New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-10

EENATE OHAMBER,
Tuesday, March g. 1870.
The Senate met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Present: Hon. o. j. Dunn, Lieutenar
Governor and President of the Senate, an
Messrs. Anderson, Antoine. Bacon, Besres
Blackmaa, Braughn, Campbell, CouplanC
Darrall, Egan, FOute, Futch. jerks
Jewell, Kelso. Lynch, Monette, Ogder
Packard. Pinchback, Poiudexter, Ray
Smith, Todd, Whitney, Wilcox, Williams
Wittgenstein-2S.
Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. job
Turner.
The reading of the minutes of tn
previous days session was dispensed
with.
MESSAGE TO THE HOUSE.
The Secretary asked the concurrence o
the House in the following Senate bills
viz:
No. 5, "To organize, arm and equip {
uniformed militia" etc.
No. 243, "For the relief of John L
Brown"
No. 252, ''To lay out and open a road
to connect the Grand Point Settlement,
in 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. 327 file of 1869, "To create the
Office of Justice of the Peace and Consta-:
BILE, at Premier Station" etc.
No. 210, file of 1869, ITO authorize A
C. Banks, Daniel Kelly and their asso-
ciates to render navigable Bayou Dugde-
monia," etc.
No. ECO, "To incorporate Wildwood
Female Institute, etc.
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.
Mr.. Ogden presented a petition from
the Ladies of Providence, "asking for re-
lief" which was received and referred to
the Finance Committee.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Darrall, from the Enrolment Com
mittee, submitted the following report:
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF LOUISIANA
Senate EnrolIment Room. (
New Orleans, March 6, 1870
GENTLEMEN-YOur Committee on Enroll
ment beg leave to report as having been
duly engrossed, the following bills. viz:
Senate bill No. =, "An 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. s. can act to organize,
arm and equip uniformed militia" ETC.
Senate bill No. 243, IAN act for the relief
of John L. Brown, Assessor and Collector
of Taxes for the parish of Claiborne" etc.
C. B. DARRALL.
Chairman.
Mr.. Kelso, from the Committee on
Public Lands and Levees, reported favor
ably on Senate bill No. 1856 (fle of 1859,
" 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
levees connected with same"
NOTICES OF bills.
BY Mr.. Monette-Of bill to be en-
titled " An act to exempt from taxation,
State and municipal the Association of
the Francs-Amis of the Amis de L'Ordre |
of the Perseverance and of the Artisans, |
situated in the Third District of New
Orleans.
BY Mr.. Packard-Of bill to be en-
titled can act 10 incorporate the New /
Orleans Homeopathic and Allapathic
College"
Under a suspension of the rules, and
without notice, MIR. Blackman introduced
the following emitted 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 a four-ffths affirmative vote,
and the bill read second time.
Mr.. Pinchback moved that tie bill be
referred to the Committee on Railroads,
which motion was lost by the following
vote:
Yeas: Anderson, Antoine, Beares, Foute,
Monette. Pinchback-6.
Nays: Bacon, Blackman, Branghn, Camp
bell, Coupiand. Darrajl, Egan, Futch. Jenks,
Jewell, Kelso, Lynch. Monette, Ogden,
Packard, Poindexter, Ray Smith, Todd,
Whitney. Wilcox, Williams-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. Darrall
Egap, Flu Oh, jerks, Jewell, Krlso, Lynch,
NOnette. Ogden. Packard, Pojudexter, Ray,
Smith, Todd, Whitney, Wilcox, Williams.
Wittgenstein-25
Mr.. Pondexter offered the following ad-
ditional section
Be it further enacted, etc., That no dis
tincton or Discrimination shall be made bV
the Alexandria, Homer and Fulton Railroaj
on account of race, CO or or pre-
vlous condition, between the persons Ell
ployed In The construction and InaintalnanQe
OF their railroad. or betseen passengers, |
either In their railway carriages, in the de-
pot buildings or upon their ferry boats with
IN this State.
The amendment was adopted.
Mr.. Pinchback called for executive SEES
sion.
The President (Mr. Todd in the chairl
decided Mr.. Pinchbacks mo ion out of T
order.
From which, decision Mr. Pinchback
made an appeal.
The Cha reconsidered his decision,
Ind decided Mr.. Pinchback's motion in