New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-02-24
FOrty.Third Days session.
SENATE CHAMBER.
Tucsday, February 81. 1871. {

Forty.Third Days Session.
SENATE CHAMBER.
Tuesday, February II. 1871.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment
Present: Hon. o. J. Damn, Lieutenant
Governor and President of the Senate:
and MesSrs. Anderson. Antoine. Barber.
Blaclllnan. Bowman. Butler. Campbell.
COPELAND. D,islc, Fish. Futch. Gallup.
Harris. HerwiI, lI5nSaicr. Ingraham.
jerks Kelso. Lewis. Lynch. McMil!en. No
Land. OIiara. Pierce. Pincnback. RaIan.
Ray, smith Swords, Syphrr. Thomas.
Todd. Twitchcll Whitney. Wilcox-35.
Prayer by the Chaplain.
The minutes Of the previous day session
wer" corrected and :l"ir Icadin, dispensed
with
NJ. OIIara lno~cd - adjourn.
On call OF the yeas and nays the Senate
refused to adjourn h.F thc following vote:
Yeas: Antoine, BIackman. Bowman.
Couplani, Daigle, Futch. McMillcn, O'Hara,
Pierce p;nc.lback. Thomas. Thomp~on-l2.
Nays: Barber. Batter. Campbell, Fish.
Gallup, iierw;s, lInnsaker. Inyraham
Kel>o, Noland. Raglan, Ray. Smith, Swords.
Svpher. Todd. Twitc.Ia,!, Whitney, VII
cox.
MESSAGE 10 LIE HOUSE.
The Secretary informed the House that
the Senate mad conr.ir-cd in the f,.lowin.
Hons" bills:
No. o'-rrlativc ~ Southeastern Railroad
Company;
No. 2lo-reatiyc 70 selecting ste Cor ii State
House;
No, lHJ-to compensate John Ray for PIE
pairing Digest, etc:
No. 26i-ratitying contracts OF Governor o!
Louisiana and Louisiana i.evee Co.:
No. S6-relative 20 public education;
No. 265-i,oar,i Of State Engineers.
And that the Senate had passed over the
Governors veto bill 20 be entitled an act
to incorporate the Louisiana Land Com
pany, Loan and Savings Bank
Also. returned TO TIC House. with the
! Presidents signature:
An act to regulate the location Of slaurh
| terhouscs, etc.
An act to appropriate $3.50, 900 for payment
| of the General Assembly.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.
| To the Honorable President and Members OF tie
senate
The House has concurrcd in Senate bill
| No. Is. the Warehouse bill.
| WILLIAM VIGERS.
| Chief Clerk.
| PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.
Mr.. Todd presented memorial from til,
! citizens of Jefferson fright bank. asking I,
| be Incorporated into an independent parish
to be called Barataria. Referred to tn,
| Committee on Parishes and Parish Bound
| aries
| RLPOETS OF COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Ray, from the Committee on judi
| ciary, submitted "A favorable report OF
| House bill No. IL. to be entitled an act t,
| allow 1Iypolitc Biology. of st. Mary parish
| to s,,e the State for alleged damages sus
tanned during the construction Of lcvecs.
Lies over under the rules.
| Also. submitted IN original bill. to he en-
| titled an act to change the time of holdin.
courts i'll the parish of jackson.
Lies over.
Also, submittsd an original joint rcsolu
ton to repeal article seventeen of the con
| stitution and to adopt an article in it
place.
| Lies over.
Mr.. Todd, from the Committee on Library
submitted the following report:
| COMMITTEE on LIBRARY,
| New Orleans, February II, 1871.
| To the Honorable President and Members of tn
Senate:
GRSTLEMEN-Your committee. to whom
wasi referred the Joint resolution enttle,
to purchase the files of the Lo"ision'
Courier, beg leave to report that the files 0
said journal are from 1907 to 1872, inclusive
and consist of tiirty-two bound volumes
that said journal being for many years tn
official journal OF the United States. Terri
tory OF Orleans. State OF Louisiana, of tn
First and Third municipalities of the city o
New Orleans, and contains the most valua
bic statistical and official information of TIN
history of the Territory of Orleans an,
State of Louisiana, the proceedings in Con
gress, Territorial Legislature Of Orleans
State of Louisiana, and of the Common
Council Of the First and Third Municipal
ties of the city of New Orleans, your CON
mittee. finding the files of said journal va
liable, and of great use to the State, he
leave to report tavorably for the imlnediat
passage of tina joint resolution. which
herewith returned.
Respectfully submitted.
+. DAIGLE,
Chairman.
S. NJ TODD,
Z. W. PIERCE.