The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-02
HOUSE or Hep.e.entatIves.

After two roll calls, members being scarce on
account of wet weather, quorum was st last, at
1910, obtained.
A petition from citizens mayor and council of
Shreveport. praying for the establishment of g
charity hospital at that place, was received and
referred to the committee on charitable institu-
tons.
Isabelle offered the petition OF r. S. Nugent
Referred TO committee on claims.
Reese of Lafourche presented the petition Of j..
A. Robacheau, Of Lafourche parish. Claims COM
mitiee.
Carr presented resolution ordering every bill
presented to be printed. Referred to committee
on rules.
Carr offered resolution instructing the COM
mittee on education to present within two days a
bill providing for the better conduct of school
education in New Orleans. Lies over.
Leave Of absence tor ten days granted TO d..
Young.
Five hundred extra copies Of the report of COM
mttee on public lands and levees ordered printed.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Internal Improvements-On an act providing
for Improvement on St. Charles Avenue, fsvorably.
Bill ordered printed and postponed till Thursday.
Parochial Affairs-Bill granting ferry privileges
to John Davis, of ST. Tammany parish, fav0rably.
Postponed until Monday next.
Charitable Insttutions-An act for the relief of
the German Evangelical Protestant Church Asso-
citation of Jefferson parish, favorably. Sent to
committee of the whole.
Recommendation that the inmates of the build.
ing now used for freedmen's hospital be trans
ferred to the Charity Hospital.
Mr.. Noble presented joint resolution apDro-
priating 5000 for that purpose. Read twice and
sent to the committee of the whole.
The report of the superintendent OF public edu-
cation was received and ordered printed.
Mr.. Curel, OF Orleans, offered joint resolution
requesting representatives and senators of Louisi
in Congress to their best efforts to obtain
the appointment OF congressional committee to
investigate the actions Of the official assignee in
L., s1f @haI ~ Daft
to committee on federal relations.
NOTICES OF BILLS.
By Heidenhain, of Orleans, bill making the
warrants issued by the metropolitan police boards
receivable for taxes in New Orleans, Jefferson
City and Carrollton.
By Harper, of St. Charles. act authorizing
the police jury of 81. Charles parish to levy tax
to build road.
By Taylor, of East Fecisns an act extending
the time OF collecting taxes In East Felcisna
parish.
senate Joint resolution transferring to the New
Orleans Academy of Sciences the old colonial
records of Louisiana. Calendar.
An act providing for the payment of the State
bonds issued for the aid Of the Mechanics and
Agricultural Fair Association. Referred 70 COM
nittee on ways and means.
An act relative to coroners. Referred back to
judiciary committee.
The bill subsidizing the Chattanooga Railroad
Company was postponed until Thursday next.
motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
The House then went into
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE,
McVesn of Csddo in the chair, to take up Mr..
Mobiles bill sppropristing 5000 to the relief of
the freedmen now in the Marine Hospital. A sub
siitute ordering the board of directors OF the
Charity Hospital to receive the freedmen who
have been in tie Marine Hospital, was recon-
mended 10 the House. The committee then
rose.
LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
Bill finally passed.
The chair announced the following commit
tees:
Committee on the part Of the House to inyesti.
gate the sale Of 1856 levee bonds-McMillen of
Carroll, Buckingham Of Morehouse, W. G. Viii
lisms.
Committee to prepare joint rules, the speaker,