New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-08-02

seventeenth and eighteenth days of April
last at each poll in the Fourth Represents
tive District, parish of Orleans, for Repre-
sentatives to the General Assembly, and for
whom they were cast, as returned by the
Commissioners of Election.
Under suspension of the rules, Mr.. Muir.
rell, of Lafourche, offered the following res
olution, which was adopted:
Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives, That the joint committee on
the conduct of the elections and the peace
and good order of the State be authorized
to employ such clerks and messengers as
may be necessary.
Under suspension of the rules, Mr..
Yorke, of Carroll, offered the following
amendment, which was adopted;
Resolued, That each standing committee
be allowed to employ one page.
Mr.. Burrel, of st. John the Baptist, of.
fered the following resolution, which lies
over under the rules:
Resolued, That the Committee on Enroll.
ment be requested to vacate the room now
| occupied by them as soon as convenient,
| and that the Secretary of State be authorized
| thereupon to remove the State library to
the room so vacated, and that the Sergeant
at Arms of the House be instructed to rem
| change.
Mr.. McMillen, of Carroll, offered the fol
lowing 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 Representa-.
tives during the session of the House.
Mr.. Haskell, of Calcasieu, asked that
leave Of absence for one week be granted to
Mr.. Kavanagh.
Carried.
On motion of Mr.. Taylor, of W'st Felici.
ana, leave of absence was granted to him
for ten days.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
The Committee on Claims reported as
follows:
PETITION OF L. DILLON.
To the Honorable the Speaker and Members oi
the House of Representatives;
Your Committee on Claims beg leave to
report unfavorably to the petition of L.
Dillon, and return the same, recommending
petitioner to sue the State Tax Collector
for amount of his bill, he having collected
the same. j. II. MCN NEAN,
Chairman.
The report was received, accepted, ant
agreed to.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
The Secretary of the Senate appeared ant
asked concurrence in Senate blu No. 50
and announced also that the Senate hat
concurred in House bill No. 50.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE on INTERNAL IN
PROvEMENTs.
Mr.. Demarest, chairman of the commit
tee, submitted the following report, whici
was received and accepted:
To the Honorable Speaker and Members of tn
isiana:
GENTLEMEN-Your Committee on Interna
Improvements beg leave to report the fol
lowing joint resolution as q substitute fo
House bill No. %, referred to them for con
sideration:
Joint Resolution making an appropriation
for the Improvement of Navigation o
Bayou Plaquemine.
WHEREAS, In the year 1865 certain per
sons in the parish of Iberville, under thu
pretended authority of the Police jury O
said parish, did erect and build solid anC
substantial dixie or dam across Bayou
Plaquemine at its mouth, at the town o
Plaouemine, in the parish of Iberville
{ thereby completely closing said bayou ant
entirely destroying the navigation thereof
and preventing all communication between
bhO A1looA0olppA l1NJA anu Dd1bu3 lubIG
J fore
SECTION /. Be it resolved by the Senat
and House of Representatives of the Stat
of Louisiana in General Assembly con
vened, That the sum of five hundred dol
} lars, or so much thereof as may be neces
sary, be and the same is hereby appropri
, ated out of any money in the treasury no
otherwise appropriated for the purpose o
improving the navigation of Boyou Plaque
mine by removing the dixie or dam nov
closing its mouth at the town of Plaque
mine, parish of Iberville, thereby allowing
the water from the Mississippi river to FLOW
freely and unobstructed through said BAYOU
and that the said improvement shalt b,
under the direction and superintendent o
the State Engineer.
SEC. 2. Be 1t further resolved ETC., Tha
this resolution shall take effect from anC
after its passage.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
A. j. DEMAREST,
Chairman;
NJ. RAYMOND,
DAVID YOUNG,
w. c. WILLIAMS,
W. G. MELVIN.
On motion of Mr. Noble. of Orleans, til
bill was referred to the Committee of tn
Whole.
Mr.. Demarest, chairman of the same CON
mittee, submitted the following report
which was received and accepted;
, Ito the Honorable Speaker and Members of tn
House OF Representatives OF the state 9
Louisiana;
GEETLEMEN-Your committee on Interna
improvements, to whom was referred Hous
! bill No. 50, have the honor to report in favo
of said bill, with the exception as to tn
length of time for which the privileg
should be granted.
Your committee would respectfully rec
ommend that the third section of the abovt
bill be so amended as to read ten years il
the place Of twenty.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
A. ]. DEMAREST,
NJ. RAYMOND,
DAVID YOUNG
w. @, WILLIAMS,
W. G. MELVIN.
An act granting to Gabrial Mullen the ex
elusive right to build toll bridge acros
the Amite river.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly convened
That the exclusive right is hereby given tt
Gabrial Mullen, of the parish Of Living
ston, to build a toll bridge across the Amitt
river, at point ito be selected by him) be-
tween McCoy's ferry and T. Brauferds or
said river.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc., Tha
all persons are prohibited from buil1ine
any toll bridge or bridges across said rive
Amite within five mites above and fv
miles below the point selected for the bridg
: contemplated by this act; Provided thu
said Mullen completes his said bridge with
) in twelve months after the passage of this
act.
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