New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-03

Refused.
Mr.. Gallup offered the following amend

Refused. .-~
Mr.. Gallup offered the following amend
ment:
Provided, however, that no Senator OF
Representative shall receive any pay as per
diem for any day such Senator or Represen-
tative may have absented himself from the
session of the General Assembly, at the
State Capitol, from the commencement OF
the present session to the close of the same,
| without leave of absense first obtained: pro-
vided, this section shall not apply in ease OF
| the absense of any Senator or Representa-
tive. caused by sickness.
| On motion of Mr.. Ingraham. the amend
ment OF Mr.. Gallup was ordered to lie on
| the table.
| Section fourteen was read.
Mr.. Campbell in the char.
| Mr.. Wilcox moved to adjourn.
Refused.
Mr.. Blackman moved to amend by adding
the following:
Provided. That no warrant or certificate
issued prior to the first of December, 1871
shall be paid out of the funds appropriated
in this bill.
BY unanimous consent, the words 'ten
| thousand dollars, in section thirteen, fixing
the amount appropriated for contingent ex-
pensas of the Senate, were stricken out, and
| seventeen thousand dollars inserted in
lieu thereof.
Mr.. Harris moved to table MIR. Black
mans amendment to section fourteen.
Adopted.
Section fourteen was adopted.
Section fifteen was read.
Mr.. McMillen moved to amend by adding,
after the word postmaster" The words ''of
each house
Adopted.
The section was adopted as amended.
Section sixteen was read.
Mr.. holland moved to Law the section on
the table.
On motion of Mr.. Ray. the motion of Mr..
holland was ordered to lie on the table.
Section sixteen was adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Ray. the bill was adopted
as amended.
On motion of Mr.. BIackman. the amend
ments were considered engrossed.
The constitutional rule was then sus-
pended by fOurtiths affirmative vote, the
bill read its third and last time, and finally
adopted with its title.
Mr. Harris moved to declare the Office of
Warrant Clerk vacant
Messrs. Blackman and COPELAND raised
the point Of order that The motion was out
of order
Tue Chair held the point not well taken.
Mr. Ingraham raised the point Of order
that the bill just passed having provided
for the election Of Warrant Clerk at each
session. the office was vacant and the mo-
ton to vacate therefore, out of order.
The Chair held the point Of order not we'll
taken.
Mr. Lewis moved to adjourn, which the
Senate refused. on a call of the yeas and
nays. by the following vote:
Yeas-Antoine, Blackman. Bowman.
Coupland Daigle. Ingrahain. Lewis, Ray.
Smith. Twitchell. Wilcox-.ll.
Nays-Barber. Butler Campbell. Gallup,
Harris. Herwig. Hunsal1er. Kelso. Lynch.
McMilleu. holland. OIlara. Ragal.-i3.
THE President resumed the chair.
Discussion having arisen MIR. OIara
raised the point of order that a motion to
table was not debatable. which point the
President held we'll taken.
Mr. Ingraham renewed his point of order
made above.
The President held the point not well
taken.
On call Of the yeas and nays the mo-
ton of Mr.. Harris was laid on the table by
the following vote:
Yeas-Antoine. Blacknian. Bowman, But
Ter. COPELAND. Daigle, Gallup, Herwig,
Ingraham. Kelso, Lewis, Noland. OIIara,
Raglan. Ray Smith. Twitchell. WilcOx-lS.
Nays-Barber. Campbell Harris. Lynch,
McMillen-5.
Mr.. OIIara moved TO reconsider the vote
Just taken. which motion the President de-
clared not in order.
Mr.. Lewis moved that the Senate adjourn
until tomorrow. at l. NJ.
Adopted.
The President then announced that the
Senate stood adjourned until Saturday, the
third instant, at II NJ.