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

up Senate bill No. 295, to be entitled an act
ratifying and confirming the charter OF the
New Orleans Waterworks Company. and to
empower said company to build water
works, to lay down pipes, erect fire plugs,
etc, and to as sess and collect water rates
or rents on property on the line of its pipes
where laid.
Mr.. Todd moved the bill be considered
engrossed.
[Mr. McMillen in the chair.]
Mr. Thomas moved that the bill be plinted
On call of the yeas and nays the late
refused to print the bill by the following
vote:
Yeas-Blackman, COPELAND, Daigle, Her
wig, Lynch, McMillen, Thomas, Thomp-
sons.
Nays-Anderson, Antoine, Barber, Bow
! man, Butler Gallup, Harris, Hunsaker
lngraham, kelsO, Lewis. holland, O1ara
Ray, Smith, Swords, Todd, Twitchell, Whit
ney, Wilcox-oO.
On call of Messrs. holland and Gallup, the
Senate went into executive session.
Executive session having been raised, Mr..
Ingraham asked unanimous consent to re-
cord his name in favor OF the passage of the
Rouge and Nicksburg railroad.
Privilege granted.
Mr.. McMillen asked unanimous consent to
record his vote against the adoption Of the
bill for the relief of j. o. Nixon.
Granted.
Mr.. Smith raised the point of order that
| the subject matter under consideration at
the time of going into executive session
should not lose its place.
| The Chair held the point not well taken.
! on the grounds OF the uniform custom OF
| the Senate to the contrary.
Mr. Smith appealed from the decision of
the Chair
On call of the yeas and nays, the Senate
refused to sustain the Chair by the follow
ing vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Antoine, Barber, Bow
man, Kelso, McMillen. Sypher. Todd-S.
| Nays-Blackman, Campbell, Coupland.
Daigle, Gallup, Harris, Herwig. Hunsaker.
Ingraham, jerks, Lewis, Lynch, holland,
| O'Hara, Ray, Smith, Thomas, Thompson,
Whitney, Wilcox-20.
| The President, according to this decision,
ruled that Senate bill No. 295 (Waterworks
| bilD was then before the Senate.
Mr.. Barber moved that the further con-
sideration of the bill be postponed unit Fri
day next at p. NJ, as the special order,
and that it be printed.
On call of the yeas and nays the Senate
refused to postpone, by the following vote:
Yeas - Barber, Blackman. Campbell,
! COPELAND. Herwig. Lewis, Lynch, McMillen,
! Thomas, Thompson-l0.
Nays-Anderson, Antoine, Bowman, Dali
! GLE Gallup, Harris. Hunsaker, Ingraham,
| jerks, Kelso, holland, O'Hara Pinchback,
Ray Smith. Swords. Sypher, Todd, Twitchell,
Whitney. Wicox-2l.
Mr.. O'Hara moved to adjourn.
Refused.
Mr.. OHara moved that the bill be print
ed and made the special order of the day
for next Wednesday.
On call CO the yeas and nays the Sen
ate lefused by the following vote:
Yeas-Blackman, Campbell, Coupland,
| Herwig, Lynch, McMilIen, O'Hara. Sypher
| ThOmas-3
Nays-Anderson, Antoine, Barber, Bow
man. Butler, Daige, Gallup. Harris, Hunsa-
ker. Ingraham, jerks. Lewis, holland, Ray,
Smith, Swords, Todd, TwItchell, Wilcox
! -l9
Mr.. Todd moved the bill be considered
engrossed.
Mr. Blackman offered the following
amendment:
Strike out at the end of section four the
! first, second. third, fourth and fifth lines
they constituting all of the section after the
words first day Of January, 1876"
Adopted.
Mr.. McMillen offered the following
amendment to section one, to come In afteI
the word distribute, before the first item:
And provided further. that no owner OF
real estate in the district to be furnished
! water pipes by the company herein incor-
| porated shall be taxed for the laying OF
water pipes unless the persons occupying
such real estate shall be supplied with water
by the company, in which case they shall
! pay such rates as may be adopted by this
| charter
! BY unanimous consent Mr.. Lynch, from
| the Committee on Finance, submitted the
| following report:
Favorably on Senate joint resolution No
D, for the relief Of the taxpayers oi
Claiborne parish.
! The Joint resolution was read a second
time and considered engrossed for a third
reading.
The constitutional rule was further sus
pended by fourfifths affirmative vote, the
| bill read its third and last time, and finally
adopted with its title.
Mr.. Lynch also reported a substitute fol
! Senate bill No. 800, entitled an act providing
for the registration of State warrants and GER
tifcates Of indebtedness, and creating q
fund for the payment of the same. Also
abolishing the redemption Of the State debt
| fund and the free school fund, and making
provisions for the State to meet it's Obliga
tons to the last named fund abolished, etc
The question then REQUIRED ON the
amendment offered by Mr.. McMillen, when
Mr. Campbell moved to adjourn.
Adopted.
! The President then announced that the
Senate stood adjourned until Thursday. the
! twenty second instant, at II NJ.
CHARLES II. MERRITT,
Secretary of the Senate.
A new style of hat for gentlemen has been