New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-10

Ragan, Kay, Smith, Swords, Thomas, Todd
| Twitchell-20.
Nays-Daigle, Herwig, Sypher, Thompson
Wilcox.
Mr. Harris moved to strike out the wore
alexandria," and insert the words "Ret
river"
Adopted
The section was then adopted a
amended.
Mr.. Harris then moved to adopt the bill
as amended.
On a call of the yeas and nays, the bill
was adopted cas- whole by the following
| vote:
Yeas-Bowman, COPELAND, Daigle, Gal
lup, Harris, Herwig, Hunsaker Ingraham
jerks. Kelso Lynch, holland. O'Hara
| Pinchback, Raglan, Ray, Smith, Swords
Thomas, Todd, Twitcholl-2i.
Nays-Blackman, Sypher. Thompson
| WilcOX-4
On motion of Mr.. Harris the bill was con
sidered engrossed
| Mr.. Harris moved to suspend the consti
tutional rule to put the bill on its third
reading.
On a call Of the yeas and nays. the Senate
voted to suspend the constitutional rule by
the following four-ffths affirmative vote:
| Yeas-Blackman, Bowman, Campbell
COPELAND, Dagle, Gallup. Harris, Herwig
Hunsaker 1ngraham, jerks, Kelso, Lynch
holland. O'Ha!a, Pinchback, Raglan, Ray
Smith, Swords, Thomas, Thompson, Todd
| Twitchell-24.
Nays-Sypher. Wilcox.
| The bill was read its third and last time
and finally adopted. on call of the yeas
and nays, by the following vote:
YV,s-Blackman, Bowman, Campbell
| COPELAND, Gallup. Harris, Hunsaker, lngra
| ham, jerks, Lynch, holland. O'Hara, Pinch
| back Raglan. Ray, Smith. Swords, Thomas
| Todd, Twitcilell-20.
Nays-Sypher. Thompson. WilcoX-3.
The title was then adopted.
Mr.. Hunsaker, by unanimous consent
| called up Senate bill No. l49, for the pur
| pose of fixing it, and moved that it be made
| the special order of the day for Tuesday
next at . p. NJ.
Adopted.
BILLS ON THIRD READING.
Substitute for Senate bill No. 27i. 10 be
entitled an act to amend and re-enact sec
| tons one. three, four, eleven. thirteen
| fifteen. sixteen. nineteen, twenty-one,
| twenty-five. twentysix, twenty nine, thirty
three, thirty -four thirty-tive, thirty-six,
thirty eight and forty-two of an act entitled
An act TO provide for the revision and cor
rectiOn of the list of registered voters OF the
State, the appointment of the various Off
GERS necessary therefor and to prescribe
the duties, powers and compensation of the
same; to prescribe certain duties for 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 &c, 1870, and to repeal sections
seventeen and forty one of the said above
entitled act
Read third time.
Mr.. Lynch moved that the bill finally
pass. and called for the previous question.
The main question was ordered, and the
bill finally adopted. on a call of the yeas
and nays, by the following vote:
Ieas-Anderson, Barber, Butler, Camp
bell, Harris, jerks, Kelso, Lynch. Noland,
O'Hara, Pinchback, Ragar. Ray, Swords,
Thomas Todd. Twitchell-T.
Nays-Ant0ine, Blackman, Coupland,
Daigle, Gallup, Herwig, Ingraham Smith,
Thompson, WilcOx-l0
Substitute for Senate bill No. l2C, to be
entitled an act to amend and re-enact arti.
Gle 3l65 of the Revised CIVIL Code.
The amendments reported by the House
were, on motion Of Mr.. Lynch, concurred
in.
BIZ unanimous consent, House bill No
1911, to appropriate the sum of two hundred
thousand dollars to pay the mileage and per
diem of officers, members. employees and
contingent expenses of the General Assem-
bly, of Louisiana, of the session commencing
January |, 1872 and the extra session of the
Senate, commencing December 6, 1871. was
taken up and read its first time.
The constitutional rule was then sus-
pended by a four fifths affirmative vote,
and the bill put on its second reading.
Mr. Lynch offered the following amend
ments to the bill:
Section one-Strike out all after the enact
ing clause. and insert the following. viz:
That every thirty miles, and for all frac-
tons over, on the ordinary line of travel
from the parish courthouse of the parish in
which any member of the General As
semby has his domicile at the time of his
election, to the State House of this State,
as hereinafter provided. shall be computed
as one day in going to and one day in re-
turning from the sessions of the General
Assembly, and for which a member shall
he paid eight dollars per day, in accordance
to article thirtynine of the constitution of
the State: and that, for travelling expenses
in going to and returning from the sessions
of the General Assembly, each member
shall receive twenty cents per mile each
way, going to and returnin G from the court
house of his domicile to the State House:
and that the following is hereby fixed as
the distance On the ordinary line of travel
from each parish courthouse to the State
House. to wit:
The parish of Ascension. eighty miles.
The parish OF Assumption, one hundred
miles.
The parish OF Avoyelles, three hundred
miles.
The parish of Bossier, seven hundred and
tifty-tiv miles.
The parish of Bcnville, six hundred
miles.
The parish OF Caddo, seven hundred and
fifty miles.
The parish OF Calcasieu, six hundred
miles
The parish Of Carroll, four hundred and
seyenty-fve miles.
The parish Of Caldwell, four hundred
miles.
The parish of Cameron, four hundred and
fifty miles.
The parish Of Catahoula, three hundred
and fifty miles.
The parish of Claiborne. seven hundred
and ninety miles.
The parish of Concordia, three hundred
miles.