New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-02-28


WILLIAM VlGERS,
Chief Clerk.
Forry.seventh Days Proceedings.
HOUSE, REPRESENTATIVES. I
MohGav, February y. le7l.s
TIE House net pursuant to adjournment.
Speaker Carter p tie chair.
Tie -on was called and the following
mem bers answered to Jheir names:
Nessrs Carter. Abel., Baker. Barker
Barrett, Barrow, Bentley, Bickham. Blunt
Brewster. Broussard, Brown. Bryan,
Buchanan, Buckingham, Burch, Butler, Carr.
Chachere. Cochran. Crawford. Darby. Da
wilson. Delnas, Devices, Durio, Ellis.
Faulkner. Gaddis, Gardner. Garstkamp.
p. Harper, W. Harper, Hampstead, Huston
| Hvams, kearson. Kenner, killen. kinsella
| Mahoney, Marie, Marvin. Matthews. Mead
! ows. Moncure. Moore, Morris. Murray
! Oplatek. Otto, Overton. Pond. Quinn. Raby
| Riley. Sartain, Smith, Stamps, Stevens.
| Stinson. Tatman Thompson. Tureaud, I'll
man. Eerrett, Wands. Washington. OF AS
| sumption. Washington, of Concordia
f. Williams II. Williams, Wilson. Wo,rall
lorkN. Young-79.
4 quorum present.
| Prayer by the Chaplain.
! Upon motion Of Mr.. Carr, OF De Soto, the
reading OF the Journal was postponed.
| Tie Speaker announced the following as
| the special committee to whom was referred
House bill No. 26l, an act to dissolve the
corporation known as the New Orleans and
Ship Island Canal Company. ETC.: Messrs.
! Mortimer Carr, Of De Soto: 4. w. Faulk-
ner. of Caldwell: J. s. Matthews. of Tensas;
Peter Harper, o. st. Charles: David Young.
OF Concordia.
| MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR.
| The Speaker laid before the House the
following messages from the Governor
| STATE OF LOUISIANA
| Executive Department,
| New Orleans, February q, ls7l.)
| To the Honorable Speaker and Members OF the
House OF Representatives:
| am directed by his Excellency the Gov
| ernor to inform your honorable body that
he has this day received. approved and
signed IAN act to regulate the mode of try
| ing cases arising under the provisions Of
| article thirteen of the constitution of Lou
isiana, or under any acts Of the Legislature
| to enforce the said article thirteen of the
! said constitution, and to regulate the
| licenses therein mentioned"
| @. D. BRAGDON,
| Private Secretary.
| STATE OF LOUISIANA
| Executive Department, )
New Orleans, February q 1871.
! To the Honorable Speaker and Members OF the
| House OF Representatives.:
| I am directed by his Excellency the Gov
ernor to inform your honorable body that
he has approved and signed
| An act to appropriate the sum Of two
| hundred and fifty Thousand dollars co
much thereof as may be necessary for the
payment of mileage and per diem of mem
beers. salaries OF officers, and per diem of
employees. and contingent expenses of the
General Assembly Of the State of Louis
| lana
! An act entitled ian act TO amend an act
entitled al act to regulate public education
| in the State OF Louisiana and CITY of New
| Orleans, and to raise q revenue for that
| purpose. approved March IL. 1870"
Also. Ian act 70 create board of State
| engineers and
| An act TO extend the limits Of the corpor-
| alton of the town of Mnden, and 10
| give the corporate authorities thereof the
| exclusive control Of the license and sale of
| Intoxicating liquors within said limits. and
| the disposition Of the revenue arising there
| from
o. D BRAGDON.
Private Secretary.
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Executive Department. :
New Orleans, February 2o lS.l.)
To The Honorable Speaker and Members O: the
House of Representatives:
Herewith | return, without my approval
IAN act TO amend article nine hundred and
fifteen of the Civil Code. and to provide for
the descent OF community property il GER
tain cases."
The rule 10 be established by this bill is
subversive of the whole doctrine of inner
itance of the civil law. In 1874 the Lepis-
lature passed a law by which the usufrrlct
of the share of the community property
belonging to the heirs Of the deceased
spouse, who had died intestate, was given
10 the survivor. The object OF the law was
to prevent in future the disgraceful Etipa-
ton between parent and child to which the
settlement and discussion Of the community
rights too often gave rise But this bill
proposes a complete change in the legal in
heritance, by substituting affinity in place
of legitimate consanguinity, to the ex-
clusion even OF the father and mother of
the deceased. 1t seems to be inconsistent
with the whole theory on which the doctrine
OF legal inheritance rests. for it places the
irregular IL the place OF the legal heir.
II. c. WARMOTH.
49,