New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-16

bills Nos 33l and 4O3, was adOpteu, anu 0
bills we're ordered to be placed upon INC
calendar.
The report, as far as it regarded House
hill No. 4Ol, was then adopted.
The bill was considered as engressed
TIndef a suspension of the constitutional
rule the bill was placed upon its third read
ing and final passage.
The bill was finally passed, its title
adopted, and it was ordered to be sent 70
the Senate for concurrence.
The report relative to House bill No. Ala
was adopted.
The hill was considered as engrossed, and
placed upon its third reading under sus-
nension of the constitutional rule, was
finally passed, it's title adopted, and it was
ordered TO be sent to the Senate for concur
renee.
The report relative to House bill No. III
was adopted, and the bill calepdared.
The report relative to House bill No. 4ib
was adopted.
The bill was considered as engrossed, ana
placed upon its third reading, under sus-
pension of the cons titutiOnal rule, was
finally passed, its title adopted, and 1t was
ordered to be sent to the Senate for concur
renee.
Under suspension of the rules senate
bill No. 357. an act defining the distances
from the domiciles of members of the Gen
eral Assembly to the State House; liking
the mode of ascertaining the per diem OF
members of the General Assembly tor the
time engaged in going to and returning
from the State House, and their mileage to
be paid, and the number of employees OF the
General Assembly and their compensation
and defining their duties, and making an
appropriation to defray the expenses OF
the General Assembly, and to repeal act
No. 50, of 1869, was taken up, and considered
by sections.
The first section was read.
Mr.. Bryan, of Calcasieu, moved to amend
by making the distance to the parish OF
Calcasieu -four hundred miles," instead OF
"six hundred miles"
Lost.
Mr.. Fontelieu, of Vermilion, moved to
amend by making the distance to the parish
of Vermilion "twdhundred and fifty miles,"
instead of .'two hundred and five miles,"
Carried.
Mr.. Faulkner, of Caldwell, moved to
amend by making the distance to the parish
of Caldwell "four hundred and fifty miles,"
instead of flour hundred miles,
Mr. Garstkamp, of Jefferson, moved that
the amendment be tabled.
Lost.
The amendment was adopted.
Mr.. Faulkner, of Caldwell, moved to
amend by making the distance to the parish
of Ouachita ''four hundred and fifty miles,
instead of flour hundred miles"
Carried.
Also, to make the distance to Franklin
parish "four hundred and fifty miles, in
stead of -four hundred miles,
Carried.
Also, to make the distance to Grant par
ish "four hundred miles, instead Of
three hun red and fifty miles"
Carried.
Also to make the distance to the parish
of Morehouse flour hundred and seventy
miles," instead of ''four hundred miles"
Carried.
Also, to make the distance to the parish
Union ''five hundred miles," instead of
-four hundred and fifty miles"
Carried.
Also, to make the distance to the parish
of Webster ''seven hundred and fifty miles,
instead of give hundred miles,
Carried.
Also, to insert ''for the parish of St. John
the Baptist, fifty miles"
Carried.
Also to make the distance to the parish
of VIM five hundred miles," instead Of
five hundred and fifty miles"
Carried.
The section as amended was adopted.
The second section was read.
Mr.. Davidson. of Livingston, moved TO
amend by inserting after the words zone
minute clerk of the House, the words ''and
one assistant minute clerk"
Carried.
The section as amended was adopted.
The third, fourth, fifth. sixth, seventh,
eighth, ninth, TENTH eleventh and twelfth
sections were read and adopted.
Section Is was read.
Mr.. Davidson moved to amend as follows:
Make the amount to be appropriated
900 instead of $4,000. The amount
to be set apart for the expenses of the
House $40, 900 instead of $l05,000 and the
amount to be set apart for the expenses of
the Senate $50 600 instead of $4,000.
The amendments were adopted.
Mr.. II. Lott, of Rapides, offered the fol-
lowing amendment Strike out the words
land the extra session of the Senate
commencing on the sixth day of December,
1871" which was tabled upon motion of Mr..
Young, of Concordia.
The section as amended was adopted.
The fourteen section was read.
Upon it's adoption the yeas and nays
were demanded by Messrs. johnson and
Antoine, of Orleans, with the following
result:
Yeas-Abel, Antoine, Baker, Bentley,
Bickham, Blunt, Bowen, Broussard, Brown,
Bryan, Butler, Carr, Chachere, Crawford,
Darby, Darinsburg, Davidson, Davis, De-
mas, Devices, Deslonde, Durio, Ellis, Faulk-
ner, Floyd, Fontelieu, Gaddis, Garstkamp,
T. Harper, William Harper, Hampstead,
Hyams, johnson, Kenner, Kilen, Kinsela,
La Saliniere, Laurent, II. Lott, j. b. Lott,
Marie, Marvin, McCarty, Mcfarland,
Meadows, MOncure, Moore, Morphy, Morris,
Nelson, Ong. Oplatek, Overton, Pond. Raby,
Riley, Rlnggold, Sartain, Souer, Stinson,
Tatman, Thompson, Tureaud, Vsrrett,
Washington (Assumption), Washington
(ConcOrdia), Waters, f. Williams, E. VII