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

Swords, Sypher' looo' A"i
Nays-Antoine, Blackman, Bowman
COPELAND, Daigle, Herwig, lngrahan'
| ThOmpson-S.
BILLS ON FIRST READING.
House bill No. 2S7, to be entitled an acD
to authorize the police jury OF Caldweh
| narsh to issue bonds of the parish for GER
tain improvements of the public buildings
of the parish of Caldwell, was read its hrs'
| time.
Mr. Harris asked for suspension OF the
rules to take up the report OF the commit
tee of conference on the appropriation DILL
House bill No. 2S5 Substitute for Senate
bill No. 26l).
Rules were suspended and report was
taken up.
Mr.. Harris moved that the Senate DO not
concur in the report Of the committee Oh
conference.
Adopted
Mr.. Blackman moved that the Secretary
of the Senate inform the House that the
Senate has refused to concur in the report
of the joint committee of conference on
the appropriation bill, and request the ap-
pointment of a new committee to meet like
committee in the Senate.
Adopted.
The Chair then appointed Messrs. Jenks'
Hunsaker, holland, Kelso, Gallup on said
committee.
House bill No 2Ss, to be entitled an act to
empower the police jury of Ascension par
ish to open public road from point on
the left bank of the Mississippi river, oppo-
site Donaldsonville, running back to New
river, was read it's first time.
Mr. Blackman moved to adjourn
On call of the yeas and nays the Sen
ate refused to adjourn by the following
vOte:<
Yeas-Anderson, Blackman, Bowman,
McMillen, Thompson-9.
Nays-Antoine, Barber, Campbell. Hun,
saker, jerks, Kelso, holland, OHara,
Pnchback, Raglan, Ray, Swords, Sypher,
Todd, Twitchell Wilcox-l6.
Mr.. Hunsaker moved to suspend the con-
stitutional rule, to put House bill No. 2S8
on its second reading.
The constitutional rule was then SUE
pended by four-ftths affirmative vote, the
bill put on it's second reading, and consid-
cred engrossed for third reading.
The constitutional rule was further sus-
pended by four-fifths affirmative vote, the
bill read its third and last time, and finally
adopted with its title.
By unanimous consent Mr.. Lewis called
up Senate bill No. 81, to be entitled an
act granting to Ferdinando Lucheni, for
ten years, the privilege of building
wharf and establishing steamboat land
ing at Grand EcOre, on Red river, in the
parish of Natchitoches and State of Louisi-
ana, and providing for the amount OF
wharfage to be collected from steamboats,
and other vessels landing.
Read second time
Mr. holland moved to refer the bill to the
Committee on Commerce, Agriculture and
Manufactures.
Mr.. Lewis moved to lay the motion to
refer on the table.
On a call Of the yeas and nays. the Senate
ordered the motion to refer to lie on the
table by the following vote:
Yeas-Blackman, Bowman. COPELAND,
Daigle, Herwig, Ingraham, kelsO, Lewis,
Pinchback, Ray, Smith, Sypher, Thompson,
w uCOA-If.
Nays-Anderson. Barber, Gallup, Harris,
jerks, Lynch, NolanL Todd, Twitchell-9.
Mr.. Twitchell moved to refer the bill ID
the Committee on Corporations and Paro-
chial Affairs, which motion was ordered 20
lie on the table.
On motion of Mr.. Lewis the bill was coz
sidered engrossed.
Mr. Lewis moved to suspend the con-
stitutional rule to put the bill on its third
reading, which the Senate refused, four
ffths not voting in the affirmative.
Mr. Harris moved to suspend the rules ID
take up Senate bill No. l64, to be entitled
an act to incorporate the Vidalia, Ale1-
andria and Texas Railroad Company, ard
to grant State aid thereto for the purpose
of fixing it as special order.
The rules were declared suspended, and
the bill taken up and made the special
order of the day for tomorrow at p NJ
Mr.. McMillen asked leave of absence until
Monday.
Granted.
On motion of Mr.. Blackman, the Senate
adjourned until tomorrow at 12M
The President then announced that the
Senate stood adjourned until Friday, tie
ninth instant, at ~ M.
CHARLES II. MERRITT,
Secretary of the Senate.