New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-08-08
By Mr., De Grange, of Orleans:


A bill for the incorporation of the Savings
and Pawners Bank. rf
By NJ Morsis. of Ascension:
A bill appointing Parish Judges auction
GERS at ali sales.
By Fl. Heidenhain, of Orleans:
bill to confer citizenship on aliens after
one years residence in the State.
By Mr.. Hill, of Ascension:
joint resolution to empower the Gov
ernor of the State to appoint competent
committee to proceed to Washington City to
investigate into soldiers claims and boun-
ties,
Under suspension of the rules the fol-
lowing joint resolution passed its second
and third readings, final passage, land or
dered to be sent to the Senate for concur
renee:
Joint resolution Appropriatipg exclusively
the balance of one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars for the payment of the
members and officers of the General As
sembly.
Belt resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of Louisiana
IN General Assembly convened, That the
balance of the appropriation of one humid
red and fifty thousand dollars to pay the
per diem and mileage of mem bers, officers,
and employees, and contingent expenses of
the General Assembly, unexpended be and
Is hereby appropriated exclusively to pay
the per diem and mileage of members, Off
GERS, and employees of the Senate and
House OF Representatives.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
By Mr.. Wren, of Bossier:
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Orleans.
ByMr. Calhoun, of Rapides:
House bill No. 25 an act for the relief of
the Office of Attorney General of the State
of Louisiana.
Mr.. Calhoun submitted the following let
ter from the Attorney General of the
State:
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE,
State of Louisiana
New Orleans, Augusta, 1858 }
To the Honorable the hemb of the General As
.emby of the State of Louisiana New Orleans
La;
l beg leave to call your attention to the
necessity of an appropriation for the relief
OF the office of Attorney General.
There are no books, reports, statutes, or
papers of any kind in the office, as the law
entities it to, and upon inquiry, I find my
predecessor had none to turn over.
The Importance and responsibility of the
Office fill requires that be furnished with
books, such as our reports, statutes, and the
general laws of the United States. / have
many serious questions presented to me o
the law officer of the State more serious
than any of my predecessors, and must be
provided with every facility to discharge my
duties rs becomes the dignity OF this great
State. There are no works of this kind in
the state Library. When once purchased,
they will serve the Office for many years.
The state has also to provide mo with an
Office. And as there are none in the Insti
tute at all suitable for this office, and in
truth none at ALL l must ask you to allow
me the privilege of leasing one, which
assure you shall be procured at the most
reasonable rates, if you accord me this
privilege.
There arc other expenses which I mnst
incur, such as clerk hire, which will, with
slauonary, sum up one thousand or eleven
hundred dollars.
have therefore made the estimate as
follows:
Office rent per year ....,...,..........Sl $1,000
Dooks'' '''''; '...,.:.....,,.. ......,.. 1900
Stationary, clerk hire. .............. HOO
Total. .................. $1,000
This is very moderate estimate, but will
be larger than for any succeeding year, as
no books will have to be purchased, when
the Office is once provided.
find vast amount of labor in my office,
and as | desire to make report to you at
your next session complete and full, I shall
be compelled to employ assistance in
the way of clerk hire, and incur other ex-
penses above enumerated.
y The accompanying bill, under the most
economical calculation, will not be more
Than sufficient to put the Office in such con-
nt'lon as necessity and the dignity of the
State require.
submit it to you with the hope that the
relief sought will be given.
Respectfully submitted.
SIMEON BELDEN,
Attorney General, State of Louisiana.
Under suspension of the rules the fol-
lowing bills passed their first and second
readings and were referred to the Judiciary
Committee:
By Mr.. Adolphe, of Orleans:
House bill No. 124, an act to amend an
act entitled an act in relation to the trial of
contested election cases.
By Mr.. Gray, of st. James:
House bill No. 1913, an act relative to the
Supreme Court, and regulating the terms
thereof the proceedings therein, appeals
thereto, and process against sureties on ap-
peal bonds. 5Iaf r.
t UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
House Bill No. 5, relative to ffsSotaries
Public, being under discussion at the time
of the adjournment, was taken up.
= Pending the reading of the amendments,
it being ascertained that there was no QUO
rum. the House on motion of Mr.. Abbot of
Concordia, adjourned until tomorrow at