New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-01-25

pended by four ifths Affirmative vote,
the bill put on its second reading, and
ordered printed.
Mr.. Campbell, from the Committee on
Revision of the Codes, submitted the fol-
lowing;
To the Honorable senate and House of Represent
| atives of the State of Louisiana:
The undersigned, Joint Committee on the
| Revision of the Statutes of a general char.
acter and of the Civil Code and Code of
| Practice OF the State of Louisiana, appoint
ed and acting under the provisions of act
| No. 81 and joint resolution No. 1872 of the
acts of 1868, having already, in separate re
ports to your honorable bodies, submitted
| the revision of the statutes of q general
character and of the Civil Code, herewi
| submit the work of revision of the Code of
Practice, in printed form, as required by
act No. 1S1 Of 1869.
This report includes the report made 10
your committee by Hon. John Ray, the per-
son appointed to make the revision, to
which report we respectfully refer your hon.
orable bodies, as itfully explains the plan of
| the revision.
This report presents the work of revision
in'the shape Of an act, to be passed by the
| Legislature, as it requires legislative sane
| ton to give it the force of law.
The person appointed to make the
revision availed himself of the
authority given him by act No.
81 of 1868, to simplify the language,
| correct incongruities and supply defclencIes
| in the laws, which was the great purpose OF
revision. He was necessarily compelled to
| use literally this authority in the revision
of the Code of Practice.
The revision of the Code of Practice was
| found to be work of great labor, requir-
fv,r, E,,I
curate knowledge OF the existing Code of
Practice, the legislation in reference to it
up TO the present time, and of the decisions
OF the Supreme Court bearing onsits several
provisions, as well as of the System of laws
from which it was originally derived. A
correction in the translation of many of the
articles was found necessary.
Whereon changes have been made under
the authority vested in the person appointed
to revise the Code of Practice, it requires
the sanction of the law-making power to
give it-the force of law. Hence the work
of revision is presented in the shape of an
act, to be passed by the Legislature, with
title embracing all its objects, according to
the requirements of article ia OF the con
sttutloI.
This revision has been made under the
supervision and direction of your committee,
some of the members having given con.
siderable time to the work, and your COM
LullbtC udNt CbuSeu Jub NOTk Vi IbNl5iOu W
be printed in accordance with the require
ments of act No. 13l, of 1869, and it is here
with presented in printed form, convenient
for the examination of the members of the
General Assembly.
All Of which is respectfully submitted,
H. J. CAMPBELL,
CHARLES w. LOWELL,
FRANK MOREY,
W. 2. BI4ACKMAN.
Mr.. Kelso, from the Committee on Pub
lie Lands and Levees, reported favorably
on Senate bill No. 1872, to be entitled can
act to provide for paying Joshua James
for work done on the levees, and money
expended by him in the preservation of
the levees.
Mr.. Wilcox, from the Committee on
Unfinished Business, reported favorably
on Senate bill No. 173 (bill of 1859, to
be entitled can act to exempt from taxa
tion the New Orleans Methodist Re-
posilory."
Mr.. Campbell, from the Committee on
Corporations and Parochial Affairs, re-
ported by substitute on Senate bill No.
GA, to be entitled Gan act to authorize
and empower the Police Jury OF each
parish 10 the State, except the parishes of
Orleans and Jefferson, to prescribe the
food and fix the price of feeding the
prisoners in their respective jails
Mr.. Darrall, from the Committee on
Enrolment submitted the following re-
ports:
Senate Enrolment Room,
New Orleans, January %, 1870.
To the President and Members of the Senate:
GBHTLEaEN-Your Committee on Enroll.
ment have the honor to report as having
been duly engrossed the following:
Joint resolution No. =, in relation to the
duty ON sugar and molasses.
Respectfully,
q. R. DARRALL,
Chairman.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF Lou1sIANA.l
Senate ENROLMENT Room. ;
New Orleans. January "a. 1870
To the President and Members of the Senate:
GENTLBMEN-Your Committee on Enroll
ment have the honor to report as having
viz:
Senate bill No. SO, an act to authorize ],
o. Nixon to sue the State OF Louisiana.
Senate bill No. rs, an act for the relief of
II. III. Stevens.
Respectfully,
G. B. DARRALL,
Chairman.
NOTICES OF BILLS.
By Mr.. Day-0f a bill to be entitled
can act regulating the number of passen-
gers to be carried by the city passenger
railway cars, and making it a misde-
meanor to carry more than twelve persons
to each passenger car.
By Mr.. 0'Hara-Of bill to be entitled
" An act to encourage and promote the