New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-27
THE SENATE YESTERDAY.
Twenty..bird Days Session.

THE SENATE YESTERDAY.
Twenty-:bird Days Session.
| SENATE CHAMBER,
| Friday, January 70, 1877.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.
! Presentation. p. B. S. Pinchback, Lieu
tenant Governor and President of the Sen
| ate and Messrs. Anderson, Antoine, Barber,
! Blackman, Bowman, Butler, Campbell,
| COupland, Gallup, Harris, Herwig, Hunsa-
ker. Ingraham, jerks, KelsO, Lewis, Lynch.
McMillen, holland, O'Hara, Raglan, Ray,
Smith, Swords, Sypher, Thomas, Thompson,
Todd, Twitchell, Whitney, Wilcox-32
Prayer by the Chaplain.
| Reading of the minutes of the two pre-
vious days sessions.
| Corrections made, and minutes adopted
as corrected.
MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR.
STATE OF LOUISIANA }
Executive Department,
New Orleans, January rs. 1879.
| To the Honorable President and Mem beers of the
Senate:
| have the honor to transmit herewith for
! the use and information of your honorable
| BODY thirty copies of the report of the COM
missioners appointed By his excellency the
Governor of the State of New York to
revise the laws for the assessment and col
lection of taxes in that State.
H. G. WARMOTH,
Governor of Louisiana.
The President announced the appoint
ment of the following committees:
Committee on Judiciary-O. F. Hunsaker,
chairman; John Ray, H. J. Campbell, L. B.
jerks, r. w. Futch.
Committee on Finance John Lynch.
chairman; w. L. McMillen, o. F. Hunsaker
A. E. Barber, L. c. Anderson.
Committee on Enrolment and Engross-
ment-Thomas H. holland, chairman: John
r. Gallup, George Y. Kelso, H. L. Swords,
NJ. H. Twitchell, E. Butler, F. Daigle.
Committee on Parks and Public Build
ings-S. NJ. Todd. chairman; c. c. Antoine,
T. H. holland, George Y. kelso, w. L..
Thompson.
Committee on Militia-A. E. Barber,
chairman; H. l.. Swords, +. Daigle.
Committee on Health and Quarantine
c. G.. Antoine, chairman: A. r. Whitney, j.
b. Lewis, A. E. Barber, s. NJ. Thomas.
Committee on Election and Registra
tion-W. l.. McMllen, chairman; A. b. Har-
ris. John Ray, E. Butler. w. F. Blackman.
Committee on Banks and Banking-T. c.
Anderson, chairman; John Lynch, w. L.
McMillen. George Y. kelso. w. +. Black
man.
Committee on Retrenchment and Re-
forms. NJ. Thomas. chairman; A. Z. Bar
Der and W. L. McMillen.
Committee on Contested Elections-M. H.
Twitchell, chairman A. B. Harris, l.. B.
jerks, f. Butler, F. Daigle.
Committee on Libraries-T. Y. Coupland,
chairman; C. c. Antoine, w. L. Thompson.
Committee on Railroads and Internal I'm
provements-John r. Gallup, chairman H.
J. Campbell, T. H. holland, A. B. Harris, E.
Butler, l.. b. jerks. S. S. Bowman.
Committee on Pensions-James II. Ingra-
ham, chairman John Ray, A. j. Sypher C.
Wilcox, F. Daigle.
Committee on Drainage, Canals and In
land Navigation-A Z. Barber. chairman
p. O'Hara, John Lynch, II. j. Campbell, r.
w. Futch.
Committee on Agriculture. Commerce and
Manufactures-P. O'Hara, chairman NJ. +.
Smith, r. w. Futch.
Committee on Ciaims-E Butler, chair
man; o. F. Hunsaker, I. V. COPELAND, G.
w. Raglan, w. l.. Thompson.
Committee on Auditing and Supery Using
the Expenses of the Senate-A. r. Whitney,
chairman; NJ. H. Twitchell, T. c. Anderson,
c. c. Antoine, S. s. Bowman.
Committee on Federal ReIations-H. +.
Campbell, chairman; j. H. Ing1aham, A. B.
Harris.
Committee on Corporations and Parochial
Afairs-M. II. Twitchell, chairman: John
Lynch, S. M. Todd, P. F. Herwig, S. NJ.
Thomas.
Committee on Charitable Institutions
l.. b. jerks, chairman; H. l.. Swoads, G.
w. Raglan, j. Il. Gallup, NJ. Thomas.
Committee on Penitentiary-G. w.
Ragan, chairman; George Y. Kelso, John
X. Gallup, p. O'Hara, r. w. Futch.
Mr.. Sypher asked to be excused from
serving on the Committee on Pensions.
Request granted
REPORTS OF OFFICERS.
OFFICE WARRANT CLERK THE SENATE }
New Orleans, January l. 1872 {
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate WV
l have the honor to invite your attention
to my report as Warrant Clerk of the Sen
ate herewith submitted, for account of the
session Of 1871.
My account current marked A elbows,
under the several headings, the aggregate
disbursements made by me, as we'll as the
number of warrants issued and sold, to
whom, and at what price, which is definitely
verified by abstract book marked b, which
represents in detail the payments made, to
whom, and tor what purpose. l would ask
your honorable body, us much censure has
been unJnstiy thrown upon me, TO appoint
committee to make a thorough and
impartial investigation, as | desire to fully
vindIcate my administration as your War
rant Clerk, | would here state that have
been unable to exercise any discretion in
the discharge of my duties, being simply
ministerial, and have been constrained to
obey your mandates. l have presented for
every payment made a voucher properly
drawn and approved by the proper officers
OF the Senate, which payments have inva-
riably been authorized by resolution.
Soliciting your consideration ana action
in the premises, l have, gentlemen, the