New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-09-11
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY-HoUsE BILLS on
FIRST READING,

| FIRST HEADlNH.
House Joint resolution No. 2O9, providing
for the payment of members ard employees,
and prohibiting speculation in warrants for
the payment of contingent expenses.
Read twice and referred to the judiciary
Committee.
Senate bill No. 1877, an act defining more
particularly the duties of Sherifs, Coroners,
Coastables, and Clerks OF Courts, and provi.
ding penalties for their failure to perform
their duties, and for contempt of Court, and
the powers of the Judges over such officers,
was read.
The bill was taken up section by section.
The first aud second sections were read
and adopted.
The third section was read.
Mr. Ray: | move that the blank in the
seventh line be filed up by inserting the
words ''teu days"
Adopted.
The section was ADOPTED as amen led
70 urth and fifth sections were ad
and adopted.
| The sixth section was read.
Mr.. Ray: Imove to insert the words "said
officer after the word officer il the twenty.
first line.
Adopted.
The section was adopted as amended.
| The seventh section was read
Mr. Ray: move to insert the word "dis.
trict" before the word Judge, in the thirty.
ninth line.
Adopted.
The section was adopted as amended.
The eighth section was read and adopted.
The bill was adopted as whole.
MIR. Ray: move that the bill be consi.
dered engrossed for third reading.
The bill was considered engrossed.
Under suspension of the rules the bill
was read third time and adopted with its
title.
House bill No. 1O5 an act to provide for
the relief of the Treasury of the State, was
read.
Mr.. Ray: I move that the bill be
made the special order of the day on Wed.
nesday. .z..-..,-
Adopted, .....
Senate bill No. 10, an act ixirg the sala
ries of the District Judges of the State was
read.
Mr.. Ray; move that the bin be consi.
dcCed engrossed for third regding.
Adopted.
Under suspension of the rules the bill
was read third time and finally adopted
with its title.
Mr.. Todd: I ask for a suspension of the
rules to take up a bill.
Rules suspended
Senate bill No. 1893, an act to authorize the
collection of back taxes due the city of Car
rollton, was read.
Mr.. Todd: move that the bill be consid-
cred engrossed for third reading.
| Adopted.
Under suspension of the rules the bill
was read third time, aud finally adopted
with its title.
Mr.. Thompson: ask for suspension o.
the rules to introduce bill.
Rules suspended.
An act to provide for the payment OF the
back taxes due the State, in State notes and
warrants of the Auditor of Public Accounts,
and granting an extension of time to the
Tax Collectors for the collection of the tax
Of 1867 to the first day of January, 1863.
Read twice under suspension of the rule;
and referred to the FtnaEce Committe.
The President called Mr.. Anderson IL
the chair.
Mr.. Braughn: ask for suspension of the
rules to take from the table bill.
Rules suspended.
Senate bill No. -, an act to amend and re-
enact article 35t of the Code of Practice
was read.
Mr.. Braughn: move that the bill be con
sidered engrossed for third reading.
The rules were suspended, the bill read
third time, and adopted by its title.
Mr.. o'Hara: ask for SUSPENSION of tht
rules to take up bill.
Rules suspended.
Senate bill No, 202, an act to create and
assist the Louisiana Homestead Association
was read.
Mr., o'Hara: move that the bill be re
ferred to the Committee on Public Lands.
Adopted.
Mr.. Ray: ask for suspension of tn
rules to take up bill.
Rules suspended.
Senate bill No. 1913, an act to create re.
corder's court III the city of Shreveport, wa
read.
Mr.. Ray: I move that the bill be con
siiered engrossed for a third reading.
Adopted.
Under suspension of the rules, the bill
was read third time and adopted with ii
title.
The Senate adjourned.
In the Senate, Tuesday, September 8
1865,
Substitute from Judiciary Committee fo
Senate bill No. l75, an act to amend the
sixteenth section of an act entitled an act
relative to criminal proceedings, approved
March IA, 1856, and providing the manner
of drawing for jurors in criminal cases, wa:
read.
Mr.. Ray; The main object of this bill is
to prevent the influence that is often exer.
cised by the judges charge upon the minds
of iuries. Much evil not unfreauently re-
suits from the fact that after case has beer
very fully argued by both the defendant
and plaintiff, the Judge makes longer
! speech to the jury than either of the parties,
and the position he occupies, 1t often results
in great injury to the case. The object OF
this bill is to prevent the judge from doing
anything of this kind, and to require that,
where any charge at all is given it shall be
written by the party desiring ii, and then
be either approved or disapproved by the
liudge. If it is disapproved, it does not 90
10 the Jury at all. This is tie law as un.
4 derstand, Mr.. President, in many other