New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-09

Second Days Session.
SENATE CHAMBER, !
Tuesday, March 8, 1870.
The Senate met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Present. Hen. o. J. Dunn, Lieutenan
Governor and President Of the Senate, 3nC
Messrs. Anderson, Antoine, Bacon, Bta.es
Blackman, BraughD, Campbell, COPELAND
Uarral, Egan, F0ute, Futch, jerks
Jewell, Kelso. Lynch, Monette, Ogden
Packard, Pinchbach, Poindexter. Ray
Smith, Todd, Whitney, Wilcox, Williams
Wittgenstein-28.
Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. John
Turner.
The reading Of the minutes of the
previous days session was dispensed
with.
MESSAGE no THE HOUSE.
The Secretary asked the concurrence OF
.he House 10 the following Senate bills
viz:
No. ), "To organize, arm and equip a
uniformed militia" etc.
No. 243, "For the relief of John L.
Brown"
No. 252, TO lay out and open road
to connect the Grand Point Settlement,
10 st. James Parish, with the Mississippi
river" And informed the House of the
concurrence of the Senate in the following
named House bills, viz:
No. 1927, file OF 1869, ''To create the
Office of Justice Of the Peace and Consta-
bic, at Premier Station" etc.
No. 210, file of 1869, ITO authorize A.
G. Banks, Daniel Kelly and their asso-
ciates to render navigable Bayou Dugde-
monia." etc.
No. 26O, ITO incorporate Millwood
Female Institute" etc.
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.
Mr.. Ogden presented petition from
the Ladies Of Providence, "askiDg for re-
lief" which was received and referred to
the Finance Committee.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Mr. Darrall, from the Enrolment Com
nlittee, submitted the following report
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF LOUISIANA
Senate Enroilment Room. :
sew Orleans, March 8, 1870.
10 lhe Honolable President ana Members Of the
Senate:
CONTAMINATION Committee on Enroll
ment beg leave to report as having been
duly engrossed, the following bills, viz:
Senate bill No. -, IAN act to ay out and
open a road to connect the Grand Point |
settlement, in St. James parish, to the Mis-
sissippi river
Senate bill No. D. San act to organize, |
arm and equip uniformed militia" etc.
Senate bill No. 243. ''An act for the relief |
Of John j.. Brown, Assessor and Collector |
OF Taxes for the parish Of Claiborne" etc. |
C. B. DARRALL.
Chairman.
Dir. Kelso, from the Committee on
Public Lands and Levees, reported favor
ably on Senate bill No. 186 lfle of 1859, |
s' Making an appropriation to pay for the
levee across the Bayou Machoire de |
Louche, in the parish of Ouachta, and for
repairing the crevasse in one of the wing
IeYees connected with same"
NOTICES OF Bills.
By Mr.. Monette-Of bill to be en-
titled g An act to exempt from taxation,
State and municipal the Association of
the Francs-Amis of the Anlis de L'Ordre
of the Perseverance and of the Artisans,
situated in the Third District Of New
Orleans"
By Mr.. Packard-Of a bill to be en-
titled IAN act to incorporate the New
Orleans Homeopathic and Allapathic
College"
Under Suspension of the rules, and
without notice, Mr.. Blackman introduced
the following entitled bill:
''An act TO incorporate the Alexandria,
Homer and Fulton Railroad, and to grant
State aid to the same"
Which was read its first time.
The constitutional rule was then sus-
pended by four-ffths affirmative vote,
and the bill read second time.
Dir. Pinchback moved thai tie bill be
referred to the Committee on Railroads.
which motion was lost by the following
vote:
Yeas: Anderson, Antoine, Bcales, Foute,
Monette. Pinchback-6.
Nays: Bacon, Blackman, Braughn, Camp
bell, COPELAND, Darrail, EgaD, Futch, jerks,
Jewell, kelso. Lynch, Monette, Ogden,
Packard, Poindexter, Ray, Smith, Todd,
Whitney, Wilcox, Wililams-22.
Mr. Pinchback moved to indefinitely
postpone the bill, which motion was lost
by the following vote:
Yeas: Beares, Foute. Pinchback-3.
Nays: Anderson, Antoine Bacon, Black
man, Craughn, Campbell, Coupiand, Darrell,
EgaD, Futch, jerks, Jewell, Kelso, Lynch,
Monette. Ogden, Packard, Poindexter, Ray,
Smith, Todd, Whitney, Wilcox, Williams.
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Mr.. Poinde&ter offered the following adj
ditional section:
Be it further enacted, etc., That no dis
tnetiou or discrimination snail be made OF
be Alexandria, Homer and Fulton Railroad
Company on account Of race, cOOr or pre-
yiOus condition, between the = rsops en-
pioyed III the construction and main allance |
of their railroad. or between passengers,
either in their railway Carriages, In the &c.
pot buildings or upon their trry boats with
in this State.
The amendment was adopted.
Mr. Pinchback called for executive ses-
sion.
The President Mr. Todd in the chair)
decided Mr.. Pinchback's motion out OF
order.
From which decision Mr.. Pinchback