New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-19


went into executive session.
Executive session having been raised, OIL
calling Of the roll the following Senator:
answered to their names:
Presentation A. B. Harrf ,,Lieutenant
Governor and President of the Senate, and
Messrs Anderson, Barber, Blunt, Butler
Burch, Brewster, Cage, Greene, Z. I. Her
wig, Harper, Ingraham, Kelso, Mascot
Noland, Pollard, Sypher, Stamps, Twitchell,
Weber, Wharton, Worrell-2.
The President of the Senate announced d
quorum present
The Senate, at 2. NJ, went into court
of Impeachment.
The court having adjourned, the President
resumed the chair.
On call Of the roll the following ans cred
to their names:
Presentation A b. Harris Lieutenant
Governor and President Of the Senate, and
Messrs. Anderson, Barber, Blunt, Butler,
Barch,, Brewster, Gage. Greene, T. +. Her
wig, Z. +. Herwig, Harper, Ingraham,
Kelso, Mascot, holland, Pollard Sypher,
Stamps, TwitchelI, Weber, Wharton,
WoTell-22.
A quorum present.
-hEooAJE tlOAt 'LItE dOLSE
The Clerk of the House asked CONCUR
renee:
To the President and Members of the Senate:
am directed to ask concurrence of Sen
ate on House bill No. 2, an act to punish
the crime of bribery.
WILLIAM VIGERs,
Chief Clerk.
On motion of Mr.. Brewster, the aforesaid
House bill No. , was taken up under the
suspension OF the rules and put upon its
first reading, and was read.
On motion, the constitutional rule was
by the required four-ffths
affirmative vote, and the bill put on its
second reading. The bill having been read,
was adopted on its second reading without
and ordered to third read
ing.
The bill was read the third and last time.
ana finally adopted, with its title to stand
as stated, and so announced by the Presi-
dent.
On motion of Mr., fngraham, the Senate
took recess until half-past six o'clock.
The President announced that the Senate
was in recess until balf-past six o'clock this
"Wednesday evening, December 10, 1872.
Evening Session.
The Senate having taken a recess till half
past six O'clock, the President OF the Senate
1t the hour for meeting called the members
10 order.
On call of the roll, the following mem.
)ers answered to their names:
Hon. A. B. Haries, Lieutenant Governor
ind President Of the Senate and Messrs.
Anderson, Barber, Blunt, Butler, Burcb.
Brewster, Blackburn, Greene, P. F. Herwig,
:. +. Herwig, Harper, Ingraham, jerks, |
tlaslcot, holland, Pollard, Sypher, Stamps, |
-witchell, Weber, Worrell-22
The President OF the Senate announced a
quorum present.
Messrs. TwiteheIl aud Pollard raised
uestions Of privilege, stating that they
we're absent at the time of the passage of
louise bill No. 2, at the day session-desir-
az to state that, had they been present,
hey would have voted in favor of the pas
age of the said act providing for law 'to
unish the crime of bribery"
Mr. Stamps asked for a suspension of the
ules to take the concurrent resolution au-
lorizing committee to be appointed by
le Chairs of the respective houses to ex-
mine the books Of the State Treasurer.
The Same being objected to, the yeas and
avs were called on the motion to suspend
lie rules; the Senate refused to suspend the
lies by the following vote:
Yeas-Barber, Butler, Burch, Cage, Har-
5r, lngraham, Stamps, Wharton, Worrell
Nays S Anderson, Blackburn, Blunt,
rewster, Greene, E. f. Herwig, KeIso, Mas
OF, holland, Pollard, Sypher, TwitcheII,
'eber-l3.
Mr. Wharton asked for o suspension Of
e rules to take up House concurrent reso-
ton creating committee to examine the j
'oks Of the Auditor of Public Accounts.
Ojection being raised, on a call of the yeas
d nays the. Senate refused to suspend the
les, by the following vote:
Yeas-Barber, Burch, Herwig, Ingraham,
nks, Kelso, Pollard. Sypher, Weber,
harton, WorrelI-ll.
Nays-Anderson, Blackburn, Blunt, But
=, Brewster, Cage, Greene, Harper, Mast
:, holland, Stamps, TwitchelI-l2.
Mr.. Pollard moved to take up House bill 1
. 10, to be entitled an act appropriating
, sum Of 5000 for the payment of the t
leage and per diem of the members, Off =
s and employees of the General Assembly, t
the contingent expenses thereof, and !
other purposes. :
The motion being objected to, on call of 4
yeas and nays the Senate refused to
pend the rules by the following vote: 5
eas-Blunt, mgralam, Pollard, TwitcheII
'ays-Anderson, Barber, Blackburn, But =
Burch, Brewster, Cage. Greene. f. +.
rwig, Harper, jerks, Kel5o, Mascot,
land, Sypher, Stamps, Weber, Wor- A
N motion Of Mr. Pollard, duly seconded, v
Senate went into executive session. U
Executive session being raised, on a call a.
lie roll, the following Senators ans wered ii
heir names:
resent-Hon. A. B. Harris, Lieutenant 7,
vernon and President of the Senate and
ssrs. Anderson, Barber, Blunt Butler, Ia
'ch, Brewster Black burn, Greene, P. +. W
wig, q. f. Herwig, Hunsaker, HARPER.
raham, jerks, Mascot. holland, Pollard. &c
'her Stamps. Twitchell, Weber, Whar- ia
Worrell-24. th
he President Of the Senate announced
rum present. W
he hour to which the Senate, sitting as tt
'urt of impeachment, had adjourned to til
t at having arrived, the Senate organ nc
the court Of impeachment e. e.
he court Of impeachment having ad- h
ned, the President Of the Senate re- to
ed the chair, and on call Of the roll the !.
'wing Senators answered to their g