New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-29

Wednesday, February 20, 1872.
The House was called to order, pursuant
TO adjournment.
| Speaker Brewster in the chair.
| The roll was called and the following
| members answered to their names
Speaker Brewster. and Messrs. Abel
Barrett, Blunt, Bryan, Carr, Crawford,
| Davidson, Devices, Faulkner. Floyd. Gard
ner, Hampstead, La Saliniere, Fl. Lott,
Marie. Matthews. McCarty, Mcfarland,
| Moncure. Murray, Ong. Oplatek, Overton,
| Raby, Tatnan, Thompson, Washington
| (Concordia) --2S.
| No quorum.
| Upon motion of Mr.. Davidson, of Liv-
| ingston, the House adjourned until half
| past eleven o'clock.
That hour having arrived, the House was
| called to order.
| Speaker Brewster in the chair.
The roll was called and the following
members responded to their names:
| Speaker Brewster, and Messrs. Abel,
Baker, Barker, Barrow, Belot, Bentley,
| Bickham, Blunt. Broussard, Brown, Bryan,
| Buckingham. Carr, Chachere, Cochrane,
Crawford, Darby, harrisburg, Davidson,
| Davis, Devices. Deslonde, Ellis, Faulkner,
Floyd, Fontelieu, Gaddis. Gardner, Garst-
kamp, 2. Harper, Hampstead, Hyams, John
son, Kcnner, killen, kinsella, La Saliniere.
Llambias IL. Lott, Mahoney. Marvin, Mat
thews, Met Carly, Mcfarland, Meadows. Mon
care, Morphy, Morris, Nelson. Ong, Overton,
Pond, Quinn, Riley, Ringgold, Stamps,
Stanton. StinsOn, Tatman, Thompson, Tu-
reaud, Nerrett, Washington (Concordia),
Waters, H. Williams, Worrall, Yorke,
| Young-69.
Quorum present.
Prayer by the Chaplain.
Upon motion Of Mr.. Abel, of Bossier, the
reading of the journal was dispensed with
and it was approved.
Mr.. Davidson, of Livingston, moved that
| the consideration of resolutions be consid
cred Immediately after the completion OF
the general order OF business, as per resolu
ton adopted ON Monday last.
Carried.
Mr.. Devices called for the following:
Senate concurrent resolution relative tC
the introduction of bills after three o'clock
on Thursday, the twenty ninth, which was
read, and the House concurred therein.
| Upon motion of Mr.. Abel, the journal OF
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.
No. 40, an act to authorize the Council
of the city of New Orleans to levy a police
| tax; to regulate levees Of taxes; tie pro
ceedings OF tax suits, and the jurisdiction Of
! the district courts for the parish of Orleans
in reference thereto; to define and punisl
forgery in certain cases, and to authorize
the funding of the floating debt was read g
third time.
Mr.. Hampstead, of Iberville, moved that
the bill do finally pass, upon which the yeas
and nays were demanded by Mcssrs. II
Lott, of Rapides, and Tureaud, of st. James
with the following result:
| Yeas-Abel, Antoine Baker, Barker, Bar
rett, Bentley, Bickham, Blunt, Bowen,
| Broussard, Brown, Bryan, Buckingham,
| Carr Chachere, Crawford, harrisburg
| Davidson, Davis, Devices, Desionde, Ellis
Faulkner, Floyd, Fontelieu, Gaddis, Gard
| ner, Garstkamp, Hampstead, huston
| Hyams, johnson, Kenner, killen, kinsella
La Saiiniere, Laurent, Llambias, Mahoney
Marie, Marvin, Matthews, Mcfarland, Mon
cure, Morphy, Murray, Nelson, Ong, Opla
TEX, Overton, Quinn, Raby, Riley, Ringsoid
| Sdrtain, Souer, Stanton, Stlnson, Iatman
Thompson, Tureaud, Nerrett, Washington
| (Concordia), Waters, E. Williams, H
| Williams. Worrall, Young-6S.
Nays-Barrow, Cochrane, Darby, p
! Harper, II. Lott, Meadows, Yorke-7
| Carried.
The title was adopted, and the bill
was ordered to be sent to the Senate fol
| concurrence.
Mr.. Abel, Of Bossier, moved to reconside,
the vote on the final passage Of the bill, and