New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-23

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1869. 1870 and 1871.
Passed it's first reading
The constitutional rule was then sus-
pended by a four-fifths affirmative vote.
the Joint resolution put on its second
readiag, and referred to the Committee on
Public Lands and Levees.
RESOLUTIONS.
By Mr.. Hunsaker
ResoIred. That the Committee on State
Debt be and they are hereby authorized 20
continue in session after the aG]oufnincn'
OF the session, in order to allow tnem 10 COL
clude the duties devolving upon tnem, pro
vided, the committee shall not receive more
than ten days pay.
Lies over.
By Mr.. Ingraham:
ResoIred. That a special committee OF
three members of the Senate be appointed
NV tbe President to investigate and report
RI tbis BODY whether any chartered railroad
companies in this State, the interest upon
whose bonds is paid by the State, have
violated their charters The committee
herein named shall have power to send Tor
persons and papers; provided, further, tnat
the President of the Senate be added 10 tue
committee.
Rvunanimous consent the resolution was
taken uD for consideration
After debate, the following amendment
was made and adopted; T. e.: Add after
the words, "have violated their charters,
the words, "by refusing or failing to com
piy with the provisions OF article thirteen
of the constitution of the State, or with the
Droyisious of sections 456, 457, 45S and A59
of the Revised Statutes of the State.
adopted.
The President appointed as the commit,
tee. Mrssrs j. H. Ingraham, A. B. Harris
and 81. II. Twitchell
Ra;PoFTs OF COMMITTEES, ETC, LYING OVER
Nj Blackman called up the report of the
Judiciary COMMITTEE, viz:
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, I
February :, 1872. )
70 the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
The Committee on Judiciary direct me to
report back Senate bill No $50, entitled
"An act to apportiOn the State into Sena,
torial districts" ETC., and to state that, alter
a careful examination of the constitution
of the State, they are of the opinion that
said bill is unconstitutional, III this, that the
General Assembly, at its session In IeIi,
passed. in accordance with article twenty
one Oh Tue CUuslltullbLs u Jill w oPPoAe
the State! into Senatorial districts, etc
Article thirty of the constitution provides:
"After an enumeration has been made as
directed in the twentieth article, the Gen
eral Assembly shall not pass any law TIL
an appOrtiOnment of representatives IN
both houses of the General Assembly be
made" The committee are OF the opinion
that the General Assembly are prohibited
by the constitution from passing any appor.
tionment bill until after the census OF 1919
has been taken, in accordance with article
, twenty of the constitution. The COMMITTEES
are of the opinion that the passage OF this
bill would, in effect declare that the Legls
Iature failed to pass any law on the subject
as required by article thirty of the constr
tuition. and thereby declare all laws passed
at the session of 1871 and of the present
session, null. They, therefore, recommend
that the DILL do not pass.
Nj Harris moved that the subject matter
be ordered to lie on the table, which the
Senate ordered by the following vote:
Yeas-Barber, Butler, Gallup, Harris
Eerwig. IIunsaker, Ingraham, jerks kelso
Lynch, McMillen holland, Pinchback, Ray
Smith Sypher, Todd, Twitchell. Whitney
Nilcox-20.
Na7s-Antoine, Backman, Daigle
OHara, Thomas, Thompson-6.
The question being raised, by Mr.. Black
man. as to whether the motion of Mr.. Har
ria included the bill in its effect, the Presi
!,lent ruled that the bill was not before th'
Senate at that time-that the motion OF MI
Harris only affected the report.
Mr. Thomas called up the concurren
resolution reported by him on yesterda,
evening, and moved its adoption, with tn
following proviso:
Provided, that nothing shall be so cor
| struetl III this resolution to determine Tn
| action of the Senate after its final acts upo
| the above named bills.
After debate the resolution was tabled
On motion of Mr. O'Hara. by the followin
vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Barber, Butler, CAM
bell. Gallup, Harris, Hunsaker, lngrahan
J jerks Kelso, holland, O'Hara, Plnchbaci
Smith. Swords, Todd, Twitchell, VIII
nev-iS.
Eays-Antoine, Blackman, Bowman
Coupland, Daigle, Herwig, Lewis, Lynch
BicMiien, Ray, Sypher, Thomas, Thompson
WilcoX-l4.
On motion of Mr.. Lynch substitute ft
Senate bill No. ga to be entitled an act
provide for the registration Of all the quail
fed electors of the State, in accordance
the requirements of article twenty-five
the constitution Of the State, providing fl
the appointment of the necessary Officer
therefor, and prescribing their duties an
compensation, and how the same is to
paid. and prescribing certain penalties for
violation of the provisions of this &C
abolishng the Office of State Registrar
Voters, and prescribing certain duties Fl
the Secretary of State or clerks OF court
and repeating all laws in conflict with th
act. was taken up by unanimous consent.
consider the amendments of the House
Representatives.
The following amendments, made by t
House of Representatives 70 the bill, we
read
Frat amendment
In second section strike out the words 4
lice jurors
Second amendment:
In ninth section, fifteenth line. strike o
fine word mine and insert eight in
teenth line strike out the word "four al
insert ''siX."
Third amendment:
In tenth section, third line, strike out
word seven" and insert six nineteen
line. same section after the word Eclectic
insert "And they shall each be entitl
to one clerk, who shall lie allowed ii
\ dollars per day for the time he shall
enployei, not to exceed the time
which bis principal is allowed pay"
twenty-fifth line, same section, after