New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-06
Raglan, Swords, Thomas, rwitchell, Wilcox


Senate bill No. 3l6, to be entitled an act
to amend and reenact sections four, eleven,
thirteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, nine
teen. twenty-one, twenty-five, twenty-six.
twenty-nine, thirty-one, thirty -four, thirty
six, thirty and forty three of an act en-
titled AN act to provide for the revision
and correction of the list of registered voters
of the State, the appointment OF the various
officers necessary therefor, and to prescribe
the duties, powers and compensation OF the
same to prescribe certain duties Tor the
sections of the cemeteries of New Orleans;
to prescribe the penalties for the violation
of the law, and to provide for new regis
tration in certain parishes and wards ap-
proved March 16, 1870, and to repeal section
forty-two of the said above entitled act.
Passed its first reading.
The constitutional rule was then sus-
pended by four-ifths affirmative vote, the
bill put on its second reading and referred
to the Committee on Election and Regis
tration.
By Mr.. Anderson:
Senate bill No. 3l7, to be entitled an act
to amend and re-enact section 1921 Of the
Digest of the Statutes Of Louisiana.
Passed its first reading.
The constitutional rule was then sus-
pended by fOur-fifths affirmative vote, the
bill put on its second reading. and referred
to the Committee on Judiciary.
BY Mr.. Ray:
No, 70 ho n az
the relief of F. j. Stokes.
Passed its first reading.
The constitutional rule was then sus-
pended by four-ffths affirmative vote, the
bill put on it's second reading, and referred
to the Committee on Claims.
The following bills were introduced with
out previous notice, by unanimous consent:
By Mr.. Ingraham:
Senate bill No. 3l9, to be entitled an act
for the relief of the Female Orphan Society,
to cancel and annul all taxes and tax assess
ments upon all the property thereof, and to
exempt the same from taxation.
Passed it's first reading.
The constitutional rule was then suspend
ed BY four-ffths affirmative vote, the bill
put on its second reading, and referred to
the Committee on Judiciary.
By unanimous consent Mr.. KelsO, from
the Committee on Public Education, submit
ted favorable report on House bill No. 2s6,
to be entitled an act to amend section seven
of an act entitled IAN act to provide rev.
| enue," etc., approved March 3, 1871, TACT
No. AZ, 1871, J to authorize the levy and col
| lection of tax for the maintenance and
| support of the free schools in the city of
| New Orleans, and to limit the amount OF
the tax so to be levied and collected.
By unanimous consent, the bill was taken
up for consideration.
| Mr.. Lewis moved that the bill be ordered
| printed and made the special order of the
day for Tuesday next at P. NJ.
[Senator Lynch in the chair
On motion of Mr.. Ingraham, the motion
| of Mr. Lewis was ordered to lie upon the
| table.
Mr.. Ingraham moved to reconsider the
bill section by section.
Adopted.
| Section one was read, and, on motion Of
Mr.. Barber, adopted.
Section two was read.
Mr.. Barber moved to adopt the section.
Mr.. Hunsaker moved to postpone con-
sideration of the bill. and that it be made
the special order of the day for Tuesday
next at two o'clock P NJ.
| [The President resumed the chair.
| On call of the yeas and nays the Senate
| hx,f ho fol
Yeas-Coupland, Herwig. Hunsaker, In
graham, Lynch, McMillen, O'Hara, Thomas,
Nays-Anderson, Antoine, Barber, Camp
bell. Gallup, Harris, KelsO, holland. Pinch
| back, Raglan. Ray, Swords, Sypher, Todd,
| Twitchell, Wilcox-l6.
amended by striking out the words give
sixteenths" wherever it occurs in the Sec
ton, and inserting "One-sixteenth" in lieu
thereof.
On a call Of the yeas and nays the
amendment was adopted by the following
vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Antoine, Campbell,
ham, jerks, Kelso, Lynch, McMillen,
OHara, Ray, Swords, Sypher, Thomas,
Twitchell-lS.
Navs-Barber, Harris, Hunsaker: No
land, Plnchback, Raglan, Todd, Wilcox-e.
Mr. Ingraham offered the following as a
proviso, to be added to the end Of section
two:
Provided, That the taxes collected under
the provisions of this act be appropriated
to the payment Of teachers and expenses of
the schools, and to the payment OF vouchers
issued and in the hands of teachers who
rendered the services.
The prOviso was adopted.
Section two was then adopted as amended.
The third section was then read and
adopted
The bill was then adopted as amended.
On motion of Mr.. O'Hara, the amend
ments were considered engrossed.
| The constitutional rule was then sus-
pended by four-ffths affirmative vote, on
a call of the yeas and nays, as follows:
| Yeas-Anderson, Antoine, Barber, Black
man, Bowman, Campbell, COPELAND, Gallup,
Harris, Herwig. Hunsaker, Ingraham, jerks,
Kelso, Lewis, Lynch, McMillen, OHara,
Pinchback, Raglan, Ray, Smith, Swords,
Sypher Twitchell, Wilcox-26.
Nays-Noland, Thomas-2.
Mr.. holland moved that the further con-
sideration Of the bill be postponed until
Monday at two o'clock z. M.
On call of the yeas and nays the Senate
refused to postpone by the following vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Gallup, Hunsaker, No
land Ragan, Swords, Thomas, Todd,
| Twitchell-9.
Nays-Antoine, Barber, Rlackman, Bow
man, Campbell. Coupland, Harris, Herwig