New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-28

act abOlishing the funds known as the Semi
nary fund, free school fund and the re-
demption of State debt fund, and transfer
ring the funds thereof to the general fund
in the State treasury, and authorizing the
sale and exchange of the bonds so trans
ferred, payable or exchangeable in warrants
of the Auditor of Public Accounts on the
State treasury.
Passed its first reading.
BY Mr.. Twitchell:
Senate bill No. 29l, to be entitled an act
parish of Red River.
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 Corporations and
Parochial Affairs.
BY Mr.. McMillen:
Senate bill No. 292, to be entitled an act
to grant to S. NJ. S. Barlow and Samuel
Simpson, their associates, successors and
assigns, an exclusive right to lay cables for
purposes of telegraphing from this State
tinent or to Great Britain. =
Passed it's first reading.
The constitutional rule was then sus
pended by four fifths affirmative vote, the
bill put on it's second reading, and referred
to the Committee on Corporations and
ParOchial Affairs.
BY Mr.. Raglan:
Senate bill No. 1913. to be entitled an act
for the relief of the officers and members
Of the Metropolitan Police.
Passed it's 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 Metropolitan Police,
when appointed.
The regular order Of the day was post
poned until three o'clock.
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
Mr. Barker introduced the following con-
current resolution:
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of Louisiana
in General Assembly convened, That the
Congress OF the United States be and is
nefeDy requested W duOpt Tue suppiC-
mentary civil rights bill, known as Senate
bill No. SO, introduced in the United States
Senate by the Hon. Charles Sumner, OF
| Massachusetts; and
Be it further resolved, That copies of this
| resolution be forwarded by his eXcellency
| the Governor of this State to the presiding
| officers Of both houses OF Congress, with
| the request that the same be presented to
| their honorable bodies at the earliest prac
| ticable moment.
| Aud moved that the rules be suspended
for the purpose of acting upon the resolu
ton, which. on a call of the yeas and nays,
was adopted by the following vete:
Yeas-Anderson, Antoine, Barber, Butler
Campbell, COPELAND, Gallup, Harris, Her
wig. Hunsaker, Ingraham, KelsO, Lewis
Lynch, McMillen, Pinchback, Raglan, Ray
Smith, Swords, Sypher, Thompson, witch
ell, WilcOx-24.
| Nays-Blackman-l.
On a call of the yeas and nays the con
current resolution was adopted by the fol
lowing vote:
| Yeas-AndersOn, Antoine, Barber, Bow
man, Butler, Campbell, COPELAND, Gallup
Harris, Herwig Hunsaker, Ingraham
jerks, Kelso, Lynch, McMillen, holland
O'Hara, Plnchback, Raglan. Ray, Smith
Swords, Sypher, Twitchell, Wilcox-26.
Nays-NOne.
Mr.. Hunsaker moved that the Senate adj
iourn until Monday at ~ NJ.
Adopted.
The President Their announced that the
Senate stood adjourned until Monday, the
twenty ninth instant, at II NJ.