New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-09

The President held the point not well
taken, for this reason, if none other, that
the Senate had not yet refused to concur IN
the amendments as a whole, but only the
first two, the others being yet to be con-
sidered.
Mr.. .Hunsaker then offered substitute
for the report of the committee.
Mr.. Blackman raised the point OF order
that no substitute for the report could be
entertained.
The President held the point well taken.
The President then announced that he
regarded the only action to be taken by the
Senate was either to concur or non-concur
in the amendments.
The order of the day was called.
Mr.. McMillen raised the point of order
that the special order of the day takes pre-
cedence over the unfinished business.
The President held the point not well
taken, and instructed the Secretary to take
I'D the unfinished business.
Substitute for Senate bill No. pa, regis
tration bill.
Mr.. Hunsaker moved to postpone the Or
der of the day one hour in order to consider
the appropriation bill, which, on a call OF
the yeas and nays. the Senate refused by
the following vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Barber, Butler, Gallup,
Harris, Hunsaker, Ingraham, kelsO,
Lewis, holland, Ray, Swords, TOdd-l3.
Nays-Antoine, Blackman, Bowman,
Coupland, Daigle, Herwig, jerks, Lynch,
McMillen, O'Hara. Pinchback, Smith, Sy-
pher, Thomas, Thompson, Wilcox-l6
Mr.. holland called for executive session.
Mr.. Blackman raised the point of order
that the call could not be entertained, as
executive session had once been called on
this bill.
The President held the point well taken.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
Substitute for Senate bill No. 274, to be
entitled an act to amend and re-en-
act sections one, three. four, eleven, thirteen,
fifteen, sixteen, nineteen, twenty-one,
twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-nine, thir-
ty-three, thirty-four, thirty-fve, thirty
six, thirty -eight and forty-twoi Of an act en-
titled An act to provide for the revision
and correction of the list of registered voters
of the State the appointment OF the various
officers necessary therefor, and to prescribe
the duties, powers and compensation of the
same; to prescribe certain duties for the
sections of the cemeteries of New Orleans
to prescribe the penalties for the violation
of the law, and to provide for new regis
tration in certain parishes and wards" ap-
proved March l6, 1870, and to repeal Sec
tons seventeen and forty-one of the said
above entitled act.
Section three was read, and, on motion of
Mr.. Ray, line forty-eight was amended by
adding, after the words next general" the
words 'or special
Adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Todd the words Eek
cept in the parish of Jefferson the same
shall be commenced sixty days" were in
serted after the word days" in line seven,
section three.
On motion of Mr.. Ray the section was
adopted as amended.
Section four was then read, and, on mo-
ton Of Mr.. Ray, adopted.
Section five was then reed.
Mr.. Blackman proposed the following
substitute for the section:
SEC. s. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That the police juries of the several parishes
shall appoint the supervisors of reglstra-
ton for their respective parishes, except
the parish of Orleans, and that in the parish
of Orleans and city of New Orleans the
Ip,;p sfr otnpa nf tho nifv If
New Orleans shall appint the supervisors
Of registration for the several wards of the
city Of New Orleans.
Mr.. McMillen moved to lay the substitute
on the table.
The substitute was ordered to lie on the
table, on call of the yeas and nays, by the
following vote:
Yeas-Anderson. Barber, Butler, Camp
bell, Gallup, Harris, Hunsaker, Ingraham,
jerks, Kelso, Lynch, McMillen, holland,
O'Hara. Pinchback, Raglan. Swords, Todd,
Thomas, Twltchell-20.
Nays-Antoine, Blackman. Bowman,
Coup land, Daigle, Herwig, Ray, Smith,
Sypher, Thompson, Wilcox-ll.
Mr. Mcmillan moved to adopt section
five, and upon that motion he called for the
previous question.
On call of the yeas and nays the main
question was ordered by the following
vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Barber. Butler, Camp
bell, Gallup, Harris. Hunsaker, jerks,
Kelso. Lynch, McMillen, holland, Pinch
back, Raglan, Swords. Todd, Twitchell-H.
Nays-Antone, Blackman, Bowman,
COPELAND, Daigle. Herwig, Ingraham,
.hnr
Thompson Wilcox-l4.
On call of the yeas and nays the Senate
adopted the section by the following vote.
Yeas-Anderson Barber, Butler, Camp
bell, Gallup. Harris, Hunsaker, jerks, Kelso,
Lynch, McMilleIi, holland, Pinchback
Raglan, Swords, Sypher, Todd, Twitchell-
Is
Nays-Antoine. Blackman, Bowman,
Coupland. Daigle Herwig, Ingrallam
OHara. Ray, Smith, Thomas, Thompson
Wilcox-l3.
Mr.. Sypher moved to reconsider the vote
adopting section five.
Mr.. Harris moved to lay the motion of
Mr.. Sypher on the table.
On a call of the yeas and nays the motion
to reconsider was ordered to lie on the table
by the following vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Barber, Butler, Camp
bell, Gallup, Harris, Hunsaker. jerks. Kel
SO, Lynch, McMillen, holland, Pinchback,
Raglan, Swords, Todd, Twitcheil-I7.
Nays-Antoine, Blackman, Bowman,
COPELAND. Daigle, Herwig. Ingraham,
O'Hara, Ray, Smith, Sypher, Thomas,
Thompson, Wilcox-l4.
Mr.. Ray offered the following as an ad
ditional sec ton, to follow section five:
That it shall be the duty of the Governor
to submit to the Senate, before the close of
this session, the names of persons for SUI
pervisors of registration for each parish,
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