The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-09-20

standing State liabilities. favorsbly by substitutes
! Prostitutes ordered calendared
Clsims-OD the bill appropriatiug $50 to r. J.
Ssd"eii for services as district attorney pro tenn
| Favorably.
| On the senste bill sppropriating sl35 10 NJ;
Asuiek for maps by him furnished the State. Fs-
vOrably.
On the Senate bill appropriating 1928 to Mrs
Young Burke. FRvorably.
The above bills ordered calendared.
Further report Of judiciary committee-On the
bills amending articles 1886 of Civil Code and
articles 1888 and 2340 of the Code Of Practice
Fsyorably. Bills calendared. eco
Public Lands and Levees-0n the bill TO encour-
age immigrants by the cheap sale of State lands
10 actual settlers. Favorsbly.s
On sn act to repeal the law by which the parish
Of lberville was made special levee district.
Fsvorably.
On an act providing for the inspection by the
board Of public works of the Possum Fork levee,
State Of Arkansas. Fsvorably.
On an act ordering an inspection of the canal
leading from Napoleonyille 10 Lake Weren't, and
an estimate Of the cost of repairing the same. Fa-
vorably.
The above bills all calendsred.
BILLS ON THEIR FIRST READING.
By Gray, of st. James, joint resolution providing
for the appointment Of joint committee 10 inves.
tgate the alleged fact that numbers of foreigners
who have not declared their intention of so doing
are now being naturalized. The resolution gives
the committee power to send for persons and
papers, and orders them TO report in five DAYS
Read three times and finally passed.
By Ray, Of Orleans, an act to take away the
jurisdiction Of the district courts of the city of
New Orleans in the matter of naturalization of
aliens. Read twice and sent to the Judiciary CON-
mittee.
mayor, Common Council and LIS citizens Of
Shreveport, asking relief from parish taxes; re-
ferred to ways and means committee.
By Ray, OF Orleans, sbillproyiding for taxation
perry in the State, to obtain funds for paying ex
peDses of the public school system, and authorizing
the State board Of education TO levy q special
parish tax whenever they think ii necessary, and
10 heamount they deem proper, TO pay educa.
tional expenses. Bead twice and referred to
ways andmeans co mmittee. H.-- a.
By Isabelle, of Orleans an act for the relief of
widows Bertier and Joseph, whose husbands were
Ellie in the riot of '66. This gives $500 to each
Of them. Read twice and sent to claims com.
mittee.
BILLS ON THEIR THIRD READING.
Senate bill providing for the appointment of a
district attorney pro TEN. for each parish who
shall also be parish attorney. Finally passed by
a vote of'38 10 Is.
A bill incorporating hook and ladder company
in the town of Franklin was finally passed.
Senate bill sppropriatiDg $1,000 to pay expenses
of clearing out the Boguefalia river. Passed
finally.
An act authorizing and requiring the mayor and
of twenty year bonds for the redemption of city
money.
An act to provide for the payment of interest
and principal Of State bonds. Passed finally.
An act for the relief of A. E. Lockett Passed
finally.
An act for the relief of C. E. Fortier and Mrs
FortieT. Passed finally.
joint resolution rendering the thanks Of the
General Assembly to Mr.. E. GOtthiel for the able
manner in which he represented the State of
Louisiana at the late Paris Exposition. Passed
finally
An act for the relief of Alex. Walker. Passed
finally. .-...r errr.-.. ".
Senate bill for the relief of VIM, Piersou. of
Union parish. Finally passed.
Senate bill for the relief of Pierre Soue. Passed
finally.
SENATE BILLS ON THEIR FIRST READING.
An act to repeal an act postponing all seizures
for city taxes, adopted March, 1866. Read twice
and referred TO ways and means committee.
HOUSE BILLS ON THEIR SECOND READING.
bill amending the first and fifteenth sections
OF the law of '65, relative to pilots. as amended
by the committee TO which it had been referred.
Ordered printed and consideration deferred to
next Wednesday.
An act providing for the indenture of persons
under eighteen convicted Of crime not capital.
Ordered printed and deferred TO Thursday next.
An act relative TO inspection of steam boilers.
Reported upon favorably by committee. Con.
sidert lion postponed until next Saturday.
bill Incorporating the New Orleans Slaughter
House Company. Deferred till next Wednesday.
An act incorporating the Saving and Pawners'
Bank of New Orleans. Deferred till Thursday next
Senate bill Incorporating the New Iberia, Yer.
milionville and Texas Railroad Company. Carr
moved to strike out the name Of NJ. A. 5outhwort
q ON the list of incorporators Of the company and
insert that of Casnave. .'
Pending the consideration Of this amendment
the House found itself without quorum, and 30
adjourned till noon Monday. -