New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-27


designating in what district Senators ara "a
be elected where there has been cbano.
in the Senatorial districts, and repealinu al,
other laws on the subject.
Passed it's first reading.
ACTION ON RESOLUTIONS LYING OVER
Mr.. Blackman moved the adoption of II.
following:
Resolred, That a committee of three l..
appointed by the President to inform tn
Governor, officially, of the death of Sem
tors Fish and Pierce, and request him to in
mediately order an election to fill the yaca.-
cies thereby Occasioned.
Mr.. Harris moved to table the moth,
which the Senate refused, on call of IL.
yeas and nays, by the following vote:
Yeas-Andcrson, Barber, Butler. Cau,
bell, Gallup, Harris, Hunsaker, Jenlp
Kelso, holland, Raglan, Swords, TwitebeT
Whitney-14.
Nays-AntOine. Blackman, Bowma,
COPELAND, Herwig, Ingraham, Lewis
Lynch, McMillen, O'Hara, Ray, Syphe,
Thomas, Thompson, Todd, WilcOx-i6
Mr.. Blackman then offered the folov;n,
substitute:
WHEREAS, There are two vacancies in IN.
Senate, occasioned by the death of SENATOR
Fish and Pearce; therefore be it
ResOlred, That the Governor be informed
officially, BY the Secretary Of the Senate and
requested to order an election to fiji II.
vacancies, according to law.
Mr.. Hunsaker moved to refer the subs
tute to the Committee on Election and Res
istration.
The hour of one o'clock having arrived
the President called for the order Of th
day.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
The motion to adopt the minutes of tk
session of January Is, 1872.
The Secretary was proceeding to read thu
minutes of that day, when Mr.. Ray raised
the point of order that their reading wa
out of order.
The President declared the point not well
taken.
Mr.. Todd moved to refer the matter to the
judiciary Committee.
Adopted.
Mr.. Ray moved to postpone the order Of
the day until two o'clock.
Overruled.
HOUSE BILLS ON FIRST READING.
House bills Nos. "a, 1874, 43, y, PAS, 2A
passed their first reading. =
House bills Nos. y, 1873 and 239 passed
first reading, and were indefinitely post
poned.
Mr.. McMillen moved to table, subject to
call, all bills and other matter lying over
from last session.
Adopted.
BILLS ON SECOND READING.
Senate bill No. 263, to be entitled an oct
to create the office of Chief Engineer Of the
State, and 20 regulate his duties, and fixing
his compensation and repeating act MOI
of 1871.
Put on second reading and referred to
Committee on Lands and Levees.
Senate bill No 265, to be entitled an act
providing how subscriptions may be
made by parishes, cities and municipal cor
porations to railroad, canal, plankroad,
bridge or other incorporated company, for
work of internal improvement, and pr
viding such subscriptions may be paid for
in bonds of the corporation subscribing
and authorizing a tax to pay such bond;
and interest, and how such tax shall b
levied and collected and disbursed, and
providing for the ratification of such sub
scriptions. bonds and tax by vote, and
prescribing certain penalties for failurea
pay such bonds, and how the railroads
other company shall ratify the subscnp
tons, and providing what shall be useds
evidence in certain cases.
Put on its second reading and referred
the Committee on Judiciary.
Senate bill No. 264, to be entitled an se
to repeal section 765 and to amend section
76l and 2025 of the Revised Statutes.
Put on second reading and referred to th
Committee on Judiciary.
The President announced that the follow
ing bills having been referred to the appre
pirate committees, would be referred al
follows:
Senate bill No 272, to be entitled an act
prescribing the mode of assessing and col.
lecting the State, city and parish taxes and
licenses, the mode of appointing collectors
and filling vacancies, and their term of ser
vice: prescribing certain penalties and for
FIXTURES for official delinquencies, making
appropriations to pay the assessors and COL
lectors, and requiring bond of the Admins
istrator of Finance, and repeating section
nine of act No. 40 of 1871 and creating
mortgages and liens, and prescribing The
duties of clerks, recorders and sherihs ID
certain cases, to Committee ON Finance.
Senate bill No. 273, to be entitled ar act
to amend and re-enact sections FIVE slI
eleven. twelve, thirteen, fourteen, twenty
one, twenty-five, twenty-eight, twenty
nine, thirty-five, thirty-six, thirtynlns
forty-one, tifty-three, titty-nine, s1F
sixty-nine, seventy, seventy one, seveni!
three, eighty-two, and to repeal sections
twentythree, twenty seven, fifty-One, MY s
two, tifty-four, tifty-fve and ffty-se7H
of an act entitled "An act to rsf
late the conduct and to maintain M
freedom and purity of elections; to PR
scribe the mode of making. and desigDas
the officers who shall make the returr
thereof: to prevent fraud, violence, intln
datiOn, riot, tumult, bribery or corrupt@
at elections, or at any registration orr
vision of registration; to limit the pov@
and duties of the Sheriffs of the parisne
of Orleans and Jefferson; to prescribe %
powers and duties of the Board and Old
GERS of the Metropolitan Police in refer
ence to elections; to prescribe the mOo'
of entering on the rolls of the Senate an'
House of Representatives the names