New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-13

STATE OF LOUISIANA.
EXTRA SESSION.
HOUSE .yOURNAL-OFFFCIA
Sixth Days Proceedings.
House OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
Saturday, March IL, 1870.
The House met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Speaker Carr in the chair.
The roll being called, the following
members answered to their names:
Sneaker Carr; and Messrs. Abbott, An
tome Buckingham, Bergeron, Collins, Cuny,
Deslonde, Devices, Dufresne, Dupsrt,
Douglass, Guigonet, Hill, Honore, Kent,
Leblanc. Leroy, Mahier, Murrell, Mansion,
Rey, Taylor, William Williams, Fl. Williams,
Zoelly-26.
No quorum present.
Mr.. Devices, of Bienville, moved to
take recess until twelve o'clock NJ.
Carried.
The House met at twelve o'clock NJ.
The roll being called the following mem
bers answered to their names
Speaker Carr; and Messrs. Abbott,
Alexander, Antoine, Adolphe. Buckingham
Belot, sBurrel, Bergeron, Collins, Cuny,
Deslonde. Devices, Dufresne, Demarest,
Dupart, Douglass, Evans, Faulkner, Gui-
Comet, Garstkamp. Gray. Hill, Haskell,
Hanlon, Honore, Harper, Hutchinson, Ea'
bell, Kent, Leblanc, Leroy, Morris, Mollere,
Morey, Mathews. Magee. Noble, Pearce,
Page, Reese, Rey, Rengstorff, simms, Slaton,
TAYLOR. TournOr, Umphreys, Walsh, wash
ington, Wren, Il. Williams. Zoelly-57.
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Satchell.
MIR. Garstkamp, of Jefferson, moved to
dispense with the reading of the journal.
Carried.
The morning and evening journal of
Friday was approved.
PREFERENCE BILLS.
House bill No. 237. an act making an-
preparation for the expenses OF the
State government.
Bill read third time by its title.
Mr.. McMillen, of Carroll moved to strike
ont, in the first section, all the words from
the beginning of the one hundred and
ninety-third line to the end of the one hun
dred and ninety-sixth line, inclusive.
Carried.
Mr.. McMillen, of Carroll, moved to in
eert at the end of the first section the fol-
lowing items:
Augmentation to refund to the Mechanics
Society their expenditure in preparing Me-
chanics' Institute Hall for the use of the State
Convention, and for gas bills for July. Sep
TENDER and October of 1857, and for May,
1868, four hundred and seventy seven dol
lars and ninety.two cents, (S477 92).
Appropriation for making a Typographical
and geological survey of the State OF Louis
lana. to be made under the direction of the
Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana State
Seminary OF Learning, and Military Acad-
envy, six thousand dollars, (S6OOO).
Carried.
Mr.. McMillen, of Carroll, moved to
amend in section two. line seven, after
the word statement" insert 'accompaD-
led with vouchers"
Carried.
Mr.. McMillen, of Carroll, moved to in
sert at the end of the first section the fol-
lowing item:
Appropriation for transporting convicts
to the Louisiana Penitentiary, fifteen hun
dred dollars (Sl50O).
Carried.
MIR. Isabelle, of Orleans, moved to insert
at the end of the first section the following
item:
Appropriation for B. L. Lynch for ser
vices rendered to the State as attorney-at.
Law in 1866, four thousand nine hundred
and fifty dollars (S495O).
Mr.. Gartskamp, of Jefferson, moved to
lay the motion on the table.
Lost by rising vote of yeas 20, nays 80.
Mr.. Degrange, of Orleans, in the chair
Mr.. Gartskamp, of Jefferson, moved to
strike out the words ''four thousand nine
hundred and fifty dollars, and insert Zone
thousand dollars"
Mr.. Wren, of Bossier, moved to lay the
motion to strike out on the table.
Upon which the yeas and nays were de-
handed by Messrs. Briout, of st. Martin,
and Rengstorff, of Orleans, with the fol-
lowing result:
Yeas: Abbott, Collins, Calhoun, Deslonde,
Devices, Dufresne. Dupart, Douglass, Evans,
Gaidry Honore Hutchinson, Hall, Isabelle,
Lott, McVean, Noble, Reese, Sterrett, Tay.
lor, Tournoir, Umphreys, Walsh, Wren, H.
Williams, Yorke-26.
Nays: Alexander, Buckingham, Belot,
Burrel, Bergeron, Briout, Crawford, Eager,
Esnard, Faulkner, Fouts, Garstkamp. Hill,
Haskell, Hanlon, Harper, Leblanc, Morris,
Nollere, McCullen, Mahier, McMilen, Muir.
relI. Melvin, Mansion. May, Magee, Pearce
Page, Rev, Rengstorff. Simms, Washington
Waters, D. Young, Zoelly-S6.
Motion to lay on the table lost.
The question recurring on the motion o
MIR. Gartskamp, the motion was carried b.
rising vote of yeas 40, nays 10.
The question recurring on the item OF
tered by Mr.. Isabelle, as amended by Nh
Gartskamp, the House refused to adopt tn
item by rising vote of yeas 25, nays 81
Mr.. Lott, of Rapides, moved to insert
at the end of the first section, the follow
ing item:
Appropriation to pay the mileage and PEI
diem Of the members and the per diem o
officers and employees of the General Assem-
bly,, and to pay the contingent expenses
the General Assembly, seventy'1Ve thou
sand dollars or so much thereof as may d.
necessary.
On the adoption Of the item Mr.. Lot
demanded the previouSquestion.
Main question ordered.
Upon the adoption Of the item the yea
and nays were demanded by Messrs
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