10, 1865.
Tothe Honorable Members of the Senate:
BY a resolution of the Committee on
Elections, as no contest ant for the seat of the
Hon. X. W Futch has appeared before them,
the following affidavit of Mr.. Thomas /.
johnson is respectfully returned to your
honorable body for its action, with the re-
quest that the committee be relieved from
further consideration of the subject.
MORTIMER F. SMITH, %
Chairman.
Mr.. Anderson: move that the rules be
suspended to actat once upon the report of
the committee.
Rules suspended.
An affidavit before R. E. Shannon, United
States Commissioner, inclosed with the
report of the committee was read. 1t alleges
that R. W, Futch is not registered voter.
Mr., Anderson: understand the report
of the committee to be that Mr.. Futch is
entitled to his seat. move that the report
be adopted. s
The President: The Chair is of opinion
that this report should lie over until NJ,
Futch is present.
Mr., Blackman moved that the affidavit
and petition be dismissed ...
MIR Campbell moved that it be referred 10
the Judiciary committee.
The President: The motion to aaop:
takes precedence.
Mr.. Braughn: The committee recommend
that the affidavit be withdrawn. move
that the report of the committee be adopted
and that the affidavit be laid on the table.
Mr.. Campbell; / withdraw my motion,
and move that the affidavit and the report
be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
ask whether motion to commit does not
take precedence of any other motion?
The President: The Chair is Of the opinion
that the motion of the Senator from the
First District is in order from this fact
The effect of laying the affidavit on the table
will be that it will there be subject to be
taken up at any time. Now, should any
Senator be disposed to take up the matter,
and consider the question of eligibility, It
can be done.
The President The Chair viii state also
that each member is sworn to support the
constitution as well as myself, and if the
gentleman is not eligible to his seat, it de-
wolves upon them to take measures to pre-
vent it. The mere fact of laying the a1ida-
Wit upon the table makes it the property of
the Senate, and it could be taken up and
considered at any time.
The question being on adopting the re-
port of the committee and laying the aiiida-
Wit upon the table
Mr.. o'Hara called for division Of the
question.
The report of the committee was adopted,
The motion to lay the affidavit upon the
table was lost:
Yeas 10; nays IL.
On motion of Mr.. Campbell the affidavit
was referred to the Committee on the Judi
ciary.
MIR. Ray, from the Committee on Internal
Improvements, reported progress.
Mr.. Campbell, from the COMMITTEE on
Corporations and Parochial Affairs, reported
fayorably upon Senate bill No. los, a bill for
the relief of the poor and indigent Of the
State of Louisiana.
Mr.. Packard, from the Special Committee
on the New Orleans slaughterhouse Com
pany bill, Senate bill No. l21, reported fayo--
ably.
Mr., Todd asked that this bill might lie
upon the table until he had time to make :
minority report.
The Chair; 1t lies upon the table until
Friday next, being a local bill. -1
MOTIONS.
Mr.. Braughn: have in my hands q me-
mortal from a charitable institution. ] pre-
sumo that under the head of motions il Is in
in order. -
The memorial was read by its title. being
the report of the Board of Directors of st.
Vincent and St. Thomas for destitute Cath.
Ollie boys, and memorial to the honorable
President and Senate of the State of Louisi.
ana.
On motion Of Nj. Braughn the report and
memorial were received, and referred to the
Committee on Charitable Institutions.
lm SPECIAL ORDER OF THE.DAY.1z
Senate bill No. SO, an act to define and
regulate the costs of the Clerks, SherifTs,
Recorders, and Notaries Public throughout
the State of Louisiana, and provide forfeit
ures and penalties for their overcharging and
falling to perform their duties, and the mode
of collecting their fees, was taken up.
SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, etc., That
the Recorders and Notaries Public shall
be entitled to demand and receive at the
time the services may be performed, the
following fees of office, and no more, and
any other services they may perform, or be
required to perform as Recorders and No.
taries Public. fa
For writing original acts of any kind, in
GLIDING recording the same, per hundred
words, twenty cents.
When an act notaFial in form is written
out BY some other party and passed before
the Recorder or Notary Public, as notarial
act, the fees shall be twenty-five cents for
passing the act, and ten Cents for every
hundred words for recording the same.
For every necessary certificate and seal to
every notarial act, twenty-five cents, and
no netarial act shall hgye more than one
certificate and seal
For making copies OF all official doeu-
ments, ten cents for every hundred words.
For certificate. and seal to every copy,
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