New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-01-18
THIRTY-THIRD DAY.

I II
New ORLEANS, Tuesday, January I, 1858.
The convention met pursuant to
adjournment.
The president called tho house to
order at IL Am
The roll was called, and the follow
ing members answered to their names:
j. G. Taliaferro, President; Messrs.
Bertonneau, Blackburn, Blandin, Bon
seigneur, Bonnefoi, Brown, Burrel,
Butler, Cooley, Crane, Crawford,
Cromwell, Quincy, bearing, Demarest,
Depasseau, p. G. Deslonde, j. Des-
londe, Donate, Douglass, G. Duparte,
U. Dupart, Duplessis, Edwards, Es-
nard, FRANCOIS, Ferguson, Gair, Gar
diner, Guichard. Harper, Harris, Hemp
stead, Hiestand, Ingraham, r. H. Isa-
belle, I. Isabelle, jackson, JONES,
Kelso, Landers, LANCE, Leroy, r. ] Y
Lewis, r. Lewis, Lynch, Marie, k4f
tin, Massieot, Meadows. MORT
Moses, MurTol, Myers, EewsdM
Oliver, Packard, Pierce, PinchkBcl
Poindexter, Reagan, Reese, IAadl,
Riggs, Roberts, Rodfignez. schwab,
Smith, Scott, Snider, Sffeles Thi-
baut, Underwood, Falfr6if Eander-
griff, Vidal, Wapies. Wies e, Will
liams, Wilson-6lmembe}s present.
Prayer by the Rev. 1esiah Fiske.
The minutes were read and were
corrected by the Substitution of Mr..
Blandin's in place of Mr.. Belden's
name as the mover of the substitute to
Mr.. IS motion.
The minutes as amended were
adopted.
Mr.. Moses moved that the eonven-
ton hereafter change the hour from
eleven to ten o'clock, for the purpose of
expediting the business of this eonven-
ton.
Which was ruled out of order.
Mr.. NAPLES moved to take up the
motion of Mr.. Moses on the same sub
ject offered yesterday.
Lost.
ORIGINAL RESOLUTIONS.
By Mr.. Oliver:
Resolved, Any registered voter shall
vote in the parish where he resides,
whether he is registered in said parish
OF not.
Mr.. Cooley moved to amend by add
ing and truly loyal"
Mr.. Jones, to amend by adding ''has
served in the United States army"
Mr.. Cooley, to amend by adding land
who was never dismissed the service"
Mr.. Belden moved to lay the resolu-
ton on the table subjectto call.
Adopted, $3.50.
By Mr.. Blackburn, chairman of
committee on printing
Resolved, That five hundred copies
of the journal of the convention be
published in French, in book form, by
the editor of the st. Landry Progress,
the book to be composed in bourgeois
type, the pages to be of the same size
Of such work, and TO be folded and
stitched in the ordinary style Pro-
vided, That this convention shall pay
the editors of the st. Landry Progress
five dollars per page for the same.
Mr. Bertonneau moved TO suspend
the rules to place it on its passage.
Adopted.
Mr.. Bertonneau moved TO lay it on
the table.
Adopted.
REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
Committee on printing-No report.
Committee on contingent expenses
submitted the following report
NEw 0RIlANs, La.. January s, 1868.
To the President and Members of the COustitu-
tional Conventions
GENTLEMEN - The committee ON
contingent expenses to whom was re-
ferred resolution calling for "detailed''
statement of the expenses of the CON
vention, beg leave to submit the fol-
lowing detailed statement Of the ex-
penditures, which makes in the aggre-
gate up to December 81, 1867, the
sum of $53,574 so. ....-
Respectfully submitted.
HENRY B0NSEIGNEUR,
Chairman.