New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-15

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| the unconstitutional features of the frs
three sections, and which would change tb
| whole bill, I have been unable to prOcee
| further in the investigation Of the act.
Respectfully,
w. F. BLACKMAN.
Mr.. Fay: rise to a question of priv
lege. am informed-in fact / know
| that the Lieutenant Governor is very sick
not able to fulfill the duties of his office
In the constitution it is provided (articl
| ffty-fve) that when he (the Lieutenan
Governor) shall be unable to attend a
President of the Senate, the Senator
shall elect one of their own members a
President Of the Senate for the tim
being.
Mr.. Wittgenstein: I move hat the Sen
ate proceed to elect a President pre-
tempore.
Mr.. jerks lin the chair: The Chair will
state that he has no official information
that the President OF the Senate is ill. TIL
Chair will, however, entertain the motion
The motion to proceed to the election
of temporary chairman was adopted.
Mr.. Wittgenstein nominated MrsJenks
Mr.. Todd nominated Mr.. Anderson.
Nominations were closed.
Mr.. jerks, in the chair: The Secretary
will call the roll.
The roll being called, the vote stood az
follows:
For Senator jerks: Anderson, Bacon
Beares. Blackman, COPELAND. Darrall, Day
Egan. Futch, Kelso, Lynch, Ogden, Packard
Plnchback, Poindexter, Pollard, Ray
Thompson, Whitney, Wilcox, Williams
Wittgenstein-22.
For Senator Anderson: Antoine, Foute
jerks, Jewell. Monette, Todd-6.
Mr.. jerks lin the chair: 1t is somewhat
embarrassing for the Chair to announce
the vote SO fattering to myself. thank
the Senate for the honor conferred upon
me- and if had not been taken so COM
pletely by surprise I might have said
something more appropriate to the occa-
sion.
On motion of MIR. Anderson the election
of Senator jerks as temporary chairman
was declared unanimous.
Mr.. Packard: I move that the President
pro tempore, just elected, be allowed to
vote on all questions.
Mr.. Smith: rise to the point of order
that the Senator elected President
pro temp0re has constitutionally the right
to vote on all questions without any mo-
ton to that effect.
The President pro tempore decided the
point well taken, for the reason that the
provision is that the Lieu
tenant Governor, when acting as the Presi-
dent of the Senate, shall vote in case of
lie, by virtue of his Office, but Senator
elected to FIJI that position temporarily
loes not hold it by virtue of his Office, and
S entitled to his vote on all questions. In
'ase Of e tie vote upon any question, it is
ost.
Mr.. Ray submitted the following re-
,ort from the joint committee of confer
nee on House bill No. 1872 Getty charter
,ill)
The Committee of Conference. on the
House bill No. 1872, city charter bill, have
net and carefully considered the same, and
lave agreed on the following
The bill passed by the House is adopted by
he committee with the following amend
nents:
In section nine, the fifteenth amendment
# the Senate is adopted.
In section twelve the nineteenth amend.
nent Of the Senate is adopted
In section fifteen of the Senate the twenty
bird amendment, is adopted.
Section hfty-One to be stricken cut.
Section thirty-one strike out all in brack-
is from line three to six. The sections to
e consecutively numbered.
JOHN RAY,
Chairman Committee of Senate.
J. II. MCEVEA. N,
Chairman House Committee.
Mr.. Smith: rise to the point of order,
1at the report from the joint committee
not in order without suspension of the
lies.
The President pro tenapore: The Chair
ecides the point of order of the Senator
ON st. John the Baptist, not we'll taken.
Mr.. Smith: appeal from the decision
the Chair.
The yeas and nays being ordered, tie |
hair was sustained by the following vote:
Yeas: Bacon, Beares, Braughn, Camp. |
ell, Coupland, Darrall, Day, Kelso, Lewis, |
ynch. Pinchback, Poipdexter, Ray, Tbomp- |
IN, Wilcox, Williams-I7.
Nays: Egan, Futch, Monette, Ogden, |
ackard, Pollard, Smith, Todd, Whitney, |
ittgepstein-10.
The report of the committee was then
.ad.
Mr.. Wittgenstein moved that the report
the joint committee be received.
Mr.. Ray: move that the report Of the
be adopted.
Mr.. Campbell moved that the Senate
cede from Senate amendments to Sec
ons one, two, three, four, thirty-one,
iirty-four, forty-eight, forty-nine, fifty
,e and ffty-two.
Mr.. Todd: 1 move that that part Of the
port which refers to the funding of the
'ating debt be referred to special COM
ittee of the Senators, one from this city,
he from Algiers, and one from Jefferson.
Mr.. Packard: / move as substitute that
at' part Of the report be referred to a
'ecial committee of three.
Mr.. Ray: / move the report be received.
The President pro tempore: The Chair
first entertained the motion to refer, as
aving precedence over all others, but on
fectirg that the report has not yet been
ceived, will now entertain that motion,