New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-28
Mr.. Blackman moved to take q recess
until halfpast seven o'clock this evening.
Adopted.
Evening Session.

The Senate met pursuant to order of re
| cess
Presentation. P. B. S. Pinchback, Lieu
I tenant Governor and President of the Ser
ate, and Messrs. Anderson, Antoine, Barber
Blackman, Bowman, Butler, Campbell
COPELAND, Daigle, Gallup, Harris, Herwie
Hunsaker, Ingraham, jerks, KelsO, Lewis
| Lynch, McMillen, holland, O'Hara. Raw
| Smith, Swords, Sypher, Thomas, Thompson
Todd, Twitchell, Whitney, Wilcox-32.
Mr.. holland reported as follows:
CoMMITTKE ON ENRoLLmEsr
| February &c, 1872.
To the Honorable President and Members Of tn
Senate:
| Your Committee on Enrolment and En-
grossment beg leave to report as dull.
| Senate bill No 1856, an act to amend al
act entitled an act defining the distance
from the domicile OF members of the Gen
| eral Assembly to the State House, an,
| making an appropriation to defray the ex
| penses of the General Assembly, and to re
| peal act No. 50 of 1869.
THOMAS H. holland,
Chairman.
Mr. Hunsaker moved to suspend the rule
to introduce the following:
Senate bill No. 399, appropriating money
to pay the mileage, per diem and contingent
expenses Of the General Assembly.
Passed its first reading.
The constitutional rule was then sus
pended by four-ffths affirmative vote, the
bill put on its second reading, and consid
cred engrossed for it's third reading.
The constitutional rule was further sus-
pended by four fifths affirmative vote
the bill read its third and last time, and
finally adopted with its title.
On call of the yeas and nays the Sen
ate refused by the following vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Barber, Blackman. But
Ter. Gallup, Harris, Hunsaker, Ingraham,
jerks, KelsO, Lewis, holland, Ray, Smith,
Todd, Twitchell, Wilcox-18.
Nays-Campbell, COPELAND, Daigle, Her.
wig, Lynch, McMillen, Sypher, Thomas
Thompson-9.
MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR.
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Executive Department, ,
New Orleans, February 26, 1872.
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
l am directed by his excellency the Gov
ernor to inform your honorable body that
he has approved and signed the following
bills originating i'll the Senate, to-wit:
An act to define the distances from the
domiciles of members of the General Assem-
bly, to the State House, etc.
Also, an act to amend an act entitled
an act defining the distances from the
domiciles of members of the General As
sembly to the State House, etc. and max
ing an appropriation to defray the expenses
of the General Assembly and to repeal act
No 81 of 1869.
Cd. BRAGDON,
Private Secretary.
MESSAGE TO THE HOUSE.
The Secretary presented to the House for
its consideration Senate bill No. 1893, an act
TO appropriate money to pay the mileage
and per diem and contingent expenses of
the General Assembly, and requested the
signature of the Speaker of the House to
enrolled Senate bill No. 1885, to be entitled
an act to amend an act entitled IAN act
of the General Assembly to the
State Heuse, and making an ap-
to defray the expenses of the
General Assembly, and to repeal act No.
- of 1869.
MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE.
HOUSE OF RRPRsEyTATlyRs
February 26, 1872. :
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Senate:
| am directed to ask the concurrence OF
the Senate in the following House bills. to
Wit
House bill No 459. an act to grant addi-
tional privileges and revenues to the incor-
poration of the town of Columbia, Louis
lana.
House bill No 456. an act to incorporate
the Monroe Widows Beneficial Society, and
for other purposes.
House bill No. 49, an act to authorize the
police jury of the parish Of Caddo to issue
bonds.
House bill No. 445 an act for the relief of
Oakland College.
House bill No. Az. an act to exempt the
town of Houma, parish of Terrebonne, from
the payment of parish licenses, and provid-
ing for the payment OF licenses to the cor
pOration of Houma, parish of Terrebonne
House bill No. 40 an act to incorporate
the Shreveport Bridge and Road Company,
md to authorize the company to issue its
bonds. and to build a road from Red river
70 and across Red chute to the hills in Bos-
sier parish, and to collect tolls therein, and
or other purposes.
House bill No. 400, an act for the relief of
J. g. Hussy.
JOINT resolution No. 440, Joint resolu-
ion TO repeal act No. l04. approved Deem
Der 81, 1871. for the relief of taxpayers.
Respectfully,
A. C. WHITNEY.
Assistant Clerk House of Representatives
Mr.. jerks moved to suspend the rules, to
axe up Senate bill No. 392, relative to the
North Louisiana and Texas Railroad Com
,any.
On call of the yeas and nays, the Senate
efusel to suspend the rules by the follow
NJ vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Barber, Bowman, Butler
campbell, Herwig, Ingraham, jerks. Kelso
-ewis. Ray, Smith, Sypher Thompson
Todd, WilcoX-I6
mp. Harris, Hunsaker, Lynch. McAiil!en,
<oland, Thomas. Twitchell-il.
Mr.. Hunsaker, by unanimous consent, in
reduced the following resolution:
Reso!red, That the Warrant Clerk of the
senate be and he is hereby instructed to
'ay the amount of mica re and per diem due
he Hon. George w. Raglan, deceased, to his
on. E. S. Ragan.
Mt Kay moved the following amendment:
And that the expenses of the funeral be
aid out of the contingent fund of the
enate.
Adopted.
Mr.. McMillen moved that the whole mile
ge and per diem for the entire session be
aid.
Adopted.
The resolution was then adopted as
mended.