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


The Senate met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Present: Hon. O. J. Dunn, Lieutenant Gov
ernor and President of the Senate, enc
Messrs Anderson, Antoine, Bacon, Beares
Blackman. Braughp, Campbell, Coupland
Darrall, Foute, Futch, jerks, Jewell, kelso
Lewis, Lynch. Monette, Ofutt, Ogden
O'Hara, Packard, Pinchback, Poindexter
Pollard, Ray, Smith, Thompson, Todd
Whitney, Wilcox, Williams, Wittgenstein-
80.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Hsaly.
The reading of the minutes of the pre-.
vious days session was dispensed with.
MESSAGE TO THE HOUSE.
The Secretary informed the House OF
the concurrence of the Senate in the fol
lowing House bills, viz:
No. 81, To amend an act to create the
parish of Grant," etc.
No. It,, To more particularly define
the jurisdiction of the Recorders court OF
the city of Shreveport" etc.
No. "a, ITO provide for the payment OF
the floating debt of the city Of New Or
leans, etc., with amendment.
House bill No. 126, ITO incorporate
the Louisiana Dredging Company" etc,
with amendment.
No. Ill, " Forbidding unjust discrimi-
nation on account of color" etc.
No. 243, "Creating Joint Committee
to investigate the affairs of the Opelousas
Railroad" etc.
No. 295, ''To amend an act incorporating
the town of Covington," etc.
No. 1856, Granting ferry privileges to
Thomas r. Verbois," etc., with an amend
ment.
No. 1S4, Granting leave of absence
to Judge H. R. Steele"
No. .252," To aid and assist the the Lou
isiana Petroleum and Sulphur Company"
etc.
To ask the concurrence of the House in
Senate bills:
No. 23O, "To authorize c. Ward to sue
the State"
No. 263, "To remove the seat Of justice
Of the parish of Plaquemine," etc.
No. 270. "For the relief of G. S. Eos
dick and Others"
No. l7s, Regulating places of enter
tainment"
No. 156, ''For the relief of Lacey, Marks
and Butler"
Senate Joint Resolution No. 81, "Rela-
tive to the introduction of steam plows,"
and asked the signature of the Speaker to
'tAn act for the relief of Mrs. Mary Car
son." Gan act relative to the New Or
leans, Jackson and Great Northern Rail-
road Company"
Also, informed the House that the Pres
ident of the Senate had signed IAN act to
amend and re-enaet AN act repeating all
laws and parts Of laws creating draining
Districts" etc.
And for concurrence, Senate bill No.
81, "To establish an additional District
Court for the parish of Orleans" etc.
Also, Senate joint resolution No. So,
submitting an amendment to the consti-
tuition of the State to the effect that article
fifty of the constitution shall be abrogated
and stricken out.
On motion of Mr.. Campbell it was Or
dered unanimously that the journal of the
Senate be corrected SO as to show that the
following paragraphs which appear in the
Senate amendments to House bill No. Al
By mistake were not adopted, and to in
struct the Secretary to have the enrolled
and amended bill so corrected, and to in
form the House accordingly.
The paragraphs reported enormously as
are as follows:
In section fifty strike out the words,
"the State Superintendent shall pre-
scribe the course of study and supervise
the general curriculum in every particular
not provided for in the law"
And section sixty-one strike out as
follows, "Be it further enacted, ETC., That
section ten of an act entitled an
act to regulate public education in the
State of Louisiana, and to raise revenue
for the support of the same" approved
March 10, 1869, is hereby repealed and
re-enacted so as to read as follows: "The
Board of School Directors for the city of
New Orleans, appointed under the provi-
sions of this act, shall at once assume ex-
elusive control of all free public schools
in the city aforesaid, subject to the provi-
sions of this act"
And in section seventeen, in line -,
after the words ''ssid board near end of
section, insert the words "of Algiers and
Jefferson" and insert in the title, after the
word Louisiana the words land the
city Of New Orleans"
The Secretary then proceeded to the
House and informed that body of the
foregoing order of the Senate.
Mr.. Darrall, from the Enrolment Com
mittee, submitted the following reports:
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF LOUISIANA
Senate EnroIm6nt Room, :
New Orleans March IA, 1870. J
TO the Honorable President and Members of the
E1Senate.
GEsTrEMEN-Your Committee on Enroll
ment beg leave to report the following
bills rs having been duly engrossed, viz:
Senate Bill No. 81, San act TO establish an
Orleans to define the jurisdiction thereof"
etc.
Senate Joint resolution No. -, Submit
ting an amendment to the constitution of the
State, to the effect that article fifty of the
constitution shall be sbrogate and stricken