New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-02-25


A motion to reconsider the vote by which
the bill was adopted was laid on the table.
Mr.. Ingraham in the chair
The Secretary then called the name Of
Mr.. Blackman who called up Senate bill
No. 100, a bill to be entitled an act to amend
and re-enact sections five, six, eleven, twelve
thirteen, fourteen, twenty-One, twenty-five
twenty-eight, twenty nine, thirty five, thirty
six, thirty nine; forty-one, fifty-three, fifty
nine, sixty, sixty-nine, seventy, seventy
one, seventy-three, eighty-two, and to- re-
peal sections twenty-three, tNenty-seven,
tifty-one fiftytwo, fifty four, fifty-fve, fifty
seven, Of an act entitled IAN act to regulate
the conduct and to maintain the freedom
and purity of elections; to prescribe the mode
of making, and designate the officers who
shall make the returns thereof; to prevent
fraud, violence, intimidation, riot, tumult,
bribery or corruption atclectiOns, or at any
registration or revision of registration; to
limit the powers and duties of the Sherifis of
the parishes of Orleans and Jefferson; 70 pre-
scribe the powers and duties of the Board
and officers of the Metropolitan Police in
reference to elections; to prescribe the
mode OF entering on the rolls Of the Senate
and House of Representatives the names of
members; to empower the Governor TO pre-
serve peace and order, to enforce the laws,
and to declare martial law during registra-
ton and elections; to limit the powers and
duties Of the mayors Of the cities OF New
Orleens and Jefferson with regard to cleo
.ions to prohibit district and parish judges
from issuing certain writs to commissioners
of election; to make an appropr iation for
the expenses of the next revision Of the
registration and of the next election, and to
enforce article l03 of the constitution ap-
proved March 16, 1870.
The yeas and nays were called on the
motion to lay the bill on the table, which
was adopted By the following vote:
Yeas: Antoine, Barber, Campbell, Fish,
Gallup, Harris, Hunsaker, Ingraham, jerks,
holland, OHara, Pierce, Ragan. Swords,
SSypher, Thomas, Todd, Twitchen, Whitney,
WilcOx-20.
Nays: Blackman. Bowman. Butler, Coup
land, Daigle, Futch, Herwis. kelso, Lewis,
Lynch. Pmchback, Ray, Smith, Thomp-
| sonia.
| The Secretary called the name OF Mr..
Bowman, who called up Senate bill No. 100,
to be entitled an act for the relief of per-
sons who, prior to the year 1861, purchased
school lands in the parish Of Vim.
| Mr. Pinchback raised the point OF order
that the resolution, giving each Senator the
right to call up bill, did not carry with it
the suspension of the rules, when a measure
was called up out Of order.
The Chair interpreted the rule to mean
that the mere calling of the bill brought the
measure before the Senate for action.
Mr.. Blackman moved to amend in section
one by inserting, after the word sections"
the words ''in the various townships
throughout the State and to strike OFT the
words situated in the parish Of Winn.'
Adopted.
And to strike out the preamble.
Adopted.
House bill No. % was taken Up and read
for information.
Mr.. Thomas moved that Senate bIl No.
100 be considered engrossed.
Adopted.
pended by a four-tifths affirmative vote. he
bill read its third and last time and finally
adopted on call of the yeas and nays by
the following vote:
Yeas: Anderson. Antoine. Blackman,,
Bowman. Butler. Campbell, Daigle, -ish,
| Futch. Gallup, Harris. Herwig. HunsaEer,
| Ingraham, jerks. kelsO, Lewis. Lynch,
holland. Pierce, Pinchback, Raglan, Ray,
Smith. Swords. Sypher, Thomas. Thompson,
Twtche1l. Whitney-3D.
Wi!coX-o.
The title was adopted.
The Secretary then called mp tie name
OF Mr.. Butler, who called up House bill No.
II. to be entitled an act to reimburse certain
taxes illegally imposed and collected under
act No 81, approved April 4, 1865.
Adopted on second reading.
Mr. Butler moved suspension CT the
rules to put the bill to its third read
ing and called the previous question.
The main question was ordered.
The constitutional rule was then sus-
pended by a four-tifths affirmative vote, The
bill read its third and last time, and finally
adopted with its title.
The Secretary called the name OF Mr..
Campbell, who called up Senate bill No. IA,
to be entitled an act relative to the New Or
leans and Northeastern Railroad Company,
to provide for the extension Of the main
line of their railroad to the city OF New Or.
leans, for the building of one OR moro
branches to the main line of said railroad,
to regulate judicial proceedings in certain
cases, and to facilitate and aid the construc-
ton and secure the maintenance Of said
railroad within the State of Louisiana.
The bill was taken up and read IN part,
when, on motion Of Mr.. Raglan, the reading
was dispensed with.
Mr.. Blackman moved to adjourn, which
| the Senate refused.
The bill was amended in section fourteen,
at end of line seventy-eight, by adding The
following:
That the first mortgage bonds issued by
said company on that part Of its railroad
from Lewisburg to Pearl river, a distance
of forty-eight miles, for the sum of 5000 0O0
or Sl2.j00 per mile, executed before Robert
j. Her. notary public, in the city Of New
Orleans. on the first day of October. 1870
are hereby recognized as portion OF said
first mortgage bonds authorized to be issued
on the whole line of the cOmpanys roads
within the State of Louisiana.
Mr.. Campbell moved to adopt tie bill as