New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-27

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its tracks, depots, a~ppurtenances, etc.
THOMAS H. holland, Chairman.
Mr.. Twitchell, from the Committee o
Corporations and ParOchial Affairs, sui
mitted the following:
COMMITTEE ON CORPORATIONS and
Parochial Affairs, February "a, 1879.
To the Honorable Speaker and Members of tn
House of Representatives:
Your committee, to whom was referee
Senate bill No. 1888, having considered tn
same, report favorably on Tie same, and re
commend the passage OF the same.
They nave also examined Senate bill No
36l Incorporating Waterproof), and recon
mend that section twelve of said bill b.
stricken out, and as so amended recon
mend the passage of the same.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
NJ. H. TWITCHELL, Chairman.
Mr.. Lynch, from the Committee Of
Finance, submitted a substitute for the fol
lowing Senate bill:
Senate bill No. 27S, to be entitled al ac,
making special appropriations for the
general expenses Of the State for the veal
ending on the thirty-irst day Of December
1872, and providing the several funds out
of which payments are to be made; also
providing for accounting for the contingent
funds and for receiving Wrrants in pay
ment of taxes.
And Senate billNo.3i3, to be entitled an act
for making appropriations to pay current
expenses for the year 1872.
By unanimous consent, the report was
ordered the special order Of the day Monday
the twenty-sixth, at l P. NJ.
The House having returned with amend
ments, Senate bill No. 3S5, to be entitled an
act defining the distances from the doml-
| Giles of members of the General Assembly
to the State House, .
and making an appropriation to defray the
expenses of the General Assembly, and to
| repeal act No. 81 of 1869.
Amendments to Senate bill No. 3S5:
In section two, fortieth line, after the word
order strike out all till the end of the
section, and insert "that said money so
borrowed shall be deposited in the State
Treasury, one hundred and forty thousand
dollars to the credit of the House Of Repre-
senta.ives, and sixty thousand dollars to
the credit of the Senate of Louisiana, to be
drawn upon the warrants OF the Warrant
Clerk, countersigned by the President of the
Senate or the Speaker of the House, as the
case may be, by the chairmen of the Com
mittees on Contingent Expenses of the re-
spective houses. The amounts so drawn shall
be deposited in United States currency in
the Citizens Bank of Louisiana to the credit
of the respective houses, and shall be dis
bursed upon the check of the Warrant
Clerk, in settlement, first, Of the mileage
and per diem of members, officers, EN-
ployes and contingent expenses OF
the session of 1872, and the extra session of
thu Ca,,,tn "a TAoon,Ja,E 1921 arI
the Warrant Clerk is hereby directed to
make no payment except upon vouchers
drawn upon him by the Committees of Con-
tlngent Expenses and cOuntersigned by the
presiding officers of the respective houses"
At the end of the second section add the
following provisO:
Provided that all vouchers or warrants
shall be delivered to members and EN-
ploves at least three days before the close
OF the present session.
By unanimous consent the bill was taken
up. and the Senate refused to concur in the
amendments, and ordered that a committee
of conference thereon be requested imme-
diately.
The President appointed Messrs. Black
man, Butler, and Antoine on the part of the
Senate.
Ah' oiioNIuS i4ou1u nave dppCdLtO III |
the minutes of the twenty-irst instant.
having been omitted through error:
Mr.. Syper called up from second reading
file House bill No. Is, to be entitled an act ).
to allow Hypolite Bellocq, of st. Mary
parish, to sue the State. etc.
The bill was adopted on second reading.
The constitutional rule was further sus-
pended by a fOur-fifths affirmative vote. the
bill read its third and last time, and finally
with it's title.
BILLS UP L OF RDE BY CONSENT
OF THE |
Called up by Mr.. Ray from second reading
file
senate bill No. $50, to be entitled an act
to incorporate the Monroe Bridge Company.
to authorize the company to issue its
and do all other acts an incorporated
company may do.
The bill was read a second time. and con-
sidered engrossed for its third reading.
The constitutional rule was then sus-
pended bv a four-ttths affirmative vote, the
bill read its third and last time, and finally
with its title.
Called up by Mr.. Campbell from second
file:
Senate bill No. $50, to be entitled an act
or the relief of William p. Harper.
The bill was read a second time.
Mr.. Campbell moved that the following
be attached to section one:
Provided. that said w. p. Harper give
to the Auditor of Public Accounts.
N payment of said claim, in sufficient
mount to protect the State against the
OF the original warrants said to
De lost.
Adopted.
The bill was then adopted as amended
N its second reading, and considered en-
for its third reading.
The constitutional rule was then sus.
'ended by a four-tifths affirmative vote.
he bill read its third and last time. and
inally adopted with its title.
Called up by Mr.. jerks from second
file, by the following vote:
leas-AntOine, Bowman. Butler. Canp-
ell, Coupland, Daigle, Gallup, Herwig.
iunsaker, lngraham. jerks, Kelso. Lewis.
,oland, O'Hara, Ray, Smith, Sypher, Todd,
'witchel, Wilcox-2l.
Nays-Harris, Thomas-2. 8
Senate bill No. 36l, to be entitled 8ct
D incorporate the town of Waterloo, in the
arish of Pointe Coupee.
The Committee on Corporations and Pa
Affairs having reported the follow
lg amendment: "Strike out section
Mr.. jerks moved that the recon-
of the committee be rejected.