New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-07-10
UNFINISHED BUSINESS,

postpone it indefinitely.
Mr.. Abbott, of COncordia, moved to lay
the motion on the table; which was lost by
vote of 46 nays to 27 yeas.
The question recurring on the indefinite
postponement, was carried by q vote of 4s
yeas to q nays, as follows:
Yeas-Alexander, Antoine, Adolphe, Be
lot, Barbee, Burrel, Collins, Quincy, Des-
londe, Devices, Dufresne, Demarest, Dupart,
Evans, Esnard, Guigonet. Garstkamp,
Gray, GuidrY, Hill Honore, Harper, Hutch.
inson, Leblanc, Lee, Leroy, Lott, Morris,
Mollere, Mahier, McMillen, McVean, Muir
rel, Moran, Pearce, Page, Raymond, Reese,
Rey, Smith, Sterrett, Taylor, Tureaud,
Walsh, Washington, Wren, William G. Will
liams, H. Williams-4S.
Nays-Abbott, Bennett, Buckingham,
Brewster, Bergeron, Dupre, Faulkner,
Fouts, Haskell. Hanlon, Kent, Kavanagh,
L'Hoste, McCullen, Morey, May, Mathews,
Magee, Noble, Pratt. Pierce, Prescott, Sla-
ton, Waters, N. Young, Yorke, D.
Young-T.
Mr.. Wren, of Bossier, moved to reconsider
the vote last taken.
Mr. Morris, of Ascension, moved to lay
the motion on the table.
Carried.
4hb OpFdhGl dhuOuhSGA buC dPpOiubult
of the following committees:
Committee on Claims-McVean of Caddo,
Chairman; Noble, of Orleans, Quincy, of
Rapides, Garstkamp, of Jefferson, Yorke, of
Carroll
Committee on Corporations -McMillen, of
Carroll, ChairmaH; Page, of jefferson,
Adolphe, of Orleans, May, of Orleans, Leroy,
of Natchitoehes, Guigonet, of Avoyelles,
Kavanagh, of st. Landry.
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Chairman; Fouts, of Winn Mansion, of Or
leans; Deslonde, of Iberville, Devices, of
| Bienville. Antoine, of Orleans, Pierce, of
| Livingston.
Committee on Internal Improvements
Demarest, of St.. Mary, Chairman; Melvin,
Of Natchitoches, Williams, of East Felieiana,
| Raymond, OF Jefferson, Dupre, of st. Lam
dry, Young, of Concordia, McCulen, of East
Baton Rouge.
Printing Devices, of BienVille, Chair
man; Morand, of Plaquemines, Barhee, of
Sabine, Faulkner, of Caldwell, Murrell, Of
| LatOuTche.
Ways and Means-Lee, of st. Bernard,
Chairman; May, of Orleans, Honore, of
| Pointe Coupee, Dufresne, of Iberville, Tu.
reaud, of st. James.
Enrolment - Brewster, of Ouachita
Chairman; Guidry, of Terrebonne, Holland,
OF Tensas Hanlon, of Orleans, Magee, of
Washington, Sterrett of Caddo, Belot, Of
| Orleans.
Judiciary-Harper, of St. Charles, Chair
man; Pratt, of Claiborne, Wren, of Bossier
McMillen, of Carroll, Lee. of st. Bernard.
Contingent Expenses-Morey,o of 0uachita,
| Chairman; Collins of Orleans, Washington,
of Assumption, Slaton, Of jackson, Evans
| of Jefferson.
Niilitia-Mathews of Tensas, Chairman;
Alexander, of Orleans, right bank; Noble,
of Orleans, Wilson, of Catahoula, Pearce,
of Bossier, Mollere, of Assumption, Ber-
geron, of st. Martin,
Commerce and Manufactures - Carr, of
| Orleans, Chairman; Hutchinson, of st. Tam.
many, Morey, of Ouachita, Young, of Yer
million, Isabelle, of Orleans, Reese, of La
fOurche, Haskell, Of Calcasieu, Dupart, of
Terrebonne, Waters, of Orleans.
Public Lands and Levees-Reese of La
| fourChe, Chairman; McMillen, of Carroll,
Prescott. of st. Landry, Mahier, OF West
Baton Rouge, Calhoun, of Rapides.
| The Speaker announced the following ap.
pointments of subordinate officers and EN-
ployes;
Enrolling Clerks-B. McLeran, A. J.
| Selover, j. E. Mathieu ]. R. Yerbois, p. E.
| Collins, F. BOemarde
Page to Committee on Enrollment-J. E.
| Staes.
Messengers-Richard Kenner, Louis Hub
| bard.
Porter-Jeff. Stokes.
Pages-Eddie Simpson, Jos. Comart, j.
| NJ. Vance, Jr., William Murrel Robert
Hamilton, Ed. Schaeffer, Albert Relf.
MIR. Brewster, of Ouachita, offered the
following resolution, which, on motion o.
Mr.. McYean, of Caddo, was laid on the
table:
Rssolred, That the sergeant.at-Arms bC
| required to take a receipt from every mem
Der, officer, committee, and employe of thi:
House for all stationery furnished. And al
| the expiration of each month the quantity
of stationery and the amount which it has
cost the State. together with the names oi
members, officers, committees, and EN-
| ployes usiug the same, shall be reported tC
this House and spread upon the journal.
Mr.. Lott, of Rapides, gave notice of hi;
intention to introduce bill entitled Ear
ctrelative to Justice of the Peace for the
town of Alexandria
Lies over under the rules.
Mr.. Lee, of St. Bernard, moved to take
up an act relative TO Notaries Public intro.
duced by him.
The bill was taken up and passed its frst
reading.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly con
| Vened, That the Governor shall nominate
and by and with the advice and consent
| of the Senate appoint as many notarie!
/ public as may be deemed necessary with
/ out The limits of the parish of Orleans
who shall hold their office for the term o.
| four years
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That
i the Governor shall nominate, and by and
| with the advice and consent of the Senate
appoint not less than forty nor more thar
| seventy notaries public for the parish o.
Orleans, who shall hold their Office for the
| term of four years.
SEC. 3. Be It further enacted, etc., That
the Governor shall appoint one of the no
taries for the parish of Orleans to be par
ish notary and custodian of notarial records
In addition to the other duties and powers
| conferred upon notaries public, such notary
shall be the notary of the State of Louisi-
ana and Of the city Of New Orleans, before
| whom shall be passed and executed all con
+ tracts, agreements, acts of sale and pur
chase, and all other authentic acts in which
the State of Louisiana, the parish q
Orleans, and the city OF New Orleans may
be party or have any interest, and also
shall have the charge and possession of the
| records of all notaries in the parish of Or.
leans who shall have ceased to be such
| either by death, removal, or otherwise.
SEC Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the Governor shall not appoint or commits
sion any notary public in and for the parish
| of Orleans who shall fail to furnish him with
a certificate from the Judges of the Supreme
| Court, certifying TO his having the qualities
tons requisite to perform the duties Of said
office.
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, etc, That
all nOtaries public in and for the parish Of
Orleans shall give bond, with one or more
solvent 6ureties in the Rum of ten thousan a