New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-02-16
JAMES S. MATTHEW'S
HARRY II. STEVENS,
II. MAHONEN.
i. JONES YORkE.
=. FONTELHEI.
j. &. MEADOWS.
HENDERSON WILLIAMS.

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C,uairTrE on PrBLIC LANDS AND LEvsEs,
New Orleans, February Il, 1871. y
To the Honorable Speaker and Members OF the
House of Representatives.
Your committee having considered House
bill No. 49,. report substitute for the same.
and recommend it, passage.
JAMES $. MATTHEW'S. Chairman.
House bill No. l38 reported by the COM
mittce. was considered as cngrossed.
Under a suspension of the constitutional
rule it was placed upon it's third reading
and final passage. its title adopted, and it
was ordered to be sent to the Senate tor con
currence.
Substitute for House bill No. 49,. reported
by the committee. was read second time
and referred to the committee of the whole.
The Committee on Railroads, through its
chairman. submitted the following report,
which was received and accepted:
To the Honorable Speaker and Members OF the
House OF Representatives,:
The Committee on Railroads. to whom
was referred House bill No. 90, entitled an
act to amend an act entitled IAN act IN
cooperating the Southeastern Railroad Com
pany,". approved March Is, 1852 having
mOuslv instructed me to report tavOrably
with amcn,lmcnt-hy adding prOvisO to
the first section requiring the company i'll
order to avail itself OF the benefit
of the act, to commence the work
within six months and complete the same
within two years. Thus amended the com
mittee unanimously Recommend the pass
age Of the bill.
The same committee has instructed me to
report tavorably on House bill No. SO. en-
titled an act to limit the liability Of rail
road corporations, their officers and en-
ployes on account Of loss of life or injury
to the person in certain cases, with unan-
imous Recommendation that the bill pass.
+. OTTO, Chairman.
Mr.. Hampstead. OF Iberville. moved that
the rule be suspended, whereby House bill
No. 90, reported by the committee. is COM
pelled to be considered in committee OF the
whole.
Carried.
Upon motion of Mr.. Otto. OF Orleans. the
amendments recommended by the corsmit-
tee were adopted. and the bill was consid-
cred as engrossed.
The constitutional rule being suspended,
the bill was placed upon its third reading.
pom us HILL pdSSdSC tHc YEAS "Iu H''.' .
were demanded by Messrs. Tureaud, of st.
James. and Kenner. Of Jefferson, with the
following result:
Yeas: Antoine, Baker, Barker, Barrett,
Barrow. Belot. Bickhan, Blunt, Bowen,
Brewster, Broussard. Brown. Buchanan,
Buc l1insham. Burch, Butler. Chacherc,
Cochran. Crawford, Darinsburg, Davis,
Dcmas, Durio, Ellis, Faulkner, Floyd, Fon-
tclieu. Gaddis Gardner. Garstkamp. W.
Harper. Hampstead. Huston. Hyams, john
son. Kearson. Kenner. Killen. kinsclla. La
Salinierc, Laurent, Llanibias. IL. Lott, j. b.
Lott, Lynch Mahoney. Marie. Marvin,
Matthews. McCarty. Mcfarland, Moore,
Morphv. Morris. Murray. Nelson. Ong, OPP
latck, Otto. Overton, Pond, Quinn, Raby,
Riley. Rin2gold. Sartain. Schumacher,
Stamps. Stanton. Stevens, StinsOn, Tatman,
Thompson. Tomoir, Turcatd, Ullman, Yer
rett. Washington of Assumption, Washing
ton, of Ccncoldia. Waters. Wheyland, E.
Williams, II. Williams, Wilson. Iorke.
Young-SS
Nays: Abel. Bentley. Bryan, P. Harper,
Moncure, Smith. WOrrall-1.
The bill was finally passed, its title
adopted, and it was ordered to be sent to
the Senate for concurrence.
House bill No. 80, reported by the com
mittee, was considered as engrossed and
calendared for its third reading.