New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-08-07
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fate OF LOUISIANA.
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
|ENERAL ASSEMBLY,
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

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d JoUmNAL OF THE HOUSE.
+ Thlrtisth Days Session.
4 SATURDAY, August l., 1868.
Il The House met pursuant to adjournment.
4 sneaker Lowell in the chair.
\ The roll being called, sixty.seven mem.
~ answered to their names:
y sneaker Lowell, Abbot. Alexander, An. |
Dine, Adolphe, Bennett, Buckingham, Be
Il Brewster, Baroee, Burrel, collins
Esmarest, Dupart, Evans, Eager, Esnard,
y sulkner, Guigonet, Garstkamp. Gray,
hidrv. Hill, Haskell, Honore, Holland,
sroy Lott, Landers, Morris, Mollere, Nc
SlIen. Mahicr, McYean, Murrell, Melvin,
" Ia1sion, Morey, Morand, Mathews, Noble,
n Psarce, Pratt, Pierce, Page, Prescott Eay-
!. snond, Reese, Rey, Slaton, Smith, Ster-
n M TAYLOR, Tureaud, Washington, Wren,
n WILSON,, Umphreys, William c. Williams, H.
4 Williams, Yorke, D. Young--67.
1 PRAYER by Rev. Mr.. Cola.
III On motion of Mr.. Garstkamp, of Jefferson,
I. NJ reading of the journal was dispensed
Z nth.
q [PETITIoNs AND MEMORIALS
a None. --. -.--.-.- ~
n RESOLUTIONS.
Under q suspension of the rules Mr..
devices, of Bienville, offered the following
/. Resolution, which was adopted:
u RESOLVED, That the Committee on Elec.
Eions and Qualifications be instructed to
4 a Enrnish this House with tabular statement
EhoVing the number of votes cast on the
RI eyeDteenth and eighteenth days OF April
y m at each poll in the Fourth Representa-
d live District, parish of Orleans, Tor Repre-
! Eentatives to the General Assembly, aud for
J, Ehom they were cast, as returned by the
d commissioners of Election.
Dlh Under a suspension of the rules, Mr.. Muir
Esl, Of Lafourche, offered the following res
Vi bluticn, which was adopted:
n Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep
N tesentatives, That the joint committee on
y M conduct of the elections and the peace
~ End good order of the State be authorized
ID 10 employ such clerks and messengers as
Y may be necessary.
q Under a suspension of the rules, HIr.
@ forke, of Carroll, offered the following
solution, which was adopted:
Resolued, That each standing committee
y be allowed TO employ one page.
Mr. Burrel, of st. John the Baptist, of.
ered the following resolution, which lies
Hover under the rules:
Resozued, That the Committee on Enroll
n nent be requested to Yacate the room now
\. occupied by them as soon as convenient,
u md that the Secretary of State be authorized
Eu khereupon TO remove the State library to
n he room so vacated, and that the Sergeant
n btArms of the House be instructed to rem
Her any assistance necessary to effect the
change.
q Mr.. McNiillen, of Carroll, offered the fol
Bowling as an additional rule, which was
adopted under suspension of the rules;
ART. SO. No smoking will be allowed
within the hall of the House of Represents
hives during the session of the House.
Mr.. Haskell, of Calcasieu, asked that
leave of absence for one week be granted to
Mr.. KaVanagh.
AL. Carried.
On motion of Mr.. Taylor, OF West Felici
ana, leave of absence was granted to him
II x fCr ten days.
VI REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
y The Committee on Claims reported as
N y follows:
IN PETITION OF l.. DILLON.
the House of Representatives.;
w Your Committee on Claims beg leave tt
N report unfayorably to the petition of L
EDfOn, and return the same, recommending
~ petitioner to sue the State Tax Collector
q for amount of his bill, he having collected
I! the same. j. II, MoNEAN,
n N Chairman.
y y The report was received, accepted, an(
~ agreed to.
n MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
The Secretary of the Senate appeared AMI
asked concurrence in Senate bill No. 50
and announced also that the Senate haC
- coneurred in House bill No. 50.
ID REPORT OF TIE coMMITTEE on INTERNAL IN
MI PRovEMENTs.
Mr.. Demarest, chairman of the commit
Z !. toe, submitted the following report, which
was received and accepted:
n 70 the Honorable Speaker and Members Of tn
a. House Of Representatives OF the state OF Lou
rs isiana:
GENTLEMEN--Your Committee on Interna
improvements beg leave to repor. the fol
flowing joint resolution as substitute TO
House bill No. 22, referred to them for con
MI sideration:
Joint Resolution making an appropriation
a y for the Improvement of Navigation o
Bayou Plaquemine.
n WHEREAS, In the year 1865 certain pei
)h Sons In the parish of Iberville, under tn
u pretended authority of the Police Jury Q
n said parish, did erect and build solid an
aubstantial dixie or dam across Bayo
4 Hlhquemine at its mouth, at the town q
Plaquemine, in the parish of lberVille
thereby completely closing said bayou an
Nj entirely destroying the navigation Thereof
and preventing all communication betwee
TIE Mississippi river and said bayou; Their
isre &TEF sir On fs-E q
Ut SECTION /. Be it resolved by the Senat
and House Of Representatives of the Stat
Of Louisiana in General Assembly COZ
q, yened, That the sum of five hundred do
y lsEs, or SO much thereof as may be neee
aAsy, be and the same is hereby appropFi
atEd out Of any money in the treasury NJ
otherwise appropriated for the purpose
a. Improving the navigation of Bayou Plaqu
4 nine by removing the dixie or dam no
closing Its mouth at the town of Plaqu
nine, parish of Iberville, thereby allowfr
ihs water from the Mississippi river to flo
freely and unobstructed through said bayo,
aAa that the said improvement shall
under the direction and superintendent
the State Engineer.
EEc q. Belt further resolved, ETC., Tn
this resolution shall take effect from al
after its passage.
All Of which is respectfully submitted.
l@ A. ]. .DEMAREST,
49, $780, Chairman;
SI24 - NJ. RAYMOND
"a DAVID YOUNG, -
w. @. WILLIAMS,
H. w. @. MELVIN.
4" On motion Of Mr.. Noble. of Orleans, t
bin was referred TO the Committee Of !
r.g Whole.
Mr.. Demarest, chairman OF the same Co