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

House of Representatives: |
GENrLEMEN-Your Committee on Enroll |
ment beg leave to report, as having been
duly engrossed, the following bills, viz:
House bill No. 253, an act to authorize the
Police Jury of the parish of 1ensas to levy
and collect a road tax.
House bill No. 2S7, joint resolution au-
thorizing the printing of five hundred copies
of the trial of the impeachment OF U. Ill.
Wickliffe
House bill No. 1872. an act to repeal so
much of an act as relates TO the Mayor ana
Trustees 81 the town of Shreveport, entitled
an act to grant to the Mayor and Trustees
of the town of Shreveport and the Police
Jury of the parish of Caddo.
Respectfully.
Chairman.
ENROLMENT COMMITTEE ROOM,
House of Representatives, I
New Orleans March l6, 1870
To the Honorable Speaker and Members OF the
House OF Representatives:
GENTLEMEN-Yeur Committee on Enroll
ment beg leave to report, as having been
duly enrolled, the following bills, VIZ:
House bill No. 81, an act to amend an act
entitled an act to create the parish OF Grant,
and providing for the organization thereon.
Substitute to House bill No. l6, an act to
more particularly define the Jurisdiction OF
the Recorders Court of the city OF Shreve-
port. and to confer additional powers upon
the Recorder of said court.
House bill No. 1874, joint resolution grant
ing leave of absence to Hiram K. Steele,
Parish Judge Of Tensas parish.
House bill No. 1885, an act to change the
venue in the prosecution nowpending In the
parish OF Catahoula against Cuthbert b.
Jones, charged with the murder OF st. John
Liddell to parish OF Jefferson.
n YpOuIatp
lie education in the State Of Louisiana and
city of New Orleans, and to raise a revenue
for that purpose.
House bill No. Ill, an act forbidding I'M
lust discrimination on account OF color or
race, and providing means for enforcing the
same.
House bill No. 1856, an act granting ferry
privileges to Thomas 4. Veroois, ms heirs
or assigns across the Mississippi river at the
town of Plaauemines, in the parish OF loer-
vile, State OF Louisiana.
House bill No. 243, joint resolution
creating Joint committee OF Doth houses
of the General Assembly to investigate the
affairs OF the New Orleans, Opelousas and
Great Western Railroad Company.
House bill No. 282 an act to authorize the
sale of tne stock in tine New Orleans, jack
son ana Great Northern Railroad Company
held by the State of Louisiana and the city
of New Orleans.
Respectfully,
The Committee on Judiciary, through
it's chairman, submitted the following
report, which was received and accepted:
To the Honorable Speaker and Members OF the
House of Representatives.:
GENTLEnEN-Your Committee on Judi
ciary, to whom was referred House bill No.
255. entitled an act providing the mode and
manner of recording marriages., births ana
deaths, relative to natural children and their
parents, and imposing poll tax for certain
purposes, and regulating the manner OF col
lectlng the same, report favorabiy by SUB
stitute.
Resp ectfully,
P. HARPER, Chairman.
The Committee on Parochal Affairs,
through its Chairman, submitted the fol-
lowing report, which was received and
accepted.
State of Louisiana. (
New Orleana March Is. 1870.
To the Speaker and Members of the House OF Rep
resentatiyes:
GEST1.EMEN-Y our Committe on Parochial
Affairs having considered Senate bill NO.
236 an act ito create the parish of Atchaf-
alaya and providing for the organization
thereof" respectfully return the same to
the House without action for the reason
that the Committee can not agree upon q
report.
Respectfully,
S. E. CUNY, Chairman.
Mr.. Ga;r, of East Feliciana, moved to in'
definitely postpone the bill, Senate bill
No. 236.
Carried.
.Mr. McVean, of Caddo, moved to take
I'd all bills on their third reading.
Carried.
BILLS ON THEIR THIRD READING.
House bill No. 112, an act for the relief
OF John B. Blanchard, of the parish OF
Pointe Coupee.
Bill read third time and finally passed,
| title adopted, and bill ordered to be sent
| to the Senate for concurrence.
House bill No. So, an act to provide to1
| and determine the valuation of the prop
erty of all railroad companies within the
State of Louisiana.
Mr.. Lott, of Rapides, moved to consider
the bill as engrossed.
Carried by rising vote OF yeas, 80
nays, 81.
Mr.. Isabelle, of Orleans, arose to poin
of order, that the House having previously
refused to consider the bill as engrossed
that the bill was not on its third reading
and the House, by refusing to conside
the bill as engrossed, was equivalent to al
indefinite postporement.
The Chair decided the point we'll taken
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
To the Honorable the Speaker and Members o
| the House of Representatives:
lam directed to inform the House that thu
Senate has concurred in House bill No. 237
General Appropriation BilD, with amend
ments.
! Respectfully,
| CHARLES FL MERRITT,
Secretary of the Senate.
The appropriation bill being prefer
renee bill, it was taken up as follows:
House bill No. 237, San act making ap
appropriations for the general expenses O
the State for the year ending Decembe
81, 1870.
First amendment of the Senate read.
| Mr.. Lowell, of Caddo, moved that tn