The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-09
The Louisiana Legislature.
THIRrY-sEcoND DAY.



z The eenate met ct noon, Lieutenant Governor
Dunn presiding. s'- -,.-7f---. --..l'- !
A quorum present.
Prayer by the chaplain, Rev. Mr.. Turner.
Reading OF minutes dispensed with.
Mr.. Ray, under suspension of the rules, intro
duced the following resolution: =. 49,.
Resolved, That the warrant clerk of the Senate
be instructed to draw warrant on the auditor of
necessary, and sell the came at the highest mar
ketable value. and pay the mileage and per diem
Of the Senate in currency. That the committee
on contingent expenses approve the account
of the warrant clerk for said amount. .trgnHr
The resolution was read. no 4
The president, however, stated that he could
not entertain such resolution on the grounds
that the Constitution provided for the per diem of
members, and that to sell the warrants at dis
count would be compelling the State to pay more
than eight dollars per day, which would be in
conflict with the provision of the Constitution.
He, therefore, held the resolution to be unconsti
tutionsl. ci ~ ESQ F1oC7 l 1870
Mr.. Ray appealed from the decision of the
The yeas and nays were called for and ordered
upon the question: " Shall the chair be sus-
tainedi" resulting in four yeas and twenty nays.
The decision Of the chair was, therefore, no:
sustained. esi1r 70 10 b1ia gl1F3 ~ a
Mr.. Wittgenstein offered a. an amendment that
the warrant clerk be further required to take the
warrants already issued, audited for the present
session and retain them as his vouchers. Adopted.
Mr.. Todd offered an amendment including !" the
officers and employees Of the senate" in the reso-
1 The rssoiSsion Was then referred to the finance
Mr.. Ray, from the judiciary committee, made .
report upon the legal points involved In the case
of w. B. Gray contrasting the seat of A. B. Bacon.
Mr.. Ray, from the committee on internal i'm.
provemsnts, reported fssorably upon Senate Joint
resolution No. Is. --l --f-1 r-'s.r-.ffr5 Ill
Mr.. Lewis presented memorial from the
Catholic Orphans Asylum, on Bienville street.
Data q a. h. oh rtfo nj In
'A'1 FIRST REA pings. hlrT7 s1'-
I bill to extend the time for the final settlement
of tax collectors was real twice and referred to
the Judiciary committee. cr- GA -l-f a1a'
A bill for the relief OF Judge G. II. Mouton.
Read twice and referred to the finance committee.
bill fixing the boundaries of Amite City.
Read twice and referred to the committee on cor
porations. ~.
By consent Mr. Ray introduced bill to enable
the city of New Orleans 10 fund its floating debt
and liquidate its indebtedness Read twice and
referred to the finance committee.
Also bill for the payment Of Miles Taylor and
Sullivan, Billings Hughes, for legal services.
Read twice and referred to the committee on
claims. .'.' sr- y l't
The chair having informed the Senate that o
committee Of the city government wished to con-
fer with the Senate, Mr.. Ray moved the appoint
ment Of committee to wait upon them, which
Messrs Ray, Braughn and Pinchback were ap.
| pointed on the committee. - 80 -
Messra Day and Bacon were granted leave Of
| absence until Thursday. 80. "a. r-....- -.
Leave for one day was granted to Senator VIII
| liams and to Senator Francois until Saturday.
| A resolution appropriating $500 for the pay
| ment Of the rent Of rooms for the committee ap-
| pointed to investigate the affairs Of the Levee
| Board commissioners. was adopted. 7a
| A resolution authorizing the payment Of MEM
| bers who sat in committees during vacation, pro-
| viding that no member shall receive double com.
pensation II he sat on two committees. Lies over.
| The report Of the committee on printing
RELATIVE TO JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
was taken up, ordered printed and made the spe.
| cial order on Thursday at half-past1 O'Clock.
The committee on charitable institutions re-
| ported q bill creating charity hospital at Smeve-
| port. The bill was made the special order for
l Monday. --l.l
Mr.. Pichback called up the order of the day.
UN MIsHED BUSINESS.
The bill enforcing the provisions Of the thir-
teenth article of the Constution-the civil rights
bill--was taken up on its final passage and adop-
ted by the following vote, without discussion:
YsasA5tOins Campbell oSSPRsps r pssrs
Pinchback, Poindexter, Pollard, Randall, Todd
| Witfgenstein and Wilcox-H.
Nsys-Anderson, Blackman, Beares. Egan,
| Jewell, jerks and Thompson.
Absent-Braughn, Bacon, Day, Futch, Francois
| Offutt, Ogden, Ray Smith, Whitney and Williams.
| Mr.. Pincbback moved to amend the title by
adding 7" and TO regulate the licenses mentioned in
| this article.n Adopted. 81, ell 81. -
A bill to repeal an act amending the third sec.
ton Of an act TO create the Office Of inspector Of
/ hay, was taken up and indefinitely postponed. z.
1 A bill regulating the price of Nicolson pave
| ment was read and made the special order OF the
The House amendments to the Ship Island Cana
bill were taken up and made the special order for
Wednesday next
A bin appropriating ten thousand dollars toward
the erection OF monum emit to Abraham Lincoln
Mr.. Witigenstein moved the final passage o.
| the bill. rr-ra vi'srn1 afIse9 1g
Mr.. Lynch and Mr.. Campbell were both in fsvol
of the bill, but wished to be satisfied as to pro
| per disposition of the funds. ifl fla ita-
The chair stated that the Monumental Associa
ton had addressed q memorial to him, together
with its constitution, and that the bill had beer
referred to the committee on federal relations
| who had reported favorably. ',fh q
Mr.. O'Hara and Mr.. Thompson ware In favor o
appropriating the funds or portion thereof 4
| Mrs. Lincoln. .r rrr. ~ 3 ar..l fIl.sl.
The bill was passed. a..
Mr.. Ray. from the special committee oppointe,
to confer with q committee Of the city govern
ment, composed of Messrs Rose and Camp o
the council, reported that they had met the com
mittee of the city government, whose object wa
to urge the impolicy of passing the Ship Island
Canal bill, and to present letter from the city
surveyor upon the canal. The committee recon
mend that the document be printed. The repor
| was adopted.
A bill relative to attorneys.and curators, ad hoe
etc., was taken up, read and recommitted.
An act to secure homesteads to actual settlers
was made the special order for Monday.
A bill suorogating to Joseph Bouilotte al
rights, etc., to the Bayou Rapids Navigation Com
pany, was finally passed.
Mr.. Ray, by consent, called up House bill No
20, and moved that 1t be recommitted. Adopted
Messrs. Ray, Whitney and Smith asked for per
mission to record their votes in favor Of the civi
rights bill.
Messrs. Braughn and Ogden asked to recor'
theirs against the bill.
The requests were granted.
Senate bill No. IS, an act to provide for punish
ment for bribery Of witnesses, etc., was taken III
and finally passed.
bill relative to the punishment Of grand ju
rors for failure to perform their duty was taken III
A bin for the relief Of Benz Bloomfield wa
finally passed.
A bill fixing the costs Of justices OF the peac
and constables throughout the State was hnall
passed.
motion to 60 into executive session was lost.
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