New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-13

House; and that no special committee shall
be allowed a clerk without the unanimous
consent of the House.
Mr.. Davidson, of Livingston, moved to
make the following amendment to the reso-
luton: That the Committee on Public and
Private Lands be allowed one clerk.
Amendment accepted.
Mr.. Yerke, of Carroll. moved to amend
the amendment by inserting i'll the resOlu-
ton that when clerks were needed for com
mittees other than those mentioned, that
they should be detailed from the list Of en-.
rolling clerks.
Amendment accepted.
Mr.. Stamps, of Jefferson, moved to refer
the resolution and amendments to a special
committee of three, 20 be appointed by the
Chair, with instructions to report by to
morrow, at l P. NJ.
Mr.. Carr, of De Soto, moved to lay the
motion to refer on the table.
hr. Garstkamp, Of Jefferson, moved to
lay the resolution and amendments on the
table subject to call.
On which motion a call for the ycas and
nays was made by Messrs. Carr, of De
Soto, and McCarty, OF Orleans.
The roll was then called, with tie follow.
ing result:
Yeas-Barrow, Bowen. Brown, Cochrane,
Davidson, Davis, Demas, Deslonde, Durio,
Faulkner, Floyd, Gardner, Garstkamp, La
Saliniere, Laurent, Mahoney, Marvin, Nc
Carly, Mcfarland, Morphy. Morris, Murray,
Ong, Oplatek, Overton, Riley, Souer,
Stamps, Stanton, V%errett, WOrrall, Young
80.
Navs-Abel, Belot, Bentley, Blunt, Buck
ingham, Carr, Chachefe, Crawford, Darins-
burg, Devices, Fontelieu. P. Harper, Marie,
Matthews, Raby, Ringgold, Sartain. Smith,
Washington (Assumption). Washington
(ConcOrdia), Yorke-2l.
The resolution and amendments were laid
on the table subject to call.
Mr.. Davidson, of Livingston, moved that
when the House adjourned today that it
would adjourn until Monday at twelve
o'clock NJ.
Carried.
BY unanimous consent of the House, Mr..
Devices, Of De Soto, offered the following
resolution. which was read
WHEREAS, The House of Representatives
dl tub ldSI tNtIh etSsAOu utliC ilHuu Az ECi
geant-at-Arms to appoint the necessary as
sistant serSeants- at arms that the necessity
of the House required; and
Whereas. The same failed to appear on
The journal of the House, although the said
appointments were made; therefore,
ReSolred, That the action of the Sergeant
at-Arms in the premises be and the same Is
hereby approved, and the pay of said as
~sistants be paid from the contingent fund
of the House.
Upon motion of Mr.. Brown, Of Ascen-
| sion, further action upon the resolution was
deferred until Monday, and the Sergeant
alarms instructed to report to the Speaker
the number of assistants appointed by him.
Upon motion of Mr.. Davidson, Of Living
| ston, the vote by which the motion for the
House to adjourn until Monday was adopted
was reconsidered.
Mr. Blunt, of Natchitoches. offered the
following resolution. which lies over under
the rules:
Resolred, That a special committee Of five
members be appointed to whom shall be
referred all bills and resolutions relative to
the charter of the city of New Orleans or
the amendments thereof.
By consent of the House the following
notices of bills were given:
NOTICES OF ELLIS.
BY Mr.. Stanton, of Bossier:
A bill entitled an act to repeal an act to
create the parish of Webster, etc.
BY BIZ. Faulkner, of Caldwell
A bill regulating the expenses Of the
General Assembly. defining the Contingent
Expense Committee, and providing for the
payment of the mileage and per diem Of
members of the General Assembly and
other purposes.
Upon motion of Mr.. Davidson, of L1v-
ingstene, the House then adjourned until
to morrow at twelve o'clock.
WILLIAM EIGERS,