New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-08-12

tne state, ana TO authorize the incorporation
and establishment of the Louisiana State
Lottery company, and to repeal certain acts
now in force.
The bill legalizes and sanctions what /
consider great wrong, fosters immortality
and vice, and encourages crime; lotteries
never being productive of any good, but
always conducive to evil, robbing the poor
by their seductive charms and infatuations.
Th1s Dill creates monstrous monopoly
without any safeguard or assurance that It
will not be abused immeasurably. If lot.
terry is to be established by law there should
be board of control to examine and super.
wise the conduct of the same. By the
provisions OF this bill a wholesale robbery
can be committed without restriction.
The House passed the bill when there
was no quorum present in the bar of the
House, undertaking themselves TO adjudge
what quorum consisted of, when the con-
stitution expressly states that majority of
the members of the House shall be neces-
sary for quorum; and the same constitu.
ton says that the House of Representatives
shall be composed of l0l members.
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.
Mr.. Page, of Jefferson presented a peti.
ton Of Sister Angelica, Directress of the st.
Elizabeth's Asylum, praying for relief
The petition was read, aud on motion was
referred to the Committee on Charitable and
Public Institutions.
Under g suspension Of the rules Mr..
Harper, of st. Charles, introduced the
following resolution, which was adopted on
a rising vote of 40 yeas to nays: ..
Resolred l. That all clerks and pages of
standing committees of this House are here.
by discharged from further service as such,
except the clerks of the Committee on En-
gollment, the number of which may be in.
creased to fifteen by selection from among
the discharged clerks of other committees.
The chairman of any committee needing
clerk at any time shall apply to the clerk of
the House, who shall detail one from among
the enrolling clerks.
g The clerk of the House shall appoint
three additional pages for the House, who,
as well as the nine now employed shalt be
detailed, or as many Uf them as may be
necessary by the clerk, one for each com.
mittee room both inside and outside of the
building, and each page 30 detailed shall be
intructed to act as page for the several
committees occupying said committee
rooms during the usual hour of attendance,
except during the session of the House
when they shall be IN attendance on the
floor of the House.
8. No resolution or motion by which the
number of clerks or pages shall be again
| increased shall be OF any effect, except 1t is
agreed to by four ffths of this House.
!. This resolution shall take effect from
| and after the fifteenth day Of August, 1863.
Mr.. Morey, of Ouschita, moved to recon.
slider the vote last taken.
Mr.. Brewster, of Ouachita, moved to lay
the motion on the table.
Carried.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
The Committee on Enrolment made the
following reports, which were received and
accepted
| ENROLMENT DEPARTMENT,
House Of Representatives
| New Orleans, August IL, Ices,
| To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
House OF Representatives;
Your Committee on Enrolment respect
| fully report as duly enrolled, viz:
An act to increase the revenues of the
| State, and for the incorporation of the
| Louisiana State Lottery Company" and to
repeal certain acts now in force.
And also as duly eagrossed the following
| bills, viz:
An act to provide for the collection of
taxes in the city of New Orleans, and to sus.
| pend the further issue of city notes.
An act to define snd regulate the duties
and stipuate the jurisdiction and emolu-
ments of Coroner.
Respectfully submitted.
o. H. BREWSTER,
Chairman Committee on Enrolment.
ENROLMENT Rooms, !
| House of Represe tatives,
New Orleans, La, August IL, 1863.
| To the Honor BILE Speaker and Members of the
House OF Representatives:
Your Committee on Enrolment respect.
fully report that the following bill has been
duly enrolled, to wit
A Joint resolution appropriating exclu-
sively the balance of $l50,000 for the pay
ment of the members, officers, and cui-
ployes of the General Assembly.
Respectfully submitted,
| o. H. BREWSTER,
| Chairman Committee Enrolment
ORDER OF THE DAY-UNFINIsHED BUSINESS.
Mr.. Carr, of Orleans, moved that the
House resolve itself in Committee of the
Whole for the consideration of House bills
Nos. Is and 20.
| Carried.
Mr.. Lee, of st. Bernard, was called to the
chair.
After some discussion Mr.. Lowell, oi
Caddo, moved that the committee rise and re
port progress, and recommend the appoint
ment of joint committee of six from the
House and three from the Senate to take
into consideration all the police bills before
the General Assembly.
Carried.
The Speaker resumed the chair.
The committee, through their chairman
submitthd their report, which was received
Mr.. Lee, of St. Bernard, under suspen.
sion of the rules, offered the following reso-
luton, which was adopted
ResolUed, That a committee of six be ap-
pointed by the Speaker to act in concert
| with committee from the Senate, to report
SO soon as may be bill to establish me-
| tropolitan police district, etc.
| And further reSolUed, And the Senate be
forthwith requested to appoint committee
for such purpose.
The Speaker appointed the following
committee to act with the Senate commit
tee for the consideration of the police bills:
Messrs. Lee, of st. Bernard; Isabelle, OF
Orleans; De Grange, of Orleans; Carr, of
Orleans; Evans, of Jefferson; Kent, of ST..
Helena; Devices, of Bienville.
MESSAGES FROM The SENATE,
The Secretary of the Senate was an
nounced, asking concurrence in Senate bill
No. 10.
Also that the Senate had coneurred in
House bill No. l26.
Also that the. Senate hsd cOncurred in
House bill No. SO, with amendments.
Mr.. McMillen, of Carroll, moved that the
House concur in the first, second, and third
amendments ofthe Senate.
Carried, and concurred in.
The sixth section as amended by the
Senate was read,