New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-26

ana apportionment of the expenses Of the
Board OF Metropolitan Police, etc.
No. 100, to improve the sanitary condition
OF the city of New Orleans, etc.
NO. 223, to authorize any railroad COM
pany incorporated under the laws OF the
state OF Louisiana. to purchase or acquire
the charter, grants or privileges, etc.
NO: 234, to provide for the payment or
funding of the floating debt of the State,
etc.
No. l69, to repeal and re.ensct the second
paragraph of the seventh section Of an act
entitled an act to incorporate the town OF
PontchatOula, in Livingston parish.
No. 300, file of 1869, to incorporate the Su.
preme Council of the Thirty third Degree OF
the Ancient and Accepted Scotch bite OF
Free Masonry OF Louisiana.
No. IS, for the relief of the Southwestern
Bible Society, etc.
No. 1853, file Of 1869, for the relief of Mrs.
Martha Hurst. widow of John S. Hurst, etc.
No. 253, to authorize the police jury of
Tensas parish to levy and collect road tax,
| etc.
! No. 1856. to abolish the Office of Assistant
| City Attorney, etc.
No: 276, granting ferry privileges to W.
| Ii. Flnnegan, etc.
No. "a, to amend an act entitled an act to
authorize the compilation of new and
| official map of the State.
No. 1913, authorizing the purchase OF three
hundred copies of the new d gest OF the de-
| cisions of the Supreme Court OF Louisiana.
| No. 22S, creating joint committee to
memorialize the riparian States OF the Mis-
sissippi Valley, etc.
| No. 2S6, for the relief Of W. H. Haskell.
| No. 254, to amend act No. 9, entitled an
act revising and continuing in force the acts
approved March Is, 1881. and March q,
1910, incorporating the Roman Catholic
Church of st. Mary Pamela, in the parish OF
Lafourche, etc.
| No. 1893, to amend the first section of an
| act entitled an act to amend the first section
of an act entitled an act for the relief of the
| Louisiana State Seminary, approved March
| z, 1866. March %, 1867, etc.
| No. 1876, Taxing the fees and costs OF the
Clerk of the First District Court OF the par
| ish of Orleans, and to inform the House that
fthe Senate had concurred in House amend.
ments to the following Senate bills:
No. 1873, To amend and re-enact section
six of an act entitled an act relative to bills
| of exchange and promissory notes, approved
March ninth 1855.
No. 90, For the relief of taxpayers of this
State. in the parishes wherein no assess.
| ment rolls were made for the years 1867 and
| 1868, etc.
No. 2O4, To reorganize the State Land
Office. ETC.. and that the Senate has con-
mittee on House bill No. 237, General APP
preparation billy, and to ask the concur
renee of the House in the following Senate
bills, viz:
Senate bill No. 2l2, relative to the publ
cation and binding of certain books.
Senate bill No. 269, an act granting ferry
privileges to c. Pollard and H. Williams.
Senate bill No. 232, an act granting ferry
privileges to Henry Henchert, Conrad Hen
ebert, and others.
Senate bill No. $685. an act to exempt from
taxation Estate and municipaD the Associa-
ton, etc.
Senate joint resolution No. 20. relative to
public charities, ETC., and to inform the
House, that the President has signed the
bill relative to the Jackson Railroad stock,
etc.
Also, to inform the House that the Senate
has passed over the Governors veto, by the
constitutional two-thirds majority, a bill to
compensate E. H. Angamar and Charles
lizard for their services. etc.
CHARLES H. MERRITT,
Secretary of the Senate.
MIR. Kent, of St. Helena, called up Sen
ate joint resolution No. 80, "To postpone
Indefinitely the collection of the back
taxes for the years 1861, 1862, 1863 and
1864"
Which was put on its first reading.
The constitutional rule being suspended,
the bill was put on its second reading by
title.
Under further suspension of the
constitutional rule the bill underwent its
third reading and final passage, its title
was adopted, and notice of concurrence
was ordered to be sent to the Senate.
The Committee on Contingent Expenses,
through it's Chairman, submitted the fol-
lowing report, which was received and
adopted:
To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
House of Representatives:
GENTLEMEN-Your committee to whom
the report of the Committee on Elections
and Qualifications was referred, beg leave to
report favorably upon the same, and recon-
''''HO 10 E. W. DEVICES,
Chairman Committee on Contingent EX-
,penses;
DENNIS BUBREL,
HENDERSON WILLIAMS,
II. G. TOURNOIR,
II. c. SLATON.
Mr.. Morey, of Ouachi;a, moved to con-
slider all messages from the Senate.
Carried.
Senate bill No. 245, an act to incorpo-
rate the Louisiana and Texas Central
Railroad, was put on its first reading, and
referred to the Committee on Railroads,
upon motion of Dir. Hall, of Orleans.
Senate joint resolution No. IA, amend
ing article eighty-seven of the constitution
of the State, was put on its first reading.
The constitutional rule being suspended,
the bill was put on its second reading;
under a further suspension Of the consti-
tutional rule, the bill was read third
time.
Upon it's final passage, the roll was
called with the following result:
Yeas: Abbott, Antoine, Belot. Brewster,
Burrel, Calhoun. Crawford, Deslonde. De-
wees, Dufresne, Dupart, Douglass, Evans,
Eager, Faulkner: Guigonet, Gair, Garst
Hall, HeideDhain, Isabelle Kent, Leblanc,
Leroy. L'Hoste, Lott, Morris, Mahier, Nc
Vean, Murrell Mansion, Morey, Morand,
Mathews, Magee, Pearce, Rey, Umphreys.
Walsh, II. Williams, Yorke, Zoely-46.
Nays: Alexander, Hill. Hanlon, McCullen,
Noble, Reese, Wilson. Waters, Wits.
Two-t thirds of the members elected not
voting in the affirmative, the joint resolu-
ton was not passed.
Senate joint resolution No. IS, proposing
an amendment to the constitution OF the
State, was put on its first reading.