New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-08

'hve,' instead of four" was adOpteu.
In section nine, line six, strike out I'M
word "ten" and insert IN lieu Thereon I'M
word ''eight" =,
Amendment of the Senate fixing til.
number of porters Of the Senate at -four,
instead of "three," was adopted.
In section ten, the following Senate
amendment. which reads as follows: "Strikt
out all that portion OF the section relative
to providing rooms outside the State build
ing" was adopted.
In section eleven add, at the enc
of the section, the following: "Pro
yided that from and after thu
Warrant Clerk of either house of the Genera
Assembly shall be abolished, and that thu
funds for the expenses of the General AS
sembly shall be disbursed by the presiding
officers of their respective houses"
In section thirteen, Senate amendment
which reads as follows: ''Strike out $4,000
and insert $l75000," was adopted.
At the end Of the section add the follow
ing amendment: THE appropriation made
in this act shall be divided as follows: Fol
the mileage. per diem and contingent ex
penses of the House of Representatives
$4,000 for the session of 1872; the mileage
per diem and contingent expenses Of the
Senate at the extra session of December e
1871. and the regular session OF 1872
$4,000"
Strike out in line seven the words ''as
defined by this act.'
Senate amendment which reads as fol
lows: "Adding to the end of the section
Provided, further that the warrants hereto
fore prepared by law shall be paid in theil
proper order out of the taxes as they are
collected" was adopted.
Senate amendment which reads as fol
- = inf far. rpv,f
expenses of the Senate at $l7 600 instead Of
$780," was stricken out.
In section fifteen, Senate amendment
which reads as follows: adding after the
word postmaster the words OF each
house," was adopted.
In section sixteen, strike out all after the
words enacted, etc, )" and insert the fol
lowing: THAT the provisions of this act, in
so far as relates to mileage and per diem OF
members and salaries and duties of officers
and employees, shall not take effect until
from and after the expiration of the present
term of the General Assembly, and that sec
tons thirteen, fourteen and fifteen shall
take effect from and after the passage OF
this act"
COMMITTEE ON ENROLMENT. I
New Orleans, February, s, 1872. !
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
lOuT SOuIultlCC VI A/uSIoSSLuCht anu
Enrolment beg leave TO report as duly en-
crossed the following bills, to wit:
Senate bill No. 299, an act entitled an act
to change the name of Thomas Lewis HOl-
loway to Thomas Lewis Holloway Belden:
Senate amendment to House bill No $50,
an act to amend section seven of an act en-
titled ian act to provide revenue" etc,
approved March 3, 1871 TACT No. AZ, 1871,
to authorize the levy and collection of a tax
for the maintenance and support of the free
public schools in the city Of New Orleans,
and to limit the amount of the tax SO to be
levied and collected.
THOMAS H. holland,
Chairman.
NOTICES OF BILLS.
BY Mr.. Kelso:
Of bill to be entitled an act to incor-
porate the Rapides Cemetery Association
in the parish of Rapides.
INTRODUCTION OF JOINT RESOLUTIONS
By Mr.. TwNchell:
Joint resolution addressing out of Office
Minor d. EdmOndson, parish judge of the
parish of Sabine, for reason of absence
from the said parish and failure to dis
charge the duties of his office.
ACTION ON RESOLUTIONS LYING OVER.
BY Mr.. Hunsaker:
Resolred, That the President of the Senate
be and he is hereby authorized and in
structed to contract for the publication in
pamphlet form of five hundred copies each
of the debates Of the last and present ses-
siOns Of the Senate, for the use of members,
to be printed in type known as .'long
primer solid" the price thereof not to ex-
coed two dollars and seventy-tive cents per
page, to be paid out of the contingent fund
of the Senate: the same to be revised, pre-
pared and properly indexed as to subjects
and Senators by the official reporter OF the
Senate, for which he shall receive thirty
days pay; the debates of last session to be
printed before the adjournment of the Gen
eral Assembly, and those of the present SEES
sion to be printed within thirty days after
the adjournment of the General Assembly.
Mr.. Hunsaker moved its adoption.
Mr.. Smith moved to amend by striking
out the words 'long primer solid and in
sorting the word ''minion.'
Adopted.
Mr.. Todd moved to amend by adding
after the word contract" the words with
the State Register"
On motion of Mr.. Lewis, the whole mat
ter was laid ON the table, on a call of the
yeas and nays, by the following vote:
Yeas - Antoine, Bowman, COPELAND,
Daigle, Gallup, Harris. Herwig, jerks,
Twitchell. Wilcox2l4.
s. Nays-Barber, Blackman, Butler, Hun
saker O'Hara, Raglan, Ray, Smith, Todd-9.
By Mr.. Harris:
Resolred, That joint committee be raised
of three on the part of the Senate to be APP
pointed by the President, and five on the
part Of the House of Representatives, to be
appointed by the Speaker, i'll accordance
with section l543 of the Revised Statutes,
and that the joint committee so raised be
to send for persons and papers,
and to administer Oaths.
Mr.. Harris moved its adoption.
Mr.. Gallup moved to refer the resolution
% the Committee on Finance.
Mr.. O'Hara moved that the Committee on
Finance of the Senate, and the Committee
N Ways and Means of the House, be III
tructed to act as such committee.
Which motion the President decided not
n order.
The question of reference to the Finance
being the pending motion, the
Senate refused to SO refer, on call of the
yeas and nays, by the following vote:
Yeas-Antoine, Butler, Gallup, Hunsaker,
O'Iiara-5.
Nays - Barber, Blackman, Bowman,
COPELAND. Daigle. Harris, Herwig, jerks,
Lewis, McMillen, holland, Raglan, Ray,
smith, Swords, Thompson Todd, Twitchell,
The resolution was then adopted.
President in the chair.l
By unanimous consent, Mr.. jerks called
Up Senate bill No. 3l3, to be entitled an act
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