New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-10

The parish of Rapides, three hundred and
sixty miles.
The parish of Red River, five hundred and
forty miles.
The parish of Sabine, five hundred and
thirty-hve miles.
The parish of St. Bernard, sixteen miles
The parish of st. Charles, thirty miles.
The parish of st. Helena, eighty miles.
The parish of st. James. sixty miles.
The parish of st. John the Baptist, fifty
miles.
The parish of st. Landry, four hundred
miles.
The parish of ST. Mrrtin, two hundred
and twenty-five miles.
The parish Of St. Mary, one hundred and
ten miles.
The parish of St. Tammany, sixty miles
The parish of Tensas, four hundred miles
The parish of Tangipahoa, sixty. eight
miles.
The parish of Terrebonne, seventy miles
The parish of Union, four hundred and
forty miles.
The parish of Vermilion, two hundred
and fifty miles.
The parish of Washington, ninety miles
The parish of West Baton Rouge. one
hundred and thirty miles.
The parish of West Feliciana, two hun
dred miles.
The parish of Vim, five hundred and
fifty miles.
The parish of Webster, five hundred
| miles.
The parish of Vernon, four hundred and
twenty-five miles.
Section two-Strike out all after the en-
acting clause and insert the following:
That for each house of the General AS
bly, there shall be elected. by the
| respective houses, each session, one sccre
tary or chief clerk, whose duty it shall be
| to discharge ana superintend the discharge
of all the clerical duties in their respective
houses, and such duties as their respective
| houses shall direct, whose office shall con-
| time until their successors shall be elected
and enter upon the discharge of the duties
of their offices, who shall receive in full
compensation for their services the sum of
| fifteen dollars per day. from the day they
enter on the discharge of their duties until
ten days after the adjournment of each ses
son. and for the time they may be EN-
ployed at the commencement of any
session UNITY their successors enter on
days after the adjournment of each
session they shall deliver over to
the Secretary of State all the papers and
archives of his office, who shall receipt
therefor and safely keep the same until the
next session of the General Assembly, and
| then deliver the same on the first day of
the session to the Secretary or Chief Clerk,
spective houses; that the per diem for the
| ten days after the ad iOurnment shall not
be warranted for unless the receipt of
| the Secretary of State is exhibited to the
officer authorized to draw the warrant: and
further, that each house of the General
| Assembly shall elect, at each session. an
assistant and one minute clerk, who shall
receive ten dollars per day, during the SEES
sion and for ten days after the adjourn
'ment of each session, upon the certificate
of the Secretary or Chief Clerk of the
| House that their respective duties
have been performed, and who shall
during the session be under control
of the Chief Clerk or Secretary of their re-
| spective houses, and that no warrant shall
be drawn for their per diem unless accom-
panied with the certificate OF the Chief
Clerk or Secretary that they were present
and assisted every day session was held
during the time for which they demand
pay, and that no warrant shall be paid for
| the per diem of the Secretary or Chief
| Clerk of either House unless accompanied
| by the certificate of the President of the
Senate or Speaker of the House, as the case
may be. that he was present at the sitting
| of his house every day there was session
during the time for which he claims pay.
except for the ten days after the adjourn
ment.
And the following additional sections. to
| be numbered accordingly:
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted. etc. That
| at each session each house of the General
| Assembly shall elect Sergeant-at-Arms.
who shall receive, as full compensation for
his services. ten dollars per day, from the
date of his election until ten days after the
| adjournment, and an assistant sergeant-at
| arms. who shall receive eight dollars per
day. from the day of his election until ten
days after the day OF adjournment of the
session: that, after the adjournment of
! each session, the Sergeant-at-Arms of each
| house shall, within ten days, deliver over
to the Secretary Of State all the stationery
OF every kind left in their possession,
and take his receipt therefor. and
! deliver the same to the Auditor of Public
Accounts: this shall be done before he shall
be paid his per diem for those ten days and
that within said ten days said sergeants at
armS shall deliver over to the person ap-
| pointed to take charge of the chambers of
| the Senate and House Of Representatives
and the committee rooms not occupied by
State officers. all the furniture, fuel on
| hand, and other things used in the premises,
| a particular inventory of which shall be
made and receipted for by the State House
| keeper and delivered to the Secretary of
State. and which he shall preserve and de-
| liver to the sergeants-at-arms of the re-
| spective houses at the next session of the
| General Assembly. The sergeants-atarms
| of each house shall enter into bond, with
| good security. in favor of the State, to be
| approved by the Governor, within two days
| after their election, in the sum of five thou
sand dollars. conditioned for the faithful
discharge of all the duties prescribed by
law, which bond shall be filed in the Office
of the Secretary Of State.
q SEC t. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the President of the Senate, at or before
the close of each session OF the General
Assembly, shall appoint person to keep
charge of the halls of the respective houses
and committee and other rooms in the
building used as State House, with all the
fuel, fun niture and other things used in and
about the State House, not pertaining to the
offices occupied by State officers and that
before he shall be put in possession thereof.
an exact inventory of all the furniture and
all other things put into his possession shall
be made by the sergeants-at-armS of each
house, and his receipt taken therefor,
which shall be filed in the Office of the Secre-
tary of State, and at the commence
ment of the next session of the
General Assembly. the said keeper
shall deliver to the Sergeants-at-Arms
the effects respectively belonging to
their houses, and take their receipt there
for. and file the same in the office of the
Secretary of State. That the said keeper
shall, before he enters on the discharge of
his duties, give bond with good security in
favor of the State, to be approved by the
Governor, in the sum of five thousand dol
lars for the faithful performance of all the
duties required of him by law; and he
shall receive as full compensation for his
services one hundred dollars per month,
payable monthly on his own warrant APP
proved by the President Of sthe Senate.
The said halls shall be used for no pur-
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