New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-24

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Postage, postofice box, etc.. e q
Services Of porter. 53
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Exnress on documents. etc. 5 Is
Stationery. etc ........... t8 60
Caa Ia 65
Hack hire "a 50
/ George Hite, for stove and labor as
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substitution for New York and
Washington papers. ........... 0O
Numbering bonds and coupons. w
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Respectfully submitted,
H. C. WARMOTl
Governor of Louisib.
n {Tne following should have appeaf in
the minutes of the nineteenth iIAnt,
Having been omitted through error:
"Mr. Ray called up from second riding
a file Senate bill No. 1863, to be entlq an
act providing for the adoption OF chllfn
The bill was read second time, AMI ION
sidered engrossed for it's third readini
The constitutional rule was the1eus-
Dended by four-fifths affirmative vOtthe
bill read its third and last time, and billy
adopted with its title.]
MESSAGES TO THE HOUSE.
The Secretary presented to the Houfor
its consideration the following bills:
Senate bill No. 267, to be entitled abct
! to authorize the New Orleans, Baton Hge
and Iicksburg Railroad Company to fct
the point or points for the commence3nt
of the road; to reduce the liability othe
State of Louisiana by authorizing said tn-
pany to issue first mortgage bonds; AUTO
construct and employ, or cause to bePn-
structed or employed, steamboats, or Ger
vessels, and telegraph lines along the he
of railroad of said company.
Senate bill No. 1886, to be entitled an alto
amend an act defining the distances &m
the dOmiciles of members of the Ge1tal
Assembly to the State House,
and making an appropriation to defrayIh The
expenses of the General Assembly, AM to
repeal act No. 50 of 1869.
Senate bill No. 3l3, to be entitled aAct
to liquidate the Indebtedness of the Ste
to J. O. Nixon, under his contract of Mich
90, 1866.
Senate bill No. 3l8, to be entitled ar pct
to amend an act entitled can act to ior-
porate the Pontchartrain Railroad (m.
pany," approved on the twentieth of pu
airy, 1850, and the several acts amendsbry
l. thereof; also to enable the said POntdar
4 train Railroad Company to sell to Ch4es
Morgan, his heirs, successors and asshs
that portion of said Pontchartrain railrtd
with its tracks, depots, appurtenances hd
franchises lying between Girod hd
Elysian Fields street, and to authotze
! said Charles Morgan toincorporate the bmt
with the road now known as Morgan's lou
isiana and Texas railroad, formerly kIA wr
as the New Orleans, OpelOusas and Qea
Western railroad, and for the purpos O.
providing continuous and unbroken pm
munication between the same by TRY
transportation.
Senate joint resolution No. IS, for thu
relief of the taxpayers of Claiborne pad sh
Senate bill No. 376, to be entitled an hc
) establishing an additional term of the is
trict court in the parish of Carroll.
Senate bill No 1888, to be entitled an c
to extend the time of paying taxes tn'
licenses due by the taxpayers of the pals
of Tangipahoa, and to remit penalties, p
providing for the same.
Senate bill No. $50, bill to be entitl'
an act to establish steam ferry across T.
Mississippi river at Bayou Sara.
Senate bill No 1876, to be entitled an +
to provide for the construction Of SID
road in the parish of Jefferson by the polo
Jury Of the left bank of said parish anfo
the payment thereof, for keeping the san
in repair, and to authorize said police jlr
to levy special tax for said purpose.
And that the Senate had concurred in th
House amendments to Senate bill No. y.
to be entitled an act to provide for the el
istration Of all the qualified electors of ID
State. in accordance to the requirement. {
article twenty-five of the constitution oftE
/ State, providing for the appointment OF th
necessary officers therefor, and prescrihn
their duties and compensation, and how'll
same is to be paid, and prescribing cert.i
penalties for violation of the provisions {
this act: abclishing the Office of State Re
istrar of Voters, and prescribing certa
duties for the Secretary of State or clerks
courts, and repeating all laws in conai
with this act.
And without amendments In House bi
No. Is, to allow Hypolite Bellocq, of
Mary parish, to sue the State, etc.
And that the Senate had receded from il
amendments to House bill No. $50 lcit
school billy.
And requested concurrence in Sena
bill No. 1863, to be entitled an act provi
ing for the adoption of children.
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.
Presented by Mr.. Ingraham:
A petition Of the Sisters of the tic
Family praying for relief.
Read and referred to the Committee
Charitable Institutions.
Presented by Mr.. Thomas:
A petition of the police jury of the pari
of Bossier, that certain improvements
that parish, etc.
Read aud referred to the Committee
Public Lands and Levees.
Presented by Mr.. Todd:
A petition of the Christian Social Ban
Society of the parish of Jefferson, rig
bank, praying for relief.
Read and referred to the Committee
Finance.
Presented by Mr.. Herwig:
A petition of merchants relative