New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-01
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

10 the Honorable speaker and Members OF tn
House OF Representatives,
SIR: am directed to present you for you
consideration
Senate bill No. lJ6, for the relief of tn
Hope Insurance Company, etc.
senate bill No. 249, granting ferry priv
leges to Messrs. O. G.. French, II. II. Harris
etc. at Vidalia., etc.
Senate bill No. 2l2 (city funding biIl).
Senate bill No. lei, to create an Insurance.
department.
Senate bill No. 95l, to release the d. mage
for the nOn-payment of taxes, etc.
Senate bill No. l25. for the relief OF Abb,
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Senate joint resolution No. 6, to authoriz
the New Orleans, Mobile and Chattanoog:
Railroad Company to change its name, etc
CHARLES H. MERRITT,
| Secretary of the Senate.
The Committee On Ways and Means,
throug h its chairman, submitted the follow
ing report, which was read, received an,
adopted:
| COMMITTEE on WA,s AND MEANS, /
| New Orleans, February ~, 1871. }
| To The Ho, or .ble Speaker and Members OF the
! House OF Representatives:
GENTLENEN-Yourc committee beg leave
to report favOrably on the accompanying
| substitute for House bill No u. and recon-
mend its adoption.
JAMES II. WAND>.
Chairman;
r.. l.. y. SOUER.
b. W. BAKER,
+. OITO
Mr. Faux ner OF Caldwell. moved tina,
300 copies OF the report, and the accom-
| panying bill. be printed and LAID on the
desks of members.
Mr.. Wands, OF Tangipahoa, moved to lay
that motion ou the table, where,pon the
yeas and nays were demanded by Messrs
Kcnner, of Orleans, and Turcau,l, of St
James. with tie following result:
Yeas: Bentley. Carr. Davis, Dcmas,
Floyd, p. Harper. kinsclla La Salinierc.
Mahoney, Marie. Moore, Ong. Otto Ring
gold, Smith, Souer, Stanton. Ullman,
Mands. Washington, of Concordia, Waters.
Wheylan.l, Young-23.
Nays: Abell, AdOlphe, Antoine, Baker Bar
ker, Barrett Barrow, Belot. Birkham, Blunt,
Bowen, Broussard, Bryan, Buckins ham.
Burch, Chachere, Cochran. Crawford,
Darby, Darinsburg, Davidson, Devices,
Durio, Ellis, Faulkner, Fontelicu, Gaddis,
Gardner, Garstkamp, w. Harper, Hemp
stead. Huston, Hyams, johnson. kenner,
Laurent, Llambias, II. Lott, Lynch, Marvin,
M Si' v Moneure; Morphy. Morris er
ray, Nelson, Op!atek, Overton, Pond,
Quinn, Raby. Riley, Sartain, Schumacher.
Stamps, Tatman, Thompson. Tureaud,
Verrett, Washington, of Assumption, f.
Williams, Wilson, Worrall-66.
Mr.. Wands, of Tangipahoa, moved it be
made the special order of the day to-mor-
row at one o'clock.
Mr.. Carr, of De Soto. offered the follow
ing amendment:
Immediately after the reading of the
journal.
Mr.. Quinn, of Orleans, offered the follow
ing amendment to the amendment:
That it be made the special order OF the
day Wednesday at one o'clock.
MIR. Carr, Of De Soto, moved to lay the
amendment to the amendment on the table.
Upon which motion Messrs. kenner and
Quinn, of Orleans, called for the yeas and
nays, with the following result:
Yeas: Baker, Bentley, Bowen, Carr.
Darby, Davidson, Demas, Devices, Floyd.
GarstkamP. 2. Harper, Hampstead, kenner
kinsella, II. Lott, Mahoncy, Matthews,
Mcfarland, Moore, Ong. Otto, RinggOld
Smith, Souer, Stanton. Tounoir, Ulllnan.
Verrett, Wands, Washington, of Concordia,
Waters, Wheyland, +. Williams, Worrall
YOung-35.
Nays: Abel, Adolphe, Antoine, Barker,
Barrett, Barrow, Bickham, Blunt, BrOus-
sard, Bryan, Buckingham, Burch Butler,
Chachere. Cochran, Crawford, harrisburg,
Davis, DuriO. Ellis, Faulkner, FOntelieu,
Gaddis, Gardner, w. Harper, Huston,
Hyams, johnson, KearsOn, Laurent, Liam
bias. Lynch J. b. Lott, Marvin, McCarty,
Meadows. Moncure, Morphy. Morris, Muir
ray. Nelson, Oplatek, Overton, Pond,
s Sann R1 Tm Rey sarnn %nrsan
Washington, OF Assumption, Wilson,
1orke-55.
Mr.. QuiHn, of Orleans, called for the pre-
vious question upon the adoption OF the
amendment to the amendment.
The main question was then ordered and
the amendment to the amendment adopted.
Mr.. Carter, of Cameron, called up Senate
relief of Centenary College Of Louisiana,
which was put ON its first reading.
> Under suspension of the constitutional
rule, the bill was put upon its second read
ing.
Under further suspension CT the con-
stitutional rule, the bill was put on its third
reading and final passage, its title was
adopted. and notice of concurrence ordered
to be sent to the Senate.
Mr.. Darinsburg, Of Pointe Coupee,
called up Senate bill No. 10, an act to pur
chase FIVE hundred copies each Of the Re
vised Civil Code and the Revised Code of
Practice of the State of louisiana edited
by Albert VOORHEES,, which was put on its
first reading.
Under a suspension Of the constitutional
rule II was put on its second reading.
On motion of Mr. Darinsburg, Of Point
Coupee. the rule requiring it to be consid-
cred in the committee Of the whole was sus-
pended. a.
Under further suspension Of the con
s.itutional rule, it was put on its third read
ing, WAS finally passed, its title adopted, and
notice Of concurrence was ordered to be sent
to the Senate.
III. Davidson, of Livingston, called up
Senate bill No. 49, an act to provide for
the unsettled floating debt and estimated
deficiencies of the revenue Of the city OF
New Orleans for the years 1870 and 1871,
and to authorize the issuing of bonds for
the said purpose, which was put on its first
reading.
The constitutional rule having been sas-
pended, it was put on its second reading.
Mr.. Bowen, of Orleans, moved tor fur