The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-02

Catholic Church, vermillon, Lafourche and g,
Mary, favorably. Ordered engrosssd.
On Dill amending act organizing Supreme Court
favorably. Ordered engrossed.
On bill to provide for greater security OF prs.
oners, favorably. Finally passed. 70 80
An act regulating judgments and executions in
certain cases. Fayorably. Ordered engrossed
On Dill exempting homesteads of families from
seizure and forced sale for debt. Favorably.
| Placed on the calendar.
On act defining vsgrsncy, favorably. Bill finally
| passed.
Bill regulating appeals. Pending the consIds-
| rauon OF this bill the House went into
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE,
Carr, Of Orleans, in the chair.
Bill.ordering the issue Of q, 900 900 bonds for
levee purposes, to be payable in gold, to be in.
dorsed by the United States government or not 10
be issued. After along discussion the committee
rose.
LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
The income bill was made the special order for
Adjourned till 7P.M.
EVENING SESSION.
House was called to order at O'Clock P. N. by
Speaker Lowell.
On motion of Mr.. Mcvean, of Caddo. Senate
joint resolution ratifying the proposed article
hfteen to the Constitution of the United
States, submitted by Congress, was taken M and.
after suspension of the rules. the resolution was
An act to amend an act creating board of flour
inspectors for the city of New Orleans was
passed.
An act sppropriating the sum of $4,000 to be ex.
pended for the binding and preservation Of the
notarial records of the parish of Orleans.
Senate bill Incorporating the Masonic Beneyo-
liant Association of Germania, was passed.
In act providing for the Improvement of ST.
Charles avenue, from New Orleans to Carrollton,
at the expense of the State, was read the third
time, and the bill passed by vote Of so yeas to
nays.
An
employ Conductors, was indefinitely postponed by
an overwhelming vote.
The House then went into committee of the
whole, Mr.. Lee of st. Bernard in the chair.
An act authorizing the State of Louisiana to sub
scribe TO stock to the amount Of 100000 In the
Mississippi Valley Navigation Company was taken
mp and recommended for adoption.
The committee of the whole then arose and the
House passed the foregoing mentioned without
amendment.
An act extending the charter privileges of the
BarataIia and Lafourche canal was referred;
ana an act granting S.o.9 sla TO The Baton Rouge
to the committee on railroads.
An act sppropriating the sum of $500 each to
Mrs. Lydia Polk and Mrs Elizabeth Chase, of the
parish of st. Mary.
An act Incorporating the New Orleans, Metairie
and Lake Railroad Company, was referred 70 an
especial committee composed Of three to be Sc
lected from the city delegation.
The House then went into committee Of the
whole, Mr.. McMillen of Carroll in the chair.
An act for the relief of p. ]. Kennedy, J. P.
Doyle and George Meek, spprOpriating the sum
OF upwards OF $3.50 COO for levee purposes, was
recommended for adoption.
An act sppropratiDg the sum of 10000 In aid
of the bureau of immigration was recommended
for adoption.
The committee of the whole then arose.
The House received the report, and the bill for |
the relief of P. j. Kennedy and others was passed
by decided majority.
Mr.. McVean, OF Csddo, introduced bill sppro. |
prating the sum of $1,000 for the purpose of hav-
II s. made classified index of the statutes of the |
State since its organization SUCH and providing
that such classification shall be under the super. |
vision of William Pope Noble. The bill was 70. |
ferTed to the committee of the whole.
The House then went into committee of the |
whole to consider the bill, Mr.. Lee, of st. Bsr-
nsrd, in the chair.
The committee Of the whole recommended the
adoption Of the bill, aud the bill was passed.
On motion of Mr.. McMillen, the House took up |
an act, reported by the committee on ways and |
means, to provide revenue for tho support Of
the State government" etc.
nfsstta-- snnuad that the -oeor1S I
in detail be dispensed with. This motion was /
lost
Mr.. Frank Motey, of Ouachita, presiding as
temporary speaker.
The bill was then taken up section by section.
Pending consideration of the bill, the House ad.
ourned until IL O'Clock NJ. Tuesday.