New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-02

judges Of the District Courts Of the parish OF
Orleans.
No. 247, To amend an act relative to the
First and Second District Courts for the
parish Of Orleans.
No. 24s, Granting ferry privileges to J. G.
Smith.
No. 164, To secure citizens, etc.
Senate joint resolution No. IS, Proposing
an amendment to the constitution OF the
State.
Senate bill No. 2o4, To reorganize the
State Land Office, etc.
And to inform the House that the Senate
has concurred in the following House bill,
| viz:
No. 70, Providing for the appointment OF
| Public Administrator, etc.
No. $50, To authorize the Wardens OF the
Church of st. Louis to sell certain real es'
| tate, etc.
| Also, to ask concurrence In Senate bill
No. 236, To create the parish of Atchatalaya.
B. P. BLANCHARD
Assistant Secretary of the Senate.
Mr.. Morey, of Ouachita, moved to take
| up substitute for Senate bill No. II, an act
to amend and re-enact sections one and
two, and to repeal section three of an
! act entitled an act to provide pensions fol-
the veterans of 1914 and 1915, or their
widows, according to requirements of ar.
ticle l24 of the constitution of 1868, ap.
proved October Is, 1868, and to create a
commission to ascertain who are the wild
ows of deceased veterans of 1914 and 1915
and who are veterans of those years who
have not been heretofore awarded pen.
sion by law, and providing compensation
for said commission and their clerk.
Carried.
The bill was put on its third reading
and final passage. Its title was then
adopted, and notice of concurrence Or
dered to be sent to the Senate.
Mr.. Gray, of St. James, moved to recon
slider the vote by which the House finally
passed substitute to Senate bill No. a.
and also moved to lay the motion to recon.
slider upon the table.
Carried.
Mr.. Devices of Bienville, moved to take
up House bill No. 245, joint resolution
requesting the Governor to remove from
Office S. N. Burbank, as Commissioner oil
the Board Of Metropolitan Police.
Carried.
Mr.. Garstkamp, of Jefferson, moved that
the House do now resolve itsels into
Committee of the Whole, for the purpose
of proceeding to the Senate to attend the
trial of G. N. Wicklitfe, Auditor Of the
State.
Mr.. McVean, of Caddo, moved to lay
that motion on the table, and, being Sec
onded by Mr.. Briout, Of st. Martin, de-
manded the yeas and nays, which re-
suited as follows:
Yeas: Abbott, Alexander, Buckingham,
Burrel, Collins, Calhoun, Devices, Dupart,
Douglass, Evans, Faulkner, Lee, Leroy,
Mcvean. Morey, Mathews, Page, Umphreys,
Nays: Antoine, Belot, Brewster, Ber-
seron, Briout, Curell, Cuny, Crawford
Deslonde, Demarest, Eager, Guigonet.
Gsrstkamp, Gaidry, Hill, Hanlon, Hutch
insoa. Hall, Kent, Lowell, Leblanc,
Landers, V. NJ. LANCE, r. LANCE, Morris.
Mollere, Murrel, Mansion, Morand, May,
Pearce, Prescott, Rey, Rengstortf, Sterrett,
Williams. Waters. lWiltz,N. Young, D.
Yonng, ZoelIy-43.
The motion to lay on the table was
lost.
The motion of Mr.. Garstkanp then pre-
vailed, by rising vote of AZ yeas to II
nays.
The Committee of the Whole, with Mr.
Demarest, of st. Mary, in the chair, pro-
ceeded in a body to the Senate, in accord
ance with the resolution of the House.
The committee having returned from
the Senate, Mr.. Lowell, of Caddo, moved
that the committee do rise
Carried.
The Speaker resumed the chair.
The committee, through its chairman,
reported that it had attended the trial by
the Senate of G. M. Wickliffe, reported
progress, which was received and accepted.
Consideration of House bill No. 245 was
resumed.
The bill was put upon its second read
ing, and considered as engrossed.
Mr.. McYean, of Caddo, moved a suspen-
sion of the constitutional rule so as to put
the bill on its third reading, upon which
motion Messrs. Degrange, of Orleans, and
Briout, of st. Martin, called for the yeas
and nays, which resulted as follows:
Yeas: Abbott, Adolphe, Belot, Burrel.
Collins, Calhoun, Cuny, Crawford, Dupart,
Evans, Guigonet, Garstkamp, Gray, Hutch
Morris. Mollere, Mahier, McVean, Morey,
Morand, Pearce, sterrett, Taylor, Tournoir,
D. Young-28.
Nays: Buckingham, Bergeron, Briout,
Degrange, Demarest, Eager, Faulkner,
Gair, Gray, Haskell, Kent, Lowell, Leblanc,
Leroy, McSullen, McMillen, Murrell, Pres
colt, Reese. Rengstorf, Slaton, Umphreys,
Walsh, Waters. N. Young, Zoelly-26.
The rules were not suspended, and the
bill was placed upon the calendar for its
third reading.
Mr.. McVean, of Caddo, moved to take
up House bill No. 237-appropriation bill.
MIR. McMillen, Of Carroll, moved to
postpone its consideration until one
o'clock P. NJ, on Wednesday next.
Carried. i
The business before the House during
the morning session, previous to attending
the trial Of the Auditor of the State, was
consideration of House bill No. 207, an act
to facilitate commerce by providing for the
construction of additional basins on the
New Canal.