New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-09-23
Mr.. Blackman: / ask for suspension of
the rules to introduce bill.
Rules SUSPENDED.

Read twice under suspension Of the rules,
and referred to the Judiciary Committee.
House bill No. 40, an act relative to re-
moving distractions and wrecks from the
Boguefalaya river, parish of st. Tamma ny.
Read twice under suspension Of the
rules, and referred to the Committee ON In
ternal improvements. ....
House bill No. S3, an act relative to the
divisions of lands under legal sales.
Read twice under suspension Of the rules,
and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
House bill No. 81, an act to incorporate a
Hook and Ladder Company in the town of
of Franklin, parish of St. Mary, Louisiana.
Read twice under suspension of the rules,
and referred to the Committee on Corpora
tions.
House bill 15s, an act to provide for the
payment of the interest and principal of
State bonds.
Read twice under Suspension of the
rules, and referred to the Finance Con-
mittee.
House bill No. 20l, an &C. for the relief of
j. c. Kathman, late Chief of Bureau Of I'm
migration. s-.-
Read twice under suspension of the rules,
and referred to the Committee on Claims.
House bill No. 203, an act for the relief of
Charles E. Fortier and Mrs. Iypolite For
tier.
Resd twice under suspension of the rules
and referred to the Committee on Claims.
House bill No. 2l2, an act fixing the time
and prescribing the manner of holding gen.
eral elections for representative in Congress.
Read twice under suspension of the rules
and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
House joint resolution No. 2l7, rendering
the thanks of tile General Assembly to Mr..
E. Gotthiel for the able manner in which he
represented the State of Louisiana ct the
late Paris Exposition was reEd.
Mr.. Ray: move that the rules be sus-
pended for a second reading.
Rules suspended and the resolution read
The resolution was considered engressed
Under a suspension ct the rules the bill
was read third time and finally adopted
with its title.
House bill No. 1sO, an act Tor the relief o.
A. E. Lockett.
Read twice under suspension Of the rules
and referred to the Committee on Claims.
House bill No. 22l, an act providing fot
the administration of the public schools il
the State of Louisiana.
Read twice under suspension of the rules
ordered to be printed, and referred to tn,
Committee on Public Education.
House bill No. 22S, an act for the relief o
the African Methodist Episcopal Church o
New Orleans. ....
Read twice under suspension OF the rules
and referred to the Committee on Claims.
House bill No. 225, an act for the relief O
Alexander Walker.
Read twice under suspension Of the rules
and referred to the Committee on Claims.
House joint resolution No. 226, authorizin.
joint committee of the General Assembl,
to investigate the manner in which foreign.
ers are furnished with naturalization paper!
without declaring their intention to become
citizens.
Read twice under suspension of tht
rules, and referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee.
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY,
Senate bill No. 100, substitute, an act tt
amend article No. 80 of the Constitution.
Mr.. Ray: Ipropose that call of the Houst
be ordered.
The President: The Secretary will please
call the roll.
The roll was called,
The following members answered to theiI
names:
Anderson, Bacon, Beares, Blackman
Campbell, Darrall; Day, Egan. Foute, Jewell
kelso, Lynch, Monette, Ogden, 0'Hara
Pinchback, Poindexter, Pollard, Randall
Ray, Smith, Thompson, Wilcox, Williams
Wittgenstein-25.
Mr.. Ray: move that the bill be consid
cred engrossed.
The Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives appeared with message from tha
body asking concurrence of the Senate il
House joint resolution No. 230, requesting
the Senators and Representatives from
Louisiana in Congress to propose an act re
pealing any laws now in force by Congress
prohibiting the State from organizing 6
State militia, and House bill No. G31, an act
to repeal an act entitled an act author.
izing the issue of two hundred thousand
dollars of warrants by the Auditor ON the
Treasurer of the State, to provide by the
sale thereof funds to meet the current ex-
penses of the General Assembly; also inform.
ing the Senate that the House had concur
red without amendment in Senate bill No
1888, an act for the relief of the parishes
of Washington, st. Martin, Livingston,
Rspides, Terrebonne, Jefferson, st. Tam.
many, Caddo, City of Jefferson, and parish
of st. Charles, to pay school warrants Nos.
3s4, 1856, 2S7, $780, 800, 39l 1872, 39s, 42S and 429
a debate on Senate joint resolution 100
ensued.
Mr.. Ray; move to postpone the resolu-
ton until one o'clock on Wednesday, the
bill to have preference over all other busi-
ness.
Mr. Pollard: / move to postpone inde-
fnitely the consideration of the resolution.
Lost.
Mr.. Rays motion to postpone until W ed.
nesday at one o'clock was adopted.
The Senate went into executive session.
The executive session having been raised,
the Senate adjourned without transacting
any further business.
oHAs. H. MERRITT,
TThe following is the remainder of the de.
bate in the Senate on Wednesday, septem-
Der 1851
Mr.. Blackman: Mr.. President, will read
from Law and Practice of Legislative As
semblies, by Mr.. Cushing, on the effect of