New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-27
Thomas. THOMPSON, Todd, Twitchel, Viii

l Mr.. jerks then moved Cnat Tue UlIi pe
made the special order Of the day for Tues
day. the twenty-seventh instant, a: one
o'clock 2. NJ.
Adopted.
Mr.. Hunsaker called up, by unanimous
consent, the following resolution:
Resosred. That the Committee on State
Debt be and they are hereby authorized to
continue in session after the adjournment
of the session, in order to allow them to
conclude the duties devOlving upon them;
provided. the committee shall not receive
more than ten days pay.
Mr.. Lynch moved the resolution be so
amended as not to continue its sitting be-
You'd thirty days, which amendment was
accepted.
The resolution was then adopted as
amended.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
February "a, 1872. }
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
l am directed to inform the Senate that
the House has adopted the report OF the
committee of conference appointed to con-
slider Senate bill No. 49,, known as the ap-
propriatiOn bill.
Respectfully,
ASsioCctAU
ron motion Of Mr.. Hunsaker, the bill re-
ferred to in the foregoing message, and the
report of the committee of conference, being
as follows, was taken up, cOncurred in, and
the bill finally passed.
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
Your committee of conference appointed
to meet a similar committee OF the House
- Ca-.+, Hi No d. hnr Loo n fn v,oRn
the following report: alt was agreed By
the committee to accept the amendment OF
the House, with the exception of the provisO.
to be added at the end OF the second section,
and also agreed to the following proviso in
lien thereof:
That no warrant shall be issued by the
Committee of Contingent Expenses. and
countersigned by the officers OF either
the House or Senate, except for the milags
and per diem of the members and employees
and contingent expenses of either House,
tor this session ana the extra SEES
sion of the Senate in December, 1871, it be-
ing understood by this proviso that no war
sixth day of December, 1871 in the Senate,
and first day of January, 1872 inthe House of
Representatives shall be paid out OF
the money appropriated by this act
and the checks issued by the Warrant
Clerk in payment of the mileage, per diem
duu COutluStuU tAptHStS VI Uuc OcucId
Assembly shall be countersigned by the
chairman of the Committee on Contingent
Expenses, whose duty it is hereby made to
keep a separate register and numbers of all
checks SO issued by the Warrant Clerk and
countersigned by him, and make a state
ment each day to their respective houses,
which shall be laid upon the desks of the
Chief Clerk or Secretary for the inspection
of the members of the General Assembly"
ORDER OF THE DAY.
The President announced the time for the
order of the day had arrived, and stated
that the unfinished business of yesterday
was the consideration OF substitute for Sem
ate bills Nos. 1917, 345 and 3i6, to be entitled
an act to amend and re enact sections two,
three, four, six, twenty-seven, thirty-four,
fOrty-seven, forty-eight and forty-nine of an
act entitled A act to amend and re-enact
AN act to establish d Metropolitan Police
District. and to provide for the government
thereof approved March 8, 1869, and to
provide for the reduction of the expense of
the Metropolitan Police force" and that the
pending question was the adoption of the
following proviso, offered by Mr.. Lynch, of
Carroll, to be added to section five:
And provided further. that the said board
shall not have the power to make any in
for the Metropolitan District in
excess OF the amount assessed and collect
ed; nor shall they nave power to issue any
or other evidence of indebted
ness for expenses incurred in excess of the
amount assessed, as provided in this sec
ton.
Mr.. Lynch moved to adopt the proviso.
Mr.. Barber offeeed the following amend.
ment to the amendment of Mr.. Lynch, to
precede the latter in section five of the bill:
Provided further, That if such assessment
is not ratified by the Councils OF said cities
thirty days, or some other assess
nent agreed upon by said Councils and
board, then the assessment made by the
board of commissioners shall be binding
the Councils.
The additional proviso as an amendment
accepted by Mr.. Lynch, the mover of
the former p%roviso.
The proviso, as amended, was then
Mr.. Ray moved to amend by striking out
he word six and insert three in line
.wenty-four in section five.
The amendment was ordered to lie on
he table, and the section was then adopted
Is amended.
lMr. Harris IN the chair.
Mr.. Campbell offered the following Sec
ion. to become section six in the bill:
BE It further enacted. etc, That said
3oard OF Police Commissioners shall make =
! quarterly report in detail to the City
Council of New Orleans and Carrollton.
'especting all their receipts and expendi-
ures, and also an annual report OF the
'ame to the General Assembly before the
lrst Monday OF JANUARY in each year. The
accounts and records of said board
hail be open to examination at all tunes
o the City Council OF said cities OF New
orleans and CaIrollton.
Adopted.
Section six was then taken up and read
o be adopted as section seven.
Mr.. Todd moved to strike out the word
two" in line twenty-five. and insert the
vord three in lien thereof.
Mr.. Pinchback moved to lay the motion
n the table.
Adopted.
The section was then adopted as section
even.
Section seven was then read as section
light.
Adopted.
Section eight was then read as section
inc.
Adopted.
Section mine was then read as section ten.
Section ten was then read as section