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

| ton OF the Senate No. 423, JOINT reSOIuCioH
for the relief of S. j. Bagnetto, late minute
the General Assembly of the State OF
Louisiana, and for other purposes.
House bill No. 1853, an act to appoint
trustees to the Vermilionville Academy.
Respectfully,
5]7A. G. WHITNEY, Assistant Clerk.
On motion of Mr.. Blackman, the rules
were suspended to take up Senate bill
No. 267, to be entitled an act to authorize
the New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicks-
burg Railroad Company to select point or
points for the commencement of their road;
to reduce the liabilities of the State OF
Louisiana, by authorizing said company to
issue first mortgage bonds, and to construct
and employ, or cause to be constructed or
employed, steamboats, or other vessels, and
telegraph lines, along the line of railroad OF
said company.
The motion pending being to substitute
the following entitled bill for the original
| The substitute having the same title.
Thu motion to substitute was adopted,
and the substitute read ON its second
reading.
! 1pidthHldH ohOiOu tiiO ioiicN III s,
amendments to section one:
In line nine, strike out the words ''the
line" and insert the words 1.-THE said com
pany shall construct line of its road"
In line sixteen. after the word com
pany" insert the words with interest
coupons annexed
In line twenty after the word
| w, a. al, on
the east side Of the Mississippi river"
In line twenty-eight, after the words land
issued" insert the words land upon the
entire road, whether main line or branches,
on the west side OF the Mississippi river
which were adopted.
Mr.. Blackman then moved that the bill
be adopted as amended on its second read
ing.
Mr.. Gallup moved that the bill be or
dered to lie or the table, which the Senate,
on a call Of the yeas and nays, refused by
the following vote:
Yeas-Gallup Swords-2. :.
| Nays-Anderson. Antoine, Barber, Black
man, Bowman, Butler, Campbell, Coup
land, Daigle. Harris, Herwig, Hunsaker
Ingraham. jerks, kelso, Lewis, Lynch, No
land, O'Hara, Pinchback, Ray, Smith, Sy
pher, Thomas, Thompson, Todd, Twitchell
WilcoX-2S.
On motion of Mr.. Blackman the main
question was ordered on his motion tt
adopt the bill as amended.
The bill was then adopted as amended or
its second reading.
MIR. holland moved to indefinitely post
pone further consideration of the bill.
Mr. Blackman raised the point of order
that this motion could not be entertained.
The President decided that the point o.
order was not we'll taken.
On call of the yeas and nays, the Sen
ate refused to postpone indefinitely by the
following vote:
Yeas Campbell, holland, Swords, Whit
ney-4.
Nays-Anderson, Antoine, Barber. Black
man, Bowman, Butler, COPELAND, Daigle
: Gallup. Harris. Herwig, Hunsaker. 1ngra
: ham, jerks. kelso. Lewis, Lynch. Ola. a
Pinchback. Ray, Smith, Sypher, Thompson
Thomas. Todd, Twitchell, Wilcox-27.
Mr. Thomas moved that the bill be con
sidered engross ed for its third reading, ant
called for the previous question thereon.
The main question was ordered by the
following vote:
Yeas-Anderson Antoine, Barber Black
man. Bowman. Butler. Daigle. Harris. Her
wig. Hunsaker, Ingraham, jerks, kelso
Lewis. Lynch, Pinchhack. Ray, Smith
Sypher, Thomas, Thompson, Todd, Wilco1
%.
Navs-Campbell. COPELAND, Gallup
holland, O'Hara, Swords. Twitchell, Whit
ney-S.
The bill was then considered engrossed.
On call of Mr.. holland. the Senate pro
ceeded to the con sideration of executive
business.
Executive session having been raised, &C
ton on Senate bill No. 267 was resumed.
On motion of Mr.. Thomas. the constitu
tional rule was suspended by the following
four-fifths affirmative vote to put the bill II
its third reading:
Yeas-Anderson. Antoine. Barber. Black
man. Bowman, Butler, COPELAND. Daigle
Harris, Herwig, Hunsaker. 1ngraham
jerks. Kelso, Lewis Lynch, O'Hara. Pinch
back Ray Smith. sypher' Thomas lhomp
Nays-Gallup, holland Swords, Twitch
ell, Whitney,.
The bill was read its third and last time
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finally pass.
Mr.. holland moved that the bill be or
dered to lie on the table, which the Senate
refused by the following vote, on a call o.
the yeas and nays:
Yeas-Noland, Swords. Whitnry-3.
| Nays-Anterson, Antoine. Barber Black
man, Bowman. Butler, Couplaui, Daiglc
Gallup. Harris Herwig, Hnnsaker. Ingra
| ham. jerks. Kelso, Lewis, Lynch. O'liara
Pinchbaclz. Ray, Smith. Sypher. Thompson
Thomas, Todd, Twitcheil, Wilcox-27.
Mr.. Ingraham moved TO suspend The
rules to allow Mr.. Lynch to introduce a sup
Elementary act amending the appropriation
bill.
On call OF the yeas and nays the motion
to suspend the rules was adopted by tho
following vote:
Yeas-Anderson Barber. Blackman, Bow
man, Butler, Campbell, COPELAND, Daigle
Gallup, Harris, Herwig, Ingraham, jerks
Kelso, Lewis, Lynch, O'Hara, Pinchback
Ray, Smith, Swords, Sypher Thomas
Thompson Todd. Twitchell Whitney, vii
| coX-2S.
Nays-Noland-l.
The bill to he entitled an act to aiGenC
an act defining the distances from the
domiciles of members of the General AS
sembly to the State House,
and making an APPROPRIATION to hefray the
expenses of the General Assembly, and Il
repeal act No. 81 of 1869.
The bill was taken up and passed its frs
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