New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-06
PR OC e f DIN G. -
OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
THIRD SESSION.


Fif.ieth Day-.-EvenIng Session.
FRIDAY, March 3, 1870.
The time of recess having expired, tn
Senate was called to order at seven P. NJ.
by Lieutenant Governor Dunn, Presiden
of the Senate. Present, the following Sen
ators, viz:
Messrs. Anderson, Antoine, Bacon, Beares
Blackman, Braughn, Campbell, COPELAND
Darrall, Day, Egan, Foute, Futch, jerks
Jewell, Kelso. Lewis, Lynch, Monette, Og
den, O'Hara, Packard, Pinchback, PoindeX
ter, Ray, Smith, Thompson, Todd Whitney
Wilcox, Williams, Wittgenstein-32.
MIR. Whitney rose to a personal explana
ton, and stated that his reason for voting
''no'' on the order of judgment of the
Court of impeachment was because sale
Judgment contained clause disqualifyine
Mr.. Wickliffe from holding Office.
The Senate then resumed business un
der MIR. Packard's resolution giving each
Senator, on an alphabetical call of the roll
the privilege of calling up a BILL,
Mr.. Smiths was then called, who called
up House bill No. 154. TO amend and re.
enact an act entitled an act to repeal all
laws and parts of laws creating draining
districts in certain portions of the parishes
of Orleans and Jefferson, and providing
the mode and means for draining the same
and to provide for the disposition of the
property belonging to the said draining
districts, and for collecting the taxes" ETC.
MI. Ray moved to refer this bill and
all bills on the subject Of drainage to a
special committee Of five, to be composed
of Senators from the parishes of Orleans
and Jefferson, to report suitable bill at
the next sitting of the General Assembly,
which motion was tabled by the following
vote:
Yeas: Antoine, Beares, Campbell, Coup.
land, Darrall, jerks, Kelso, Lewis, OHara,
Packard, Poinde1ter, Todd, Whitney, Will
cox, Williams, Wittgenstein-16.
Nays: Bacon, Biackman, Braughn, Day,
Egsn, Jewell, Lynch, Pinchback, Ray.
The bill was ordered read section by
section. Section one was read.
Mr.. Blackman moved that the bill be
printed.
Mir. Wittgenstein moved to lay that mo-
ton on the table, which motion was car
ried by the following vote:
Yeas: Antoine, Besres, Coupland, jerks,
Lewis. Monette, O'Hara, Packard, Pinch
back, Poindeyter, Smith, Whitney, Wilcox,
Williams, Wittgenstein-l5.
Nays: Blackman, Bacon, Braughn, Day,
Egan, Jewell, Kelso, Lynch, Ray, Todd-l0.
Mr. Blackman moved to postpone fur
ther consideration of the bill until twelve
O'Clock tonight, which motion was laid on
the table by the following vote:
Yeas: Antoine, Beares, COPELAND, jerks,
Lewis, Monette, Packard, Pinchback, Pom
dexter, Smith, Whitney, Wilcox. Williams,
Wittgenstein-l4.
Nays: Bacon, Blackman, Braughn, Day,
Egsn, Jewell. kelso, Lynch, OHara, Ray,
Todd-11.
Mr.. Poindexter moved to indefinitely
postpone the consideration of this
bill, which was lost by the following
vote:
Yeas: Bacon, Braughn. Campbell, Day,
Egsn, Jewell. Kelso. Lynch, Poindexter,
Ray, Thompson, Todd-l2.
Nays: Anderson, Antoine, Beares, OAR
rail-, Foute. jerks, Lewis, Monette, O'Hara,
Packard, Pinchback, Smith, Wilcox, Will
liams, Wittgenstein-l5.
On motion of Mr.. Pinchback the bill
was laid on the table.
Mr.. Thompson's name was then called,
and he called up House bill No. al (file
of 1869, ''To purchase two hundred
volumes of volumes first to fifteenth, in
elusive, of the Annual Reports of the
Decisions Of the Supreme Court of the
State Of louisiana" taken up from sec
ond reading file and referred to the FL
nance Committee.
Mr.. Todd's name was then called, and
he reported favorably and called up House
bill No. 126, "To incorporate the LOUISE
ana Dredging Company, to improve the
channels of the Mississippi, between the
passes and the Gulf of Mexico, and
granting the aid of the State to the same"
from second reading file and read.
On motion of Mr.. Lynch the bill was
laid on the table subject to call.
Mr.. Whitney's name was called, and he
called up House bill No. 153 (file of 1862,
For the relief of William II. Honneus,'
from second reading file.
Mr.. Foute moved to indefinitely post.
p one the consideration of the bill.
Which motion prevailed.
Mr.. Wilcox's name was then called, and
he called up House substitute for bill
II "To create the Lafourche and Terre-
oonne Drainage and Land Improvement
Company, etc. from first reading file,
which passed its first reading.
The constitutional rule was further sus-
,ended by four-ffths affirmative vote,
he bill read its second time.
The constitutional rule was then sus-
,ended by four-ffths affirmative vote,
he bill read its third and last time, and
inally adopted with its title.
Mr.. Williams name was then called, and
10 called up House bill No. $50, For
be relief of the Atlanta Male and Female
institute, IN the town of Atlanta, parish
f VIM, State of louisiana" from first
eading file.
Which was read its first time.
The constitutional rule was then sus-
ended by four-ffths affirmative vote,
nd the bill read its second time.
The constitutional rule was further
depended by four-ffths affirmative vote. |