New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-16
HOUSE JOURNAL-OFFIC

HOUSE JOURNAL-OFFICI
Eighth Days Proceedings.
| House OF REPRESENTATIVES, !
| Tuesday, March Is, 1870. !
The House met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Speaker Carr in the chair.
The roll being called, the following
members answered to their names:
Speaker Carr, and Messrs. Abbott, Alex
aader, Antoine, Buckingham, Burrel, Col
Inns, Curell, Cunv, Crawford Deslonde, De-
wees. Dufresne. Demarest, Dupsrt, Esnard,
Faulkner. Garstkamp, Gray, Hill, Honore,
Harper, Hutchinson, Isabelle, JUDGE, Kent,
Lowell. Leblanc, Lee, Leroy, Lott, McCul
len, Maher. McVean, Murrell, Melvin, Man.
sion, Morey, Magee, Noble, Pearce, Page,
Pierce, Rey, Simms, laton, Taylor, Tu-
| reaud, humphreys, Walsh, II. Williams,
Yorke, Zoeiiy-53.
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Satchell.
Dir. Antoine, of Orleans, moved to dis
pense with the reading OF the journal.
Carried.
The following corrections were ordered
to be made in the Journal:
That portion relative to the Crescent
City Gas Light Company should read
"Senate bill No. 242" instead of House
bill No. 242.''
And the title OF House bill No. 24S
should read Gan act to provide for the
| payment of The floating debt Of the State
Of Louisiana"
The journal was then approved.
PREFERENCE BILLS.
Senate bill No. 2O4, an act to reorganize
the State Land Office and to provide for
the disposition of public lands and for the
survey of unsurveyed approved swamp
lands.
Bill read third time
Mr.. Morey, Of Ouachita, in the chair.
Mr.. Lowell, of Caddo, moved to strike
out the word GIVE" in the second section.
and insert the word "foar."
Carried.
Bill finally passed as amended.
Title adopted and notice of concur
renee ordered to be sent to the Senate.
Senate joint resolution No. 80, joint
resolution authorizing the pledges in con-
junction with the Governor and State
Treasurer to negotiate sale of bonds
pledged in accordance with joint resolu-
ton entitled joint resolution authorizing
the Governor and Treasurer to negotiate
loan to supply any deficiency that may
exist to meet payments of interest dueand
coming due on bonds of the State when
ever deficiency exists, the interest there
on not to exceed seven per cent per annum,
approved March first, eighteen hundred
and sixty-nine, and to negotiate loan to
supply any deficiency that may exist to
meet the payment of interest due and be-
coming due on bonds of the State.
Bill read second time and calendared
for its third reading.
Mr.. McVean, of Caddo, by permission,
called up Senate bill No. 254, an act to
incorporate the Alexandria, Homer and
Fulton Railroad Company, and to grant
State aid thereto.
TIE Speaker resumed the chair.
Bill read second time
Mr.. McVean, Of Caddo, moved to sus-
pend the constitutional rule, in order to
put the bill upon its third reading and
final passage.
Rule suspended by a rising vote Of yeas,
81; nay, !.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
To the Honorable Speaker and Members OF the
House of Representatives.:
am directed to inform the House of the
concurrence of the Senate in the following
House bills, viz:
No. u, to incorporate the Louisiana
Commercial, Agricultural and Emigrant
Association, etc.
No. 1885,. to change venue in the prosecu.
ton pending against G. B. Jones, etc.
No. 262, to authorize the sale OF the stock
in the New Orleans, Jackson and Great
Northern Railroad Company, etc.
No. 70 (6le of 1859, to incorporate the
Louisiana Land Company, etc., with amend
ments.
No. SO, relative to the Mississippi Valley
Levee Company, ETC., with amendments.
And to ask concurrence in Senate bills
No. 25l, granting certain privileges to the
Louisiana Canal and Land Improvement
Company.
No. 266, to aid the Medical Department of
Straight University.
3. P. BLANCHARD,
Assistant Secretary of tho Senate.
Mr.. Lowell, Of Caddo, moved to sus-
pend the rule by which the bill is COM
PEELED to be considered in Committee of
the Whole.
Carried, by rising vote Of Fifty yeas,