New Orleans Republican., 1868-10-14
O F. F. I Q I "A L.
PROCEEDINGS
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
JOURNAL OF THE SENATE.
NInety.Flrst Days Session.


bers present:
Antoine, Bacon, Beares, Braughn, Camp.
bell, Coupland, Darrall, Day. Foute, Fran
eois, Futch, Jewell. Kelso Lewis, Lynch,
Monette, Ogden, O'Hara, Packard, Pinch
back, PoindeXter, Pollard, Randall, Raw,
Thompson, Todd, Wilcox, Wittgenstein-2S
Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. Mr.. Turner.
On motion of Mr.. Beares, the reading of
the minutes was dispensed with.
Mr.. Lynch, from the Finance Committee,
reported unfavorably upon Senate bill No.
275, an act for the relief of the noncom-
missioned officers and privates of the Sixth
Louisiana Volunteer Infantry.
Mr.. Darrall, from the Enrolment Com
mittee, reported as duly enrolled, Senate
bills Nos. S4, and as duly engrossed Senate
bill No. 265, Senate joint resolution No. 30
and House bill No. 2G9 Senate bills Nos. 24l,
81 and 224, Senate joint resolutions 25 and
33. and House joint resolution No. 224, and
House bill 203.
Mr.. Campbell, from the Committee on
Corporations, reported favorably upon
Senate bill No. 2l8, an act to amend an act
entitled an act to Incorporate the CitS of
Carrollton.
MOTIONS.
Mr.. Todd; move that Senate bill No. 2ls
be printed.
Adopted.
Mr.. Campbell: Imove that Mr.. Randall be
granted leave of absence for twelve days.
Adopted.
Mr.. Futch: l move to reconsider the
vote by which was finally passed Senate
bill No. 22s, an act to authorize attorneys.
at-law from other States to practice in the
courts of this State.
Adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Futch the bill was then
laid on the table subject to call.
Mr.. Wiugenstein: ask for a suspension
of the rules to take up Senate bill No. 253,
| an act to amend article eighty.one of the
| Civil Code ofLouisiana.
Adopted.
Mr.. Wittgenstein: Imove that the bill be
recommitted to the Judiciary Committee.
Adopted.
The order Of the day was called.
BILLS ON FIRST READING.
House bill No. 275, an act appropriating
The sum of SlOO, 900 for registration. Read
twice and referred to the Finance Com
mittee.
House bill No. 244, an act to make the
warrants of the General Assembly of 1865
receivable for State lands.
| Read twice under suspension of the rules,
and referred to the Finance Committee.
| A
ceived.
House bill No. 24S, an act for the relief OF
Martha Waters.
Read twice under suspension of the rules
and referred to the Committee on Claims.
| SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.
House bill No. $50, an act relative to mar.
riages.
Mr.. Campbell: move to take up the bill
section by section.
Adopted.
The first and second sections having been
adopted previously, the third section was
read.
Adopted.
The fourth, fifth and sixth were read and
adopted.
A message from the Governor was re.
ceived.
Mr.. Pinchback: move the adoption of
the following as an additional section, to be
numbered section g.:
Be it further enacted, etc., That any par
ties who, at any time previous to the pas
sage OF this act, have lived together as man
| and wife and who desire to contract legal
marriage, shall be entitled to the provisions
| of the law, and the issue OF such cohabita-
tion shall be hereby legitimatized upon the
parties complying with the foregoing re-
qulrements, subject, however, to the excep-
tons contained in section l.
Adopted
By general consent, the word 'the" was
inserted in section one, line sixteen, before
the word parties.
Mr.. Campbell: move the adoption of the
bill as whole.
Adopted.
The bill was considered engrossed.
Under suspension of the rules the bill
was read third time and finally concurred
in with its title.
A message from the Governor was read,
informing the Senate that he had signed
and approved of Senate bill No. 81, an act
for the relief of Pierre SouIe.
House bill N. s, an act relative to no.
taries, was then taken up in its order.
The first and second sections having been
previously adopted, section third was read
and adopted.
Section four was read.
Mr.. Bacon: l move to insert in the section,
eighth line, after the word court -
the words (which they shall ascertain by
an examination of the applicant
as to his knowledge of law pertain
ing to the duties of notary, and as to his
proficiency in the practical performance
thereof.n
Adopted, and the section adopted as
amended.
Sections five, six and seven were read and
adopted.
Section eight was read.
Mr.. Bacon: move to amend by inserting
after the word acts in line two the words
which are required by law to be registered
in the public Offices of the State.
Adopted, and the section adopted as
amended.
Sections nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thir-
teen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen,
eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one,
twenty-five and twenty.three were read and
adopted.
Raction twenSv.four vvaa read