The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-03-19
The Legislature.
from the N. o. Picayune.l

was postponed until to day at 1890 P. NJ.
The bill relative to the inspection OF
-four, passed.
The bill relative to quarantine, passed.
The blk to divide the parish OF Ouachlta
wards, passed.
The bill incorporating the New Orleans
HOMEOPATHIC and Allorathic College, pass
cd.
A resolution that the extra:Session shall
continue thirty days was lost-yess J.
nays 26.
In the House, the r~enue bill was taken
Nh, and the section providing for the ap-
Monument of COMMISSIONS OF Revenue
stri ken out, when the bill was recolnmlt-
ted to the committee.
The appropriation bill was partially i'd
opted in Committee of the Whole, and re-
committed to the committee.
The bill authorizing the sale OF stock
held bv the state and city in the N. Q. ).
g. G. n. Railroad, passed.
The bill authorizing the Issue of $3OO,0OO
of the bonds of the State to the Louisiana
Petroleum and Sulphur Company, passed
yeas At. nays IS.
The Joint resolution authorizing the Gov
ernor to remove S. NJ. Burbank, Treasurer
of the Board Of metropolitan Police, pass
ed.
The bill abolishing the Office of Assistant
District Attorney aid appointing lax col
l~ectors, passed.
The bill to provide for a hospital for
small box and other contagious diseases,
passed.
The bill to remove the seat of justice IN
the parish of Carroll, passed.
The Joint resolution restoring to Office
Nathan Schwab, Sheriff Of Jefferson, pass
ed.
The bill prohibiting unjust discrimination
on account Of color, passed.
The bill compelling city railroads to
comply with the provisions of thtir char
tcrs was lost.
MARCH lin the Senate yesterday,
the city charter bill was taken up aid the
first section stricken oat. This section
included tie cities of Jefferson, Alglers
and Carrolton in the consolidation. The
bill now refers only to the present limits
of the city of New Orleans. The bill
finally passed, with amendments.
The education bill finally passed; yeas
IS, nays 5.
The bill to enable the city of New Or.
leans to fund its floating debt and liquidate
lis Indebtedness finally passed.
The Joint resolution authorizing the APP
pointment of a joint committee to i~nvesti
gate The affairs of the Opelousas Railroad
Company, and ascertain how the State has
lost its interest in the same passed its first
reading.
The bill providing for the construction OF
basins on the New Canal. Passed.
In the House, the general appropriation
bill was adopted.
The bill p~o-tponing the city charter
election in the city of New Orleans from
March to November. Passed-yeas 40
nays Is.
The militia bill passed its first and sec
ond readings by its tile and VAS placed or
calendar for third reading.
A bill passed, changing the venue in th'
prosecution now pendi in the parish o
Ca,ahoula. againse Cuthbert b: Jones
charged with the murder of st. John Lid
dell, to the parists of jefferson.
The bill to incorporate the Louisian;
| Loan and Savings Company, passed.
Inc OIL CredtiitS tuc pdihoi u Li'eoi'
was indefinitely postponed.
The remaining sections OF the city char
liter bill were adopted, and tbs bill passed.
u The bill appropriating $4,000 to pa,
the per item and mileage of the member
and officers for the present session tinall,
passed. g =.
The bill ~relttive to juries in the pari>l
of Jefferson was passed.
A mt ssage from the Governor was re
ceived, returning without his signature tn
bill exempting from taxation and licens
the Freedmen's Savings Comp ny.
The bill to remove the seat of justice IL
the parish of Carroll passed.
The bill relative to the Ship Island Ca
nal finally passed. e.. y
March i2.-Both Houses met pursuan
to adjournment, and adjourned until Z. Z
M., out of respect to the memory of Rober
Large, deceased, late Representative from
East Baton Rouge.
EVENING SEssIoN.-1n the Senate, tn
bill refusing licenses to parties who resus
y>sell to colored persons, passed.
The bill granting State aid to the Petro
leum and Sulphur Company passed its sec
ond reading,
In the House, the education bill, as re
turned from the Senate with amendments
was concarred IN.
The city charter bill, as returned fror
the Senate with amendments, was not cor
Cured in, and a joint committee on confer
ence appointed.
The bill for the relief Of Angomar an
Tzard WIS returned from the Governo
without his signature.
Twenty-six sections of the revenue bi
were adopted.
The bill giving preference in the court
Of all cases coming under the 18th artlcI
of the constitution, passed.
The bill providing for the lease OF tn
City Water Works, passed.
MARCH 13-In the Senate. yesterday
the bill to incorporate the Louisiana Dreds
ing Company, providing for the keepin
open of one or more channels of the mout
of the Mississippi River and make the sam
n~avigable, finally passed.
The Committee on conference, Teporte
certain changes proposed in the city chal
ter bill, to include Jefferson and Algiers i
the consolidation and exclude Carrolltor
The report was adopted. The bill wi
now be sent to the Governor.
The bill to aid the Louisiana Petroleum
and Sulphur Company, finally passed.
The bill to incorporate and aid the Mort
Louisiana Railro d, passed.
The JOINT resolution authorizing a com
mittee to investigate the affairs of the OPP
lousas Railroad Company, passed.
By a unanimous vote, Senator Jenl
was chosen President protein, of the Sci
ate, in place Of Lieut.. Gov. Dunn, who
absent on account of Illness.
In the House, the general appropriate
bill passed.
Consideration of the revenue bill VS.
continued in Committeesof the Whole.
The bill relatiyeto flour inspectors W;
returned from the Senate Withamendment