New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-12

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Son from parish taxes:
Also an act to repeal the constabular,
Saw.
BY Mr.. Benham, of Carroll:
An act providing for the purchase of fue
and stationery for the use of the State.
By Mr. Montaldo, of Orleans:
An address of the General Assembly o
She State of Louisiana removing certain
persons from the positions held by them.
By Mr.. McCaleb, of Orleans:
An act to set apart and regulate specia
Gund to pay the expenses required by the
constitution, and to provide an orderly pay
Snent of moneys into and from the treasury
By Mr.. Sewell, of Orleans:
An act to regulate elections in this State
and guarantee the purity thereof.
By Mr.. Williams, of East Baton Rouge
An act to exempt the city of Baton
Rouge from parish taxes.
BY Mr.. Southland, of Ouachita;
An act to relieve the city of Monroe from
parish taxes.
By Mr. Murreu, of Madison:
An act to incorporate the town of Delta,
In Madison parish.
BY Mr.. Lawes, of East Feliciana:
An act for the division Of the parish Of
East Feliciana.
By Mr.. Armstead, of West Feliciana:
An act to incorporate the towns of St.
Francisville and Bayou Sara.
BY Mr. Landry, Of Ascension:
An act to exempt the town of Donaldson
vile from parish taxes,
By Mr. Murrell, of Madison;
An act for the protection of the Ievees in
She parish of Madison.
Also, an act providing for an additional
Justice of the peace for the town of Delta,
Madison parish.
BY Mr.. Guichard, of St. Bernard:
An act to incorporate the New Orleans
and St. Bernard railroad, and for other pur-
poses.
By Mr.. Sewell, of Orleans:
An act amending the city charter of New
Orleans.
By Mr. Rodrigues, Of Orleans:
An act to relieve the taxpayers from pen
alties imposed upon them by former laws.
The Speaker announced the following
committee:
Committee on Rules-B. W. Devices. of
Red River, P. Landry, of Ascension, V. O..
King, of Orleans, A. Tureaud, of st, James.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
/ am directed by the Senate to ask the
concurrence of the House in the following
bill:
Senate bill No. 9, an act to establish an
additional district court for the parish of
Orleans to define and limit the jurisdiction,
and to determine the powers thereof; to
provide for the transfer of certain cases now
pending before certain other district courts
for said parish to the court hereby created;
to authorize the Governor to appoint a
Judge and clerk for said court, and to pro
vide court room for said court; to abol-
ish the Seventh and Eighth Dis
and to provide for the transfer of the
records and suits in said Seventh and
Eighth District Courts to other courts in
said parish. -
CHARLES II. MERRITT,
Secretary of Senate
On motion Of Mr.. Devices, of Red River,
Mr.. S. Marvin, of Catahoula, was sworn in
as q member.
[AIr. Mathews, of Tensas, in the chair.l
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING.
Senate bill No Q entitled an act to estab-
fish an additional district court for the
parish Of Orleans, to define and limit the
Jurisdiction and to determine the powers
thereof, to provide for the transfer Of Ger
tain cases now pending before certain other
district courts for said parish to the court
hereby created; to authorize the Governor
to appoint Judge and clerk for said
court, and to provide a courtroom for said
court: to abolish the Seventh and Eighth
District Courts for the parish of Orleans,
and to provide for the transfer Of the
records and suits in said Seventh and
Eighth District Courts to other courts in
said parish, was placed on its first reading.
Mr.. Hahn, of st. Charles, moved that the
bill be printed and laid on the desks Of the
members.
Lost.
On motion Of Mr.. Dumont, of Orleans,
the constitutional rule was suspended and
Senate bill No was placed on its second
reading.
Under further suspension of the consti-
tutional rule, Senate bill No was placed
on its third reading.
On the final passage of the bill the yeas
and nays were demanded by Messrs. Gair,
of East Feliciana, and Hahn, Of st. Charles,
resulting as follows:
Yeas-AIlain. Armstead, Antoine, Bow
man, Bryant, Baker, Boyd, Benham, Black
stone. Barrow, Connaughton, Cousin, De-
mas. Davis, Devezin, Deioie, Dumont, Day
ries Devices, Elliot, Greene, Gair, Gui
chard, Heffner, Hubeau, Heath, Hedgepath,
Jones, Heating, kenyon, Kern, Keys,
Lewis, Landry, Lawes Murrell tLafourche),
Murrell (Madison), Manoney, Martinez.
Marie, Montaldo, Page, Paris, Roehon,
Souer, Sawyer, Stewart, Sartsin, Southland,
Sutton. Thomas Tuneaud, Williams, vii
son, Washington, Ward, Wands, Young
S."
Nsvs- CAN'T, Hahn, Kirkman, Jones,
Mathews, Shakespeare-6.
The bill was finally passed, title adopted,
and notice of concurrence. ordered to be
sent to the Senate.
MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR.
The following communication from the
Governor was received, and ordered to be
spread on the journal:
Executive Department Z
New Orleans, December II 1917 ,
r-o +Ie honorable Senate and House of Representa-
tiyes Of the state Of Louisiana, in General AS
sembly convened
CENT EsfEN-Your present session, called
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