New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-13

House bill No. 329, an act to create the
parish of st. Joseph, and to provide for the
organization of the same.
House bill No. $780, an act to incorporate
the town of Natchitoches.
Also, as duly enrolled:
House bill No. ITO, an act for the relief OF
+ William Bendel.
Respectfully,
P. HARPER, Chairman.
COMMITTEE ON ENROLMENT
February 10, 1877.
ia the Honorable Sneaker and Members of the
House of Representatives:
Your Committee on Enrolment beg leave
to report the following bill as being duly
engrOssed
House bill No. 1854, an act to change the
boundaries of the parishes OF Cameron,
st. Landry, Calcasieu and Vermlilon, to
provide for the election of police jurors, the
transfer of certain records, and the cOllec-
ton of certain taxes in said parishes; to
fix the seat of justice Of the parish of
Cameron, and for other purposes.
Respectfully, etc,
Mr.. La Saliniere, of st. Martin, moved to
adjourn until Wednesday at twelve o'clock,
and on that motion called for the yeas and
nays, seconded by Mr.. Murray, of Orleans,
with the following result:
Yeas-Adolphe, Bentley, Blunt, Huston,
La Saliniere, Marie, Morris, Murray, Riley,
Ringgold-lO.
Nays-Abel, Baker. Barker, Barrow. Be-
lot, Broussard, Brown, Bryan, Buckingham,
Butler, Carr, Chachere Cochrane, Craw-
ford, Darby, Darinsburg, Davidson, Davis,
Demas Devices, DeslOnde, Durio. Faux
ner, Floyd, Fonteleu, Gaddis Gardner,
Garstkamp, Z. Harper, Hyams, johnson,
Kenner, Kilen, Kinsella, Laurent, Liam
bias, j. B. Lott, Marvin. Matthews, Nc
Carly, Mcfarland, Meadows. Moncure,
Moore. Nelson. Ong, Oplatek, Raby, Sartain,
Souer. Stamps, Stanton, Tatman, Thomp
son, Tureaud, Washington (Assumptionl,
Washington (Concordia), E. Williams, H.
Williams, Worrall, Yorke, Young-62.
Lost
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.
House bill No. 322, an act entitled an act
to amend and re-enact sections, ETC., OF the
registration law, and the following report
from the Committee on Registration, made
the special order of the day for l P. NJ,
were taken up:
COMMITTEE ON REGISTRATION, (.
February g. 1872 j.
To the Honorable Speaker and Members Of the
House of representatives:
Your committee beg leave to submit the
following report ON House bill No. 325, an
act entitled an act to amend and re-enact
In section one strike out the words ''six,
seven, eight, ten, thirty-six and thirty
SEVEN"
Amend section two SO as to read as
follows: 'Be it further, enacted, ETC..
That sections six, seven, eight, ten and
eleven" of said act be amended and re-
enacted SO as to read as follows: That
it shall be the duty of the sections Of each
cemetery in the parishes of Orleans and
Jefferson to deliver, on or before the fifth
day Of each month, at the office OF the
Secretary of State, list of the names,
ages and late residences of all males over
twenty-one years of age who have been
inferred in their respective cemeteries dur
ing the preceding month; and in the event
of any such sexton failing or neglecting SO
to do. he shall be liable to a fine of s25 to
be recovered before any court Of COM
petent jurisdiction for the benefit of
the Charity Hospital. The Secretary of
State shall forward to the super
visors of the parishes of Orleans and
Jefferson the reports of the sections: And it
shall be the duty of said supervisors to
erase from the list of registered voters the
names of any persons who shall be proven
in the manner hereinafter to be established.
to have been fraudulently registered in said
parishes The Secretary of State shall take
possession of all the books, papers and
documents now belonging to the office of
State Registrar of Voters. and shall cause to
be furnished, at the expense of the State, all
such books, papers and blanks as may be
necessary to enable the supervisors of reg
istration to properly perform their duties in
a uniform and regular manner. 1t shall
be the duty of the Secretary of State to
submit to the General Assembly, each year,
within ten DAYS after the commencement of
its session, full and detailed report
of the work of registration tor the
past year, showing the number of reg
istered voters, the number OF natives
and foreign born, how many siCD their
names and make their marksj also. de-
tailed account showing the humber OF
names stricken from the list Of voters,
with their nationality and such other par
ticulars as may be desirable for the in
formation of the General Assembly.
The registry books for the parish of Or
leans shall be deposited in the office OF the
Secretary of State, and the registry books
for each of the other parishes in the State
shall be deposited in the office of the dis
trict clerk of the court of the parish, and
laid clerk shall delivet the books to the per
son who may be appointed supervisor OF reg
istration for the parish when SO requested
and during the time said registration books
shall remain in the custody of said clerk he
shall be responsible for their safe keeping,
and shall not permit the name of any per
son to be added to, or erased from, the list
of said registered voters, under a penalty
of five hundred dollars for each otfense, re
cOverable before any court OF competent
Jurisdiction. That the Governor SHALL six
months previous to any general election
nominate and by and with the consent OF
the Senate, appoint, IN each parish OF the
State, one supervisor of registration, who
shall hold his Office for two years from the
date of his appointment; and who shall
have been a resident of the parish in
which he holds his office for one
year next preceding his appointment. He
shall be ineligible for any elective office al
the election held during the years in which
he exercises the duties of his office.
In section six, line eight, strike out
COURTHOUSE and insert "county seat III
section seven, line sixteen, after the word
the" insert the word ''parish;' in section
seven, line twenty, strike out the word;
ANY Of" and insert after the word 1.-THE
the word "third;" in line twentyone, sec
ton seven, insert after the word "court' the
words ''Of said parish in section seven
line twenty-three, strike out the WORD
district" also, in line thirty-nine strike out
the word district" same section, line fifty
/ seven, after the word ELECTION" insert
provided, that in all cases referred to IL
n tljs section an appeal may be taken by
either party to the district judge"
SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
each supervisor of registration and assist
Il ant supervisor of registration shall receive
as full compensation, seven dollars per day
for each day he shall discharge the duties
of his office, from the time at which he shall
open his office until the time when he shall
bic statement of tho election. each