The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-14
House of Representatives.

The House met at noon, Speaker Lowell pre-
siding. 63 members present.
The chair announced the following special
committees:
On the bill relative to tax collectors: Ernard
Of 81. Mary, Morey of Ouachita, and Noble of
Orleans.
To investigate whether article Al of the State
constitution is carried into effect: Reese of L.
foUrche, Adolphe of Orleans, Molere of Ass1mp.
ton, D'hoste of Orleans, and Pierce of Bossier,
Mr.. Wilt offered resolution requesting ws-.
moth Of once to order an election IN the eighth
representative district, parish Of Orleans, to fill
the vacancy caused by the action of the House IL
declaring Mr.. Borge, elected By the people last
April, ineligible. kesolution adopted by vote
of Sc to TO-
resolution regarding the hiring Of a room for
the use Of the enrolling committee was referred
p to the ways and means committee.
The judiciary committee reported favorably on
the bill amending section IL Of the law made last
session regulating the manner Of taking testimony
10 then being tried before the dstIct courts.
Bill placed on its third reading and naly passed.
NOTICES oF BILLS.
By LANCE, of East Baton Rouge, And act 10
smend section 18th Of the registration Law.
By Mr.. Hsnlon, of Orleans, game law.
FIRST READING OF BILLS.
By Lott, of Rapides, An act providing for the
investigation of the destruction of some newspa.
per offices in the State, and 70 adjadicate dana.
ges to the proprietors thereof. Bill read twice
and referred 10 the judiciary committee.
By Devices of BenviIle-An act requiring the
immediate issue of commissions to ill vacancies
existing in the vacancies of certain courts
throughout The State. Referred to the judiciary
committee and ordered printed.
By Dewees-An act for the relief Of the Louisi-
ana Equitable Life Insurance Company. Ways
and means committee.
By Dewees--An act to authorize commission
of finance to petition Congress for the i1dorse.
ment Of certain bonds. Ways aud means CON-
mittee.
BY Dewees-An act to provide for q State loan
of SIS COO. Calendar.
By Dewees-An act for the relief OF B. L.
Lynch, sppropriating $4,000. Calendar.
By Dewees--An act for the relief of Il. l..
Lynch, sppropriating sl026. Calendar.
Isabelle offered Joint resolution with long
preamble. The preamble is a repetition of War
moths message; the body of the bill requests
the representatives 10 Congress to use their iDdu
ence to prevent the counting of the electoral vote
of the State. II was read twice, the rules being
suspended by vote of AZ to 9, aud referred 70
the committee on federal relations.
By Pierce, of Livingston-An act TO authorize
John L. Davis to run a ferry over the Tangpahoa
river, on the road from Springfield to Madison.
vile. Calendar.
BY D. II. Reese, Of Lsfourche-An act relative
to the sale of public lands in the State. Cslen.
dar.
REGULAR ORDER OF TIE DAY.
The chair announced that the Senate had re
fused to concur 10 the House amen0me 10 tue
Senate amendments 20 the bill appropr.ating
$500 COO for expenses of this session. and that the
Senate had asked for conference committee on
the bill.
On motion, q House conference committee was
ordered: and the chair appointed Noble of Or
leans, Lee of St. Bernard, and Williams Of East
Feciana.
The report of the peace and order committee
then came Up. AS it 10 purely political docu-
ment similar TO the report OF the same COM
mittee made last summer, $500 copies were
ordered printed
isabelle presented two petitions-one from
Messrs. Augamard and lizard, asking compeDsa-
lion fer services rendered 10 1867 as levee COM
missioners which was referred to claims commit
tee; the other from the members of Wesley
Chapel, which was sent TO committee on chsrita-
BILE Institutions.
The House then went into
COMMITTEE OF TIE WHOLE,
Reese. of Lafourche, 10 the chair, to take up
Conveys school bill, introduced at the last SEES
sion. dom lts 90
The committee recommended that the bill be re-
ferred to the committee on public education.
LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
The action OF the committee was confirmed.
BILLS on THErR SECOND READING.
Mr.. wiltz's bill removing the slaughter houses
below the city came up on its second reading.
On motion Of Carr, Of Orleans, the bill waste