New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-09
THE SENATE YESTERDAY.
Thirty.fOur:h Days Session.

nTty.IOuT.h LAY - Sessioh'
SENATE CHAMBER,
Thursday, February 8, 1872.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.
Presentation P. B. S. Pinchback, Lieu
tenant Governor and President of the SEN
ate, and Messrs Anderson, Antoine, Barber.
Blackman. Bowman, Butler, Campbell,
Coupland, Daigle, Gallup, Harris. Herwig.
Hunsaker, Ingraham, jerks, kelsO, Lewis,
Lynch. McMillen, holland. OHara, Raglan,
Ray, Smith. Swords, Sypher, Thomas,
Thompson, Todd, Twitchell, Wilcox-32.
Prayer by the Chaplain.
Reading Of the minutes of the previous
days session was dispensed with.
No corrections.
Adopted.
MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Executive Department
New Orleans February 1872.
To the Honorable President and Members Of the
Senate:
have the honor to submit, for the in
formation and consideration of your honor
able body, the report of Hon. John Lynch,
as disbursing agent of the crevasse fund.
The vouchers mentioned in the report will
be retained in this office, subject to the &C.
ton of the Senate.
H. C. WARMOTH,
Governor Of Louisiana.
On motion OF Mr.. Lynch the message,
report and accompanying books were re-
ferred to the Committee on Lands and
Levees.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.
House OF REPRESENTATIVE,
February8, 1872.
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
am directed BY the House of Represent
atives to submit for your consideration
House bill No. 1888, an act to incorporate
an independent fire company of the city of
Thibodaux, parish of LafOurche, State of
Louisiana. Also, asking the signature OF
the President of the Senate to the follow
ing enrolled joint resolution: Appointing
a special committee Of the House and
Senate to prepare an address to the Con
gress of the United States upon the subject
of the existing revolutionary crisis in the
State of Louisiana. And that the Speaker
of the House of Representatives has signed
an act appropriating to Mrs. Ellen G. Dunn,
widow Of the late Lieutenant Governor o.
j. Dunn, the balance of the salary that
would have been due him had he lived to
the end of his term of service.
Respectfully submitted.
Chief Clerk.
MESSAGES TO THE HOUSE.
The Secretary presented to the House toi
its consideration Senate bill No. 219, to be
entitled an act to provide for the govern
ment of the city of Baton Rouge, and the
administration of the affairs thereof; and
notified the House that the President OF the
Senate had signed enrolled House joint res
olution appointing a special Joint committed
of the House and Senate to prepare an al
| dress to the Congress of the United States
etc; and requested the signature OF thu
! Speaker to enrolled Senate bill for the relic
\ OF }. Osborn, etc.
| REPORTS OF OFFICERS.
STATE LAND OFFICE OF LOUISIANA,
| New Orleans, February D, 1877.
| To the Honorable President and Members of tn
| Senate:
| l have the honor to submit the following
statement of the disbursements of the con
tingent fund appropriated for the State
Land Office for the year 1871
Respectfully,
HI. CAMPBELL,
Register State Land Office.
| Contingent expense fund in account with
II. j. Cambell, Register of State Lane
| Office.
To balance unexpended appropria-
ton 1917 sou "
| To Auditors warrant, appropria-
| ton 1871 .l5I =