New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-08

to the Senate for action, take their place in
the special orders of the day in the same
order as is above provided for bills and reso'
buttons pending in the Senate, and a.! oliiS
or resolutions that may be introduced INTO
the Senate at the present session on the
subjects or objects specified in the Gov
ernors's said proclamation be ana are
hereby fixed as the special order OF the DAY
| as soon az introduced, and that haIl-past
twelve O'Clock P. NJ. be and is hereby hxed
| as the time for taking up the orders OF the
day for the present session, at which time
the above special orders shall be first taken
up.
The resolution was adopted, after being
amended by substituting zone o'clock
P. NJ" for "half-past twelve"
BY Mr.. Campbell:
ReSolUed, That the resolution just adopted
rs TO the order of business, do stand as a
part OF the rules of the Senate for the
special session.
Adopted.
There being other resolutions offered,
the President ruled that, the rules of last
session having been adopted for guidance
this session, to entertain said resolu-
tiops it would require suspension of the
two-thirds rule.
The rules were then suspended to enter
tain all resolutions offered.
BY Mr.. Bacon:
Resolved, That the special committee
appointed at the late session to report upon
| the finances of the city Of New Orleans,
! be reappointed for this session for the
purpose of devising remedies FIR tho diff
cultles reported by them to exist respecting
| the financial operations and condition of the
corporation OF the city of New Orleans.
| Adopted and the committee reappointed.
By Mr. Smith,:
ResoIred, That as it has been impossible
| for the committee appointed to inquire into
| the manner in which the gambling clausewas
inserted in the revenue DILL of 1863. to com.
| plete its labors, it be authorized to continue
it's sttings during the extra session Of the
Legislature.
Adopted and committee reappointed.
By Mr.. Braughn:
WHEREAS, the question of drainage is
'marter important to the good government
of New Orleans" and therefore should be left
with the Representatives of the people d.
rectly interested in it,
cit resolved That all bills on the drainage
Of New Orleans and Jefferson City, to wit:
Senate bills Nos. 50 and 24O, and House bills
Nos. l54 and 225, be and they are hereby
referred to a special committee, to be COM
posed OF Eli the Senators for the parishes Of
Orleans and jefferson, for the purpose of
examining and comparing said bills. and
that said committee be instructed to report
by bill or otherwise"
After considerable debate, Mr.. Wittgen-
stein moved to lay the resolution on the
table, which the Senate refused by the fol-
lowing vote:
Yeas: Campbell, Kelso. Whitney, Wilcox,
Williams, Wlttgenssein-6.
Nays: Anderson, Antoine, Bacon, Beares,
Blackman, Braughn, COPELAND, Darrall,
Egan, Futch. jerks, Jewell, Lynch, Monet,e,
Ogden. Packard, Pinchback, Poindexter,
Ray. Smith. Todd-2l.
The resolution was then adopted after
considerable debate.
PRECEDENCE BILLS.
Subjects specified in the Governors
message were then taken up.
Senate bill No. S militia billy was then
taken up from third reading file, read its
third and last time and finally adopted by
the following vote:
Yeas: Antoine, Campbell, Coupland, Oar
rail-, Keiso, Lynch, Monette. Packard,
Pinchback, Poindexter, Ray. Wilcox, Will
Iiams, ENTHUSIASTICALLY.
Nays: Bacon, Blackman, Braughn, Egan,
jerks, Jewell, -Ogden-7.
The bill was then adopted, after filling
the blank therein with the words zone
hundred thousand dollars (s1OO, OOO)."
Pending the final adoption of the fore
going bill, Mr.. Blackman rose to the point
of order that, under the constitu ton and
parliamentary usage, no bill could
be finally passed aud have the force
o. law without having been read its three
several times on three several days of one
and the same session of the General As
sembly.
The President ruled the point not we'll
taken.
House bill No. 1872, can act to extend
the limits of the parish of Orleans, and to
change the boundaries of the parishes of
Orleans and Jefferson, and to consolidate
the cities CT New Orleans and Jefferson,
and to provide for the government of The
city of New Orleans, and the administra-
ton Of the affairs thereof" etc., was then
taken up from first reading file, read first
time, and ordered printed.
Senate bill No. 2O9, ''To amend and re-
enact sections eight and nine as amended |
in section one of an act entitled |
an act to amend an act to con-
solidate the city Of New Orleans, and
to provide for the government of the city |
of New Orleans, and the administration of |
the affairs thereof, approved February 26, |
1866" was then taken up from third |
reading file and read its third time.
Mr.. Blackman: rise to the point of |
order that the Senate can not pass this
bill now, because the same has not been |
reported back to the Senate from the Com
mittee on Unfinished Business; it being
bill of lastysession it is not proper to act
upon it until it has been properly intro
duced, or brought back
The President: Under the resolution
adopted to-day, the Chair decides the
point Of order not well taken.
MIR. Blaclzman: 1 appeal from the de.
cision of the Chair.
The question being, ''Shall the decision
Of the Chair be sustained?' the President
was sustained by the following vote, viz:
Yeas: Antoine, Beares, Braughn. Camp
bell, Coupland, Egan, jerks, Krlso, Lynch, |
Ogden, Packard, Pinchback, Ray, Smith,