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to the Senate, was, on motion of Mr.. Gallup
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| to the Senate, was, on motion OF MT. OaAup'
indefinitely postponed.
| Mr.. Ray moved to take up Senate bill
| No. 265, to be entitled an act providing
how subscriptions may be made by par
ishes, cities and municipal corporations, to
railroad, canal, plankroad, bridge or other
incorporated company, for work OF IN
ternal improvement, and providing such
subscriptions may be paid for in bonds OF
the corporation subscribing, and authoriz
ing a tax to pay such bonds and interest,
and how such tax shall be levied and col
lected and disbursed, and providing Tor the
ratification of such subscriptions, bonds and
tax by vote, and prescribing certain pen
alties for failure to pay such bonds, and
how the railroad or other company shall
ratify the subscriptions, and providing
what shall be used as evidence in certain
| cases.
On a call of the yeas and nays, the rules
were suspended by the following vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Antoine, Barber, Black
man, Bowman, Butler, COPELAND, Daigle,
Futch, Herwig. Ingraham, kelso, OHara,
Raw, Smith, Swords, Sypher, Thomas,
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Nays-Campbeu, McMillen, Pinchback,
Todd.
| Senate bill No. 36l, to be entitled an act
to incorporate the town Of Waterloo, in the
parish of Pointe Coupee, came up as special
order Of the day.
Passed second reading, and considered
engrossed for third reading.
The constitutional rule was then sus-
pended by four-ffths affirmative vote, the
bill read its third and last time, and finally
adopted with its title
On motion of Mr.. McMillen, substitute
for Senate bill No. 27s, to be entitled an act
making appropriations for the general ex-
penses of the State of Louisiana for the year
ending the thirty-trst day of December,
1872, prescribing the mode in which certain
| appropriations shall be drawn, and repeal
ing certain acts fixing salaries and compen-
sation for services performed for the State,
was taken up.
Mr. Cempbell moved to reconsider the
| vote striking out the item included between
| lines l57 and lj9.
The motion to reconsider was adopted by
the following vote, on a call Of the yeas
and nays:
Yeas-Anderson, Barber, Butler, Camp
bell, Harris, Herwig, Hunsaker, kelso,
Lewis, Lynch, McMillen, Pinchback, Bay,
ney, Wilcox-l9.
Nays-Blackman. Bowman. Daigle,
Futch, lngraham, Thomas-6.
Mr. Blackman moved to strike out six
and insert three" in line l59.
Mr.. Campbell moved that the amendment
be ordered to lie on the table.
On call of the yeas and nays, the amend
ment was ordered to lie on the table by the
following vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Barber, Campbell. Gal
lup. Harris. Hunsaker, Ingraham, jerks,
| Lynch, McMilien. Pinchback, Ray, Smith,
Swords, Twitchell-l5.
Nays-Antoine, BIackman. Bowman.
COPELAND, Daigle, Herwig, Kelso, SypbeT,
Thomas, Thompson, Todd, Wilcox-!2.
IN compliance with instructions from the
Senate, the President announced that he
had appointed Mr.. John Mason as assistant
sergeant alarms of the Senate.
Mr.. Lynch moved to adopt the item.
On call of the yeas and nays, the item
was adopted by the following vote:
Yeas-Antoine, Barber, Blackman. Camp
bell Harris. Herwig, Hunsaker, Ingraham.
jerks, McMilen, Pinchback, Smith, Sypher,
Thompson. Todd-l5.
! Nays-Anderson, COPELAND, Daigle, kel-
so, Lynch, holland, Ray, Thomas, Twitche!I
g.
On motion of Mr.. Todd, the following item
| was inserted and adopted:
To the Republican Pioneer, of St. John
the Baptiste. tor publishing the laws and
| proceedings of the General Assembly for the
year 1871, as per contract. twelve thousand
| two hundred and sixty dollars.
On motion of Mr.. Ray, the word " twenty
was stricken out. and thirty inserted, il
| line 271.
On motion of Mr.. Ray, the following item
was inserted and adopted:
| To the clerk of the Eighth District Court
! for transcript of the proceedings Ill the
| Jackson railroad suits furnished to the spe-
| cial House committee on sale OF the Jack
| son railroad stock Of the State, by order OF
| the House, two hundred dollars.
Mr. McMillen moved to instruct the Presi
dent to have the funding bill printed for the
| use of the Senate tomorrow.
Adopted.
| Mr.. Ingraham moved to take a recess till
| half past seven o'clock.
On call of the yeas and nays the mo-
ton was adopted, and the President sc
ordered.
! Evening Session.
| SENATE CHAMBER, I
| Tuesday, February q! 1872. }
The Senate met pursuant to the order OF
| recess.