New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-12
THE SENATE YESTERDAY.
Third Days Session.


! at twelve o'clock.
Hon. A. B. Harris Lieutenant Governor
and President, called the Senate to order.
On call of the roll there was found not
| quorum present, whereupon the President
directed the sergeant-at-arms to bring in
absent members. On the second call Of the
roll there answered to their names the fol-
lowing Senators;
Messrs Anderson, Butler, Blunt, Brew
sster, Bqroh, Cage, Harris, Harper; lngra-
ham, jerks, KelsO, holland, Pollard,
Stamps, Sypher, Twichell, Weber Whar-
ton, WorralI, E. F. Herwig-20.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. c. II.
Thompson.
The minutes of the tTo previous DAYS
sessions were read, corrected and approved
BY the Senate.
RESOLUTIONS.
Mr Ingraham introduced the following
| Joint resolutions, which lie over under the
| rules:
Joint resolution requesting the President
and Congress of tie United States to re-
store the use and property OF the Branch
Mint to the city of New Orleans, to be
! used as State House and for city pur-
poses.
WHEREAS, The city of New Orleans and
the State of Louisiana are greatly impover-
ished, and for want OF suitable public bGlld-
ings annually expend large sums of money
for State House and various city Offices
which could all be accommodated in the
United States Branch Mint in the city of
New Orleans; and
Whereas, In donating to the United States
the ground wherein to erect a mint, the
atf II Nayy( tp1nanS T1lHF
conditional upon the use OF said property
solely for mint; therefore be it
Resolved by the Senate and House Of
| Representatives of the State of Louisiana,
in General Assembly convened, That the
Governor be and is hereby requested and
authorized to apply to the President and
Congress of the United States for the
restoration Of the use and property of said
Branch Mint to the city Of New Orleans,
that the same may be used as a State House
and for city purposes
Joint resolution authorizing the Governor
to contract with the city of New Orleans,
or other authority, for the use as State
House Of the Branch Mint in the city Of
New Orleans, or part thereof
Be it resolved by the Senate and House
of Representatives Of the State Of
Louisiana in General Assembly con
vened, That the Governor be and is
hereby authorized and requested to lease
from the city of New Orleans, or other au-
thority, the Branch Mint in the city of New
Orleans, or go much thereof as may be
necessary, for State House. wherein shall
be held the sessions OF the General Assem-
bly, of the State. and wherein shall be held
ali State offices located in the city Of New
Orleans.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
Mr.. jerks asked a suspension Of the rules
to introduce bill entitled AN act to estab-
lish an additional district court for the par
ish of Orleans, and define and limit the
jurisdiction and to determine the powers
thereof; to provide for the transfer Of Ger
tain causes now pending before certain
other district courts for said parish to the
court hereby created: to authorize the Gov
ernor to appoint judge and clerk for said
court, and to provide court room for said
court; to abolish the Seventh and Eighth
District Courts Of the parish of Orleans: to
provide for the transfer Of the records and
suits in said Seventh and Eighth District
Courts to other courts in said parish"
On motion OF Mr.. jerks, the aforesaid
entitled bill was, under the suspension of
the rules, taken up and put on its first read |
ing and was read at length by the Secre-
tary to the Senate.
On motion of Mr.. jerks, the constitu- |
tional rule was further suspended by the |
requisite four ffths Of the members of the |
Senate in quorum present, and the bill put |
on its second reading on the same day, and |
was considered engrossed under a suspen-
sion Of the rules, and duly read and ordered
to a third reading.
The bill was finally read a third time and
adopted, with its title to stand as stated on
a call of the yeas and nays, by Mr.. Butler
by the following vote:
Yeas-Barber, Blunt. Butler, Brewster
Burch, Cage, Harris, P. F. Herwig, f. f.
Herwig, Harper, Ingraham, jerks Kelso,
holland. Pollard, Sypher, Stamps, Twitchell,
Weber. Wharton, Worrall-2l.
Nay-Anderson-i.
DRAWING FOR SEATS.
Mr.. Ingraham moved that the Senate
now proceed to the drawing of the choice of
seats.
Mr. Brewster moved to order the motion
Of Mr.. Ingraham to lie on the table.
On call of the yeas and nays by Sir
Ingraham, the Senate voted to order the
motion for the drawing of seats to lie on
the table, by the following vote:
Yeas-Barber, Blunt, Brewster, Cage,
?. f. Herwig, E, +. Herwig, Harper, Kelso,
holland, Pollard, Stamps, Twitchell, Weber,
Nays-Anderson, Butler fngraham,
Jenks, Sypher, Worrall-6.
On motion of Mr.. Brewster, the Senate
voted to reconsider the motion to lie on the
able.
Mr.. Ingraham raised question Of priv
lege upon an article in the New Orleans
Times as a reflection upon him in his per
son, and stated that the right of petition
by his constituents be recognized as well
grounded, and the article Of the New Or.
cans Times, that he had read. he charac.
erized as base, false and malicious.
Mr. Stamps moved to proceed to the cleo
ion of officers of the Senate. J
Mr. Barber moved, as substitute of the
motion Of 3[r, Stamps, that the officers who
ire now in service under the law be CON
inued through this session.
Mr. Stamps accepted the substitute Of :
tTr. Barber, which was adopted.
Mr.. Butler rose to the inquiry as to the
act that all the officers were present.
Whereupon, on motion Of Mr.. Barber,
he. Senate authorized the heads of the de-
Dartments to appoint the requisite number
o fiji all vacancies under the law author
zed for the service Of the Senate subject
o the approval Of the Senate, which mo-