New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-24

JOURNAL OF THE SkNAAA
Ninth Days se.sion.
SENATE CHAMBER,
WEDNESDAY, March l6, 1870.
The Senate met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
present: Hon. O. J. Dunn, Lieutenant
Governor and President of the Senate, and
Messrs, Anderson, Antoine, Bacon, Beares,
Blackman, Braughn, Campbell, Coupland,
Darrall, Day, Egan, Foute, Futch, jerks,
Jewell Kelso, Lewis. Lynch, Monette, Onutt'
Ogden. O'Hara Packard. Pinchback, Poln-
dexter, Pollard, Ray, Smith, Thompson,
Todd, Whitney, Wilcox, Williams, WittgeE-
stein-34.
Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. John Tur-
ner.
The reading of the minutes of the pre-
vious days session was dispensed with
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
Office Ohief Ciers. I
New Orleans March l6. 1870
To the President and Members OF the Senate:
GENrLEMEN-I am directed to inform the
Senate that the Speaker has signed the FOL
lowing enrolled Senate bill:
An act to establish an addltlonal Dlstrlct
Court for the parish of Orleans, etc.
That the House has concurred in the fol-
lowing Senate bill, viz.
Senate bill No. 257, an act to incorporate
the New Orleans Homeopathic and Ailopath'
10 College.
To ask concurrence of the Senate in the
following House bills, viz:
Heuse bill No. lao, an act to AID the Ter
man Society of New Orleans to establish
House of Reception for Immigrants, under
the auspices of That society.
House bill No. 1873, an act authorizing the
purchase of three hundred copies OF the
New Digest of the decisions OF the Supreme
Court of Louisiana.
Respectfully,
EUGENE STAES,
Assistant Clerk.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.
STATE OF LOUISIANA
House OF Representatives.
New Orleans, March 10. ls7o'
To the President and Members of the Senate:
am directed by the House to ask the
SIGNATURE of the President of the Senate OF
the following enrolled bills. viz
An act annexiug a portion OF the parish
of Tersas to Franklin parish.
son, etc.
An act to incorporate the town Of Vidalia,
In the parish of Concordia.
An act forbidding unjust discrimination
on account of color or race, and provide
means for enforcing the same.
An act to aid and assist the LOUISIANA
Petroleum and Coal Oil Company, ETC..
State of Louisiana.
WILLIAM VIGERS.
Chief Clerk of the House OF Representatives.
MESSAGE TO THE HOUSE.
The Secretary asked concurrence of the
House in Senate joint resolution No. so,
ITO appoint committee as commission
to appraise and make necessary transfers
of-properties in the consolidation of New
Orleans, Jefferson City and Algiers," etc.
And informed the House that the
President of the Senate had signed:
Gan act for the relief of J. o. Nixon"
And informed the House Of the concur
renee of the Senate in House bills:
No. 81 "To amend forty-seventh section
of Metropolitan Police act, with amend
ments.
No. 65, "To establish public park. "
No. 277, "For binding, etc., records of
births and deaths"
No. 176, ''For relief Of Mechanics. Fair
Association"
No. Al, ''To incorporate the Louisiana
Savings Bank"
No. 270, "For the relief of Hedge
Rabun."
No. lO5, "For the relief of the Orphans
Home Society of louisiana
Also asked concurrence in Senate bill
No. 81, ITO incorporate the Louisiana
Joint Stock Bank" and concurrent reso-
luton relative to the Finance Committee
Of the Senate and the Ways and Means
Committee of the House.
And that the Senate has concurred in
House bill No. 237 appropriation bill,
with amendments.
MESSAGE TO THE HOUSE.
The Secretery informed the House that
the President of the Senate had signed en-
rolled act to aid the Louisiana Petroleum
Company, etc.
And asked the signature of the Speaker
to enrolled act to establish Gan additional
District Court, parish of Orleans. etc.
MESSAGE TO THE HOUSE.
The Secretary presented to the House
for concurrence:
Senate bill No. GIG, "Relative to Tx
Supreme Court, and to regulate the term!
thereof" etc.
Senate bill No. 267, "To provide for TIL
transfer of certain records from the parisi
of Jefferson unto the parish of Orleans.
Senate bill No. 1893, Fixing the salar.
of District Attorney, Tenth Judicial Dis
trict of Louisiana"
Senate bill No. 264, ''To annex certain
portion of the parish of Orleans, RICH
bank, to the parish Of Plaquemines
Senate bill No. 256, "To incorporate tax
Feliciana Savings and Exchange Bank
MESSAGE FROM THE House.
To the President and Members of the Senate:
GENTLEMEN-I have the honor to ask tn
signature of the President to q bill entitled
San act to facilitate commerce by provid
ing for the construction of additional BASIN
on the New Canal
Very respec fully,
WILLIAM VIGERS,
Chief Clerk House Of Representatives.
Mr.. Whitney, under a suspension o
suspension of the rules, called up from
first reading file House bill No. 25S, ''Tt
authorize the Police Jury OF the parish o
Tensas to levy and collect road tax
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