New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-10-20
THE IRREGULARITIES


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the rules to take up Senate bill No. 26s, al
act for the purchase of museum Of medals
models, scientific library, etc.
| Rules suspended aud the bill read.
Mr.. Todd: / move that the bill be post
poned until the second Tuesday in Januar,
next.
Mr.. Ray: call for the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered, result
ing:
Yeas: Campbell, Day, FRANCOIS. jerks
Lynch, Packard, Ray, Todd and Whitney
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Nays: Antoine. Braughn, COPELAND, Futch
kelso, Monette, Ogden, 0'Hara, Pinchback
Poindexter, Pollard, Wittgenstein-l2.
The Senate refused to postpone.
Mr.. Ray: move to indefinitely postpone
the bill.
The yeas and nays were ordered, re
sulting:
Yeas: Campbell, Day Francois, jerks
Kelso, Lynch, O'Hars Packard, Pollard,
Ray, Todd and Whitney-12.
Nays; Antoine, Beares, Braughn, Futch,
| Monette, Ogden, Pinchback, Poindexter anC
Wittgenstein-9
The bill was postponed indefinitely.
The Chief Clerk of the House of Repre-
sentatives appeared with a message from
that body announcing that the House had
concurred in Senate joint resolution No. 81,
relative to the adjournment of the General
Assembly, with an amendment.
Mr.. Ogden: ask for suspension of the
rules to introduce resolution.
| Rulac apI tbo fo1lowinu I.
In view of the fact that the Legislature
has been in session since the twenty-second
of June, and that members of both Houses
have drawn their warrants from that date;
be it
RESOLVED, That a committee of three be
appointed to wait on the Governor and in.
form him that as the one hundred and TWEEN
ty days given by the Constitution for the
session of the Legislature have expired, that
the Senate will adjourn this evening, to meet
at It's next regular term, and that If he has
any message to send in they are Low pre-.
pared to receive it.
Lies over.
Mr.. O'Hara: ask for suspension of the
rules to take up Senate joint resolution No.
"a relative to adjournment of the General
Assembly, returned from the House with an
amendment.
Rules suspended, and the amendment
changing the date of adjournment from the
twenty-sixth to the twentieth instant, was
read.
Mr.. 0'Hara: l move that the Senate con.
cur in the House amendment.
Mr.. Lynch: call for the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered, result.
ing:
Yeas: Braughn, Darrell Day, Futch,
jerks, kels0, Lynch, Ogden, 0Hara, Pinch
back, POindeXter, Pollard. Whitney-l3.
Nays: Antoine, Bacon, Beares, Campbell,
COPELAND, FRANCOIS, Monette, Packard, Ray,
Smith, Todd, Wilcox, Wittgenstein-l3.
A tie.
The President: l vote nay.
The amendment was not concurred in.
Mr.. Ogden: move that the rules be sus.
pended to take up my resolution relative to
adjournment.
Mr.. wittgenstein; I move to lay the mo-
ton on the table.
Adopted by rising vote ofI2 yeas s nays.
Mr.. Campbell: ask for suspension of
the rules to report favorably, with amend
ments, upon House bill No. 1872, an act to
incorporate the savings and pawners bank
of New Orleans.
Rules suspended and the report received,
on the yeas and nays being ordered and re
sulting:
Yeas Messrs. Bacon, Braughn, Campbell
Coupland, Francois, kelso, Monette, Ogden,
0'Hara, Packard, Pollard, Smith and
Todd-l3.
Nays Messrs. Day, Pinchback, Poindex-
ter, Whitney, Wilcox and 'Wittgenstein-G.
Mr.. Campbell: ask for a suspension of
the rules TO take up Senate joint resolution
No. SO, appropriating one hundred dollars
each to the members of the police force who
have attended, in their official capacity, the
sessions of the Legislature of 1868, returned
from the House with amendments.
Rules suspended and the amendment of
the House adding .he names of "P. z.
Canonge u. W. Munday and VIM. H. White"
to the first section, was read.
Mr.. Campbell: 1 move to concur in the
amendment.
Adopted.
Mr.. Campbell: ask for suspension of
the rules to take up the constabulary bill.
The Senate refused to suspend the rules.
Blr. Todd: ask for suspension of the
rules to take up the resolution relative to
the extra compensation to employees of the
Senate.
Rules suspended and the following read:
WHEREAS, In consideration of the faith
full and efficient manner in which the clerks
and employees of the Senate have dis
charged the duties incumbent upon them
during the long and arduous session Of this
body; and
whereas, By reason of the depreciation in
value of warrants, their source of revenue,
and the ruinous rates of discount to which
they have been subjected, thereby increas-
ing the expense OF living, and in conse-
quence burthensome and embarrassing to
the many who have families dependent
upon them for support; therefore,
BE ii resolved BY The Senate Of Louisiana,
That the warrant clerk is hereby authorized
and directed TO draw mis- warrants on the
State Treasurer in favor Of the following
clerks and employees Of the Senate to be paid
out of the contingent fund Of. the General
Assembly: Secretary $500, Assistant Score
tary $500, Chief Enrolling Clerk $500. En-
rolling Clerks each $500, Reporters of New
Orleans Picdyune $50, Crescent, REPUBLI-
CAN, and German Press each $3.50; Stone,
Jones, Thompson and Downes, clerks com.
mittee on peace and good order of State
each $500; and Clerk Contingent Expense
Committee, $500. 81
Mr. Bacon: Imove to refer the resolution
to the Finance Committee.
Mr.. Braughn; move to strike out the
two last items. .s.
Mr.. Smith: l move to lay the motion to
refer on the table.
Lost.
Mr.. Bacon's motion to refer prevailed.
The order of the day was called.