New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-03

mittee within fve days from the time it wa
40 referred. A failure to 80 report any bill
or resolution shall operate as Withdrawal
OF the same from said committee, and plac
it before the Senate in it's regular order OF
the calendar, as though it had been re
ported by the committee. i.
Mr. Ray moved to amend by striking on
five and inserting ''se sen."
On motion Of Mr.. Gallup the resolution
was laid on the table, on a call of the yea
and nays, by the following vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Barber, Butler, Camp
bell, Gallup, Harris, Hunsaker, jerks, Kel
! SO, Lynch, holland, O'Ha1a Pinchback, ka
gan, Swords, Todd, Twitchell-T.
Nays-Blackman, Bowman. Coupland
Daigle, Herwig, Ingraham. Lewis, Ray
Smith, Sypher, Thomas, Thompson, vii
cOx-l3.
| Mr.. Lynch requested to be excused from
the special committee to consider House
bill No. 292, relative to suspending N. A
Robinson from office.
| Excused, and Mr.. Harris appointed to til
the vacancy.
| By Mr.. O'Hara:
| Resolred, That the Sergeant alarms o.
the Senate be instructed to procure postage
|
amount Of $40 for each member of the
Senate, to be paid out of the contingent
fund.
| Mr.. O'Hara moved to amend by striking
out 1910" and inserting go
Mr.. Sypher moved to amend by excepting
himself from the provisions of the resolu
ton.
| Amendment accepted.
| Mr.. Blackman moved to amend by add
ing "three daily papers"
| Mr.. Thompson moved to lay the resolu-
| ton and amendment on the table.
Refused.
The amendments were then adopted, and
| the resolution adopted as amended.
Mr.. Sypher raised the point of order That
no Senator could vote upon the resolution,
as each was personally interested.
The President decided the point not well
taken.
By Mr.. Ray:
Resolred, That the Governor be requested
to furnish the Senate with q detailed &C
count of the items of expenditure OF the
fund appropriated by act No. ~, OF 1871
being items "for the arming, equipment and
unifOrming of the State militia, $4,000. and
for expenses of the State militia in case OF
necessity. 5000, to be paid out under di-
rection of the Governor of the State.
Adopted.
BY Mr.. Blackman:
Resolred, That special committee of
three members of the Senate be appointed
by the President of the Senate to investi-
gate the situation of the Citizens Bank to-
ward the State in regard to the State bonds
issued to said bank; to ascertain what
amount of said bonds are outstanding, what
security exists to secure their final payment
with accruing interest, and whether the
bank has complied with its Obligations to
the State in relation to said bonds; and fur
Their, to investigate the action of said bank
in relation to the sale of $250. 900 Of State
bonds held by the bank as pledge whether
said bank pursued the forms of law in rela-
ton thereto; and further, to ascertain
whether said bank has faithfully discharged
its duty as financial agent of the State.
Also, that said committee be direct ted to in
Uuire into the condition of the bonds issued
to the Consolidated Association, to ascer
tain how many of such bonds are Outstand
ing, what air cunt Of interest is due and I'M
paid, what surety exists for their payment,
and whether the liquidators of said
association have faithfully complied with
their duty and the law in relation thereto;
that said committee be authorized to send
for persons, books and papers to enable
them to perform the duties required of
them by this resolution, and that said com
mittee report by bill or otherwise.
Pending consideration Of the above, the
order of the day was called, and. on mo-
ton of Mr.. Blackman, was postponed one
half hour, on division, by the follow ing
voou fftaop. pars ainbt
Mr.. Blackman moved to amend by strik-
ing out the words "a special committee of
three members of the Senate to be appointed
by the President of the Senate and insert
ing in lieu thereof the words 'the Commit
tee on Banks and Banking be instructed;"
aud also to add at the end of the resolution
the following: "And be authorized to em-
plOy an expert
, Mr.. Lynch moved to further amend by
adding: ''the compensation of such expert
not to exceed $40 per diem
Amendments adopted, and resolution
adopted as amended.
During the discussion of the above, on
Mr.. Blackman Offering a concurrent reso-
luton as substitute, Mr.. Campbell raised
the point of order that a concurrent resolu-
ton was not a proper substitute for a sim
pie resolution.
The President held the point we'll taken
Mr.. Ragan called up the following resolu-
ton. previously introduced by Mr.. Hun
saker:
Rcsolred, 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 SEES
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 ses
sion to he printed within thirty days after
the adjournment Of the General Assembly.
Mr.. Thompson moved to refer to the Com
mittee on Libraries.
On motion of Mr.. Raglan. the motion to
refer was laid on the table.
Pending discussion of the resolution, the
order of the day was called.
REGULAR ORDER OF THE DAY-BILLs ON
FIRST READING.
House bill No. 2S5, to be entitled an
act defining the distances from the donli-
Gle of members of the General Assem-
bly, to the State House, fixing the mode
of ascertaining the per diem OF mem-
bers of the General Assembly for the
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