New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-02-18
FOrtieih Days Proceedings.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES., !
Friday, February l., 1871.
The House net pursuant to adjournment
Speaker Garter in the chair.
The roll was called and the following
members answered to their names:
Messrs. Garter, Abel, Adolphe, antoine,
Baker, Barker, Barrett. Barrow, Belot,
Bentley, Bickham. Blunt. Bowen, Brewster,
BrOussard. Brown, BRYAN, buchanan, Buck
ingham, Burch. Butler, Carr. Chachere,
Cochran, Crawford, Darby, DarinSburg,
Davidson. Davis. Demas, DTrio. Ellis, Faulk-
ner, Floyd, Fontelieu. Gaddis, Gardner,
Garstkamp. p. Harper, w. Harper, Huston,
Hyans, Johnson. kearson. kenner. kiilen,
La S~aliniere, Laurent. Llambias, II. Lott,
j. Il. Lott. Lynch, Mahoney, Marie. Marvin,
Matthews, McCarty, Mcfarland, Meadows,
Moncure, Moore, Morphy, Morris, Murray,
Nelson, sOng, Oplatek. Otto. Overton,
Quinn. Raby, Riley, Ringgold, Sartain.
Smith, Soucr, Stanton, Stevens, S%tinson.
Iatlnan, THOMPSON: Iounoir,, Tnreaud,
Ullman, Verrctt, Wands. Washington. OF
Assumption, Washington. Of Concordia.
Waters. Wheyland. Il. Williams, II. VII
Eams, Wilson, WoTrall, Yorkc, Youngest.
A quorum present.
Prayer by the Chaplain.
Upon motion Of Mr.. Faulkner the reading
of the journal was dispensed with, and it
was approved.
Mr.. Faulkner. Of Caldwell. moved a re-
consideration of the vote whereby House
bill No. -, an act to amend sections one,
three and five OF an act entitled an act to
provide for the removal Of distractions in
Bayou Bartholomew, ,and to improve the
navigation OF sthe same, etc, approved
March ), 1870, was made the special order
of the day for Tuesday next, at one. O'Clock
p. NJ, which motion was laid upon the
table upon motion Of Mr.. Antoine, Of Or
leans.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
The Secretary of the Senate WIS an
nOunced with the following message:
To the Honorable Speaker and Members Of the
House Of Representatives:
G~ENTLEMEN-I have the honor to return
your enrolled bill to be entitled an act rela-
tive to the Louisiana Levee Company, a
corporation organized under the general
laws of the State, constituting it a body poIi-
tic and corporate, with certain powers, privil-
eyes and franchises, and contracting with
said corporations for the construction, main
tenance and repair of certain %leYees, and
providing Tor compensation therefor, With
the signature of the President of the senate.
l am also directed to present to your hon
orable body, TO- concurrence, Senate bill
No. 20, to fix the salaries Of the Chief jus
tice and Associate Justices of the Supreme
Court.
CHARLES II. MERRITT,
Secretary of the Senate.
Mr.. Kenner, Of Orleans, gave notice of
his intention to move a reconsideration of
the vote on yesterday night. whereby fur
Their consideration of House bill No. li5, an
act for the relief of the Police Jury OF the
parish OF Jefferson, right bank, was indeti-
nitely postponed.
Mr.. Matthews, ofTensas, moved a suspen-
sion Of the rules so as. to allow bills on their
second reading to be considered, which was
carried by a rising vote of a yeas to II
nays.
Senate bill No l34, an act making appro-
priation to pay Simeon Belden, Attorney
General, for collection of State taxes in the
parishes of Orleans and Jefferson, returned
by the committee of the whole with Q
favorable report, was put upon it's second
reading under a suspension of the constitu-
tional rule.
Mr.. Lynch, Of Ibervlle, moved that