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

House bill No 800, reported by the Com
mittee on Corporations, be printed.
Carried.
The Committee on Unfinished Business,
through its chairman, submitted the follow
ing report which was received and ac-
cepted.
To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
House of Representatives:
Your Committee on Unfinished Business
beg leave to make the following report:
That they have had under consideration
House bills Nos. 1873, l53, 81, l49, 20, and re-
commend that they pass. with the following
amendment to House bill No. 20: that in the
first line the word "any" be inserted in the
place of the word "no.'
W.. FLOYD, Chairman.
Mr. Matthews, of Tensas, moved that
House bill No. 81 be referred to be printed
Carried.
MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR.
The following message was received, and
the report accompanying it was ordered to
be printed:
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Executive Department, ,
New Orleans, February T. l8i2.)
To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
House of Representatives:
have the honor to transmit herewith
the report of the Commission of Levee En-
gineers, appointed under act No. 4, ap-
proved February a. 1871. and act and con-
tract. approved February %. 1871.
H. c. WARMOTH,
Governor of Louisiana.
The following communication was re-
ceived and accepted
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Attorney Generals Office ,
New Orleans, February :, 1872. }
Hnnorah1e aker nd Members the
House of representatives:
l have the honor to submit herewith my
annual report for the year 1871.
Respectfully,
S. BELDEN,
Attorney General.
Nj. Young, of Concordia, by permission,
sailed up House bill No. 3S9, an act to adj
Just the Indebtedness of the Board of State
Engineers, to ratty loan contracted by the
Governor for closing erevasses, to provide
for the payment of the same, and the ex
penses of crevasses in general, and to create
select Joint committee in reference thereto,
which was placed upon its second reading.
and referred to the Committee on Lands and
Levees.
NOTICES OF BILLS.
Notices were given tifat the following en-.
titled bills would be introduced at some fu
ture time:
By Mr. Stanton, of Bossier:
"A bill authorizing the police jury of the
parish of Bossier to levy special tax, and
contract for building mud dam across
Macks bayou, directing State engineers to
make estimates therefor, and for other pur-
poses.
BY Mr.. Bowen, of Orleans:
A bill providing for the erection of a
Sailors Home, and for the government
thereof.
By Mr.. Ringgold, of Orleans:
An act for the relief of the wife and
children of N. A. Condran.
b. Mr.. Yorke, of Carroll:
bill entitled an act to incorporate the
Lake Providence and Texas railroad.
By Mr. Chachere, of St. Landry:
A bill for the relief Of Theodore Valade,
of St Landry.
By Mr.. Young, Of Concordia:
A bill to be entitled an act to amend and re-
enact sections seventy-ive and eighty-six of
an act entitled an act to provide arevenue to
levy and collect taxes, etc, approved March
3, 1871, and to provide uniform compensa-
ton for tax collectors throughout the State.
Til, Speaker announced the following
special committee to investigate the charges
against Mr.. Thompson. of st Tammany,
preferred by the experts appointed by the
Eighth District Court, in connection with
his mileage and per diem as a member OF
the General Assembly of Louisiana:
J. c. Moncure, of Caddo; H. Lott, of
Rapides II. Waters, of Orleans.
Upon motion of Mr.. Stamps, Of Jefferson,
the House was adjourned until tomorrow
al twelve o'clock M.
WILLIAM NIGERS.
Chief Clerk