New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-12

character, for account Of the several funded
debts be deposited with the Fiscal Agent.
Adopted.
Mr.. Lynch offered the following, to be
section twelve:
That moneys so deposited to the credit of
any one of said several special accounts
shall be exempt from seizure in any court
for claims not pertaining to the item repre-
scented by said special account,
Adopted.
Mr.. Lynch moved that section eleven of
House bill be section thirteen.
Adopted.
The section was then adopted.
Mr.. Lynch moved that section twelve of
House bill be section fourteen.
Adopted.
The section was then adopted.
The bill was then adopted as amended as
q whole, and the amendments ordered en-
crossed.
The constitutional rule was then sus-
pended by four-6fths affirmative vote,
the bill read its third and last time, and
finally adopted with its title.
The hour of 2 P. NJ. having arrived,
House bill No. 1872 was postponed twenty
minutes.
Mr.. Braughn, under suspension of the
rules, called up House bill No. 243,
"Creating a joint committee of both
Houses of the General Assembly to inves-
tigate the affairs of the New Orleans, Ope-
lousas and Great Western Railroad Com
pany.'
Which was read its first time.
The Senate refused to suspend the con-
stitutional rule to put the bill on its Sec
ond reading by the following vote:
Yeas: Anderson, Beares, Braughn, Camp
bell, Foute, jerks, Lewis, Ogden, Packard,
Pinchback, Poindexter, Smith, Todd, Whit
ney, Wilcox, Williams. Wittgenstein--17.
Nays: Bacon, Blackman, COPELAND, OAR
rail-, Egau, Futch, Ray.
Mr.. Pinchback called up, under sus-
pension of the rules, House bill No. 207,
''To facilitate commerce by providing for
the construction of additional basins on
the New Canal.
Which was read its second time.
MI. Todd moved to refer the bill to the
Judiciary Committee.
Which motion was ordered to lie on the
table.
The bill was then adopted on its second
reading.
The constitutional rule was then sus.
pended by a four-6fths affirmative vote,
the bill read its third and last time, and
finally adopted with its title.
MIR. Lewis, under suspension Of the
rules, called up House bill No. 311,
"Authorizing the assessment and collec-
ton Of special tax of twenty-five thou
sand dollars to rebuild a courthouse in
the parish of Rapides."
Which bill was read its first time.
The constitutional rule was then sus-
pended by a four-ffths affirmative vote
the bill read its second time, and adopted
thereon.
The constitutional rule was further sus-
pended by four-ifths affirmative vote,
the bill read it's third and last time, and
finally adopted with its title.
SPECIAL ORDERS RESUMED.
Substitute for Senate bill No. 81, "To
establish an additional District Court for
the parish of Orleans, to define the juris-
diction thereof, and to reorganize and de-
termine the jurisdiction of the existing
seven District Courts for the parish of
Orleans" was taken up and read its first
time.
The Senate refused so suspend the con-
stitutional rule for second reading of the
bill.
The time for taking up the city charter
having arrived, action on House bill No.
1872 (amending city charter) was resumed.
Section two was then read.
Mr.. Campbell moved to amend by in-
sorting at the end of line four the words
snow included within the corporate
limits of the city of New Orleans, and to
strike out in lines eight and nine the words
"the parish of Orleans and
Adopted.
The section, as amended, was thon
adopted as section one.
Section three was read.
Mr.. Coupland moved to strike out the word
''six," line three, and insert "four;" in line
nine strike out "frst" and insert 'sthird;"
in line eighteen strike czt "third" and in
sert first
Adopted.
Mr.. Smith moved to strike out all of the
section after the word "district," in line
twenty-four.
Adopted.
The section, as amended, was then
adopted as section two.
Section four was read as section three,
FIVE as four, six as five, seven as six, eight
as seven, and adopted accordingly.
Section nine was read
Mr.. Campbell moved to insert the fol-
lowing at the end of item five."
Provided, That no authority or duty
herein conferred or imposed upon said de-
partment, or upon the Council Or Mayor,
shall conflict with or impair any of the
powers, duties or rights now conferred by
existing laws upon the Board of Metropoli.
tan Police or their officers
Adopted.
The section, as amended, was then