New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-02-15
WILLIAM NIGEkS.
Chic, CLERK
PETITION, AND MEMORIALS.


NJ. Ingraham presented a petition Of the
Hathaway House. for the poor and friend
less, asking for aid. which was referred to
the Committee on Charitable Institutions.
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Ray, from the Committee on Jut:cf
airy, reported fivorabIy with amendments
upon Senate bill No. &C. to be entitled an
act to amend and re-enact articles .ivc
hundred and seventy tOur, five hundred and
eighty-one. five hundred and eight y-tiyc;
and to repeal article FIVE hundred AMI q. :i,v-
three Of the Code OF Practice.
Also favorabIv with amendments upon
Sena.e bill No. 5. to be entitled al act 10
regulate The practice and dispatch of bust
ness in the district courts of the parish o..
Orleans.
Also favorabIy, with amcn'ments, upon
substitute for Senate bill No. 50, to be en-
titled act reorganizing the police iul;c5
Ofthi5 State. making the parish judges Mem
bers and perform the duties OF presidents
thereof, prescribing TIE numbc! thereo.
and the mode OF election. and tixiny ,heIr
duties and compensation, and making clerks
of the district courts in each parish clerks
Of the police juries, ana providing how
their compensation shall be fixed.
NJ. Harris from the Committee on En-
grossmcnt, submits the following bills a,
having been d;ly cngrosscd:
Senate bill No. 10, 20 be entitled an at
to authorize Antoine LecomtS lIectzos TO
assume the name of Ambrose Hcrtzoy
Lecomte.
Also, as duly cngvossed, Senate bill No.
81, to be entitled an act to amend and re
enact an act entitled IAN act 20 incorporate
Harmony Fire Company No. /, OF the town
of franklin, parish OF s.. Mary" approved
February %, 1856.
Also, Senate bill No. II, granting l"avo of
absence to Thomas Rebcr, Parish Jui e Of
the parish Of Concordia, Louisiana.
Also, Senate bill No. 4, 70 NC entitled an
act relative to the floating debt.
Mr.. Thomas. from the Committee Oh
Claims reported ti,yorably on Senate bill No.
iS, to be entitled an act for the relief of Ernest
Gallery, late Assessor of the parish of Ibcr-
vile.
act for the relief OF X. A. G.. Patterson,
administrators OF the estate of +. A. Pattcr
son, deceased, in issuing certain land war
rants in lieu OF those lost and to refund
certain amounts claimed.
Mr.. Syihcr, from the Committee on
Drainage, Canals and Inland Navigation,
reports favorably on Senate bill No. lJS, to
BE- entitled an act amending and rc-cnactng
an act entitled IAN act to reclaim the
swa.np land, i'll the parish OF st. Mary, now
Ibcla,' approved March II, 1873. and an
act alncndatorv thereto, approved February
q. 1860.
NOTICES OF BILLS.
By Mr.. Syphrl:
OF q bill to be entitled an act to imcor-
poiatc the Atchaialaya Bay Company Of
Louisiana for the purpose of making Il
deep channel through the side bay, to
facilitate the carrying on Of commercial
intercourse bctwrrn the State Of Louisiana
and the State Of Tcxas and foreign colln-
tries.
BY Mr.. rjurhba"K:
A bill 10 BE- entitled an act TO amend and
re-enact an net creating the Mississippi
River Packet Company.
BY Mr. Hunsaker:
i bill To be entitled an act to abolish cap
ital punishment in this state.
Ixr.ODUCTrOS or Bills.
The following bills were introduced nc