New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-09-30

1 - 49, 1870 AA-6 A1OAhtC OAlAos
No. 1874, an act to incorporate the New
Orleans and Ship Island Canal Company.
No. lii, an act to incorporate the Louisi-
ana Mercantile College.
No. ll3, an act to purchase five hundred
copies each of the Civil Code and Code Of
Practice of the State of Louisiana, edited by
James c. Fuqua, and one hundred copies of
Hennen's Digest.
No. lis, an act to limit and control the
assessment of parish and municipal taxes in
the parish Of East Baton Rouge.
NO. 137, an act to increase the capital and
extend the powers of the Pontchartrain
Railroad Company.
And that the House had refused to concur
! in Senate bill No. 1876, an act to create an
additional court for the parish of Orleans.
Section twenty-five was read.
| Mr.. Bacon; l move to amend by striking
out the words BOARD of Registrationo in
line seven and inserting the words "Secre-
tary of State and" instead, and also to add
the words "by the next and most speedy
mode Of conveyance after the word 'Staten
in the eighth line. ...
Adopted. r
Mr.. Lynch: move to amend by Inserting
the words upon conviction before any
court of competent Jurisdiction after the
word "shall" in line fifteen.
Adopted.
The section was adopted as amended.
sections tweRty-six and twenty.seven
were read and adopted.
By unanimous consent, on motion of Mr..
Packard, the word "polln in line five, section
twenty'three was substituted for the word
precincts" and in the second line of sec
ton twenty-six after the word "alln insert
the word future"
Section twenty y-eight was read.
Mr.. Campbell: move to amend by strik-
ing out the words Board of Registration
IN lines twelve and thirteen, and insert in
stead the words "sheriff of each parish -
10 strike out the word 'three" in line if
Teen and insert instead the word "one;" to
strike out the word ''the" in the same line
and insert the word leach" instead; to in.
sert the words "in which paper may be
published, and in the parish of Orleans in
three papers of said parish, - after the word
parish in the same line; and to strike
out the words of Orleans terminating
the section.
Adopted.
The section was adopted as amended.
Sections twenty'nine and thirty were read
and adopted.
Section thirty.one was read.
Mr.. Campbell: 1 move to insert the words
" in Congress p" after the word Representa-.
tive" in line four. .
Adopted. H- ..I
The section was adopted as amended.
Sections thirty.two to thirty.seven, inclu.
sive, were read and adopted.
Section eight which had been passed over
on previous day, was taken up.
Mr. Bacon offered substitute for section
eight. n
Mr.. Campbell: move that the bin and
Mr.. Bacen's substitute be made the special
order OF the day tomorrow, Immediately
after the reading OF the minutes. and that
Mr.. Bacon's substitute be ordered to be
printed.
Adopted. |I
Mr. Lynch; l ask for suspension of the
rules to take up bill.
Rules suspended.
House bill No. 2l5, an act TO provide
means for the relief of the State treasury
was read third time.
Mr.. Lynch: move that the bill do now
pass. RIO a
| ap, Ag.4
The yeas and nays were ordered resulting;
Yeas: Anderson, Campbell, Coupland.
Darrall, Foute, FRANCOIS, Lynch, Monette'
Ogden, Packard, Pinchback, Pollard. Ran.
dali, hay, Wittgenstein-l5.
NAYS; antoine, Bacon, Blackman, Kelso,
ney-9. " ---'
The bill was passed finally. .l....
Mr.. Lynch: offer the following substitut
for the title and move its adoption:
An act to provide for the sale of 81. 5s6 90,
In bonds undisposed of issued in accord
ance to the provisions of the act entitled an
act 70 provloe means for the construction Of
leVees by the issue of bonds of the State for
four millions of dollars, and to provide for
the redemption of said bonds, approved
| March 26, 1867, or to exchange anv portion
OF such bonds at market prices for Auditors
warrants issued under authority of the
present General Assembly.
Adopted.
Mr.. Ray: ask for suspension Of the
rules to take up bill.
Rules suspended. ..t -1
Senate bill No. 24S, an act for the relief al
j. II. Huger and Charles Jones, lessees OF
! the Louisiana Penitentiary, was read.
The bill was considered engrossed.
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