New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-09

| the adoption of children.
| Senate bill No. Is, joint resolution for the
relief of the taxpayers of Claiborne parish.
| Senate bill No. 1913, an act to incorporate
the John Cough Temperance Society OF st.
Helena parish, Louisiana.
Senate bill No. 1872, an act to authorize
| the North Louisiana and Texas Railroad
| Company to substitute stock of said COM
pany instead OF second mortgage in favor
| OF the State, and to release the said COM
| pany from other liabilities to the State.
Senate bill No l64, an act to incorporate
the Eldalia Red River and Texas Railroad
Company, and to grant State aid thereto.
Also, that the House has indefinitely post
| poned the further consideration OF Senate
| bill No. 297, an act to amend and re-
| enact sections two. three, four, six,
| twenty-seven, thirty -four, torty-seven, for
| ty-eight and forty nine OF an act en-
| titled IAN act to amend and re-enact AN
| act to establish Metropolitan Police Dis
trict and to provide for the government
thereof approved March 8, 1869; and to
provide for the reduction OF the expense OF
| the Metropolitan Police force"
And Senate bill No. 2S2, an act to allow
the parishes Of St. James and East Baton
Rouge to retire their floating Indebtedness,
and to issue bonds therefor.
And further. to ask the signature of the
President to enrolled House bill, an act to
allow the parish Of Red River to issue bonds
tOr certain purposes.
Respectfully,
Assistant Clerk House Of Representatives.
House OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
February 90, 1872.
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
am directed to inform the Senate that,
the House has cOncurfed in the following
Senate bills:
Senate hill No. 49, an act chartering the
Company, etc.
Senate bill No 3OO an act to incorporate
the Springfield and Blood River Railroad
Company, etc.
Senate bill No. $50, an act to incorporate
the Monroe Bridge Company, etc.
Senate bill No. 295, an act ratifying and
confirming the charter OF the New Orleans
Waterworks Company, etc.
Senate bill No. AL, an act to amend the
fifth section Of an act entitled An act re-
cOgnizing and granting certain rights to the
BHuf and Crocodile Navigation Company
ct.
Senate bill No. %, joint resolution rela-
tive to the collection Of State taxes past
due, etc.
Senate bill No 50, an act for the relief of
w. Jasper Blackburn.
Senate bill No. $40. an act to reduce the
debt Of the State of Louisiana by authOriz
ing the Mississippi and Mexican Gulf Canal
Company to return their State bonds, etc.
And that the House has concurred in the
Senate amendments to the State revenue
bill. and House bill No. AIS lefty funding
bill), and the following concurrent resolu-
tons, etc:
l. Relative to the appointment of joint
committee to investigate the affairs OF the
Barataria and Lafourche Canal Company.
=. Appointing a joint committee pur-
suant to section 1913, Revised Statutes.
3. Relative to the New Orleans and
Northeastern Railroad Company.
Respectfully WHITNEY,
Assistant Clerk.
House OF REPRESENTATIVE,
February 29 1872.
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate.
l am directed to inform the Senate that
House has concurred in substitute for Sen
ate bills Nos. 20 and 276, known as the
printing bill.
Also, House has concurred in Senate
amendments to House bill No. 40, city
funding bill.
A. c. WHITNEY.
Assistant Clerk House of Representatives.
House OF REPRESENTATIVE
February 29 1872
To tie Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
l am directed to ask the concurrence of
the Senate in House bill No. 426, an act
legitiinatizing Josephine Frigerio and
Giaconda Fregerio, of the parish of Or
leans.
Also, to Intern you that the House has
concurred in Senate bill No. 800, an act to
appropriate seventy live thousand dollars to
pay expenses of the General Assembly, etc,
and in Senate amendments to revenue bill.
Respectfully.
a. c. WHITNEY.
Assistant Clerk.
The following message was received on
the twenty-eishth instant, and omitted in
the proceedings of that day:
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,, I
February %, 1872.
To the Honorable President and Members OF the
l am directed to present for the
consideration OF this honorable body
House bill No. 415. an act to author
ize the Council of the city of New
Orleans to levy police tax: to regulate
levies Of taxes, the proceedings Of tax suits.
and the jurisdiction of the district courts
for the parish of Orleans in reference there
to; TO define and punish forgery in certain
cases, and to authorize the funding of the
floating debt.
Respectfully etc.
/. c. WHITNEY.
Assistant Clerk House of Representatives.
The Senate adjourned sine die by the fol-
lowing vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Blackman, Bowman.
Butler, Daigle. Harris. Herwig. Hunsaker,
In graham, Lewis, McMillen. O'Hara. Pinch
back, Ray, Smith, Swords, SypEer. Thomas,
Thompson, Todd-20.
Nays-Antoine. Barber, Campbell, Coup
land. Gallup, jerks, kelso, Noland, Twitch-
ell, Wilcox-l0.
The President then announced that the
Senate of the General Assembly for the
year 1872 had adjourned sine die.
CHARLES H. MERRITT,
Secretary of the Senate.
The Chicago Tribune has new version
of the Ratchet story: "Washington's parents
We're very particular as to little Georges
playfellows, never allowing any but his lit
tie cousins or nephews to visit him. One
of these playfellows, and in some way con-
nected. was one OF the Gusts boys. Among
other cognomens bestowed upon this youth