New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-10-06

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\ proper system for the dissemination of in
formation in Europe and for soliciting and
| inducing immigration hither, such as Is now
being successfully operated by other States,
very great advantages will be certain to
accrue to us, and we fully concur with him
IN the recommendation that something
| should at once be done to this end,
| and especially that geographical and
| typographical map be at once prepared for
| dissemination abroad, showing the advan-
tagee OF our gulf coast, the course of the
Mississippi river and its many navgable
tributaries, the locality of our valuable
| sugar, cotton and grain producing lands,
and the railroads which connect us with the
great thoroughfares of the continent, to-
| gether with some statistical information as
TO our great resources and immense eapa
| bilities. .-"T.07
! The proprietors of large tracts of land bor.
| derlng on navigable streams and railroads,
| which ere now unoccupied, should be in.
| duced TO unite IN some plan for bringing
these lands into market by offering them By
sale or lease to immigrants, on such terms
I M will prove to them an inducement to
l,cume and remain among us. @
! Your committee would further recommend
that the Legislature extend liberal aid to
any enterprise OF this sort in which our
For the furtberance of these several pro.
lee's your committee deem it necessary that
/ the State at once employ some competent
| person to collect such statistics as may now
! exist bearing on this subject, and to further
Compile such as may be attainable, together
with a geographical and typographical map
such as is mentioned in Commissioner
Gotthiels report, aud that the same be
published together in one volume with trans
lations OF the same in such foreign Ian.
| guages as may be deemed necessary, aud
that measures be at once taken to have the
same distributed among the people from
whom we may expect valuable acquisitions.
Your Committee is fully convinced that
person we'll acquainted with all that con.
Germs our State and who is capable OF ex
planning it in the languages spoken by the
| people, from whence the immigrants may
| come, would be of the greatest advantage
to Louisiana if employed in Europe to carry
out such measures as may be deemed ad
yisaole in this connection.
| Your committee further submit and re.
| commend for adoption the accompanying
Dlll entitled IAN act TO encourage immigra.
| tion to the State OF Louisiana, and for the
| appointment of statistical and foreign
| agent of immigration
..... HARRY LOTT.
| Chairman Committee on Immigration.
On motion ofMr. Heidenhain, of Orleans
the House granted him until tomorrow to
make minority report.
| Under a suspension of the rules, the bill
reported by the Committee on immigration
passed its first and second readings, and was
referred to the Committee of the Whole,
and l50 copies ordered to be printed.
The Committee on Enrolment submitted
the following report, which was received
and accepted:
EyRoLLMESr DEPARTMENT,
| House OF Repre- sentatlyeS,
New Orleans, La october S, 1858.
| To the Honorable Speaker and Members OF the
House OF Representa- tives;
Your Committee on Enrolment begs leave
| to report as duly engrossed Senate bill No.
235, au act making appropriations for the
general expenses cf the State for the unex-
pired term of the year ending the thirty.frst
day OF December, one thousand eight hum
dred and sixty'eight, and also duly enrolled
House bill No. l76 an act to fix and deter
mine the: salaries of the Board of Police
Commissioners OF the city of New Orleans,
establishing a Board of Police Commission.
ers for the city of New Orleans, approved
July 0, 1868.
Respectfully submitted.
o. H. BREWSTER.
Chairman Committee on Enrolment.
Under suspension of the rules, Mr..
Morey, of 0uaehita, iutroduced:
House bill Nc. 269, an act appropriating
the sum of 100000 for the mileage, PER
diem and contingent expenses of the GeL-
eral Assembly.
First and second readings, and referred to
the Committee on Ways and Means.
Under suspension Of the rules, Mr.. Isa.
belle, of Orleans, introduced
House bill No. 27l, an act amending the
first section of an act entitled an act making
q new division of the State Of Louisiana
into five Congressional Districts. First
reading.
| UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
Senate bill No. 68, an act requiring spe-
cial term of the Supreme Court, to be holden
at Monroe, Louisiana, and fixing the term
thereof, which was under consideration
when the House adjourned on Saturday, was
taken up and read.
Mr.. Morey moved to amend by striking
out in the first section, after the words ION
the, y "6ret, and insert second
The amendment was adopted and the bill
as amended placed on its third reading,
final passage and notice of the amendment
ordered to be sent to the Senate:
MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR.
| hAECCTINE DEFAEs1AIENr.l J
| state of Louisiana,
| New Orleans. October 5, 1868
To the Speaker and Members of the House Of
| Representatives;
| I am instructed by his Excellency the
| Governor to; inform the House of Repre>
sentatives that he has approved and signed !:
An act to provide for the sale of one mil.
liou five hundred and eighty SIX thousand
| dollars in bonds undisposed of, issued in ac.
| cordance to the provisions of the act enti.
tied an act to provide means for the con.
struction of leyees by the issue of bonds of
| the State for four millions of dollars aud to
| provide for the redemption OF said bonds.
| approved March twenty six, 1861, or to ex-
change any portion of such bonds at market
| price for Auditors warrants issued under
warrants issued under the authority of the
present General Assembly.
+. G. REMICK,
Private Secretary.
BILLS ON THIRD READING,
House bill No. 239, an act for the relief of
certain bondholders, authorizing the issue
of new bonds providing for their payment
and declaring invalid certain treasury notes
issued in aid of the rebellion.
Mr.. Devices, of Bienville, moved that the
reading in detail he dispensed with.
Mr.. McMillen moved to lay tie motion on
the table. .'r
Before the Speaker had time TO announce
the vote, Mr.. McAlllen called for the yeas
and nays
The Speaker decided the call ot Of order.