New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-17


Lynch, McMillen, Pinchback, Sypher,
Thomas, ThompsOn-l0.
The House amendment to section fifteen
was then read
Is. Add "and one chaplain for each
dollars per diem."
Which, on motion of Mr.. Rag, the Senate
cOncurred in.
16. The House amendment to section SIX
teen was then read:
At the end of the section insert the words
: "be and the same is hereby repealed
Which, on motion of Mr.. Ray, the Senate
concurred in.
The House amendment to section seven
teen was then read:
At the end of the section insert the
words ''or appointed"
Which, on motion of Mr.. Ray, the Senate
| cOncurred in.
At the request OF Mr.. McMillen, Mr.
Sypher was granted leave of absence until
Tuesday, the twentieth instant.
The President announced the order of the
day, which was the unfinished business OF
yesterday, being substitute for Senate bill
| No. 273, to be entitled an act to amend and
re-enact sections five, six, eleven, twelve,
thirteen, fourteen, twenty-one, twenty-five,
twenty eight, twenty-nine, thirty-tive.
thirty-six, thirty-nine, fortyone, fifty
three, fftynine, sixty, sixty-nine, seventy,
seventy-one, seventy three, eighty-two,
and to repeal sections twenty three,
twenty seven, fifty-one, tfty-two, fifty
| of
act entitled can act to regulate the
conduct and to maintain the freedom and
purity Of elections; to prescribe the mode
of making, and designate the officers who
shall make the returns thereof; to pre-
| vent fraud, violence, intimidation, riot,
| tumult, bribery or corruption at cleo
| tons, or at any registration or revision
Of registration to limit the powers and
| duties of the Sheriffs of the parishes of
Orleans and Jefferson; to prescribe the
powers and duties Of the Board and officers
Of the Metropolitan Police in reference to
elections; to prescribe the mode of entering
on the rolls of the Senate and House of
Representatives the names of members: to
empower the Governor to preserve peace
and order; to enforce the laws and to de-
clare martial law during registration and
elections; to limit the powers and duties Of
the Mayors of the cities of New Orleans and
Jefferson with regard to elections; to pro-
hibit district and parish judges from issuing
certain writs to commissioners of election
to make an appropriation for the expenses
of the next revision of the registration and
of the next election. and to enforce article
l03 of the constitution" approved March
16, 1870.
The motion of Senator Campbell to adopt
substitute for section two being the ques-
ton under consideration
Mr.. McMillen moved that the substitute
for Senate bill No 273 be recommitted to
the Committee on Election and Registra-
ton, with instructions to report on Tuesday
next.
On call of the yeas and nays. the Senate
refused to recommit by the following vote:
Yeas-Barber, Butler, Gallup, jerks,
Kelso. McMllen, Twitchell, Whitney-S.
Nays-Anderson, Blackman, Campbell.
Daigle, Herwig, Hunsaker, Lewis, Lynch,
O'Hara. Pinchback, Raglan, Ray, Swords,
Thomas, Thompson, Todd, Wilcox-l.
Mr.. Campbell offered the following
amendment to the substitute offered by him
yesterday: To fill the blank with the fol
lowing words: That five persons, to be Sc
lected by the Senate from all political par
ties" and strike out the words ''or ma
iority of them also the words super
visors Of registration wherever they occur
in the substitute.
The President announced that he had ap-
pointed. on the part of the Senate, as a com
mittee of conference on House bill No. 2s6,
authorizing a tax for school purposes in
New Orleans-Messrs. Todd, Twitchell and
Barber.
Mr.. Hunsaker moved the adoption OF the
substitute to section two, and upon that
motion demanded the previous question.
Mr.. Blackman moved to adjourn. which
On a call of the yeas and nays, the Senate
refused by the following vote:
Yeas-Barber, Bowman. Coupland. Dali
GLE Gallup, Herwig, jerks, McMillen,
O'Hara, Ray, Smith, 1hompson-l2
Navs-Anderson, Blackman, Butler,
Campbell, Harris, Hunsaker, Ingraham.
Kelso, Lynch. holland, Pincbback, Ragan.
Swords, Todd, Twitchell, Wilcox-I6.
The main question was ordered upon the
motion to adopt the substitute for section
two
On call of the yeas and nays, the sub
stitute was adopted by the following vote:
Yeas-Barber, Butler, Campbell, Gallup,
Harris, Hunsaker. Ingraham, jerks, kelso, |
Noland. OHara, Pinchback Raglan, Swords, |
Todd, Twitchcll-l6.
Nays-AndersOn, Blackman, Bowman. |
Coupland, Daigle, Herwig, Lynch. McMil- |
len, Ray, Smith, Sypner, Thompson, Vii !
coX-l3.
Mr.. Hunsaker moved to reconsider the |
vote just taken, and to lay that motion on
the table.
Mr.. Blackman moved to adjourn. which |
the Senate refused.
The motion to reconsider the vote adopt |
ing the substitute was ordered to lie on the |
table.
M. Hunsaker moved that the Senate ad- |
journ until tomorrow at y NJ.
Adopted
The President then announced that the
Senate stood adjourned until Saturday. the
seventeenth instant, at l. N. Z.
CHARLES II. MERRITT,
Secretary of the Senate.